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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1941
Page
9
Rev Gayle Jackson presides with Sunday School at 10 and morning worship at 11 each Sunday. Evangelistic sermon by the pastor at 7 30 p m. Prayer meeting on Tuesday and Friday at 7 30 p m. Everyone welcome.
Rev E D Owen pastor of the Baptist church will preach The Child Type at morning worship. Sunday school begins at 9 30 with Alva Vaughn in charge. Morning service at 10 45 features One Thing Lacking. Baptist Training Union starts at 6 30 followed by the 7 30 sermon.
The parish of St Francis Navier Catholic Church lists Mass times by season with 7:00 and 9:00 am summer and 7:30 and 9:30 am winter, Holy Days 5:45 pm and 8:00 am, weekdays 7:00 and 8:00 am, Saturday 8:00 am in the Convent, Baptisms after the last Sunday Mass, and Confession times including Saturdays and eves with request availability.
Rev Jos P Read pastor of the Christian church will preach on Two Years in Sikeston in Sunday morning service Sunday school starts at 9 45 with Houck Mitchell in charge morning worship at 1045 young peoples service at 630 and evening worship at 730 Rev Read will speak on What the Christian Church Believes About Faith in the evening.
Rev W K Gibson leads a revival campaign at the Church of God on Kendall Street starting Monday night. Pastor Rev Nathan Nelson announces services will be held nightly with open invitations to the public.
Sikeston Lutheran church will skip its morning service next Sunday so members may attend a Mission Festival in Parma. The 11 oclock sermon will be delivered by Rev. H O Bruss of Poplar Bluff. An afternoon service at 230 will feature Rev. G C Schramm and participants from Sikeston.
Rev. John L. Taylor will preach Sunday at Sikeston Methodist church. Morning sermon titled The Human Equation. Evening message titled Never-failing Harvests. Regular Sunday school session held as usual.
Regular services will be held Sunday at the Sikeston Methodist Mission in Smith addition with Rev. H. H. Harper in charge. Prayer services are held each Thursday at 7:30 p.m. and morning worship begins at 11:00 a.m. Sunday evening services follow at 7:30 p.m.
Rev J W Hoffert pastor of the Sikeston Church of the Nazarene announces Sunday as rally day with all church groups staging special services. Sunday school at 9 30 features a quartet of Negro singers and Miss Mame Bailey the guest speaker, a former Nazarene missionary in the British West Indies. At 6 50 the young people meet and rally day activities continue with evening services as Rev Hoffert preaches Being Born Again.
Rev D D MacAdams Sikeston Presbyterian church pastor preaches Sunday morning September 28 on the sermon subject Man and the Grace of God The evening service will follow with the usual church rites
Members of the Sikeston church of the Nazarene will go to Matthews at 2 30 o'clock Sunday afternoon to take part in a joint missionary and Sunday school rally of churches in this area. Representatives of Caruthersville Anniston Cape Girardeau Morehouse Matthews Wardell Charleston and Sikeston are expected to be present.
Members of the Men's Bible Class of the Christian church will hold an outdoor supper Friday night at the home of J. F. Fox Sr. on Southwest street. Elmer Propst, the class teacher, expects about forty attendees from current and former members.
New church year begins Sunday Sept 28 with officers named for Sikeston Baptist Church. Appointments include Clerk Mrs Lewis Conley Treasurer C H Butler ushers led by head usher Ralph Reid and Clyde Healey. Music and finance committees named along with Sunday school leadership.
The Men’s Bible Class orchestra from the Methodist church under Paul Slinkard entertained at the Pine Union church reunion near Marquand on Sunday. A basket dinner on the church lawn preceded the program, with participants including Luke Baker and daughter Jean, Emmett Jacobs and son Wilbur Ray, Alfred Taylor, Bill Van Horne, Ward Denman, John Boardman, and Tommy and Marshall Myers Jr. of Canalou. Doug Harris led group singing and Mrs M. Mill played piano, joined by several accompanying spouses and family members.
A Sunday school juniors rally will be held at the Church of the Nazarene at 10:30 Saturday morning September 27. Rev. J. W. Hoffert announces the event with Mrs. Mae Anderson of St. Louis in charge as district junior supervisor.
Thirty men attended the Brotherhood gathering Monday night in the Baptist church basement. Dinner at 7:00 p.m. was served by Junior Matron's Circle under Mrs. W. E. Hedden. Rev. E. D. Owen delivered a humorous talk on Life's Shock Absorber. Paul Brown urged attendance at the October 20 meeting.
Attendees from Sikeston joined the Associational Women’s Missionary Union event at Morley Baptist church Tuesday night. Names listed include Mesdames Vaughn Engram Jackson and Lee and Misses Smith McCuiston Sexton Marshall Skelton Jackson. A China missionary program followed with Mrs Handley Wiley. Also present were Mrs C. M. Truex and Miss Wilma Bucy. Tuesday sessions included Rev E D Owen and Mesdames Reese Tomerlin Arbaugh.
The Methodist Women's Society of Christian Service will gather at the church at noon on Wednesday October 1. Rev. John L. Taylor announces a covered dish luncheon followed by a business meeting and program in the afternoon.
Rev. Wm. Reaves of Hubbard Texas will conduct a three weeks revival at Sikeston Christian church starting Sunday November 16 He will be accompanied by Mrs Reaves as pianist Pastor Rev Joseph P Read will assist with the services
Reverend and Mrs. H. A. Mitchell of Canalea were among the business visitors seen in Sikeston on Tuesday as they toured local sites and met with business representatives.
The September 28 1941 International Sunday School Lesson by Gilbert 0. Nations reflects on Revelation’s closing chapters. It describes judgment, the book of life, and the eternal home of the redeemed. The article emphasizes reconciliation through Christ and the sublime, symbolic dimensions of the Holy City and its everlasting light.
The article explains stores and banks provide patriotic service selling Defense Bonds with no fees. It suggests forming thrift by asking employers or bankers to withhold small amounts from pay, such as 10 cents daily or a dollar on your birthday, to reach purchase goals.
In this religious essay Walter H. Ryle argues fear and timidity drain talents, while anchoring life to God through faith and church builds courage for success. He urges readers to attend Sunday school and church next Sunday as a source of guidance and strength.
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