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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1948
Page
3
The record notes a scriptural reading plan listing John 20 30 31 and 1 Timothy 4 16 and 1 John 8 1 5 with Hebrews as an optional reading. It reads like a brief Bible study guide entry for a church or devotional page.
The first quarter of 1948 reintroduces Christian teachings on God Man Salvation and Living. The study aims to apply timeless truths to today’s world and emphasizes belief in Jesus as the Christ and the path to life through his name. Dr Newton leads the lessons urging continued adherence to sound doctrine for spiritual salvation.
A sermon lauds Lydia from Acts 16 for hosting Paul and his party, opening her home and business to spread the gospel. It urges juniors nationwide to invite neighbors to Sunday school and embraces belief in Jesus as central to life, faith, and community leadership.
A country’s annual oil output is described as equal to 32 able-bodied servants per US resident, with 412 billion man-hours at eight hours daily six days a week. The comparison emphasizes vast energy production relative to human labor in the United States.
A church announces a winter emphasis on evening worship with music including Sweeter All the Way by Teprie and Rivers of Living Water by Waller. January studies focus on Disturbing Our Complacency a Study in Ephesians and The Christians Inheritance.
Sunday school and Bible class meet at 9:30 A.M. Divine worship at 10:30 A.M. Missionary League gathers January 6. Come and worship at Emmanuel Lutheran Jefferson and 3S. lowa. Pastor L. M. Bleichwehr at 320 S. lowa Ave. Phone 475-J.
The message outlines themes for Sundays Darkness and Light Isa H0 1 6 and lists Jan 3 4 5 7 activities including confirmation classes Sunday school adult instruction gospel service teachers meeting adult classes Ladies Aid church council meeting voters meeting and services at 409 FE Main with Pastor J H Reiderwieden and contact phone 247.
Morning worship at 10:45 led by Dr. Miller with the theme When Life Tumbles in. Church events include a 9:45 Sunday school, Methodist Youth Fellowship, and Union service at 7:30 at the Christian church. Music features Ashford arrangement Crusader's Hymn, Behold How Good and Joyful a Thing It Is, Audrey Steel and Louise Wilcox duets, and organ pieces Meditation and Postlude in E flat.
The morning service at the Baptist church begins at 6 30 with Sunday school and morning worship. An evening worship follows with a message from the first of a series on God in Exodus titled Jehova the One.
The lesson sermon centers on God as the sole power and being in Christian Science. Selected Bible verses praise the Lord as the only God and Rock, with further text defining God as Spirit omnipotent omnipresent and divine Mind.
Morning worship at 9:45 with music including organ preludes and Intermezzo for offertory. Evening union service at 10:45 with a sermon on Prayer Honors God and a 7.00 pm board meeting at the church. The program features Wendell Rider and Thomas Polk with Dunlap as organist.
The Church of Nazarene lists morning worship at 11, young people at 6, evening evangelistic service at 7, and Wednesday women’s missionary meeting at 7:30. Pastor Rev. C. F. Geiselman invites all to attend with special songs in each service. Sermons titled Land Marks Against the Sk and Partakers of the Divine Nature.
Calvary Baptist invites all to Bible school at 9 30 A M and morning worship at 10 45 A M. Evening gospel service is 7 30 P M followed by prayer and praise on Wednesday. Pastor Paul H White leads the church.
The notice lists St. Paul’s Evangelical and Reformed in Washington with Sunday school at 12 noon and morning worship at 11 a.m. The fragment mentions related ser- actions.
The church will install officers during the Morshike service. A congregational meeting and dinner follow in the church dining room after the service this Sunday. Catechism class is this Saturday at 1 p.m. in the pastor's study. Watch the Evening Journal for Week of Prayer services next week. Milo J. Phillips, Pastor.
St James Catholic Church schedules Mass at 7 8 and 10 a m The 10 o'clock service will be a high Mass Rev H J Corocoran is the pastor.
The church holds Sunday school at 9 45 and morning worship at 10 45 with a prelud e and anthem selections. The installation of new elders has been postponed. staff include Supt Sim A Munson Pastor Rev T E White organist Miss Helen Caldwell and choir director Mary June Brooks JoAnn Wilson Charles Murdock and others.
Sunday morning services begin at 11 with Holy Communion and preaching by Robert Stevens on A Reasonable Facsimile. Evening evangelistic service at 7 30 with How Many Will There Be In Heaven. Young people's hour at 6 30 led by John Meikune. No service Saturday night. Public warmly invited to worship.
Sunday school at 10 a m led by Robert Stephens with Esther Ellen Bauer as pianist Morning worship at 11 am conducted by Mrs Edgar Stewart with Mary Ann Bauer at the piano Sermon titled Gods Gift of Time Youth Fellowship at 6 34 p m Evening service at 7 54 p m Motto We cannot change the world by changing systems we can only change it by changing lives
St Pauls Evangelical and Reformed Valley announces a tecism class at 9 a m morning worship at 9 30 a m with the slogan This Is A Year For Greatness. Church officers for 1948 will be installed at the Sunday morning service.
A fragment expresses a paradox about public virtue and vice. The speaker laments that good people tire of reading before bad people tire of wrongdoing, suggesting fatigue with moral commentary follows after a religious service.
Sunday school at 10 a.m. Public worship at 11. Sermon on Predict. Brief service of installation for WSCS officers. Junior MYF 6:30 p.m. at Billy Hazelette home. High school students meet 7:50 p.m. at the parsonage. Monday Jan 5 7:30 p.m. young adults meet at the parsonage to organize Sunday School class and for social evening. Thursday Jan & 7:34 p.m. choir practice.
The Prairie Flower Baptist Church lists Sunday school at 11:00 and morning worship with a basket dinner afterward. An evening evangelistic service follows with Robert Scott from Moody Bible Institute delivering the messages. The annual business meeting is at 7:30 p.m. and all are welcome.
Sunday school at 10 a.m. worship at 11 a.m. Sermon titled Israel in God's World Program. Youth Fellowship at 6 p.m. Union evening service at 7 30 p.m. Service is love in working clothes. You are invited with supervision by McDowell Superintendent H Wiran Phillips pastor.
Mrs Cora Wilbur returns to Des Moines after attending the Walton Christmas dinner at Verne Madden's home in Brighton. Attendees include Clarence and Delmer Yoder and families, Samuel Griffiths, Clarence Shy and family, Raymond Shy, Otto Walton, Martin Owens, Ralph Wikoff, Donald Braund, Verne Landers and Martha, Lucetta Stacy and others. Serena Curry and son Robert of Mishawauks Indiana arrive for a few days’ stay.
A lengthy Christmas round of visits and dinners is reported with many local families hosting relatives from Fairfield Washington Keota Waslington and surrounding towns. Notable notes include Carrie Lemley breaking a leg and being treated at Washington county hospital, plus travel of Jose Marie Morgan to Cleveland with Methodist youth delegates.
The institution known as State College for Women Mississippi became the first state supported college for women, established in 1884.
A fine trolling rig for walleyed pike uses a bug spinner and a night crawler on a simple hook. The lure is weighted with a sinker and towed deep at speeds not exceeding three miles per hour.
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