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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1944
Page
6
Preaching service at 11 and Sunday services at 11 with Sunday school at 10. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 8 p m. Mission volunteer Friday at 8 p m. Prof John Hardt of Kern Academy to speak at 11. Are Sin Disease and Death Real is the sermon topic with Bible passage from I Kings.
Union Congregational in Shafter California invites all to Sunday school at 9 45 a m led by Walter E Haag superintendent and morning service at 11 00 featuring an Easter message A junior church starts at 10 35 with a special junior sermon A short Sunday school program precedes the service A special offering will support both Sunday school and junior church Envelopes are available at the rear of the church and proceeds go to the gift class The choir and a solo are planned to enhance worship and the day is urged as a family occasion for praise and reconsecration to God Master
Pastor Wenger leads Easter worship with a sermon on The Meaning of the Risen Christ at 11 a m after a 10 a m Sunday service. Special music, catechism at 6 p m and Bible study at 7 p m precede an 8 p m evening meditation. Good Friday services are at 10:30 a m on April 7.
The First E M Anderson Church announces a full Easter program. Sunday 10 a.m. Sunday school with illustrated lessons and music. 11 a.m. morning worship featuring Easter music directed by Bob Gates. 7:15 p.m. Youth Fellowship and adult Bible study. 8 p.m. choir repeats Easter music and the evening service features inspirational singing and the Dawn sermon. Wednesday 8 p.m. prayer meeting and Bible study.
Pastor Orval L. Seago invites continued attendance at Sunday school at 9 45 with Luther Elliott overseeing. Morning worship at 11 features an Easter sermon and communion with Seago presiding. N P S service at 7 p m and Evangelistic services at 8 p m be announced. All are welcome.
Rev. Owen McMullen pastor of St John’s Wasco and Shafter. residence 1018 Broadway Wasco. Masses at 7:30 at St John’s Wasco 9:00 at Women’s Club Shafter 10:30 at St John’s Wasco. Confessions Saturday evenings and before Sunday masses.
Rev H D Wiebe leads Sunday school at 9 30 with two departments then 11 o clock sermon on Importance and Proofs of His Resurrection Christian Fellowship at 6 45 Bible study at 7 and Jugendverein at 7 45 Choir will render special numbers Come for message and song and Easter sentiments lift up your heads ye sorrowing ones Calvary and Easter Day were just one day apart.
Sunday services announced for the Church of Christ Woman's Club Building in Shafter California with morning worship at 10 30 and evening worship at 8. An invitation to attend these services is extended.
Sculptor Beniamino Abu Fano, jailed in San Rafael for non payment of alimony, protests I am not a criminal merely a victim of circumstances. Gustaf Larson of Walnut Creek questions changing horses in mid stream and the need for a new direction amid the present load.
Pfc. Walter Kirschenmann stationed at Fort Sumner New Mexico and his wife visited Shafter during a 19 day furlough to spend time with Mr and Mrs Simon Mettler and Mr and Mrs Adolf Kirschenmann along with other relatives and friends in the area. Local editor Justus Craemer is a candidate for U S Senator and comments on government. District Attorney P B Lynch and DeWitt C Treat are noted in the piece.
A speaker questions public understanding of federal spending and revenue allocation, challenging readers to identify where tax dollars go after government collection. The remark frames concerns about transparency and fiscal priorities.
An incident involving Shatler Dell Iagek Tas was reported, with authorities investigating the circumstances and seeking details from witnesses. No formal charges announced at this time. Local officials urged calm and cooperation from residents nearby.
The Thursday service begins at 2 30 at the Baptist church. The study for Thursday April 6 will cover the fifteenth chapter of Saint Matthew. A cordial welcome is extended to all interested.
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