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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1949
Page
11
A sermon on Acts 16 31 explains believe on the Lord Jesus Christ as the path to salvation for the jailer and his household. The message notes the jailhouse miracle, the Bible’s unchanged terms of salvation, and the call to respond to the question what must I do to be saved.
Shafter Seventh-day Adventist Sabbath School joined with North American divisions on September 24 to receive a special offering for a sanitarium and hospital in Puerto Rico. Other projects include education and welfare work among Indigenous Mexicans and Guatemalans, chapel construction in the French West Indies, and a total goal of $302,000 for regional medical outreach and a three‑story hospital in Mayaguez. The program, directed by Vernon Schneider, featured children from various divisions performing songs and a radio quiz, and brought in $303.38.
The notice promotes services at 11 a.m. Sunday and a third Wednesday event at 7 p.m. by The First Church of Christ Scientist in Boston. It quotes Proverbs and Jesus teachings from the Sermon on the Mount and cites Mary Baker Eddy's Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures about science rising above senses.
The Gospel Chapel announces weekly schedule including Sunday School at 9 45 a m Worship at 11 a m Evening Service at 6 30 p m and Thursday Young People’s Meeting at 7 30 p m. Services held at a new building one mile west of Shafter Ave on Orange Street with pastor Jacob Quiring.
Rev. Gordon Jans leads the Assembly of God at 150 Tulare Street with Sunday school at 9 45 am for all ages and competent teachers Children’s Church at 7 pm Sunday Evening and Evening Service at 7 30 pm Weekly midweek services Wednesday and Thursday Missionary meeting at 1 30 pm except first Thursday Ladies meet at 10 am for all day with a noon cupboard dish meal Singing Bible questions and an IQ quiz Saturday service at 7 30 pm Young people’s service present
The passage contrasts money's role as a practical instrument with the need to place worship and right living above wealth. It warns against both reckless spending and wealth as a supreme aim, urging diligence, thrift, and love for God and religious faith over material riches.
A fragmented note frames the church as a toron character and storehouse of ritual values and civic virtue. It mentions yearly write action and a value of 450, with unclear place or date details.
The church invites all ages to morning worship at 11:00 with a pastor sermon. N Y P S and children meet at 6:30. Evening evangelistic hour at 7:30. Mid week prayer praise and Bible study at 7:30 Wednesday. Supt Mrs Ragsdale presides. Bring a friend.
Orthodox Missionary Baptist Church at 220 No Kern Street lists Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. with Don ald Graves as superintendent and preaching at 11:00 a.m. A Baptist Training Union session is at 6:45 p.m. directed by Martin Brannan, with an 8:00 p.m. preaching service. Wednesday Prayer Meeting at 7:30 p.m. Women's Missionary Union Thursday 2:30 p.m. and Men's Brotherhood Friday 7:30 p.m.
The Church of Christ meets at the Woman's Clubhouse on Sunset and James Streets every Sunday with services at 10 30 a m and 8 p m One assembly at a time and one speaker.
The First Mennonite Church at Golden West and Wall Street invites all for a seven day event October 23 to 28 with Rev. John J. Esau, a blind evangelist, expected to speak daily. His message promises real spiritual sight.
The note lists the Woman's Clubhouse in Shafter with Reverend Breslin as Assistant Pastor. Mass is held every Sunday at 9:00 a.m. The item indicates a weekly church service location and time.
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