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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1923
Page
5
St Pauls Evangelical informs parishioners of postponed Sunday school on Dec 23 to reduce scarlet fever risk. Christmas service remains Dec 25 at 7 pm if health authorities deem safe. children's exposure risk noted as low due to out-of-town Sunday school attendees. Pastor Carl W. Klein signs.
The Presbyterian church posts no Sabbath school this week due to city illness. Worship at 11 am and 7 pm features a Christmas theme with a packed program of preludes anthems and carols. Miss Mourine McLanchin organist and Mrs. Walter Johnson join the Christmas music lineup under W. Bowers and J. Miller.
The First United Presbyterian announces adjusted Sabbath school and worship with a morning 11 o’clock service featuring a music program and sermon on The Angel's Song and How Christ was born in one man's life. Evening service at 7 includes another music program and sermon. The Reformed and Second United Presbyterians share health-based schedule changes with Sabbath schools altered and no Christian Endeavor.
In the usual hours the public worship will be at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. A prayer meeting is scheduled for Wednesday evening at 7:30. Willard Wylie serves as pastor.
The church announces a morning worship at 9 39 a m with morning prayer at 11 60 a m and evening worship at 6 15 p m followed by a midweek prayer service at 7 90 p m on Wednesday continued in the text.
Pastor John D. Kern notes due to health authorities the Saturday afternoon entertainment and Sunday evening program are indefinitely postponed. He urges spreading Christmas spirit by anonymous gifts and shares a suggested legend for gifts given in Christ's name.
There will be no services of any kind at the church on Sunday. Rev. W Bb Shelley, the new pastor, is expected to be here after Christmas and will preach Sunday, Dec 390.
County churches announce Sunday school at 2 p.m. and preaching at 3 p.m. urging participation to advance modern civilization ideals. Citizens are urged to attend and join in preparations for Christmas by worshiping at a local church next Sunday.
Sunday school at 10 a m. Morning worship and communion at 11. Evening service at 7 20. Rev W F Vanderlip preaches at both services. Sunday evening closes the fall evangelistic campaign with a series of helpful messages.
A preacher is praised for fervor and conviction in his past messages and is invited to share two sermons next Sunday, highlighting his lasting impact and the chance to hear him again.
Bethel Methodist Sunday school children prepare a Christmas program to be presented next Sunday at 10 30 with songs such as All Hail the Power and Joy to the World readings and recitations by Cecil Woodford Mable Griffith and others and several solo and exercise items led by teachers and students including Virgina Hotle Bettie Leacox and Paul Griffith with multiple performers listed.
A recitation titled Why Christmas is Best of all by Lauren Lubhly Ree appears with a short piece A suggestion by Eleanor Brinning. The notice invites everyone to participate and lists Birdie Hotle as Superintendent with W A Palmer as assistant and a line about telling merchants I saw your ad in the Journal.
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