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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1944
Page
5
The Sikes ton Baptist Church will hold Sunday services led by Rev E D Owen beginning at 10 45 AM with an evening sermon at 7 45 PM titled The Day of Salvation Sunday school starts at 9 30 AM under superintendent William Hayden The Baptist Training Union meets at 6 30 PM
The Christian church will hear a sermon titled The Golden Opportunity of the Teacher next Sunday. Rev R M Talbert will preach at 1045. Bible school clipses begin at 945 with Harley B Propst as superintendent. Miss Martha June Mitchell leads the Christian Endeavor Society at 700 Sunday night. Rey Talbert preaches the first in a series on The Kingdom of God.
St Francis Xavier Catholic Church lists masses 730 and 930 am daily and 545 and 800 am on Christmas and Holy Days, confession times, first Friday communion at 6 am, Holy Hour, Perpetual Help Devotions, and rectory contact at 106 Stoddard Street for priest visits. parish prayers and emergency notices included.
Rev R H Schell from Anderson will deliver a sermon at Tanner Street Church of God on the fourteen reasons for being in the church. The revival, led by Rev Schell, has drawn large crowds over two weeks and ends next Sunday. Sunday school attendance is rising toward a 200 goal, with Hubert Keasler supervising the department.
Rev G C Schramm of Sikeston Lutheran Church will preach on Jonah's Miraculous Presentation this Sunday morning September 10 at 11 o'clock after Sunday school at 10. The Walther League meets Sunday afternoon at the parsonage on Park Avenue for a church social gathering supervised by Fred Atchison.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a delivery at Gettysburg on the 39th day of an unspecified month. Names and full context are unreadable, leaving the event and speaker unclear.
Rev E W Bartley will preach on Sunday September 10 on the Boomerang as a Methodist sermon subject. Church School classes start at 9 30 in the morning. There is no evening service at the church.
The Church of the Nazarene schedules Rev J W Hoffert to preach on the morning sermon theme Receiving vs Giving. Sunday school begins at 9:30 with Wm Thompson in charge. Evening worship at 7:45 features Hoffert on the topic Originality of Jesus. Youth and Junior services start at 6:45, with Wednesday prayer at 7:45.
Rev Bartley Schwegler of the Presbyterian church will preach on Gods Knowledge of Man next Sunday at 1045 AM. Sunday school starts at 945 AM with T J Me Neely as superintendent in charge.
Wm Flavden was chosen Sunday night as superintendent of the Sundzy school at the Baptist church after several years of service. W L Tutchason was elected assistant superintendent. The meeting also read the annual church letter and elected delegates to the Charleston Baptist Association meeting in Motley Tuesday and Wednesday: Rev and Mrs E D Owen, Rev and Mrs A E Ray, Mrs Ralph Reid, and W F Wood.
The Ladies Aid of the Christian church will meet next Thursday afternoon September 14 at the church. Mrs Roger Bailey will serve as president and Mrs R M Talbert will lead the devotional.
Religion in everyday life notes the Bible's vast reach with translations and yearly sales. It contrasts Voltaire's warning with history's verdict, mentions a London auction for Voltaires works, and British funding for a Soviet manuscript. The piece urges church and Sunday school attendance and ends with an odd fact about a Rhode Island rooster.
The Junior Fellowship meets at 5 pm Sunday to study Jesus Grew in Favor with God with Betty Deneke in charge. The Intermediate group begins Working Together over three weeks to foster shared goals. High School Fellowship will host a candlelight installation led by former officers. September events include a sub district meeting in Bell City on Sept 11 and a Sikeston district meeting on Sept 18 with local Methodist Youth Fellowship hosting worship and refreshments.
President Roosevelt endorses a nationwide Religious Education Week from September 21 to October 1. In a White House letter to Dr Roy G Ross, he urges strengthening religious ties and faith at home, citing soldiers on battlefields and the need for moral force. About 90 percent of American Protestantism will participate through 42 denominations and 182 council groups.
Rev H A Harper will lead the service at his home next Sunday afternoon at 2:30 PM. Public welcome to attend. The note mentions more than 120,000 graduate nurses and aides serving hospitals nationwide, and recalls there were 30 Senators in the first U.S. Congress.
The lesson traces Saul's rise under God's blessing, his decline through disobedience, and the Spirit's departure. It details Samuel anointing David as successor, the ensuing spiritual turmoil in Saul, and contrasts David's repentance with Saul's downfall, noting David's enduring responsibility to God and the hope of a king after God's own heart.
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