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First Baptist Church Weekly Schedule and Activities
The First Baptist Church calendar lists 11 o'clock morning service with William Harrison Barnes on organ and Mme Gilderoy Scott directing the choir. Sermons titled The Simplicities of Jesus focus on the Beatitudes, with Seeing God set for Sunday. Junior Union, Sunday school at 9:30, and a 3:30 Juniors study session are noted. Evening activities include the High School B Y P A at 5:30, and fellowship at 5:30 at the Dingle home. The church collaborates with the Sunday Evening club featuring Carveth Wells speaking on Six Years in the Malay Jungle with Anna Nyberg violin. The Camp Fire Girls meet at 3:30, and a church-wide consecration service is set for Wednesday at 8. Boy Scouts meet Thursday at 7:30 with choir rehearsal at 8. A choir banquet and officer elections occur Saturday night May 19. Wilmette Baptist, at Wilmette and Forest Aves, Rev. Francis Carr Stifler pastor. Office hours, phone Wilmette 2235.