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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1944
Page
5
The Baptist church announces next Sunday morning worship with Rev. E. D. Owen speaking on Foundation and Building at 10 45. An evening service at 7 30 features The First Martyr. Sunday school meets at 9 30 with Bill Hayden as superintendent and Baptist Training groups at 6 30.
A Children’s Day program will be presented by the primary and intermediate classes during the morning worship hour next Sunday. Mrs. Alva Garner directs the program. Bible school classes meet at 9:45 o’clock with Superintendent Harley Propst in charge. Rev R M Talbert preaches Sunday evening on Parents Laying up for the Children. Christian Endeavor theme Sunday night is Introducing Our Friends to Christ.
The sermon theme at the Methodist church next Sunday is The Power of Bread with Rev. E. W. Bartley in charge at 10 45 a m. Sunday school begins at 9 45 a m led by Wilbur W Ensor. No evening services. Youth director Miss Marjorie Seaman arrives to start duties early this week. she is from Kansas City and a Baker University graduate.
Communion will be observed at the Church of the Nazarene on Sunday morning June 4. Rev. J. W. Hoffert will preach on Sincerity. Evening service subject A Fight with Conscience. Sunday school 9:30, junior and young people's services 6:30. Missionary groups meet Friday June 2 at 7:30. Vacation Bible School under Mrs J. W. Hoffert, Monday through Friday mornings through June 9.
Pastor Gayle Jackson leads Sunday school at 10 a m with W L Thrower as superintendent. Morning worship at 11. Senior Christ Ambassador meets 7 30 Tuesday nights with Gayle Jackson in charge. Prayer meeting 7 30 Friday nights. Evangelistic meeting Sundays at 7 30 led by the pastor. A welcome awaits all to these services.
The Presbyterian church will feature a sermon on God Man's Protector by Rev. Bartley Schwegler next Sunday morning. Sunday school classes led by superintendent T. J. McNeely begin at 9 30 o clock.
The Saint Francis Xavier Church on Front and Stoddard Streets lists Masses at 7:30 and 9:30 a.m. daily and 5:45 and 8:00 a.m. on Christmas. Confessions Saturdays and eves of Holy Days 3:30 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Holy Hour Thursday before First Friday 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Perpetual Help Devotions monthly at 4 p.m. except summer months. Call Rectory at 106 Stoddard Street.
Members of the Co-Workers Society will hold a rummage sale next Saturday June 3 on the Russell lot on Center street. All members and friends are asked to call Mrs Anna Winchester president if they have rummage to donate.
The Ladies Aid of the Christian church will meet Thursday June 8 at 2 30 p m at the home of Mrs W R Lewis one mile west of Sikeston Mrs Roger A Bailey president will preside Mrs R M Talbert will lead the devotional
The Women's Missionary Society of the Methodist church will hold its June meeting next Wednesday at the church. A covered dish luncheon will be served at 12:30 and the program will begin at 1:30. Mrs. D. L. Bloomfield will lead the program with the theme Prayer Songs for Rural Mexico. Mrs. Frank Schulte will discuss rural work in Mexico. Members with birth anniversaries in the second quarter will be honored. Mrs. Margaret Harper will direct the meeting. The T. E. L. class of the Baptist church will sponsor a pot-huck supper in the church basement on Tuesday night, June 6.
The article surveys Paul's three year mission in Ephesus within Asia, his methods in healing and teaching, and his clash with Jewish resistance. It notes his strategic move from the synagogue to Tyrannus’s hall, the spread of the gospel amid Greek philosophy, and the miraculous signs that accompanied his ministry.
The text recounts Paul’s two years teaching in the school of Tyrannus in Ephesus and across Asia, where preaching turned many to the Lord and ended the idol market. Silversmiths led a riot, forcing Paul to depart. Paul later recalls to elders his three years of constant admonition, and Timothy is sent to sustain the work with Apostolic oversight from John.
W. A. Myers hosted a lawn party and fish fry for the Methodist church Men's Bible class. The event blended a house warming for the Myers at their North Kingshighway residence, recently purchased from Mr. and Mrs. Ben Sells, now living in Poplar Bluff.
Dr. R. L. Russell a former Presiding Elder of the Cape Girardeau District of Methodist Churches and Mrs. Russell observed their Golden Wedding anniversary last May 2 with friends in Gainesville Georgia. They now reside in McDonough Georgia where the former, though retired, serves as pastor. Russell previously served as Home Missions secretary for eight years with headquarters in Nashville.
Elder John B. Huffman announces a major revival at Latter Rain Tabernacle with main singer Sister Earline Sherrone a Thayer High School valedictorian. Evangelist Sister Hazel Jackson and guitarist Brother Bert Jackson join, with services Tuesday Thursday and Sunday nights at 8 15 and Sunday 11 15.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 30 p m Tuesday at the Church of the Nazarene for John T Bruce local octogenarian who died Sunday at his Frisco street home after old age infirmities Rev J W Hoffert pastor led the rites burial followed in Memorial Park cemetery He was born December 20 1859 in Kentucky and is survived by his widow Mollie and four children Clyde Bruce Harold Bruce Mrs Robert Riley and Mrs Robert Gray all of Ky and Illinois and Cape Girardeau.
Rev H H Harper will preach on The Besetting Sins at the Latter Rain Tabernacle Sunday at 2 30 pm with services led by the pastor. The article notes the cornerstone of the National Capitol Building was laid by President George Washington with Masonic ceremonies on September 18 1793.
Mrs. Fannie Elizabeth Hildreth, 1866 born in Lyon County Kentucky, died at her Cresap Street home Tuesday following a heart attack. She had lived with her daughter Mrs. Gord Dill for 15 years after her husband’s death. Funeral services will be at the Baptist church with Rev. E. D. Owen and burial in Memorial Park. Surviving daughters include Mrs. Dill, Mrs. Guy Carter of Sikeston, and Mrs. W. H. White of St. Louis. grandchildren and great grandchildren listed among several relatives and overseas service members.
Services held today at the Canalou Baptist church for John Henry VanHoose, farmer of Canalou, who died Tuesday from a complication of illnesses. Rev. A. C. Sullivant of Morehouse led the service at 2:30 pm. Burial followed at Memorial Park cemetery in Sikeston with Albritton service. Survived by widow Thelma E. VanHoose and three sons J. L., Joe and Donald Ray, all of Canalou. four brothers W. J. VanHoose of Patterson Ark Otto VanHoose of Judsonia Ark Charley and Remel VanHoose of Star Ark. three sisters Mrs. Mary Baker of Marked Tree Ark Mrs. Mattie Poole of Hayti Ark and Mrs. Fronia Walker of Luxora Ark.
Rev G C Schramm pastor of Concordia Lutheran Church will preach at 11 o clock Sunday morning June 4 on Christ's Missionary Program Sunday school and Bible Class meet at 10 o'clock with superintendent Mrs Fred Atthison in charge. He will also preach at the Egypt Mills missionary festival at 2 30 o'clock Sunday afternoon. The ladies hold their first rummage sale of the summer at the Ford Garage on Malone Park Saturday June 3.
A boy in New Guinea recounts a two week ordeal guiding fifteen men, recalling Easter memories and a spontaneous sunrise service atop a hill. He describes singing with native Christians, reading the Lord's Prayer, and feeling teachings from home. He urges going to Sunday school and church next Sunday.
Mrs. Orla Scott of Charleston will lead services at the Tanner Street Church of God for both Sunday sessions on June 4, announced by church officials. A sensational note mentions a hog fat to nitro glycerin explosive blend, stating 300 pounds of hog fat yield 30 pounds of nitro glycerin in 66 pounds of explosive.
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