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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1944
Page
8
Sikeston Methodist Church will have Sunday July 23 worship with a sermon titled A Hole in the Ground by pastor Rev. E. W. Bartley There will be no evening service during the summer Epworth League groups meet at 6 30 Sunday night with Misses Marjorie Seaman and Joy Corbin in charge
A revival meeting starts Sunday July 23 at a large tent at Matthews and Warner streets. Rev Gayle Jackson pastor will preach nightly at 8 30 with music led by Rev and Mrs Clem Pankey of Kennett. The tent seats several hundred and sponsors promise one of Sikeston’s greatest revivals inviting all to attend.
Earl M. Creek, pastor of the Seventh Day Adventist church, will preach on Saturday morning July 22 on the sermon subject What Will Happen When Jesus Comes. Sabbath school will be held at 9 45 o clock. Visitors are cordially invited to attend these services.
The Baptist church will hold morning services at 11 o clock with Rev E D Owen as preacher on Divine Expectation The Sunday school classes led by Bill Hayden meet at 930 in the morning The evening worship at 745 features guest speaker Rev J F Plainfield an Italian missionary
The morning sermon at the Christian church next Sunday will be The God of the Sleepless Watch, with Rev. R. M. Talbert preaching. Bible school starts at 9:45 led by superintendent Harley Propst. Sunday night Christian Endeavor will discuss Being Popular with the Right Crowd.
Approximately one thousand members of the International Walther League gathered at the Jefferson Hotel in St. Louis on Tuesday. The Lutheran youth group discussed war activities and postwar plans amid an international membership of 100,000, with 25,000 serving in the armed forces.
The Hhen School Youth Fellowship of the Methodist church met last Sunday for a social hour and recreation. Martha Stevens and Beth Dencke shared impressions from Arcadia. After songs the group discussed Christian living and the campaign will run two more weeks with a closing party for the losing team. The next meeting is at 6 30 pm with the topic Did Jesus Mean It.
The L. A. W. class of the Christian church will gather in the church basement on Tuesday night July 25. Mrs. Walker Uht leads the devotionals, Mrs. James Singleton directs the program, and hostesses include Mrs. Harley Propst and Mrs. W. L. Righter.
Rev Frank Connelly a former China missionary and two year Japanese POW will speak at the Silkes ton Baptist Church Missionary Institute next week. The program includes five speakers with daily missionary classes for Sunbeams juniors intermediates and adults as part of the Charleston Baptist Association activities across Scott and Mississippi counties.
Rev. G. C. Schramm, pastor of the Concordia Lutheran Church, will preach Sunday morning July 23 on the sermon subject Never Neglect Jesus. Sunday school and Bible class follow at 10 o'clock with the service at 11 o'clock.
Parish of Saint Francis Vaxier on Stoddard Street lists Masses daily and Sundays at 7 30 a m and 9 30 a m with additional holy day observances. Confessions Saturdays and holy days 3 30 p m to 5 45 p m and 7 00 p m to 8 30 p m plus before Sunday Masses. Holy Hour 7 00 p m to 8 30 p m on First Friday. Perpetual Devotions first Sunday monthly at 4 00 p m except summer. Rectory at 106 Stoddard Street invites calls to request priest visitation.
The Assembly of God Church and superintendent W. L. Thrower report the local Sunday school has earned its fourth consecutive district award for best organized Sunday school. Attendees exceed two hundred weekly. Marie Jackson and Lorene Hornback joined in Eldon Missouri for the Southern Missouri District Council. Annex addition nearing completion on Matthews Avenue measures 32 by 64 feet with ten 12 by 12 classrooms to serve Sunday school.
Revival in progress at Latter Rain Tabernacle in west Sikeston attracts large crowds with Mrs Bert Jackson delivering sermons and music led by Mrs Jackson and Miss Earline Sherrene of Thayer Mo. Services run nightly through August 20 with Sunday morning gatherings at 11 o clock and invites extended to all Christians and non Christians.
The piece prompts readers to answer Micah 6:8 personally, framing morality as life’s final exam. It warns against abandoning authority and urges continued religious engagement, urging attendance at Sunday school and church next Sunday.
Pastor Gayle Jackson leads Sunday school at 10 a m with W ls Thrower as superintendent Morning worship starts at 11 o clock Sunday Senior Christ Ambassador meeting is at 8 30 every Tuesday night Mrs Gayle Jackson is in charge Regular prayer meeting is at 7 30 every Friday night Pastor speaks Evangelistic meeting every Sunday evening at 8 30 Welcome awaits all to these services
The Presbyterian church will feature a sermon titled Sure Detection next Sunday morning with Rev. Bartley Schwegler preaching at 10 45. Sunday school meets at 9 30 headed by superintendent T J McNeeley.
Rev H H Harper selects The Unselfish God as the sermon subject for Sunday afternoon services at Malone Park. Services start at 2 45 o clock. The public is invited to attend.
The article recalls Deborah the prophetess judging Israel from a palm tree on Mount Ephraim and guiding Barak to defeat Sisera. A thunderstorm and flood cripple the Canaanite army, leading to Sisera's death at Jael's tent, fulfilling Deborah's prophecy and restoring peace before renewed idolatry. An added note cites British factory workers earning 18.82 dollars weekly for a 50 hour week.
The passage lists maxims on virtue and folly, pairing ideas like fear as sin with today as the best day, and defines traits such as the greatest deceiver as one who deceives himself, the greatest secret of production saving time, and the greatest need common sense. It ends noting Manhattan exported apples to Holland in 1639.
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