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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1940
Page
3
A devotional study on Luke 8 4 15 and 8 18 explains hearing the Word of God determines destiny. It outlines four soils in the parable the wayside rocky ground thorny ground and good ground with lessons on receptivity perseverance and fruitfulness for believers.
Quote from Galatians 6:4 emphasizes individual accountability and personal effort without assuming others' outcomes. The fragment suggests a moral exhortation on self-evaluation and responsibility.
Five pounds was the measured total catch by 200 anglers during a daylong Eastbourne competition in England. The event drew many entrants despite the light overall weight, with fish caught spread across multiple bags and no single standout haul reported.
The notice lists St James Catholic Church services with masses at 7 and 9 a.m. Rev H J Corcoran is pastor. Evening worship at 7 30 includes a Rev Trenerry message and a full musical program with a morning Prelude and several named pieces. A Tuesday prayer meeting is led by the pulpit committee with Charles Murdock as choir director and Mrs Charles McConnel as organist.
Services will be sald Sunday morning at 11 o'clock at the church edifice on S Iowa Ave. Public invited to attend. Soul and Body will be the subject of the Lesson Sermons in all Churches of Christ Scientist on Sunday November 24. Bible and Science and Health quotations guide the study.
Washington churches invite worship with Bible school at 9 30 am worship at 10 45 am and 7 30 pm sermons titled Lessons from Hard Places in Life and If God Be for Us Young people meet at 6 40 pm. Music includes organ preludes anthems solos and postludes with several named performers and the minister F W Eastwood directing
Church of Nazarene invites all to worship with services including church school at 10 morning worship at 11 gospel service at 7 30 prayer meeting Thursday at 7 30 led by Pastor James Morris.
Trinity Lutheran Church lists Sunday school at 10:00 and morning worship at 11:00. Members are asked to stay home this Sunday afternoon until called for next year's subscription. Thanksgiving service at 11:00 a.m. Sunday school teachers meet Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Pastor Wm. F. Krueger.
At 9:30 a.m. Bible school and 10:45 a.m. morning worship will be held at the First Baptist Church of Huron South Dakota. Rev. Alfred Wrenery, pastor, will deliver the message.
The church lists a 9:45 am school session and 10:45 am morning worship with the sermon They Had A Mind To Work. Epworth League lunch at 6:00 pm and meeting follow, then an 7:30 pm evening service themed Thanksgiving in Washington. Music includes Green prelude Hebrew Prayer for Thanksgiving and Hear My Cry offertory, with postlude by Milligan and Miss Marjorie Walker.
A church program lists pieces including Fanfare by Markworth, Thanksgiving at Harvest Time, Netherland Folk Song, and works by TNIERINCT Scales bie ohne Cowen. Performers include Clifton Keagy, minister Loren Sutherland, and organist Edna M. Klein.
The message notes a good crop year and gratitude for friends, homes, schools, churches and peace. Thanksgiving will be observed in Sunday services and again at the Union Service at the Presbyterian church on Thursday with Sunday school at 9 45 and worship at 10 45. Claude Breidenthal, minister invites all visitors and members.
Regular Friday night service at 780 to start the weekend. Sunday includes Sunday School with lessons on Stephen the First Martyr, morning worship at 10 45 with pastor delivering the message, group meetings at 6 30, evangelistic service at 7 30 with Bob Stevens speaking, and all are welcome. W J Stevens pastor.
Rev George Kerr of Prairie City Nebraska will preach at 10:45 as part of Sabbath services with theme Christianizing Our Daily Tasks. Evening sermon Christ at the Door followed by special music including organ preludes solos and Thanksgiving anthems by Cowen Maurine Trotman Ralph Kleese Merle Simpson and others.
Washington church notes a morning worship service at 9 30 a.m. with parishioners invited to attend.
The note lists Carl W. Klein as the pastor and Sunday school at 10 20 am.
Morning worship at 10:00. Sunday school at 11:00. Intermediate C E society at 2:00 led by Dorothy Rees. Special Thanksgiving offering for Senior C K E society at 7:00 led by Luther Davis. Evening worship at 7:30 led by Rev. David C. Davies.
The Bible conference led by Harold Day runs through Sunday. Pictures slated for Tuesday night will be shown tonight. Sunday themes include Wandering Saints at 11 pm and The Greatest Question in the World at 7 30 pm. Strong invites more attendance and interest for each session.
Valley Sunday school at 10 morning service at 11 15 a m Evening service at 7 30 p m Holy Communion in morning services Guest speaker Rev Joseph Neweard Wilton Junction Carl W Klein pastor to preach at evening mission services
Rev Karl Dale minister welcomes parishioners at Brighton residence for church activities including 9:30 a.m. phon on West Chester 3, 10 a.m. Sunday school led by Howard Mangold, 11 a.m. morning worship with a sermon on Thanksgiv ing, 7:30 p.m. evening service on Harvest. Special Thanksgiving week events include a candlelight service with prayer and a gift. Rev Earl Dale also mentioned.
The Sunday worship at Haskins Presbyterian Church starts at 9:30 with Rev. Chapman delivering the final sermon on the theme The Test Question. Church school meets at 10:30 with classes arranged by age. further announcements may follow.
Reminder note inviting attendance at Bible study at ten o clock and divine worship at 11 o clock. Mentions Christian fellowship, a welcoming place to worship, and youth hour at 6 30 followed by evening worship at 7 30. Signed W. H. Hemphill.
The Bethel and Cotter Presbyterian Churches announce Thanksgiving Sunday on November 24, 1940. The message recalls blessings from God and urges reflection on death and destruction in other lands.
In Bethel The Family Church hosts Sunday school at 11:00 and morning worship at 10:00 with a Thanksgiving service on Nov 27. The Cotter Friendly Church offers Sunday school at 6:45 and evening worship at 7:30 with three C. kB. Societies for all ages and a Thanksgiving worship on Thanksgiving morning at 1:00. Rev. M. A. Robeson, pastor.
Crawfordsville Methodist Church schedules Sunday School at 10 A M and morning worship at 11 A M with J W Rich leading Sept events. Front Row club feature promises a story titled Having.
Expressive Thanks theme for Epworth League at 6 30 P M and a union service at 7 30 P M on Thanksgiving week. First district conference to meet December 1 at 6 P M led by District Superintendent Dr L L Weir. Rev Lester H Bill is the pastor.
Sabbath school at 10 A M Mrs Ida Wooley Sept Morning service 11 A M Sermon You Are Invited but you do not have to go Junior meeting Tuesday after noon after school Union Thanksgiving service 930 Nov 28 Offering for Red Cross Centennial anniversary of Morning Sun U P P Church on Tuesday Nov 26 Morning and afternoon with dinner at noon Rev R M McCracken Pastor
The church school meets at 10 o'clock on Sunday morning with teaching and fellowship. Morning worship starts at 11 o'clock with the pastor's parting message titled The Test Question. The Christian Endeavor society.
The church notes a meeting at 6 30 p m and a Union service at 7 30 p m to be held at the Methodist with announcements by N F Chapman pastor.
Bert Ryan sues Emmetsburg city for $12,000 in damages over odors from the new $60,000 sewage disposal plant near the Ryan farm. Sixteen witnesses testified that the foul odors interfered with farming and home life, with Mrs. Ryan describing illnesses among the children and a terrifically strong smell filling their house.
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