Trinity Festival Observed At St John’s Churches
St John’s Lutheran and Christan Church observe the Trinity festival with English and German services at 10 and 11 a m. Sunday school at 9 15 a m. Other events include Walther League birthday dinner Tuesday at 6 30 p m and an Around the World talk by Rev Mennen at 8 p m. Candle lighting at 10 09 p m Thursday. Ladies Aid birthday dinner Friday at noon. Junior society meets Friday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John's Lutheran
Ladies Aid Society
St. John’s Junior Society
Trinity Sunday Church Services Outline Festal Day
Trinity Sunday observances include Holy Communion at 9 30 with many communicants. Morning Prayer and sermon follow at 10 45 with festive hymns and an anthem The Heavens Are Telling from The Creation as offertory. Evening Young People meet at 7 30 to conclude the day.
Sunday school grows at Elyria Gospel Tabernacle
The growing Sunday school at Elyria Gospel Tabernacle will convene at 9 30 a m with classes for all ages. Rev E E Ade will preach at 10 45 a m on The Greatest Asset For A Revival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Elyria Gospel Tabernacle
E E. Ade
Sunday Services at Christ Ambassadors Church
Christ Ambassadors holds a 6 15 p m service with Albert McMannama delivering the message. The Tabernacle orchestra performs at 7 15 p m. The evening sermon is The Danger of Procrastination. Also noted are midweek studies, prayer meetings, Sunday school at 9 30 a m, and a full week of choir, league, and Scout activities.
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The
Christ Ambassadors
Albert McMannama
Tabernacle Orchestra
Pilgrim Church Holds Bespoke Sermons and Youth Activities
A biographical sermon on Peter will open morning worship at Pilgrim church with Jerry Newcomer in charge. The choir is directed by Mrs Albert Andress. Arthur Scrivens sings The Prayer Perfect. Lydia Michael plays piano. Joseph Warner leads Adult Bible class on Jeremiah Denounces False Prophets. Youth classes discuss What Prayer Does to Persons. Junior Pilgrim Fellowship suspended this Sunday. plans for a June Spring picnic are underway. Senior Fellowship meets at 6 30 with James Gotro on devotionals and Emery Van Buren guiding What Others Have Discovered About Work. Boy Scout troop 120 meets Monday at 7 30 led by A F Meinke. Choir practice Thursday at 7 led by Mrs Andress. Glee club from Garford school offers sacred music May 26. Joseph Warner to preach farewell sermon. Jerry Newcomer to serve as student pastor. Holy Communion at Pilgrim church June 2 with new members welcomed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter
Jesus
Pilgrim Church
Jerry Newcomer
Albert Andress
Arthur Scrivens
Oleg
Lydia Michael
Joseph Warner
Jeremiah
Pilgrim Fellowship
James Gotro
Emery van Buren
Glee Club
Garford School
Victorine Sears
Bible school schedule and church services announced
Bible school leadership under T T Sellers and Joel Lautenschleger offers classes studying Jeremiah and All Bible Graded lessons with capable teachers. Morning worship at 10 45 with Rev T Matthew Guilis land preaching on Lost from Luke 19 10. Choir sings O Paradise. Evening service 7 30 sermon Progress in Religion II Peter 3 18. Weekly activities include PLC U 6 30 Men s Missionary League Monday 7 30 with Judge Webber as speaker, Junior Mission Band Wednesday, midweek prayer and choir at 7 30 and 8 30, Women s Missionary Society Thursday in Youngstown Ohio.
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Bible School
T. T. Sellers
Joel Lautenschleger
Jeremiah
T. Matthew Guilisland
Peter
Men's Missionary League
Margaret Park
Akron
Judge Webber
Women’s Missionary Society of Cleveland Presbytery
South U. P
Youngstown
Ohio
Young Nazarene Youth Rally Precedes Sunday Sermon
The Young Peoples Society of the Church of the Nazarene leads a Sunday evening devotional with special music and a rally inviting all youths. Rev. W. F. Clay preaches on A Remarkable Love Letter at 7 45 p m. Sunday worship follows Sunday school. The Y P S meets at 6 43 p m with classes for all.
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Young Peoples Society of
The
Church of the Nazarene
Young Peoples
W. F. Clay
Young Peoples Society
Sermon at Local Church Promotes Ephesians Series
Rev. Dr. A. E. Kemp preaches sixth in a series on Ephesians with choir anthem God is Our Refuge by Hayser. Bible study at 9 30 a m, Sunday School classes for all ages, youth fellowship 6 15 p m advisor Mr Edwards. Senior group to Lo tain for county Christian Endeavor at 4 p m with supper and evening service and officer installation.
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A. E. Kemp
Hayser
Edwards
Oberlin
Lo- Tain
County Christian Endeavor
Evangelical Church
First Baptist Church Sunday Schedule and Anniversary
All church departments meet at 9:30 a.m. for Bible study and fellowship with Dr. Robert T. Ketcham of Waterloo as guest preacher. Morning service at 10:45, choir to sing Legions of Christ. First Hungarian Baptist to mark 20th anniversary at 3 p.m. Public invited. Junior and Senior B Y P U at 6:15 p.m. in church basement. inviting all youth.
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Robert T. Ketcham
Waterloo
Iowa
Elyria First
First Hungarian Baptist Church
Why not accept the invitation and COME TO CHURCH NEXT SUNDAY
The church urges attendance with a note from D Carl Yoder citing Professor G A Johnston Ross and his book Christian Worship and Its Future. The worship of God in holiness enlarges vision and steadies the mind, inspiring hope in a God true to himself and to believers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. Johnston Ross
Doctor Ross
Character as the measure of living quality
An opinion on values urging focus on motives desires and purposes rather than misplaced emphasis on reports or success. When inner character is right, results will align with true quality of living.
Evening evangelistic service with music and messages
The program opens at 7 30 with an evangelistic song service and Dr Ketcham delivering the message. Special numbers include a flute Romance by John Hoover and a baritone solo by J Loring Birdsall. Men and Young People groups meet Monday and Tuesday evenings at the church with a Wiener roast and prayer service on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Ketcham
Brun
John Hoover
Oberlin Conservatory
Helping Hands of
Jesus
John Wiegand
Church House
East Avenue
Howard Smith
Ed Ransom
Pastor's Helpers Sponsor Sunday Service at Second Methodist
The Pastor's Helpers club of Second Methodist Church at 2307 Middle Avenue, led by president Mrs. Susie Knuckles, sponsors a Sunday afternoon service at 3 with Rev. Charles Brown as guest speaker. Rev. E. Hamblen is the church pastor.
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Second Methodist Church
Middle Avenue
Susie Knuckles
Charles Brown
E. ©. Hamblen
Race Relations Sunday Features Interracial Church Service
Greensboro, First Presbyterian hosted a large interracial service with mixed white and Negro college choirs and no segregated seating. A New York church displayed a map of China with bowls bearing “Keep This Bowl Filled” for China Relief. Massachusetts, Oklahoma City and Connecticut leaders called for religious and social reforms. The piece notes gifts totaling 101 million for 1930 education and relief, and includes Bible city trivia.
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Federal Council of Churches Department of Race Relations
Greensboro
North Carolina
First Presbyterian Church
China
New York
Church Committee For China Relief
Do You Know Answers List
Answers to the quiz cover biblical places and regions. Item one lists Babylon Bethlehem Bethany. Item two includes Cana Capernaum Corinth. Item three cites Jerusalem Jericho Joppa. Item four mentions Tyre Troas Tarsus. Item five identifies Palestine Asia Minor.
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Babylon
Bethlehem
Bethany
Cana
Capernaum
Corinth
Jerusalem
Jericho
Joppa
Tyre
Troas
Tarsus
Palestine
Asia Minor
Origin and purpose of historic censuses
The piece traces census roots from Moses counting Israelites under Jehovah to organize the Tabernacle, notes a half shekel tax with the census, cites the Bethlehem birth context during Herod’s era, mentions the five year Roman census, and records the United States first census in 1790.
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Moses
Jehovah
Bethlehem
Joseph
Mary
Nazareth
United States
The Law of Nature and Charity in Life
The essay argues that blessings are received to be passed on, comparing nature and moral life. It uses colors from a fire and tree leaves to illustrate virtues like truth, worth, friendship, optimism, purity, and earnest purpose as ways to help others without wealth.
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Nature
Church Directory Listing Highlights Local Congregations
A dense church directory lists multiple congregations with service times, Sundays schools, and pastoral contacts. Entries include Princeton Ave Garford with Dr J L Urich and list of services, Corner Lake Ave West St with Dr A E Kemp, Lake Ave and West St Hungarian services, and various churches on Woodford Ave Broad St Second and Chapel Streets Third and Court Streets West Sixteenth Street East Ave Seventeenth Street East Ave and Second Street plus First Church of Christ Scientist at 209 East Ave.
Elyria Faiths and Schedules From Local Churches
Elyria gospel tabernacle at Third Street lists services led by Rev. Ernst ?ion with Sunday school at 9:45 am and morning worship. east bridge church at 150 East Bridge under Rev. G L Ade with devotional service at 10:45 am and evangelistic services at 7:30 pm. St John’s Lutheran Broad Street hosts English service at 9:15 am with Sunday school at 10:00 am. no German service on first Sunday of certain months. Latter Day Saints at 1017 Lake Avenue hold church school at 9:45 am and morning worship at 11:00 am with Young People at 6:30 pm. St Mary’s Catholic Masses range 6:00 to 11:00 am on Sunday. St Peter’s Ridgeville Masses 9:30, 3:00, 10:00 and 12:30. Second Methodist 2397 Middle Ave offers Sunday school at 9:50 am and worship at 11:00 am, Epworth League at 6:30 pm, and prayer meeting Wednesday. Holy Cross Church Fourteenth Street and West Avenue lists Masses at 6:00, 7:50 and 12:00.
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Princeton Ave
Garford
J L. Urich
Thv
Princeton Area
Corner Lake Ave
West St
A E. Kemp
First Methodist
Third
Court Streets
F. L. Sicks
Epworth League
West Sixteenth Street
Collis Udell Stewart
ST. Andrew’s Church
Episcopal Corner
Edwin B. Redhead
East Ave
Stu
T. Matthew Gillidand
Redington
Middle Ave
Second Street
Third Street
Ernst [Rion
East Bridge
G. L Ade
ST. John’s Lutheran Broad St
West Ave
Armin Schroeder
Latter Day Saints the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Lake Avenue
Clifford G. Minkler
First Hungarian Baptist Church
West River Street
L. A. Reeves
Sundrey School
Second Methodist Church
E E. Hamblen
Frarce
Holy Cross
Fourteenth St
Budny
First Baptist Church
Second St. and
Young Peoples Meeting
Church of the Nazarene
Harwood
W. F. Clary
Caroline St
Young People’s Servce
Wit and Wisdom from a Stinging Sermon
A minister is asked to pray for a man with a floating kidney and is reminded that prayer for physical ailments is beyond his scope. The exchange includes a quip about praying for the "loose livahs" and ends with a jab about defeat and memory.
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Darky
Rastus
Lake Avenue Community Church and Area Church Schedule
A community church listing shows service times for Lake Ave Community Church Grace Lutheran First Baptist Church Salvation Army Church of the Nazarene and related ministries. Times include Sunday school morning services evening evangelistic services youth meetings and prayer sessions across multiple locations in the area.
Willis Jackson Leads Sunday Services at West Ave Church
Acting Pastor Willis Jackson preaches at 45 am Sunday service and 11:30 Sunday school with morning service. Evening service at 7:50 and prayer meeting Wednesday at 7:00. Missionary Service held on every third Sunday at 3:30 PM.
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West Ave
Willis Jackson
Reverend Holstein Lectures in Brish Empire Club Hall
Pastor Rev. Holstein holds weekly Wednesday meetings at 8:00 p.m. in the Brish Empire club hall at 116 Middle Avenue. Rev. Armstrong of Lakewood Church will lead the lecture, inviting attendees to trust the Creator for the unseen.
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Holstein
Brish Empire Club Hall
Middle Avenue
Armstrong
Lakewood Church
Mortals and Immortals Theme for May 19 1940 Lesson
The Church of Christ Scientist outlines the Lesson Sermon for Sunday May 19 1940. The Golden Text urges incorruption and immortality from 2 Corinthians 15 33 while Proverbs counsels forsaking foolishness to walk in understanding. Science and Health passage calls for spiritualized thought and divine Mind to enter consciousness.
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Churches of Christ
Scientist
Mary Baker Eddy
The Better Way Ten Commandments For Peace
A list of ten commandments urges enduring peace and restraint in war and speech. It emphasizes informed, nonpartisan judgment, cooperation with peace efforts, and humility, citing quotes from Washington Irving Emerson and Louisa May Alcott.
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ST. John’s
ST. Andrew's
Gospel Tabernacle
Coats and Kohn
Elyria
Zoom
George Holobach
Mer
P_ O
Thomas H. Huxley
Pete
the Gas Co
Phillips
Rexall
Broad St
Howard Wilson
Ninth Street
God
Christ
Word of God
Faith Home
Tabernacle Prayer Room
Leonard Fisk
F. L. Hicks
O. J. Brown
Merritt Powell
J. Martin Beck
Carlton Squire
Speaks
Rue McIntyre
Epworth
D. D
Lois Nevins
Charlies O'Malley
Alex Moses
Phoebe Nevins
Howard Hendricks
Lois Taft
Wayne Meinke
Louise Hendricks
Oliver Shubert
Leonard Fowls
Wildermere
Circle No. Bb
Otis F_. Forsyth
Harrison Street
Pilgedy
United Presbyterian
Loomis Co
NPA PE
First Baptist
Roy E. Hultz
Sunbeam
Lowe Brothers Paints
D. Carl Yoder
Baal Fyrtowe
Second Methodist
World — Religious News
Morris Gordin
Moody Institute
Princeton Seminary
Labor Temple
West
Oklahoma City
Raymond E. Baldwin
Connecticut
State Federation of Men’s Bible
Bridgeport
Asia
Beiter
Church Forum
Church Directory
Christs Temple
Oberlin Road
Brotherhood
Swlission Society
Frienzy
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
2Nd Congregational Church
Magyar Reformed
Louris Glovek
Junior Christian Endeavor
Senior Christian Endeavor
Church OF God IN Christ
Woodford Avenue
EF Fox
Looff Hall
Anna Hale
Church OF Christ
Second
Chapel Streets
Will J. Foster
Christian Endeavor
Second Baptist Church
African Methodist Church
Pilgrim Community Church
Unified Church and School
Women's Association
Bethany Baptist Church
Seventeenth Street
Gardner C. Taylor
Baptist Training Union
First Church OF Christ
ST. Paul's Evangelical
Jewish Temple
West Street
ST. Mary’s Catholic
ST. Peter’s. Ridgeville
Georges Martin
Joseph H. Berescher
FIRST
William Muir Auld, DD
City Tire House
Elyria Nursery
Theo. N. Carpenter
Lake Ave. Community Church and Bible School
John Hogan, Sr
Grace Lutheran
E. River St
W. W Walker
Salvation Army
Henry Hillier
MT. Zion Baptist
Church OF Scientific Religion
Emerson
Church of Christ Scientist
Washington Irving
Baker Typewriter Sales & Service CO
Louisa M. Alcott
Jenne
Adams & Foster
A. B. Dick
National Blank Book Supplies
Loomis Company
Sterling Station Cor
7Th
Peterson
the Savings Deposit Bank & Trust Co
Federal
Henry Drummond
Xtra
Sterling
Xtraline
Ing
Sterling Station
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