The Appeal of Hard Tasks in Corinth
A Sunday School lesson on Acts 18 1 Corinthians 2 1 5 discusses Paul in Corinth facing opposition. He reasons in the synagogue persuading Jews and Greeks, aided by Silas and Timothy, and continues boldly despite hardship. The Lord encourages him promising safety and many in the city.
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Corinth
Paul
Silas
Timotheus
Macedonia
Jesus
Christ
Justus
God
Crispus
Christ Paul
Jesus Christ
Discussion Questions for Corinth Sunday Lesson
Sunday School discusses first Corinthians 2 1 5 and 18 1 11. Questions explore why Christian work at Corinth faced difficulty and how Paul addressed weakness with faith. The session prompts reflection on perseverance, preaching, and reliance on God.
Why is there an appeal hard tasks
The text asks why there is an appeal to hard tasks and how that relates to spiritual growth. It suggests facing difficulty as part of learning and faith development within a community context.
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Christ
Paul
Clericus
New Business Opportunities for Today Enjoined
Rahm Harper and Bros. present over one hundred specific ways to make money today in business activities. The piece argues youth can find personal enterprise and initiative, with no closed doors if alert to general needs and new fields where success is attainable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rahm
Harper and Bros
Avon Junior-Senior Banquet Date Set
Avon announces the junior senior banquet will be held in the school auditorium on Tuesday evening May 9.
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AVON
Mary
Young Ladies Society Dance at Holy Trinity Church Hall
The Young Ladies Society of Holy Trinity Church sponsors a dance in the Church Hall on Sunday evening May 7. The public is invited.
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The
Young Ladies Society of
Holy Trinity Church
Charity drive banquet attended by Mrs. Forthofer in Cleveland
Mrs. Joseph Forthofer Sr. attended a charity drive banquet at the Hotel Statler in Cleveland on Wednesday evening May 3.
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Joseph Forthofer Sr
Hotel Statler
Cleveland
Sixteen Club Hosts Evening With Mr and Mrs Hauser
The Sixteen Club was entertained Thursday evening by Mr. and Mrs. George Hauser. Prizes went to Arnold and Gladys Buck. Refreshments followed the card games and another gathering is planned at the Buck home in two weeks.
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George Hauserman
Arnold
Gladys Buck
Buck
Grafton News Notes Highlights Local Visits and Gatherings
Grafton residents hosted O E S members with a mixed program led by Mrs George Edward and Mrs Earl Durkee. Numerous Sunday and weekend visits spanned Elyria Cleveland Detroit Mentor Canton Rocky River and Lakewood. Local families shared meals and celebrated birthdays while plans emerged to open a funeral home in West Salem.
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Grafton
George Edward
Earl Durkee
la Grange
Grafton Mothersingers
Alex Schwed
Frank Drexler
Elyria
Fred Duscha
Emily Tran
Anr
Coy Neff
Ann
Gladys Pryor
Cleveland
Thomas Pryor
C D. Lehman
Harvey Durkee
C. E. Lehman
Janet
Harvid Thompson
H. B Belden
Lehman
George Meyers
Gordon Meyers
Raymond
Della Meyers
Ann Klias
Detroit
Harold Meyers
Donald
Cleveland Heights
C. H Soey
Allen
Hal Rothgery
John Hoffman
Rocky River
Edith Howard
Floyd Zacharias and
Earl Zacharias
Mentor
W E Baker
Levis Grills
North Eaton
Lt. Daniel House
R. D. Fulton
West Salem
Dan Belden
Jack Reichard
June
Treva
Mildred Rechard
Clark
Chagrin Falls
Mabel Clark
Alberta Lang
Martins Ferry
Roy Lang
Estella Aldricn
Berneta Mennell
John Goodrich
L . Daniels
Ed Dambaugh
N. Rindfleish
J. Leflink
Emma Alexander
Ballash
Marie
Lafayette
Frank Cragin
Bert Nesbett
Marvin Ryder
Austinsburg
Faith Howard
T. M. Pfeiffer
Wellington
Warren Grills
Charles Marsh
Russell
Grills
Frank Keller
Memorial Hospital
Kenyon Chamberlain and
Bruce
Lakewood
Athletic Awards Made At Grafton High Banquet
GRAFTON The Grafton High School athletic banquet aired honors Tuesday with Supt. W A Jantz as toastmaster. Coaches presented letters to seniors Edward Kubuske Reymond Kubuske Paul Bunges Russell Logan and others across grades for basketball football and related achievements. The evening ended with a dance in the auditorium.
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Grafton
Grafton High School
W A Jantz
Kieselbach
Edward Kubuske
Reymond Kubuske
Paul Bunges
Russell Logan
Badley
Robert Cowles
Alice Buin
Alice Bladowski
Richard Logan
Virginia Miler
F. 101S Bardon
Albert McGoogan
Donald McClintock
Bernard Wilczek
Emerson Schwarer
Donald Bohne
John Kubuske
Ross Stuart
Charles Perry
Helen Kasper
Joe Burke
Leonard Walczak
Allen Bartlett
Suburban Calendar Daily town events listed by towns
Columbia hosts the senior play Heart Trouble in the town hall Friday night. Eaton holds an amateur hour at the school auditorium Friday to benefit Robert Smith injured by a school gun accident. Grafton Young Peoples Class meets Friday evening with Mr and Mrs Vaneul Myers. Pittsfield Ladies Aid plans a pot luck supper with cast members of The Man in the Green Shirt at the Methodist church Friday. North Olmsted F U N Girls supper at Lorain Road Congregational church at 6 pm. North Olmsted Universalist church program of entertainment at pm. La Grange Townsend Club meets at 8 pm. Litchfield senior class presents Civil Service at town hall at & p m. Penfield Pomona Grange meets all day Saturday. North Ridgeville junior and senior prom at the school. Wakeman senior class play Headed For Eden at 8 15 pm in the high school auditorium.
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North Olmsted
F. U.N
Lorain Road Congregational Church
Universalist Church
LA Grange
Penfield
Pomona Grange
North Ridgeville
Wakeman
Eden
Club and scout meetings plus social visits listed
Community notices show Grafton groups Including Just Between You and Me Club Mothersingers and several scouts meet on evenings. Elyria Township Mothersingers plan a tureen supper at 6 P M. Social visitors named include families from Elyria North Olmsted North Ridgeville and nearby towns.
Woman's Guild Honors Mothers at South Amherst Meeting
The May gathering at St. John's Evangelical Church featured devotionals led by Mrs. Fred Holzhauer, readings by Mrs. Alex Flowers, and a Symbolic Service on Motherhood with several members participating. Musical duets, stories, readings, and a corsage distribution followed, plus business notes and announcements for Circle meetings and an upcoming Federation event.
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South Amherst
Woman's Guild
St. John’s Evangelical Church
Fred Holzhauer
Alex Flowers
Willian Holzhauer
Kenneth Corbett
Fred Berger
John Mori
Henry Kolb
Wm. Cook
Wm. Gassar
Albert Wragg
Cora Schneider
Fred Schacht
Fred Gauman
Federation of Evangelical Women’s Unions
St. Peter's Church
Amherst
St. John’s Church
Paul Mort
Circle One
Circle Two
Rosemary Chamberlain To Head Grafton M. E. Church S. S. Class
Rosemary Chamberlain was elected president of the Grafton M E Church Sunday School class with Alberta Schwed as vice president Martha Hoffmeister as secretary and Donna Rae Carmel as treasurer The class has not yet chosen a name The party included games and refreshments hosted by Virginia Furnish and Alberta Schwed with Miss Rhea Beesing as tutor.
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Barbara Scholl
Martha Hoffmeister
Vivian Bartlett
Donna Rae Carmel
Mary Louise Edward
Alberta Schwed
Virginia Furnish
Rosemary Chamberlain
Rhea Beesing
Townsend Club Of Dover Center To Mark 100th Meeting
Dover Center Townsend Club No. 1 will host its 100th regular meeting Tuesday night May 9 at 8 PM in the U S hall. A special program will honor the milestone. On Saturday the club plans a dance at Clague Park Cabin on Hillard road.
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Dover Center
Townsend Club No. 1
U. S. Hall
Clague Park
Hillard Road
Grace Crile Weds Arthur Steele In Wabash Ceremony
Miss Grace Iona Crile daughter of Huntington residents wed Arthur G. Steele of Wabash Indiana in a 2 PM ceremony at the groom’s newly purchased home officiated by Reverend R C Plank of First Methodist Wa bash. Steele works at Wabash cabinet works and is a Methodist choir soloist. The couple reside at 527 East Hill Street Wabash.
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Huntington
Grace Iona Crile
Johnson Crile
Arthur G. Steele
Wabash
Indiana
Steele
Isaiah Steele
Lima
R. C. Plank
First Methodist
Wabash Cabinet Works
The
Methodist Church
E. Hill Street
Wabash, Ind
Services To Be Resumed In Grafton M. E. Church
On Sunday May 7 Rev. Geo C Beebe will preach at both the Grafton and Belden M E Churches on Has Christianity Come Before Its Time Despite incomplete repairs at the Grafton church services will start at 9 30 A M with Sunday School at 10 30 A M A choir anthem will be performed during the worship service.
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Grafton
Geo. C. Beebe
Belden M. E
Religious Reality sermon at La Porte M E Church
Rev. Thomas Hughes will deliver the 11 15 A M Sunday service with special choir music. Sunday School meets at 10 15 A M led by C F Whitney, superintendent, and the Sunday School orchestra directed by Miss Eleanor Robson will perform.
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Laporte Methodist Church
Thomas Hughes
Carlisle
LaPorte M. E
Eleanor Robson
C. F. Whitney
Ridgeville High hosts National Honor Society induction
The Ridgeville chapter inducted new NHS members in the school auditorium on Monday evening. Music by Gerald Frank, L. R. Crowe, and Dorothy Mercer accompanied the ceremony. Pins were awarded to Dorothy Ely, Rita Getz, Regina Kathe, Arent Kjaer, and Robert Line. Officers elected were President Arent Kjaer, Vice-President Howard Salisbury, and Secretary Mildred Maddock. A buffet luncheon followed under faculty advisor Mrs Ethel Patterson.
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Ridgeville
National Honor Society
Gerald Frank
L. R. Crowe
Dorothy Mercer
Dorothy Ely
Rita Getz
Regina Kathe
Arent Kjaer
Robert Line
Elizabeth Wilcox
Howard Salisbury
Mildred Maddock
Ethel Patterson
Ridgeville Study Club Closes Year
Mrs Robert Haeh hosted the Ridgeville Study Club at her Cleveland road home. Members discussed books read, approved a 1939 1940 program, planned a picnic at Mrs V Andrews home, welcomed guest Mrs Wiggins of Elyria, and noted a gift to the Senior Class Washington fund.
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North Ridgeville
Robert Haeh
Ridgeville
Cleveland Road
Miner Eldred
Russell Hadaway
Washington
Ruth Harkness
Wiggins
Elyria
Glen Falkner
Perky Puellae Four-H Club Elects Officers
The Perky Puellae 4-H Girls Club met at Lake Avenue School for its organization meeting. Officers elected for the coming year are Helen Taylor president Rita Baker vice president Margaret Takacs secretary treasurer Gladys Stang recreation committee Levina Christ refreshment committee and Mona Shryock news reporter. Plans include selling ice cream bars at the Lake Avenue PTA meeting May 5 to fund a summer camping trip. The next meeting will be at Lake Avenue School after school hours on Tuesday May 9.
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Take Avenue
Lake Avenue
Ths
C. C. Jackson
Helen Taylor
Rita Baker
Margaret Takacs
Gladys Stang
Levina Christ
Mona Shryock
Woman's Club Hosts Mayor Douglass Meeting in North Olmsted
The North Olmsted Woman's Club will hear Mayor David Douglass at a May 8 gathering at Mrs. W. J Rumpler's home with hostesses Mrs. W. R. Thomas Mrs. J. Barnard and Mrs. W. O. Sharps. New officers include President Mrs. B. F. Salisbury and Secretary Mrs. G. E. Rankin.
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Woman's Club of
North Olmsted
Mayor Douglass
W. J Rumpler
North Olmsted Womans Club
W. R. Thomas
J. Barnard
W. O. Sharps
David Douglass
B. F. Salisbury
L S. Cawrse
G. E. Rankin
H. R. Bowen
F. W. Mould
C. B Lewis
Dewey Road
H. Irons
Domestic Do'ers Four-H Club Meets Thursday
The Domestic Do'ers Girls Four-H Club of Ridgeville will hold its first after school meeting on Thursday May 11 at Mrs Joseph Eckenfels home. Prospective members may obtain application blanks from president Jane Robinson or advisor Mrs John Cummins and bring filled forms to the meeting.
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Ridgeville Township
Joseph Eckenfels
Jane Robinson
John Cummins
Brookside P.T.A. To Sponsor Card Party
Brookside School Parent-Teachers Association will hold a card party at the school at 8 oclock Wednesday night May 10. Refreshments will be served and prizes awarded. Everyone is invited.
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Brookside School Parent- Teachers Association
Distinction Day Program Delights Ridgeville High Crowd
Ridgeville N. spotlighted the Senior class of 1939 with a melodrama titled The Gay Nineties. Dorothy Ely opened the program recounting twelve years of the class. The ensemble presented music, dance, a mock store scene, and a humorous skit with villagers, hillbillies, and modern youth as the curtain fell.
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N. Ridgeville
Dorothy Ely
Phyllis Perkes
Bob Weisheit
Ruth Schneider
Ernest Palmer
Lois Taft
Iola Beebe
Hilda Daniels
Ethel Bement
Barefoot Hillbillies
Richie Winters
Bob Line
Bob Treadwell
Karl Hunt
Don Castle
Regina Kathe
Jane Bender
Jr. Hunt
Strong Man
Jack Halter
Bob Wershell
Jim Wohlever
Kenny Myers
Dorothy Forney
Kathleen
Mary Ruth Dittman
Jack Shuttleworth
Mary Ruth
Aernt Kjaer
Johnny Veres
Reds
Barbara Kirsch
Wanda Michalik
Rita Getz
Donna Worcester
Services At Spencer Baptist Church Announced
Spencer Baptist Church announces Sunday services with Bible school at 10 A M led by Harold Painter. Mrs Rose Mantz supervises and a Primary Superintendent is named. Morning sermon titled Bread and the Cup, with Communion at the end. Evening service at 8 featuring Rev Ewing Walters on Evolution in the Life of Truth. Midweek prayer and Bible study Wednesday evening with Revelations lesson.
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Spencer
Ewing Walters
The
Baptist Church
Harold Painter
Rose Mantz
Walters
Pittsfield Couple Feted On 20th Anniversary
A surprise party honored Mr. and Mrs. Ray Carter on their twentieth wedding anniversary in Pittsfield Ray Carter and family hosted twenty guests including Ed Zimmer Lena Carter Naomi Burg Fred Meinke Percy Emery Elyria Oberlin and others. Rev Dawe sang I Love You Truly with Ruth Meinke. The couple received many gifts as ice cream and cake were served late.
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Pittsfield
Ray Carter
Ed Zimmer
Lena Carter
Naomi Burg
Fred Meinke
Percy Emery
Elyria
Henry Duwn
Oberlin
E. G. Whitcomb
Henry Heiden
Ezra Mull
LeRoy
Dora Pomeroy
Frank Dillie
Rev. Dawe
Ruth Meinke
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Harold R. Landon
Ernest Dunford
E. C. Young
Columbia Methodist Church
Birmingham M. E
R. M Norris
ST. Peter’s Catholic Church
George Martin
Joseph R. Buescher
United Congregation’s Methodist Church OF
Ohio
AL Wesrick
Christian Endeavor
Huntington United Church
John G Koontz
Mia
Ges. Kail
Spencer Methodist Church
Camden Baptist Church
W F Bissette
Homer Edward
Brownhelm Reformed Church
Harold E Weber
Lagrange Baptist Church
Henry A. Craver
M. E
George C. Reeve
Epworth
South Ridge Zion Evangelical
R G Pfetzer
Penfield Junction Baptist Church
E& J
Brownhelm
R. E. Albright
Kipton
Joseph H Maver
Young
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H. H Patrick
Brighton
Clarksfield
Rochester
Theodore Paul
Brownhelm Evangelical Church
R. G. Pferrer
Bering
St. Epworth League
Grafton M. E
Bethel Temple Assemblies OF God
Litchfield Ohio
M. E. Church
Homer Doak
Community League
North
Eaton
A &, Stevenson
Book Review
Sizteen Club Met
Iva Wolf
Mothersingers
Elyria Township
C. A Gibbons
V. J. Rumpler
Lorain Road
L Gipson
Theodore Weichel
Don Eschtruth
Nancy Ann
Anna Hosler
O. J Lehman
Peggy
Akron
Hosler
Glenn Bailey
Royalton
C. B. Finley
Howard Kimect
Kenneth
Betty
Gordon Schwarer
Ashland
Lottie Kinnect
Mary Davidson
Caroline Rising
George Harrison
Edna
Anna
Thos. Plant
Norwalk
Hazel
Mary Nesbett
Dan Nesbett
Baby
Augusta Satorius
Ray
Richard Satorius
New London
Oliver Yost
Elza Reisinger
TCI
TTTT
Mares VU Lmni “Cities Service
West River
Furnace
Woman’s Guild At
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Ind
LaPorte M. E. Church
Lenora
Stevick
4Th Street
Ridgeville High
Ridgeville Study Club
Do'ers
Brookside P.T. A
Spencer Baptist Church
E. Loeffler CO
Broad Street
Murbach Coal
Markley Brass
Sandusky
Vincent
Mas Afer
Ha McGucken
Tay
Sanctys
Part
Markley
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Icheon
Avon Civil
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Co. 8Ve
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Ter Howe
Miss Shaw
Ali
DOVER
Melvin
Lotte Schuck
Alig Galias
Clyde Rupler
Ed Haoker
Ted Couch
Carol Stodenkamp
Margiethy Wulf
Dorothy Kaase
Helen Lergery Dorow
Walter Weston
Jo Garbler
Ralph Luffler
Harley
Mildred Michelle Allen Bonder
M Blanche Schnitz
Robert Ausden
Doron
Jean H Hublitz
Lucy P Smith
Yula Hayes
Fredy Burneson
Patsy , Kullman
Jean
Li Lehman
Ed Mopron
Jane Werk
John Schley
Hublitz
Barbara Henry
Edith Hurs
Joanne Bouder
C Klink
Joseph
Valley City
Liverpool
Charé
Aunt Susie
St Muntz
Joey He
Schmidt
Scarlett Iter
Laura Dawsor
Madame Zola
Lucithia
Ruth Jagus
Hazel Gunkelman
Bob Gienke
LaSal
Old Daugherty
J John Hauck
Sudy Schaefer
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