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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1939
Page
6
Will J. Foster of the Church of Christ preaches Sunday morning on The Mission of the Church. A 7:30 p.m. Methodist service features The Significance of the Madras Conference to Christendom. Christian Endeavor meets at 6:30 p.m. and Bites School at 9:30 a.m.
St John’s Lutheran Church marks Pentecost with two services tomorrow English at 10 and German at 11 with Sunday School at 9 15 The Centennial Thank-Offerings will end this Sunday Rev Schroeder delivers sermon Christians are the Temples of God from First Corinthians 3 16 inviting all to attend the services
Whitsunday marks the birthday of the Church and the coming of the Holy Spirit. The festival emphasizes the obligation to attend services with greater urgency.
Sunday church activities include 7 30 p m Holy Communion for many communicants 9 30 morning worship and school instruction 10 45 second Holy Communion Holy Ghost focused sermon and offertory anthem Come Holy Ghost by Webbe Baptism after the morning service 7 30 p m Young People's Fellowship questions on God with our Fathers migration and settlement hardships Sunday School meets at 9 30 Willard Schmittgen superintendent Strangers invited.
The First Congregational Church of Elyria hosts the morning worship that doubles as the baccalaureate for Elyria Memorial Hospital School of Nursing graduates. Dr William Muir Auld will preach on the Quest for Life and the choirs perform There is a Land Beyond the Setting Sun and I Would Be True. The Church School meets at 9 30. Everyone is invited.
Dr A E Kemp will preach on Daring The Deep at the 10 45 Sunday worship. The choir sings Saviour Like a Shepherd Lead Me. Sunday School begins 9 30 led by G E Brodrick. Youth Fellowship meets 8 00 A M at Cascade Park on a hill led by Ruth Van Osdale to discuss A New World Where We Live. In rain this gathering moves to the church. All are welcome.
Sunday morning at 10 45 the pastor Rev R W Neighbour will preach on Men Of Power. Evening message The Jewish Problem Solved By The Second Coming Of Christ continues the series. Memorial day Camp Iss See Kes outing for Men's Class families at 1 00. Cascade Park basket lunch 6 00 Friday June 2 Marantha Class.
Sunday at 10 30 a.m. Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church will hold a Confirmation service receiving eight youths Dolores Haas Paul Krueger Richard Meinke Pauline Neihart Carol Neubiser Virginia Schmittgen John Weller Shirley Yoo The pastor Rev W W Walker will deliver Lead Me and Guide Me The choir will perform Blessing And Glory And Wisdom by J F Ohl The class marks the 100th anniversary of German Saxon immigration to America in 1839
Sunday School gathers at 9 45 A M at the Church of the Nazarene 114 Harwood St with Morning Worship to follow. Pastor W F Clay will preach on Memorial and Pentecost. Young People's Society holds a 6 45 P M program led by Mrs W F Clay. Evening evangelistic service titled Love Under the Microscope features special music and devotional period. Public is welcome. Service at 7 45 PM.
The Bible School hour is 9 30 AM with lessons on Gods Plan of Salvation from Romans. Morning worship is at 10 45. The young people meet at 6 30. A music program is at 7 45. The Bible School Cabinet meets Wednesday at 7 30 followed by choir practice.
Sunday School starts 9:30 AM under General Superintendent Leonard Fisk with classes for all ages. Morning Worship at 10:45 featuring a sermon The Day of Memory by Rev F L Hicks D D and choir led by J Martin Beck. The Epworth League marks its fiftieth anniversary with a Sunday evening service. Evening Worship at 7:30 with Rev Will Foster speaking on The Significance of the Macras Conference to Christendom. Monday Boy Scouts meet 7 PM. Midweek devotional Wednesday 5:30 PM. Junior and Senior Choir rehearsals Thursday 7 and 8 PM.
The Rev Roger Burton of Springfield Ohio will present highlights from his England trip with moving pictures at 8 pm Sunday at the North Ridgeville Congregational Church. He led Young People's work during his Oberlin Seminary senior year and tomorrow morning the Rev Dr John B Laird of Frankford Avenue Presbyterian Philadelphia will speak at the church.
Dr Gaius Glenn Atkins speaks of memorials to Washington and Lincoln as lasting reminders of integrity and public service. He says the seven weeks ahead honor road-builders for order and freedom and invite the nation to continue their work.
The piece urges Christians to observe Memorial Day with renewed patriotism grounded in faith. It links religious devotion, democracy, and national ideals, invoking the heroic dead as a call to attend church services on Memorial Sunday.
The May 28 1939 Church of Christ Scientist lesson denounces necromancy and related practices citing Ezekiel Deuteronomy and Mary Baker Eddy. The Golden Text proclaims the Lord’s judgment on vanities and lies in the prophets. The lesson cites scripture and the Science and Health text as guidance against enchantment and occultism.
The passage emphasizes using the Bible to find God and let Him reveal grace and power in life. It urges searching Scripture for the testimony of Jesus to become a living example. It contrasts Christian Science with occult practices, asserting divine Mind governs true action and condemns evil in all its forms.
Amherst O May 27 The final high school chapel featured awards for best slogans in a corn stand contest musical honors perfect attendance letters basketball letters and reading awards The program included a safety play credits for scholastic excellence and announcements of upcoming senior activities including baccalaureate class night and commencement with Dr Roy Hatch scheduled as speaker.
The Amherst village council adjourned Friday evening after directing the street and sidewalk committee to contact William Miller for repairs on North Main street. They authorized an amendatory federal public works filing, moved funds transfer, authorized real estate purchase, and hired H Hart of Elyria to finish East street paving per engineer Tom Laundon. A new adjourned meeting is planned.
Eight youths including Paul Hogrefe Albert Tyson George Becker Edward Nabakowski Albert Conrad Gladys Becker Carol Bechstein and Evelyn Kirschner will be confirmed at St Paul Lutheran Church at ten o clock Sunday morning. They will receive their first communion the following Sunday.
A religious reflection notes that life and love rise with a humble cross surpassing monuments to men, urging gratitude for national leaders while emphasizing devotion to Jesus Christ as savior.
Baccalaureate services for the class of 1939 are set for Sunday evening at 7 30 at St Peter Evangelical and Reformed Church with Rev M A Burris pastor of the Methodist church as speaker. Pastors from various churches will participate in the ceremony.
Emmanuel Lutheran lists Sunday services at 10 40 A M with Sunday school children instruction and confession. daily study in sacristy 9 to 12 noon. weekly meetings include Tuesday preaching Wednesday mission society Friday preaching. pastor J L Urich Th D and parsonage at 354 Princeton Ave. another creed at Corner Lake Ave and West Street with pastor Dr A E Kemp. schedule includes Sunday school 4 30, service 10 45, youth fellowship 6 00, evening service 7 00, and Wednesday Bible study 7 00
Rev Bela P Basco leads services at 119 West River Street including Sunday School at 9 00 A M and a Hungarian language sermon during the 10 00 A M church service. An afternoon service follows at 2 00 P M and Christian Endeavor gathers later.
A dense list of church services and schedules across multiple denominations. Includes Church of God in Christ at 49 West Avenue with morning and evening services, First Spiritualist and others on Broad Street, Holy Cross in Fourteenth Street, Second Baptist on West Sixteenth, Bethany Baptist on Seventeenth, and United Presbyterian on East Avenue, detailing sermon times, Sunday school, youth meetings, and midweek activities. Also notes reading room hours at Redington Block.
Dr. F. L. Hicks pastor leads a Sunday program at Third and Court Streets with Sunday School at 9:30 AM and services at 11:45 AM 6:15 PM and 1:30 PM. An evening session and a Wednesday meeting at 7:30 PM are planned.
250 Third St Rev. Ernst Irion pastor conducts Sunday School at 9 30 A M and Morning worship at 10 43 A M First Sunday each month German service at 45 A M Lake Ave at West St Sunday School at 10 15 A M Religious School Monday Wednesday and Thursday evenings Friday 4 00 P M Confirmation Class
Sunday school at 9 30 a m Devotional Service at 10 45 a m Evangelistic Service at 730 p m Special Prayer Meeting at Faith Home on Thursday evening Broad St and West Ave Rev Armin Schroeder Pastor 9 15 A MSunday School 10 00 A M English Service No German Service on first Sunday of February March May June August September November and December
Josef A. Barton pastor leads services at Cambridge and Prospect Streets with church school at 9 30 A M and morning worship at 10 45 A M. Junior Choir rehearsals and Missionary Circle meetings on the first and third Thursdays at 7 30 P M.
The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints at 1017 Lake Avenue lists services with Elder Clifford G Minkler as pastor including morning worship at 11:00 A M and church school at 9:45 A M Youth meeting at 6 30 P M Masses on Sunday morning at 6 00 7 00 8 00 9 00 10 00 and 11 00. St Peters Ridgeville under Rev Fr George Martin and assistant Rev Fr Joseph R Buescher lists Sunday Masses at 6 00 8 00 10 00 and 12 00.
Residents are invited to meet at the town hall at 10 30. Auxiliary members are asked to wear their caps during the gathering.
Elmer Johnson Post of the American Legion and auxiliary will attend Memorial services at the Congregational church on Sunday morning.
Lake Ave community church stop hosts Bible School at 9 30 with John Hogan Sr and morning service at 10 23. First Baptist Church on Second Street lists services including 10 43 morning worship and 7 30 evangelistic service with choir and prayer. Salvation Army led by Capt Henry Hiltier and Rev John B Anderson offers Sunday school, holiness meetings, salvation meeting and missionary service on third Sundays.
A historic plea prays to the God of all nations for peace and the end of hatred and tyranny. It asks guidance for rulers, protection of minorities, and empowerment of the oppressed to live with freedom and dignity. The speaker calls for mutual respect among races and self-determination for every people.
A soldier in the English army writes home about harsh treatment including bar racks stripped of clothes issued khaki refitted with numbers No 573 and later No 575. He was taken to church and given a forty minute sermon and received seven days in the guardhouse for responding to the sermon.
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