Church News and Announcements Rev. John J. ONeill pastor
Sunday masses will be held at T:00 and 9:00 a m Daily masses will be held at 7:00 a m
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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1939
Page
2
Sunday masses will be held at T:00 and 9:00 a m Daily masses will be held at 7:00 a m
E R Pulliam pastor schedules Sunday School at 9 30 am preaching at 11 am and 7 30 pm prayer service 7 30 pm Tuesday V L B 7 50 Friday night service listed for a local church at 17 West Kendall Street.
The Church of Christ holds Bible Study at 9 45 a m and preaching at 11 a m each Sunday with a song service at 10 45 a m. Midweek Bible Study occurs at 7 45 p m on Wednesday night.
Rev Herbert J Teske pastor conducts Sunday morning service at 9 o clock. You are cordially welcome and invite friends to attend.
Rev. D. D. Ellis and R. A. Moore elder of the Presbyterian church will go to Ste Genevieve next Tuesday and Wednesday to attend the meeting of the Potosi Presbytery.
A two weeks evangelistic campaign will begin at Sikeston Baptist Church on Monday October 9. Pastor Rev E W Milner announced that Rev H E Kirkpatrick of First Baptist Minden Louisiana will lead the services. A singer has not yet been chosen.
Rev. E. W. Milner of Sikeston Baptist church will preach Sunday morning September 17 on Gain of Godliness and in the evening on The Game of Life. Sunday school and Baptist Training Union meet as usual. all members urged to attend.
Sunday morning September 17 there will be Sunday school and communion services as usual. No preaching at morning or evening services. Christian Endeavor meetings will be held Sunday night and members are invited. Action toward selecting a pastor is expected soon.
Reverend Ellis of Sikeston Presbyterian outlines Sunday sermons with morning focus on This One Thing and evening topic The Knowledge the Heart Giveth. Evening service moved to 7 30. Young people lead 6 30 on Kingdom Principles and Social Reconstruction. Church groups schedule meetings through September 20 and 18 with reminders to attend.
On Monday night September 18 members of the Ben Jon Missionary Society of the Methodist church will meet at the home of Miss Lucille Mount, president of the society. Following a short business session a social hour will be held.
Rev C F Transue of the Sikeston Church of the Nazarene will speak on Prayer and Soul Winning at the evening service. The sermon title is A Young Man's Success. Sunday school and young people's services proceed as usual.
Rev John L Taylor pastor of Sikeston Methodist church will be the speaker at an event Sunday evening on the subject The Chance for a Christian World The evening service will include his sermon while Sunday school and Epworth League will be held as usual
Jewish residents of Sikeston mark Rosh Hashanah from Wednesday eve to Thursday evening, attending Temple Bani Israel services in Cape Girardeau. The year 5700 begins with prayers for justice and moral duty. Yom Kippur will start Friday evening, September 22, with stores closing Saturday, September 23.
The Woman's Bible Class of the Methodist church elected officers last Sunday with Mrs J N Ross as president Mrs I H Dunaway as vice president and Mrs F E Mount as secretary treasurer Mrs H Denman was re elected as teacher and Mrs A H Reese and Mrs T M Solomon chosen as assistant teachers.
Forty members of the Baptist Training Union study course meet this week at the church under director Miss Bonita Hedden. Miss Marjorie Beazley of Sedalia, state worker, teaches the senior class while Miss Vernetta Smith and Mrs. Alfred Stovall lead the intermediates and juniors.
The September 17, 1939 Sunday School lesson by Wm. Southern Jr. centers Micah 3 to 6:6, stressing justice, kindness, and humility. It contrasts Judah era oppression of the poor with modern social inequality, noting bribery in courts and corrupt priests while warning of Jerusalem’s coming ruin.
The speaker compares Isaiah Micah and Josephus on temple ruins and Assyrian rise, arguing prophets warned of a remnant and messianic hope. He denounces current social injustice, rulers, and judges, noting progress yet persistent corruption. A call that a better world is evolving and tomorrow may be brighter.
Plans by the Southeast Missouri Baptist Foundation seek a building near the State College Campus in Cape Girardeau to house the foundation permanently after classes begin this week. Dr. S. D. Aubuchon directs the program with temporary classes at First Baptist church. Regular college credit will be given for church-supported study with no tuition, funded by Southeast Missouri Baptist churches.
One of the largest attendances for the Russell-Bradley Missionary Society of the Methodist church gathered Tuesday night at Mrs Lenna Marshall’s residence on Malone Avenue. Thirty-six members and friends attended with devotion by Mrs C C Cummins. Mrs Earl Allen led the program on New Horizon of Home Mission Service. A brief business session preceded a social hour with refreshments. A rummage sale was voted for Saturday September 23.
Rev. C. F. Transue of Sikeston Church of the Nazarene was re elected as advisory committee member and named among twelve Missouri delegates to the general assembly in Kansas City next June. Other Sikeston delegates include Mrs Maudie Wicks Mrs Milton Crase Mrs Thos Meredith Mrs Henry Bartholomew Mrs Dick Humes Mrs George Johnson and Miss Alma Phillips.
Members of the Ebert Kready odist church plan their annual birthday party at Mrs. O. E. Kendall's home at 2:30 PM on Thursday September 21 A penny per year aged contribution will fund the event A social hour program follows a short business session Mesdames G A Dempster Minnie Anderson C C White and O N Watts are hostesses for the afternoon.
Advance Mr and Mrs Floyd Morgan celebrated their twenty fifth wedding anniversary with a lawn party at their home this week. A music program accompanied a mock wedding and the event drew more than 100 relatives and friends.
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