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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1944
Page
11
Regular services will be held at the Tanner Street Church of Gool next Sunday with Rev. H. McDonough in charge. Hubert Keasler will lead Sunday School classes beginning at 9:45. Preaching starts 10:45. Prayer meeting occurs Wednesday at 7:45. Sunday night service begins at 7:45.
Rev G C Schramm of Sikeston Concordia Lutheran Church will preach Nineveh Repents at the Preaching of Jonah on Sunday morning September 17. Worship starts at 11 o clock after Sunday school and Bible classes at 10. The congregation’s ladies prepare rummage for the fall sale at the parsonage on Park Avenue and plan a pastoral conference for September 22. Tomorrow evening the Ladies and Men's Club are guests of Mr and Mrs Leudtke and Mr and Mrs Schmidt at 711 North Kings Highway.
A two week revival at Tanner Street Church of God concluded last Sunday night led by Rev H Schell of Anderson Indiana with assist from pastor Rev H Mc Donough. Capacity crowds attended and many new members joined. Sunday school average 125 in September with 200 goal still in reach. Six new converts were baptized on final night.
St Francis Xavier Catholic church plans a drive to settle the final church building debt this year. Rev J J O'Neill says the last 3000 note is due soon and asks each member to contribute generously while those with past dues are urged to pay by September end. A contribution list for January 1 to September 30 will be published and sent to every member in October.
The Church of the Nazarene will present The Bread and the Cup as Sunday morning sermon with Rev. J. W. Hoffert preaching after brief services at 10 45. Sunday school at 9 30 with Wm Thompson as superintendent. Evening service at 7 30 features Blacksliding Its Cause Course and Cure. Young People and Junior services at 6 30. A Sunday school conference is set for Friday at 7 30. Weekly Wednesday services at 7 30.
Rev D Owen, pastor of the Baptist church, arrives in Advance to conduct a 10 day meeting at the church. He has led August revival meetings for 13 years prior to last month, continuing the church’s tradition of August revivals.
The Cape Girardeau District Methodist Youth Fellowship will meet at the Sikeston church on Monday night September 18 at 7 30 PM Speakers include Miss Mary Clack Cape Girardeau on the American Youth Foundation Miss Juanita Sebastian district secretary on the recent National Methodist Youth Convocation at Lake Geneva Wis Miss Marie Deneke Gordonville and Max Heeb Chaffee on the Mt Sequoah meeting Rev George A Bowles De Soto executive secretary of the St Louis Conference will show motion pictures of Arcadia assemblies A district financial program and Booth Festivals will be discussed Hosts from Sikeston church youth fellowship will lead devotionals and James Brase Cape Girardeau will direct assembly singing Rev W L Meyer Jackson district director presides
The sermon titled The Brook that Failed will be delivered by Rev. RE. W. Bartley of Sikeston Methodist church on Sunday morning September 17. Young people’s meetings stay at 6:30. no evening worship. Women’s Society circles meet Thursday September 21 with listed hostesses and circle leaders.
Rev R M Talbert will preach on Sunday morning Sept 17 at 10 45 in the morning worship following Bible school at 9 45 led by Harley Propst The Christian Endeavor sponsored by Mrs Shirley Bloomfield meets at 6 45 with the evening service at 7 45 The sermon title is The Un defeated Christ.
The notice lists Mass times daily and on holy days at Saint Francis Xavier Church on Front and Stoddard Streets with priests J. J. O Neill and A H. Hoormann. It details Holy Day observances January 1 Ascension Thursday August 15 All Saints November 1 Immaculate Conception December 8 Christmas Mass times 7 30 and 9 30 a m daily Mass 7 a m and 8 a m confessions times Saturdays eves of Holy Days and before Masses on Sundays Holy Hour Thursday before First Friday 7 00 to 8 30 p m Perpetual Help Devotions First Sunday 4 p m except June July August September when held after last Mass Parishioners may call rectory 106 Stoddard Street for priest visit and emergencies.
Sikeston residents may hear Rev. Ralph E. Baney, noted author and lecturer, speak at Sikeston Baptist Church on Sunday at 10 30 AM. Most worship hour to be devoted to his talk with slides on Behind the Scenes in Nazi Germany and The Holy Land Passing Parade. Baney, once imprisoned in a German concentration camp, will share his experiences.
Rev and Mrs Leland Rodgers plan to leave next month for Trinidad to serve as Nazarene missionaries. Rodgers has pastored a church in Indianapolis recently and was raised near McMullen, living with his aunt Mrs Charles Rose.
Dr. Erwin L. Shaver says the 14th Religious Education Week will showcase weekday classes in 1000 plus communities across 44 states. More than a million grade and high school pupils will enroll, aided by trained teachers and cross faith cooperation. The outreach blends summer Bible school programs with the new school-year religious education effort, spanning 42 denominations and 182 agencies.
Rev and Mrs E W Bartley announce their grandson in law Chaplain E W Bartley Jr and his wife welcomed a daughter Linda Geanne born in Joplin. Chaplain Bartley heads to the Pacific theater as the family celebrates the new arrival. Telephone companies in Argentina are a year behind in installations.
The Sikeston Presbyterian church will host a Sunday sermon titled The Great Choice delivered by Rev. Bartley Schwegler at 10 45. Sunday school classes led by T. J. McNeely meet at 9 45 prior to services.
Rev H H Harper will speak at his home next Sunday on The Lord Said Unto Satan. Services begin at 2 30 oclock. The public is invited to attend.
The Chinese leader says he has been a Christian for nearly ten years and read the Bible constantly during two weeks of captivity in Siam. He describes the sacred book as revealing Christ's greatness and inspiring him to fight temptation and uphold righteousness.
Family thanks all who assisted during the illness and death of their beloved father John L. Cox who died August 14 1944.
In the last 11 years the American people have contributed 29,562,742 dollars in the fight against infantile paralysis, announced by Basil O'Connor, president of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.
A shipment of penicillin valued at 3,500,000 dollars has reached Calcutta India and is slated for dispatch to the Burma and China fronts to aid medical needs and combat infections among troops.
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