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Newspaper

The Chronicle Telegram

Location

Elyria, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 13, 1939

Page

8

Church Services And Meetings Announced

The Bible School hour is 9 30 A M with a lesson titled Paul Evangelizes a Province Acts 18 18 29 Dr Edwin Kirby will lead the 10 45 A M morning worship. Young people meet at 6 30 P M. Midweek service is Wednesday at 7 30 with choir practice afterward. May 15 7 30 P M the Men Missionary League meets speaker Rev Glenn P Reed Philadelphia PA new corresponding secretary of the United Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions All men invited.

Paul Edwin Kirby Men’s Missionary League Glenn P Reed Philadelphia Pennsylvania United Presbyterian Board of Foreign Misions League

Sunday School and Worship Services Schedule Reveal Mother’s Day Program

Sunday School opens at 9 30 A M led by Mr Leonard Fisk with competent teachers for all ages The morning worship at 10 45 A M features Rev F L Hicks sermon A Mother’s Reward and musical selections by Robert Blakely and the Handel anthem directed by Martin Beck Mrs Carlton Squire at organ A special 3 00 PM Mother’s Day program at Elyria Home for the Aged guest speaker Mayor Burton of Cleveland Epworth League at 6 15 P M with speaker Mrs Ackerman Devotional leader Miss Helen Reese 7 30 PM Dr Hicks speaks on Jesus Respect For Personality with Mr J Martin Beck singing Green Pastures and the choir offering Beautiful Land Called Home

Leonard Fisk F. L. Hicks Robert Blakely Tours Handel Martin Beck Carlton Squire Green Pastures Sanderson Home

Sunday Church Events and Attendance for the Week

Sunday services and weekday church meetings listed with times and locations. Notable events include the Queen Esther Banquet and multiple Circle meetings at homes and churches, with a 400 voice mixed chorus led by Elmer Schroeter and a 3 000 Lutheran attendance forecast.

Fifteenth anniversary service at Elyria First Congregational

May lth marks the 15th anniversary of Dr. and Mrs William Muir Auld at Elyria First Congregational. Dr Auld will deliver the sermon tomorrow at 10 45 titled The Ministry of the Spiritual. The choir will sing Sanctus by Gounod.

William Muir Auld Elyria First Congregational Church Dr. Auld Gounld

Mother's Day Service Slated at Church of Christ

The Church of Christ will host a Sunday morning service featuring Rev. Will Foster speaking on the subject A Mothers Job. The event honors mothers with a focused sermon and church gathering.

Church of Christ Will Foster

Sunday School and Worship Services at Nazarene Church

The Church of the Nazarene at 114 Harwood St invites the public to Sunday School at 9 45 a m with the lesson Paul Evangelizes a Province and a Mother's Day sermon at 6 45 p m on the theme Challenge to Motherhood The evening evangelistic service begins at 7 45 p m with special music and a sermon Holding the Truth The NYP devotional service led by Mrs Carl Herrmann precedes the evening program All are welcome to attend.

Church of the Nazarene Harwood St Paul Carl Herrmann

The Ideal Mother Sermon at Grace Evangelical Lutheran

Grace Lutheran Church on Princeton Avenue and East River Street hosts a Mother's Day sermon by Rev. W. W. Walker at 7:45 p.m. The service features the anthem The Lord is My Shepherd and Sunday school activities led by Willard Schmittgen. T. F. Henkel conducts an adult Bible class on Acts during Sunday school. The congregation notes a Washington Irving quotation on maternal love and announces a joint Centennial celebration with the Public Music Hall in Cleveland at 4:00 p.m.

Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church Princeton Avenue East River Street W. W. Walker Willard Schmittgen Grace Lutheran Public Music Hall Cleveland Dr. A

Sunday School Opens with Fellowship Focus and Mother's Day Trim

An orchestra selection opens the 9 30 Sunday School hour with classes for all ages. The lesson centers on The Fellowship of the Christian Faith from Acts 18 20 and Ephesians 2. A Mother's Day commemoration program follows. Rev A E Kemp delivers A Succession of Faith at Morning Worship. The choir presents A Shrine Within My Heart by Kate Strauss Shibley with Mrs James Lamberton on solo. Youth Fellowship of Christian Endeavor meets at 6 15 P M led by Betty Wissinger. All ages 15 and older are invited.

Fellowship of the Christian Faith A. E. Kemp Kate Strauss Shibley James Lamberton Youth Fellowship of Christian Endeavor Betty Wissinger

Mother's Day Early Communion Service Plans

The church schedules a 7:30 a m early Communion service marking Mother's Day and Confirmation class anniversaries. A 9:30 Church school service follows with instruction. At 10:45 Morning Prayer and a sermon titled The Mother as a Teacher will discuss religion matrimony and vocation. Choir offers Lift Up Your Heads for Ascension. Evening Young People meet at 7:30.

James Rogers

Double Portion and Second Coming Sermons at Sunday Service

Sunday morning Rev. R. H. Neighbour continues the Holy Spirit series with A Double Portion and in the evening discusses The Powers Shall Be Shaken on the Second Coming of Christ. A Mother's Day bouquet honors the oldest mother after the evening service. Church events run all week with various Bible studies, youth rallies, and prayer meetings.

R. H. Neighbour F .O. Wilford East Avenue John Green Wellington Greenwood Greenwood Camp Paterson N. J H. Carlson Women’s Visitation Group Relief Committee

The Influence of a Mother

Readable text traces the role of mothers as foundational figures in shaping civilizations and faith, highlighting their early influence on empire builders and Christian civilizations. The fragment emphasizes maternal duty and moral guidance as civilization’s quiet forces.

Christendom

Why Not Accept the Invitation and Come to Church

A church urges daily reverence for motherhood and invites all to honor mothers on Mother's Day. The author D. Carl Yoder emphasizes motherhood as the world’s greatest work amid social reconstruction and asks readers to attend services this Sunday.

D. Carl Yoder

Noted Missionary Leader To Speak To League Here

The Rev. Glenn Patterson Reed of the United Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions will speak at the May meeting of the Men’s Missionary League of the local church on Monday May 15 at 7 30 PM. Reed will discuss the Sudan mission and the board’s work there with support from the Salvation Army Band. Attendees include visitors from Lakewood Cleveland and Akrona and all local men are invited.

Glenn Patterson Reed Board of Foreign Missions United Presbyterian Church of North America Philadelphia Pennsylvania Meni‘s Missionary League United Presbyterian Church Reed Foreign Board Sudan W. B. Anderson Salvation Army Our City Henry Hillier League of the Margaret Park

The Modern Deborahs and a Call for Christian Civilization

Bishop James E. Freeman argues on behalf of women’s pivotal role in state affairs and moral leadership. He cites biblical Deborah and Leborah to claim women shape judgments, policies, and faith, urging their continued influence for a richer Christian civilization.

James E. Freeman Washington

Anthropology of Everyday Faith in Our Pasacusa 2n

The excerpt argues Christianity is best shown in daily work rather than lofty visions. It emphasizes practical spirituality, finding God in common tasks and ordinary labor, linking personal happiness to helping others.

God

Old John St Methodist Church Starts Weekly Luncheon Club

The Old John St Methodist Church in New York, founded 1768, begins a once-a-week men’s luncheon linked to its noon service. Attendance has reached ninety, while a parallel women’s club in Wall Street draws about 800 attendees.

Old John St. Methodist Church Wall Street New York Bert JL. Davis Zonta Quota Helen Gould Sheppard

Earliest Recorded Observances of Mothers Day Origins

The article traces early mother worship from Asia Minor tales of Rhea, noting ceremonies were introduced to Rome from Greece. It explains these rites expressed the majesty of motherhood and later evolved into a nature festival rather than a pure religious observance.

Rhea Asia Minor Rome Greece

Local Church Directory Details Sunday Schedules

The page lists numerous churches with service times and contact info. Entries include Princeton Avenue churches with morning and evening services, Hungarian, German, and English services, Bible studies, youth groups, and catechism classes, plus Catholic Mass timings at St Mary’s and St Peters Ridgeville.

Origin of Mothering Sunday from Christian festival

The text explains how the festival evolved with Christianity keeping the mother idea but redirecting honor to the church. It notes England as the origin of the custom and mentions boys and and other details as part of the historical development.

Hilaria England Oys

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