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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 17, 1948

Page

3

For a Better City Sermon on Acts 19 July 1948

The article compares four ideas to improve a city using Acts 19. It critiques loud mass demonstrations and money driven sects, endorsing law grounded civic work and personal life change led by the Christian church. Paul’s example shows transforming people as the path to a better city.

Ephesus Diana Ephesians Marley Fulnes Paul The Christian Church

Army enlistee Duane Earll listed with Fort Knox unit

Pvt. Duane D. Harll, 17250229, Co. B 38nd M Tk Bn CCB 3nd armored Division Fort Knox Ky, is shown as an army recruit three weeks into service.

Duane Earll Army Duane D. Harll Co. B 38Nd M. Tk CCB Fort Knox

Bible School and Worship Service Schedule

Morning worship at 9 45 with organ preludes and postludes. Anthems include Spirit of Love by Arden Slickers with choir. Organist Mrs Wendell Rider directed by Wendell Rider. Minister Potk.

Bible School Ashford

Organist and Minister Named in Service Roster

Organist Mrs Charles McConnell and Minister Paul K Wells are listed among church staff in the latest roster. The document notes their respective roles as organist and minister.

Charles McConnell Paul K. Wells

Pastor Paul H. White Leads Weekend Services

Love not the world message opens church calendar with Bible school at 9 30 a m and morning worship at 10 45 a m. Evening gospel service at 7 30 p m followed by prayer and praise on Wednesday. Church invites all to attend.

L. John Bible Paul H. White

Methodist Adventists Sabbath Service Notice

Sabbath school at 2 p m and sermon at 3 p m announced by H E Coats pastor. The denomination meets on Sunday at 5th Avenue location in church.

H. E. Coats

St James Catholic Masses At 7 8 And 10 A M

St James Catholic Church schedules Masses at 7 8 and 10 a m Reverend H J Cocoran is pastor and the 10 o clock service will be the high mass.

H. J. Cocoran

Associate Presbyterian Weekly Church Schedule

Bible school at 1:00 with 11:00 morning worship on the topic Things Which We Are to Share with Christ. Evening events include Young People's meeting at 7:30 and a missionary society gathering with Mrs C H Holcomb at 8:00. Wednesday prayers study covers Jeremiah chapters 3 and 4 led by Basil G McBee.

Christ Missionary Society C. H. Holcomb Jeremiah

Immanuel Lutheran Newship: Sunday Service and Mission Festival

Immanuel Lutheran reports a successful Mission Festival with favorable weather, high attendance, strong sermons, and historic mission offerings. Pastor H. J. Anger invites unchurched Washington residents to Sunday divine service at the corner of West Jefferson and South Iowa Avenue.

Congregation For Mission Purposes Washington Jesus Christ Heaven Inmanuel’s West Jefferson and S. Iowa Ave H. J. Anger

Church Service Schedule and Speakers

Morning worship at 10:45 led by Dr. Miller with the theme Yield Not To Temptation. Church activities include a 9:45 Sunday school, Methodist Youth fellowship, Young Adult Group at 8:00 p m, organ preludes, choral selections, anthems, and benediction. Ministers Fred B. Miller and Walter A. Smith, organist Jen L. Yousling, and director Elouise R. Sorden are named.

Miller Methodist Youth Fellowship Fred BE. Miller Walter A. Smith Jen L. Yousling Elouise R. Sorden

Trinity Lutheran Sunday Services In Absence Of Pastor

Evening services and Sunday school held Sunday night led by Rev Alton Koeh Mt Pleasant in charge. All interested invited to attend.

Alton Koeh Mt. Pleasant

St. Pauls Evangelical and Reformed Church Service

The Washington church outlines Sunday school at 10 a m and morning worship at 11 a m with a sermon titled New Life Comes To Peter The sacrament of Holy Baptism will be administered next Sunday Parents of children to be baptized should arrange with the pastor after the service The pastor Milo J Phillips speaks and invites all to attend

Washington Peter Milo J. Phillips

Westminster calendar notes Sunday services and meetings

Sunday school at 9 45 a m for all ages. Morning worship at 10 45 a m with Rev Harry J Findley of Burling ton Iowa. Calendar lists events Sept 19 6 30 Westminster Youth fellowship Sept 21 7 30 Women's Service Guild at church Sept 22 930 Morning prayer meeting Sept 23 730 Boy Scout meeting William Graf Clerk of Sessions A Munson Sunday school superintendent.

Harry J. Findley Burling Toh Iowa Westminster Youth Fellowship Bo Scout Wm. Graf A. Munson

United Presbyterian Church Service Schedule and Music Notes

The program lists Bible school at 10 45 a m worship at 6 50 p m YPCA 7 30 p m with special organ preludes sonata Allegro and melodies in D minor on offertory and postlude. Choir rehearsal is Wednesday at 7 15 p m with mid week prayer service. George Kerr is pastor Melvin Hill directs the choir Helen Harvey is organist.

Bible School YPCA Rogers Offertory George Kerr Melvin Hill Helen Harvey

Washington Baptist Association Service Schedule Note

A fragment lists Baptist services and meetings including Sunday school 1 45 morning worship 8 00 evening session 7 30 Wednesday prayer service choir practice Friday missionary society and a morning worship anthem by Rev Thorbjorn Olson representative of the Scandinavian Seamen's Mission in San Francisco California.

Womens Missionary Society Thorbjorn Olson Scandinavian Seamen's Mission San Francisco Calif

Christian Tabernacle Sunday services and programs

The Christian Tabernacle announces a full schedule led by Pastor W. J. Stevens. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Morning worship 11:00 a.m. Young people's services 6:30 p.m. Evangelistic service 7:30 p.m. Midweek prayer Tuesday 8:00 p.m. Bible study Thursday 8:00 p.m.

W. J. Stevens

Matter as Lesson Theme for September 19 1948 Christian Science Churches

The September 19 1948 lesson sermon in Christian Science churches centers on Matter, with the golden text from Leviticus warning against idols. Bible citations in Acts describe healing and conversion in Solomon’s porch, while the Christian Science text argues faith in matter and medicine diminished early Christianity.

Christian Science Churches of Christ, Scientist Mary Beker Eddy Solomon's Jerusalem

Country Churches Morning Worship and Sunday School Pic Nic

Morning worship at 9 30 a m Sunday school at 10 30 a m with sermon New Life Comes. Annual Sunday school picnic follows after Sunday school a basket dinner is requested. Games in the afternoon led by Mr Lyle Conklin superintendent.

Peter Lyle Conklin

Sunday services at West Chester Methodist Church

The notice lists a Sunday school at 10:00 a m led by Kenneth Cuddeback with Esther Ellen Bauer as pianist. Morning worship at 11:00 with Mrs Edgar Stewart as chorister and Mary Jane Stephens at the piano. Sermon titled The Ever Widening River and youth fellowship at 6:30 followed by evening worship at 7:30 in the Federated church led by R Vernon Pike.

West Chester Methodist Sunday School Kenneth Cuddeback Esther Ellen Bauer Edgar Stewart Mary Jane Stephens Federated Church R. Vernon Pike

Sunday church schedule with sermons and events

Sunday school 10 a m topic The Town Clerk at Ephesus public worship 11 a m sermon Labor-Management Relations third in Make The Social Order Christian guest soloist Connie Stephens of Chicago with Like As A Father at the memorial organ Invoca tion Canzone Amorosa Pilgrims Chorus Grant Us Thy Peace MYF 7 p m Tuesday young adult picnic Sunset Park WSCS events Mt Pleasant First Methodist Sept 22 9 30 3 30 WSCS meeting Sept 28 2 00 Olive Miksch worship leader and committee hosts choir practice Thursday evening at 7 30 p m

Ephesus Connie Stephens Chicago Lansing Larry Trotter Colborn Nevins Pilgrims Wagner Sunset Park Washington WSCS First Methodist Church Mt. Pleasant General Meeting Chursday Olive Miksch Robert * Miksch Duane Hazen Ben Fitzgerald Herman Wagenknecht Henry Wagenknecht Anna Wagen Knecht Clifford Thompson

New Haven and Grace Hill Church Services

Grace Hill hosts 45 morning worship and 245 Sunday school. New Haven holds 11 00 Sunday school with morning worship at Grace Hill. No evening services due to Washington association at Washington Baptist Church. Floyd A. Smith is pastor.

New Haven Grace Hill Grace Hill l Washington Association Washington Baptist Church Floyd A. Smith

Washington Baptist association meeting schedule announced

The notice lists a Sunday school at 10 a.m. and morning worship at 11 a.m. with a Baptist state worker speaker, a 6:30 p.m. youth fellowship, and 7:50 p.m. evening service. The Washington Baptist association meets all day Monday with a young peoples evening featuring a banquet and Rev Dirks of Iowa City as speaker. Wednesday features a Bible story and prayer led by Pastor Hiram Phillips.

Baptist Washington Baptist Association Young Peoples Dirks 1St Baptist Church of Iowa City

Crawfordsville Churches Sunday Schedule Pages

Crawfordsville announces Sunday school at 10 a.m. and worship at 11 a.m. The Junior Youth Fellowship girls will sing In The Temple. Senior M.Y.F. meets at 7 p.m. Union evening worship at 8 p.m. Clifford Ott, pastor.

Hinter Clifford Ott

Ephesus Town Clerk Bulletin Lists Worship and Activities

Morning worship at 11:00 with special music and a story sermon for youth titled How God Protects The Animals. Evening union service at 8:00 featuring a sermon What God Does With The Sin He Forgives. Activities include Y P Fellowship, Juniors meeting, prayer hour, Bible study, Women’s Missionary Society, and a Sept 30 get-together in the church parlors led by Minister Danel Knox Ford.

Ephesus Y. P U. P Women’s Missionary Society Young Peoples Y. P. Fellowship Danel Knox Ford

Wedding at St. Marys Church Riverside

Lor ene Betty Kallaus of Ainsworth wed James H Yegey of Riverside on Sept 11 at St. Marys church Riverside. ceremony followed by reception in St Marys hall and a wedding trip through Minnesota and Wisconsin. The brides gown was white satin with lace and a senior train. Attendants included maid of honor Bernadette Veggy and bridesmaids Juanita YeGgy and Eldon YeGGy Riverside.

Riverside Lorene Betty Kallaus Ainsworth James H Yegegy Frank Kallaus Francis C. Veggy St. Mary’s Church Thomas L Wolfe Marilyn Fesler Vernita Proll Bernadette Veggy Maid of Honor Linda Mae Kallaus Merritt Veggy Kenneth Bushman Iowa

Riverside Couple to Wed and Plan Iowa City Life

The bride, Riverside high school graduate, works at S. S. Kresge store in Iowa City. Mr. Veggy will be employed in Iowa City. The couple will reside southeast of Riverside.

Riverside High School

Missionary Society Hears Letter From Wagner Family

Prairie Flower group meets at Mrs. Carl Jarrard’s home with co host Mrs. Everette Beenblossom. C C Reeves presides as 22 members recite scripture verses. A Wagner family letter from China is read. Bible study on Assurance follows with member verses. Refreshments end the meeting. Guests include Mrs. Ivan Hahn Mrs. Walter Jarrard Mrs. Homer Jarrard Mrs. Eldon Novy and two children.

Carl Jarrard Prairie Flower Missionary Society Everette Beenblossom C. C. Reeves Harrys Wagner China John Wagner St. John 15 Earl Booth Ivan Hahn Walter Jarrard Homer Jarrard Eldon Novy

Pot Luck Supper Hosts Fortnightly at Mrs J Birney Home

The Fortnightly group held a pot luck supper Thursday at Mrs James Birneys home with twenty members and one guest Phyllis Willey present. Tickets for a September 22 style show at the high school auditorium were distributed. The event, under Fortnightly sponsorship with E M Bridges and Cowair Fur, included dues collection and a blue ribbon prize for the best table setting explained by Mrs Marion McAvoy.

James Birney Phyllis Willey E. M. Bridges Company Cowair Fur Company Marion McAvoy Wendell Baker Faye Domer Milo Steele, Jr Margaret Applegate Shrum Lewis Keith Vetter

Pink and Blue Gifts for Mrs V Weeks

A group of neighbors and relatives visited the home of Mrs Vernon Weeks on Thursday evening to present pink and blue gift packages and enjoy a social event. Bingo was played with prizes won by Mrs Floyd Ayers and Mrs Dewey Weeks. The gifts were displayed on a table and Mrs Weeks guessed the contents before opening each. Refreshments were served by Mrs Raymond and Mrs Clarence Jackson, the honoree’s mother.

Vernon Weeks Lester Ramond Floyd Ayers Dewey Weeks Weeks Raymond Clarence Jackson

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LBLE Foreman International Council Religious Education WNU Christian Calvary Baptist Methodist Adventists St. James Catholic Associate Presbyterian Basil G. McBee Immanuel Lutheran Methodist Boellmann Stainer Schreiner Spirit of God Neidlinger Jane S. Burham Trinity Lutheran St. Paul’s Evangelical and Reformed United Presbyterian Washington Baptist Association Prac Christian Tabernacle Country Churches ST. Paul's Evangelical & Reformed Ainsworth Methodist Church Miss Connie Stephens Ainsworth Methodist West Chester Hiram Phillips Crawfordsville Crawfordsville Methodist Federated Presbyterian Bible Schoo L. Kallaus J. Yegey Sorden Music Co East Side Square Mrs. V. Weeks Hartzell Washington County Iater Avisans Totcoats Klein Klothing Ko C . Ie Woo! Mackinaws
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