An Earnest Invitation to Worship Next Sunday
The church invites all to join Sunday worship with 9 30 a m Sunday school 10 45 a m sermon The Power to See It Through Epworth League at 6 30 p m candle light communion 7 30 p m with singing visiting and an old fashioned Methodist love feast. Music features organ preludes solos and choral numbers by Mrs Harry Humble Lois Humble and others with Miss Margaret Corbin speaking and R Clifton Keagy leading the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Harry Humble
Kreckel
Stickles Wendell Baker
Margaret Corbin
Schubert Lois Humble
Hahm
Graff Margaret Hennon
Mary Walker
June Garrett
Lucile Murphy
Iane Steele
New Year Worship Service At Local Church
A church invites community members to a New Year observance featuring Bible school at 9:30 a.m., morning worship at 10:45 a.m. with a sermon on Highway Number Nineteen Forty, and a candle light service at 7:30 p.m. with thirteen youth assisting. Watch night service runs 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Special music and organ selections are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bible School
V. Brown
Bible School and Worship Services Schedule
John Applegate leads Bible school at 9 30 a m with classes for all ages. Worship follows at 10 45 a m and 7 30 p m with sermons titled Morning In and Out and Evening The lost Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bible School
John Applegate
Worshipful services plan to aid community
A church notices plans for worship at 4 p m featuring Christian Endeavor and Intermediate Society gatherings. Music includes organ pieces by Hanover Lemare and postludes with Beethoven and Gospel selections. Organist and director Mrs Henry Shields is noted with Minister W Eastwood.
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Christian Endeavor So
Intermediate Society
Wae
Young Peoples Group
Iola Dittmer
Ee Harkness
Henry 8. Shields
W. Eastwood
United Presbyterian Church to Observe Lord's Supper Next Sabbath
The United Presbyterian Church plans morning worship for the Lord's Supper next Sabbath with all members urged to attend. The pastor will deliver a preparatory message tonight titled Little Christs. The Session will meet after the service to consider church membership.
Special music program on organ and choir offerings
Organ prelude Contemplation and Andantino, solo Come Unto Him from The Messiah, offertory Meditatio, anthem We Offer Unto The Lord Ourselves, trombone solo One Sweetly Solemn Thought, The Voice in the Wild, organ postlude Now Thank We All Our God. John Lloyd Hughes leads with Carolyn Hamilton directing and Helen Harvey as organist.
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A. R. Gaul
Him
the Messiah
Handel
Glen Duncan
A. Borodin
Christian Science Sunday Services Gather at S Iowa Ave Church
Sunday morning service at 11 o'clock at the church on S Iowa Ave invites the public. The Lesson Sermon titled Christ Jesus for December 31 features Bible verses and Mary Baker Eddy's Science and Health.
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S. Iowa Ave
Christ Jesus
Churches of Christ, Scientist
Mary Baker
Galilee
Jesus
St Pauls Evangelical Church Service Schedule
St Pauls Evangelical to hold morning worship at 9 30 a m Sunday School at 10 20 a m and Young People s League at 7 30 p m led by Pastor Carl W Klein.
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Washington
Young People’s League
Carl W. Klein
Trinity Lutheran Church Morning Service and Sunday School
Trinity Lutheran Church on Second Street East holds a 9 15 A M morning worship and a 10 30 A M Sunday school led by Pastor William KF Krueger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Street East
William KF. Krueger
New Year Hope for Church Leadership in 1940
The Church of Nazarene calls for Spirit-filled leaders to guide in 1940 amid wars and unrest. It urges reliance on Christ for life and guidance and prays for divine provision as it lists Sabbath school at 10:00 AM Morning Worship at 11:00 AM N.Y.P.8 at 8 PM Evangelism at 7:30 PM led by Pastor James Morris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
New Year Church Services Planned for Next Sunday
The church announces two special New Year services with Sunday school at 9 30 A M. and a morning worship at 10 45 A M. The Crusaders hold a candle light service at 6 15 P M and an Evangelistic Service at 7 30 P M featuring sermons on Hidden Treasures and The Value of a Minute. The pastor W J Stevens invites all to attend and notes 25 percent SS attendance growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S.S
Lester Lease
Crusaders
Sevices
W. J. Stevens
Bible School and Worship at Church of Christ
The Church of Christ holds Bible school at 9 45 and worship and communion at 10 45. Four Ozark Christian College students will lead with songs and a sermon, including a son of W W Williams of Keota Iowa. A brief post service business session will elect officers for the coming year. C A Nicholson superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bible School
Ozark Christian College
W. W. Williams
Keota
Iowa
A. Nicholson
The
A M E Sunday School and Devotional Schedule
A M E church hosts a 10:00 Sunday school on the theme Friends and Foes of the Kingdom with John 16 14 cited. At 11:00 a devotional period follows.
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John
Rally Day Pledges Urged To Start 1940 Clean
A church notice urges members and well wishers to attend a Thursday evening prayer meeting at Mrs Jennie Estille and the 11 15 sermon and 11 50 class meeting. It asks pledges to be in by Sunday January 7 to wipe the slate clean for 1940, signed Emma Black and Pastor A L Preston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Estille
Emma Black
A. L. Preston
Family Dinners Mark Franklin District Holidays
Franklin District residents held numerous Christmas and family dinners at various homes. The gatherings featured the Miksch, Kleese, Thompson, Fisher, Schantz, Young, Dawson, Hoyle, Hutt, Reed, Mangold, Kephart, Fulton, Durst, and Hoyle families among others, with multiple visits to J H Thompson, Howard Hoyle, and Keota area hosts.
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Franklin District
Howard Hoyle
Robert Miksch
Baby
Harry Davidson
David Kleese
Elwood
Wilma
John Geerdes
Raymond Thompson
Clarksville
J. H. Thompson
Lloyd Thompson
Quincy
Barry Hutt
Fred Hutt
Clyde Dawson
Art Dawson
Brighton
Ralph Devilds
Bernice Sheetz
Fred Mangold
Merle Sheets
Kephart
Sijourney
Harold Fulton
Clarence Fulton
Crawfordsville
Win Durst
John Durst
Wellman
Glen Davis
Richland
Floyd Hoyle
Betty
Des Moines
Guy Hoyle
Dwight Hoyle
Eva Hoyle
Airs
Clifford Thompson
Charles
Dale Atkinson
Gwendolyn Rhea of Colorado Arrives Home on Vacation
Gwendolyn Rhea returned home from Denver after two months of study. The paper lists Christmas gatherings at multiple local homes including the Rhea and Sands families, with notes on Frank Young in Iowa City hospital and guests from Washington and Davenport.
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Gwendolyn Rhea
Colorado
South Hill
Denver
Ralph Beauchamp
Addie Beauchamp
Willard Carden
Charley Long
Harley Rhea
Gwendolyn
Rhea
Clint Rhea
Frank Sands
Donald
Willard Lee
Roy Wood
F. M. Wood
W J. Crozier
Washington
Julia
Davenport
W. CC. Wooley
Wilma
Rhodes
Frank Young
Iowa City
Bert Hesseltine
Lyle Lowe
Phyliss
Clarence Lowe
Dray
Everett Orris
W. G. Roberts
Roberts
Harry Hall
Anna Outhamp
Columbus City
Harold Irwin
Walter Hamiston
Salem Presbyterian Welsh and English Services Listed
Salem Presbyterian announces Welsh services at 10 a.m. Sunday School 11 a.m. Junior society 7 p.m. Christian Endeavor 4 p.m. English service 7:30 p.m. Rev. David C. Davies is pastor with topic How have we used the year led by Norma Mae Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem Presbyterian
Christian Endeavor
Norma Mae Davis
David C. Davies
Church notices plan year end services and meetings
Next Sunday morning will close our work for the year and the service at 7 30 is planned to bring out the lessons appropriate to the occasion. The Church School meets on Sunday morning at 10 30. The Ladies Aid and Missionary Society will meet on Thursday afternoon January 4 with Mrs Godlove N KF. Chapman Pastor.
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Ladies Aid and Missionary Society
Crawfordsville Church News Schedule
Sunday School meets at 10 a m with J W Rich as superintendent. Communion service at 11 a m led by Dr Faucher of Mt Pleasant. Epworth League gathering at 6 30 p m with Rev E E Voss as pastor.
End Year Worship Services at Local Church
On Sunday morning the Church School meets at 10 oclock with classes for all ages. The Worship Service follows at 11 oclock marking the last Sunday morning of the year and a theme Taking an inventory. The Christian Endeavor Society gathers at the manse at 6:30 p.m. A Union Service at 7:30 p.m. closes the day in the church with a look toward the new year. The first Church Night Service of the new year is Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. January 7 is Communion Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Endeavor Society
N. F. Chapman
Sabbath and midweek services listed for local church
Sabbath School at 10 a m led by Mrs Ida Wooley superintendent Z FP C U at the P m leader Jean Cherryholmes Mid week service Wednesday at 7 30 p m The Million Circle meets Tuesday evening at Mrs Florence White home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Wooley
Z. FP. C.U
Jean Cherryholmes
Million Circle
Florence White
West Chester Federated Bible School Service
Morning worship and sermon at 10 00 A M with union service at 7 36 P M led by Rev George Pennington Winter Communion at 11 00 on January 7 Federated churches extend a cordial invitation to all.
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West Chester Federated Bible School
George Pennington
Federated Church
West Chester
Prairie Plower Baptist Church Yearend Service Notice
The Prairie Plower Baptist Church invites families to Bible school at 10:00 A. M. and morning worship at 11:00 A. M. as 1989 closes. The annual church meeting is next Wednesday with a church dinner and business session announced by Pastor C. E. Strong.
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Prairie Plower Baptist
C. E. Strong
New Haven Baptist Church Bible School and New Year Service
New Haven Baptist invites all to Bible school next Sunday at 10 00 A M with friendly fellowship led by Superintendent Howard Mangold. Morning worship at 11 00 A M features a New Year message and a sermon by Mrs Dewey from Rev 21 5 Behold I make all things new building a new world. A New Year party follows Monday night in the lecture room hosted by the defeated contest side with games and refreshments.
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NEW Haven Baptist
Howard Mangold
Dewey
Our
Bible School
M. L. Dewey
St Pauls Evangelical Valley Sunday Schedule
St Pauls Evangelical Valley hosts Sunday school at 10 00 a m morning worship at 11 15 a m a basket luncheon at noon and the annual congregational meeting at 1 30 p m.
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Valley
Carl W. Klein
Bethel and Cotter Presbyterian Year End Services
Bethel and Cotter Presbyterian invite all to a year end service with the theme God or Chaos from Exodus 20. 10:00 Sunday school and study, 11:00 Worship and Praise, Cotter watch party after the evening service, fellowship supper at J W Meyer home, Cotter Friendly Church with 10:00 Sunday school and 6:45 Intermediate and Junior sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel the Family
Cotter
C. KE. Society
J. W. Meyer
Friendly Church
Columbus Girl Sings at Loew's State Theater
Meredith Balcoff a Columbus high school graduate performs with Jack Jenney's orchestra at Loew's State theater in New York City under the stage name Meredith Blake. Local notes include family births, business purchases, anniversaries, and new storage and cattle facilities by Midway Sales pavilion and Weber and Huston in Columbus Junction.
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Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Meredith Balcoff
Columbus High School
Loew's State Theater
New York City
Jack Jenney
Meredith Blake
Joseph Abrahamson
Shenandoah
Marguerite Vo
Vevey’s Sunlit Climate Sparks Orchard Image
In Vevey Switzerland locals note 303 days of sunshine annually and open fig growth. The town’s oldest resident says fog has never been seen here, painting a sun drenched landscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vevey
Switzerland
Local Church Notes and Evening Worship Plan
An acre of corn takes 75 pounds of nitrogen while clover and alfalfa fix about 100 pounds. C. E. study at 7:00, Evening Worship at 7:30, followed by a Senior C. E. meeting and watch party after worship. Rev. M. A. Robeson, Pastor.
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C. E
M. A. Robeson
Candle Light Service At Baptist Church Highlights New Year Prayer
A candle light program led by Pastor Rev. I Fred mund features thirteen Baptist young people assisting with parts and a choir of special singers and musicians in a watch night service from 11 00 to 12 00 The event titled A Prayer For The New Year invites community attendance and includes hymns scripture and solos reflecting hope and devotion for the new year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.Y.P.U
Lew Hoffman
Awstats Marcas
Gounod Ogan
Barrell
Tschaikowsky
Ashford Charles Murdock
Claude L. Reister
Celock
The
Baptist Church
I. Fredmund
Nul Patrol
Dorothy Votruba
Nicola
Winona Tower
Sunshine and Shadow
Bil Arnold
Betty Ward
T Corinth
Florence Godwin
Christ
Bernard Weiss
Jesus
LaVorne Stockman
Lbrothy Davidson
Vernon Beenblossom
Rhea Buck
Beatrice Rep
Clara Gamble
Nyla
Ashford
Carol of Thanks from Mrs Welch for Christmas gifts
Mrs M W Welch extends thanks to friends and neighbors for Christmas cards friendship tokens calls and carol singers acknowledging their kindness during the holiday season.
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New York
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