Bethel Reformed Presbyterian Church marks sesquicentennial
Sparta church celebrates 150 years since Rev Samuel Wylie was named missionary and first pastor in 1818. Pastors Wylie Smiley and Robert W. Stewart served the congregation, with church moves from Eden to Sparta and a 1923 brick house of worship near Bethel Cemetery in Sparta.
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Bethel Reformed Presbyterian Church
North St. Louis Street
Sparta
Samuel Wylie
Southern
Illinois
Presbyterian Church
Wylie
W. J. Smiley
Hill Prairie
Marissa
Smiley
Robert W. Stewart
Bethel Cemetery
Tion
Eden
Bethel Reformed Presbyterian
Memorial Service Set in Christopher Parish
St. Andrew's Catholic Church in Christopher will hold Memorial Day services for deceased parish members, with prayers for world peace and Holy Mass at 9 a.m. in the church cemetery. The American Legion will precede the service. all are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Andrew's Catholic Church of Christopher
American Legion
Lay leaders to be installed at Aldersgate Church
Harold Chase will be installed as lay leader at Aldersgate Methodist Church in Marion. Previous lay leader was Paul Killman. Howard Booth will continue as Sunday School superintendent. Betty Boatright replaces Mrs. Robert Jackson as education chairman. Nine trustees and 20 stewards will be installed. The Rev. M. J. Powell announced there will be no evening service June 2 to allow attendance at a conference in Carbondale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Chase
Aldersgate Methodist Church
Marion
Paul Killman
Howard Booth
Betty Boatright
Robert Jackson
M. J. Powell
Carbondale
Marion woman installed top CWU Illinois official
Mrs. Joseph G. Van Roekel wife of Marion First Presbyterian pastor was installed as president of Church Women United in Illinois at a state assembly in Kankakee. She previously led Marion CWU for four years and will help set plans at a June 2025 Springfield board meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph. G. van Roekel
Marion First Presbyterian Church
Church Women United
Illinois
van Roekel
Marion Cwu
Springfield
VanRoekel
Marion
Kankakee
William Barnett
Bruce Patton
Oscar Schafale
Roy Griebel
Wilbur Hughey
Harrisburg
Southern Area
Paul Hood
Benton
South
Sixty years of service honored for Methodist layman W. W. Trobaugh
W. W. Trobaugh, born 1879, is honored at Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church as he concludes sixty years of lay service. He taught seven years after college, worked near Bandytown, ran a service station and store near the SIU campus, later removing gas pumps but keeping the store open north of University Center. He began church work in 1908 as Sunday school superintendent and has since filled roles as treasurer, trustee, steward, and funeral conductor in the absence of a minister. Mt. Pleasant Church dates to 1889 on land donated by his father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Trobaugh
Mt. Peasant Methodist
Trobaugh
Southern Tlinois Normal University
Bandytown
Carbondale
SIU
University Center
Mt. Pleasant Church
Herrin church hosts Vacation Bible School fair
Herrin First Christian Church plans a VBS titled Gods Word Today s Hope running June 10 to 21 with evening sessions at 6 30 p m For pre registration a VBS fair with games and contests is set for this Sunday at 6 p m in Fellowship Hall Adults join Rev Robert Walther for classes on How to Understand the Bible and How We Got Our Bible Ages all welcome
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St Herrin First Christian Church
Fellowship Hall
Robert Walther
Memorial Day service at Crab Orchard Church
Memorial day events will be held at Crab Orchard Christian Church with 10 a.m. Sunday school and 11 a.m. worship, followed by a march to Hiller Cemetery and a noon basket dinner. An afternoon program at 1 30 p.m. features Pilgrim Echoes Bob Daniels James Daniels and Gene McGown. The public is invited. services have taken place since 1866 when Civil War veterans started decorating graves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Barnes
Covenant College
Lookout Mountain, Tenn
Crab Orchard Christian Church
Hiller Cemetery
Bob Daniels
James Daniels
Gene McGown
Crab Orchard
Spiritual lecture on boundless Godly goodness
Charles M. Carry of The Christian Science Board of Lectureship presents a community lecture arguing that no boundary can separate people from God's goodness. The talk promises guidance purpose and ability through a deeper understanding of God inviting all to attend with friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Carry
Christian Science Board of Lectureship
Integrated worship Ten Carbondale Baptist churches rally plan
Ten Carbondale Baptist churches plan a Memorial Day Fellowship Rally on Memorial Day eve at Walnut Street Baptist Church. It marks a historic joint service by Negro and white congregations across five Baptist bodies with host pastor Carl Watkins and protoned speakers including James A. Ponder. The rally aims to unite Baptists across North and South America in a hemispheric evangelistic thrust.
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Integrated Worship
Carbondale Baptist Churches
Plan Fellowship Rally
Carbondale
All Baptist
Walnut Street
Baptist Church
University and
Walnut Streets
Carl Watkins
American Baptist
1St Baptist Church
National Baptist Con
North
South America
Watkins
New minister to the guest at program
The program Preacher on the Sput will be presented during Sunday night service at First Christian Church in Murphysboro. Rev. Larry Reynolds, pastor who recently moved from Terre Haute Indiana after five and a half years there, will appear with the Qmegans youth group to reveal aspects of his private life. The event will include special music and an informal Q&A session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian Church
Murphysboro
Qmegans
Larry Reynolds
Terre Haute
Ind
Church Plans Sunday Devotion at St Joseph’s
The Rev Reynolds of Marion announces a devotion at St Joseph’s Catholic Church on Sunday evening to honor Our Blessed Mother. Services start at 7:30 p.m., moved from 6 p.m., no living rosary or statue crowning, public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Reynolds
Marion
Raphael Malcolm
Hollis
Rushing Plan Final Program at Marion First Baptist
Mr and Mrs Kenneth G Rushing end seven years as church music directors at Marion First Baptist Church with a 7 p.m. service featuring five vocal choirs and two handbell choirs. The Rushings directed the music since August 1961. Rushing is Herrin High School principal and his wife teaches elementary school in Herrin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth G. Rushing
Marion First Baptist Church
Rushings
Hal Landema
Rushing
Marion Church
Herrin High School
Herrin
Rock Hill Baptists in 97th Year
Rock Hill Baptist Church of Carbondale marks its 97th anniversary with morning services followed by a family dinner. An afternoon service at 3 30 features guest speaker Rev Knapp N Granade of University Baptist Church and choirs from his church. Public invited to attend.
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Rock Hill
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