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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1941
Page
7
Sunday School at 10, morning worship at 11 each Sunday. Evangelistic sermon at 7 30 pm by the pastor. Prayer meeting Tuesdays and Fridays at 7 30. Everybody welcome.
Front and Stoddard Streets Rev J J O Neill Pastor Rev A H Hoormann Assistant Phone 447 Masses Sunday Summer 7 00 a m and 9 00 a m Winter 7 30 a m and 9 30 a m Holy Days 5 45 a m and 8 00 a m Weekdays 7 00 a m and 8 00 a m Saturdays 8 00 a m Mass at Convent Baptisms after last Mass on Sunday.
The Church of God schedules Sunday School at 9 30 a m preaching at 11 a m and 7 30 p m Prayer service is at 7 30 p m Tuesday The Victory Leaders Band meets at 6 30 o clock each Sunday evening.
Rev. E. D. Owen will preach Sunday morning on A New Testament Church Equipped and At Work. Evening sermon titled The Question of the Ages. Regular Sunday school and Baptist Training Union meet at usual hours, with directors Alva Vaughn and Bill Hopkins in charge.
Rev Joseph P Read of Sikeston Christian church will preach Sunday morning September 21 on the subject Reshaping the World and will also present Why I Am a Christian. Last Sunday night attendance more than doubled due to a special inviting effort by five lay men and the pastor.
Regular services will be held Sunday at the Methodist Mission in Smith addition with Rev. H. H. Harper conducting. Sunday school starts at 10:00, morning worship at 11:00, and evening services at 7:30. Prayer services occur each Thursday at 7:30.
Rev. Arthur Schornack of Jackson will be the guest speaker at Sikeston Lutheran Church Sunday. He will speak at the regular morning worship hour at nine o'clock, followed by Sunday school at ten. Pastor Rev. G C Schramm will attend in Poplar Bluff as principal speaker at both morning and afternoon Mission Festival services.
Rev John L Taylor pastor Sikeston Methodist church will preach Sunday morning September 21 on When We Feel Like It. Church school at 9 45 with superintendent L M Standley in charge. Evening organ recital by Professor Luther T Spayde of Swinney Conservatory Central College Fayette. details appear elsewhere in The Herald.
Rev. D. D. MacAdams will preach on Treasure Hunters at 10:45 AM. Calvin Carter, superintendent, leads 9:30 AM service. Congregational meeting after worship. Christian Endeavor at 6:30 PM and evening service at 7:30 PM.
Rev Morris Finger of the Church of the Nazarene will continue the revival through next week, with sermons including The Seed That Yielded Bountiful Harvest During Famine and The Crowning Work of Redemption. Twenty seven conversions reported since the revival began. Services start at 9:30, morning worship 10:45, youth 6:30, evening 7:30.
Sikeston Jews will travel to Cape Girardeau to celebrate Rosh Hashona at the synagogue marking the New Year with a multi day period beginning at sundown Sunday. Stores owned by Jewish residents will close. Yom Kippur will begin sundown Wednesday October 1 and run through Thursday.
Officials elected for the church year beginning October include Board of Trustees chair Dr. J. H. Kready and members John G. Russell and Frank H. Schulte. L. M. Standley named church school superintendent and C. H. Boyce, Walter Rayburn, Miss Lucille Mount to the Board of Christian Education. Mrs. J. N. Ross chairs Communion service. Rev. J. T. Self directs the Golden Cross Society. The Stewards list long roster of names including Earl M. Allen and G. W. Lufcy. Lay Conference reserves C. C. Scott and Mrs. J. N. Ross with L. M. Standley.
The Gleaners Class of the Methodist church will install new officers at the regular meeting and party at 7 30 p m on Wednesday September 24 in the church basement. Rev John L Taylor will install the officers led by president Mrs E J Keith and include vice president Mrs M C Mill secretary Mrs Myrtle Moll treasurer Mrs Charles Lindley circle readers Mrs B L McMullin Mrs C F Stevens Mrs Luke Baker and Mrs John Hitt Mrs John Fox will lead the evening program.
Mr and Mrs C R Priest moved to Cape Girardeau on Monday where Mr Priest obtained employment.
Professor Luther T Spayde head of Organ and Theory at Swin ney Conservatory will present an organ recital Sunday evening September 21 at the Methodist church Rev John L Taylor announces. Spayde a Whittenberg and American Conservatory of Music graduate has studied with noted teachers and served as organist and choir master in Lima Springfield and Chicago churches. Since 1930 he has taught at Central College directing the college choir and helped design the new instrument to be showcased in this recital featuring Handel Purcell Bach Schubert Mendelssohn Guilmont Dunham Stebbins and Widor pieces.
Members of the local Christian Endeavor Society travel to Poplar Bluff tomorrow night for the monthly district conference. Bob McCord of Sikes ton is set to participate in the evening program.
The Ruth Class of the Baptist Church will hold its regular meeting on Monday night September 29 replacing the September 22 date. Mrs George Faris, teacher, will host the session at her East Gladys street home.
The author analyzes Revelation symbols of the dragon and the beast as Rome and the ecclesiastical empire. Persecution by pagan Rome and later a papal regime are discussed, with prophecy marking 1260 years of wilderness and eventual triumph through faith, testimony, and divine judgment.
Advertises printed and engraved stationery services offered by The Herald office. Details include custom designs and prompt production for personal and official needs.
Frank H. Schulte received a walnut plaque with a silver plate for his leadership of the Property Conservation Committee at the first service in the redecorated First Methodist Church Sikeston Missouri. The inscription honored his extraordinary leadership and supervision of the 1941 program.
Rev and Mrs Jos P Read entertained several days this week with guests Mr and Mrs Ewen of Covington Indiana and Mr and Mrs Floyd Hitrick of State Line Indiana visiting for the week.
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