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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1941
Page
9
Sunday school at 10. morning worship at 11 each Sunday. Evangelistic sermon at 7 30 p m by the pastor. Prayer meeting Tuesday and Friday night at 7 30. Everybody welcome.
Rev. E D Owen, pastor, announces Sunday morning worship at 10 45 with the subject The Undiscouraged Christ. Alva Vaughn, Sunday school superintendent, leads 9 30 assembly. Baptist Training Union at 6 30 led by Wm C Hopkins. Evening service uses What Time Is It. Sunday School Workers Council meets tonight at 6 45 in church basement for monthly supper led by Mrs George Faris. Vaughn in charge of meeting. Christmas program planned for Wednesday night December 24 with details to follow.
Front and Stoddard Streets Reverend J J O Neal pastor with assistant Reverend A H Hoormann. Phone 447. Summer masses 7 00 and 9 00 am June to September. Winter masses 7 30 and 9 30 am October to May. Holy days 5 45 am and 8 00 am. Weekdays 7 00 and 8 00 am. Saturday 8 00 am mass at the Convent. Baptisms after last Sunday Mass. Confessions Saturdays eve Holy days eve and first Friday 3 30 to 5 45 pm and 7 00 to 8 30 pm. Confessions may be heard any time on request.
Rev Joseph P Read of the Christian church preaches Sunday morning on The Christian in the Present Crisis at 10 45. Houck Mitchell supervises Sunday school at 9 45. Evening services at 7 30 feature A Herod at War with a young people's meeting at 6 30. Ladies Aid meets at 7 30, led by Mrs Claude Turner.
Lutheran ministers from Cape Girardeau and Scott counties plan a conference at Sikeston Concordia Lutheran Church on Thursday December 18 starting at 10:00 a.m. Rev. F Melzer will preside and Rev. G C Schramm will give the communion address. Lunch will be at Rev Schramm's home, with sessions continuing after noon.
Circle No 1 of the Woman's Society of Christian Service at the Methodist church plans a Christmas party on Wednesday afternoon December 18 at Mrs G A Dempster's home on North Kingshighway. Members will exchange gifts. Mrs O N Watts presides.
Rev G C Schramm will preach John the Baptist the Forerunner of Christ at 9am Sunday service with Sunday school at 10am. Congregation voters meet Sunday night at the parsonage with Fred Geske presiding. Walther League meets 7 30pm at Mrs Ruby Young home for business and social. Ladies Aid held a 230pm Christmas party at Rev Schramm's home and finished a quilt.
Cadets from the Missouri Institute of Aeronautics will be special guests at the Methodist church Sunday. Rev. E. W. Bartley will deliver the sermon If I Could Fly at 10:45 AM. Church school begins 9:30 AM led by L. M. Standley with Epworth League at 6:30 PM and evening service at 7:30 PM titled I Meant to But.
Rev. T. W. Willingham, a strict superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene, will be guest speaker at the regular morning worship service Sunday December 14. He will also preach at the evening service on the subject Watch and Pray. Christmas programs are planned for December 21 with a children’s program at 11 o’clock Sunday morning and an adult and youth program Sunday night.
Morning worship at the Presbyterian church will feature Rev D D Mac Adams preaching on the subject At the Heart of Things The service begins at 1045 am Regular services follow at 730 pm after the Christian Endeavor program which starts at 639
Regular services at the Methodist mission in Smith addition led by Rev H H Harper. Morning worship starts at 10 o clock, Sunday school at 9, evening worship at 7. Thursday prayer services begin at 7 30.
An all day session in Sikeston gathered Scott County Methodist church pastors and officers of the Women's Society of Christian Service. Rev. J Wilson Crichlow led the pastors meeting in the ladies parlor with devotionals by Rev E W Bartley. Mrs George Arnold of Ancell directed the women's program and J Preston Cole of Portageville spoke. musical numbers were by Mrs H J Welsh. Churches represented included Fornfelt Ancell Simo Commerce Benton Blodgett Morle Morehouse and Sikeston.
A speaker at the fathers and sons banquet held Tuesday night at Hanley Road Baptist Church in St. Louis addressed attendees.
The December 14 1941 International Sunday School Lesson by Gilbert O Nations emphasizes the global poverty and famine of the era and the churchs sacred obligation to care for the needy. It traces Pauls urging collection among Gentile churches for Jerusalem, cites Macedonia and Corinth, and notes benevolence as evidence of true love and orderly stewardship guided by God.
Rev Paul Fountain of Cape Girardeau was guest speaker at the Scott County Methodist Young People annual meeting held at 7 30 pm at Sikeston Methodist church. Miss Laverne Williams of Cape Girardeau spoke and Miss Sara Ann Michel with Kathryn Clark performed a vocal and organ number. Seventy two members and friends attended with participants from Advance Formelt Benton and Tillmo.
Seventy six members of the Men's Bible class at the Methodist church enjoyed a turkey dinner in the church dining room Monday evening. The meal was prepared and served by wives and daughters of class members. Guests included the Board of Stewards and the new pastor Rev W Bartley who was chief speaker. Music by the Bible class orchestra and Mass Sara Michell. Ralph Anderson, class president, served as toastmaster.
The text extols Christian compassion as a counter to pagan and Darwinian ideas. It claims tender care in homes hospitals and asylums embodies charity, arguing Christian love defeats survival of the fittest by enabling the less fit to endure and be cared for.
Beautiful birth notice released by The Herald office announces the arrival of a baby. The card emphasizes joy and welcomes the newborn into the family community.
The Christian church will attend the Southeast Missouri Christian Ministers Alliance meeting in Poplar Bluff on Monday. It begins at 10 30 in the morning and runs all day. Lane will be served at noon. Rev Read, president, will direct the meeting.
Mrs. Zella Jones sister of Mrs. A J Goetz of Sikeston was found dead in bed Monday morning at her Los Angeles home where she spent winters. She likely died of a heart attack after visiting Sikeston in November. Funeral services were held this afternoon in Olney Illinois for Mrs Jones, whose health had been excellent prior to death.
Funeral services for E. V. Howell also known as Ca Howell, 70, were conducted Monday at Sikeston city cemetery with Welsh rites. Howell, a 40 year Sikeston resident, died Saturday after walking downtown and entering Brooks Mercantile on Malone Avenue. Heart attack listed as immediate cause. Survivors include two sons James Howell of Springfield Missouri and Bil Howell of Detroit, a daughter Mrs H. O Mundt of Pittsburgh, and stepson Ira Lee of Macon Georgia. all attended the service.
The kraut dinner planned by the Co-Workers Society of the Methodist church has been postponed until after the holidays. The dinner was originally set for Wednesday December 10.
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