ALDERSON-NOXEN
Ruggles Church morning service,
8:45; Sunday (School, 10; Noxen
Church service with sermon by the
pastor, 10; Sunday School, 11;
M.Y.F. 6:30; Alderson Church
morning worship service with ser-
mon by the pastor and music by
the choir under the direction of
Mrs. Fred Swanson, 11:15; Sunday
School, 10:15; M.Y.F., 6:30; Kunkle
Sunday School, 10:30, M.Y.F. 6:30,
Kunkle evening service, 7:30 P.M.
Kunkle Church will hold a
special session of Quarterly Confer-
ence Tuesday evening at eight at
the Church to take the action nec-
essary for constructive addition to
the present building. Rev. Roswell
Lyon, District Superintendent, will
preside.
Official Board of Noxen Metho-
dist Church will meet Thursday
evening at 8.
Youth Fellowship Groups of Al-
derson-Noxen Charge, in coopera-
tion with the United Christian
Youth Action, “Used Clothing for
Korea” project, request that mem-
bers of the Churches of the Charge
to bring their bundles of used
clothing to the Churches either be-
fore Sunday March 23rd or to the
Church service Sunday morning.
The clothing will be taken to the
Trailer Truck at the South St.
Bridge on [Sunday afternoon for
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THE POST, FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1952
News Of The Churches
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The captain of a slave ship reads a book
An old windjammer tied up at Southampton. The
captain staggered down the gangplank, paused and
looked back at his ship.
cient cobblestone street.
Capt. John Newton was only 23 years old but he
had been to sea ever since his pious mother had died
He had sailed with his sea-captain fa-
ther, had done a trick in the British Navy, deserted, been
caught, put in irons and whipped in public.
. a slave ship. He
hardly knew how to read, but he knew the sea and it
wasn’t long until he was walking the bridge as master
of his own slaver, with a whip in one hand and gun in
-
when he was 7.
signed on the lowest of all craft .
‘he other.
John Newton want drunk that day in 1748 when
te staggered down the plank. He was sick .
Most of all he was
On a long voyage from
shysically, spiritually and morally.
ick of the filthy slave business.
Amazing grace bow sweet the sound,
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found.
Then he disappeared up the an-
Defiant, he
skipper had in mind.
But he never gave up
. sick
Brazil he had read a book called “Imitation of Christ,”
Then came a storm . .
for days to send him to the bottom. When the storm
calmed he fell to thinking . .
Thomas Kempis had written about in his book.
Not an Englishman in His Majesty’s Empire would
have dreamed that Capt. John Newton would have quit
the sea for the ministry.
except Capt. John Newton.
last look at his ship, that’s exactly what the hard-boiled
. & vicious storm that threatened
. thinking about Christ who
That is, not an Englishman
But when he paused for a
After 16 years of self education, John Newton was
ordained and given a little church at the town of Olney.
his sea garb. In the sunset of life,
as pastor of cne of London’s greatest churches, he ap-
peared in the pulpit dressed like a sailor—with a cane
in one hand and a Bible in the other.
serving his little church at Olney that he wrote. . .
But it was while
Thro’ many dangers, toils and smares,
I bave already come;
Tis grace hath bro’t me safe thus far,
Kings Daughters Class
Selects Tea Chairmen
Kings Daughters Class, Shaver-
town Methodist Church, announces
committee chairmen for the Birthday
Tea, scheduled for March 28, 8 P. M.,
at the church.
Co-chairmen are Mrs. Melvin
Mosier and Mrs. LeRoy Dourand.
Mrs. Howard Hontz and Mrs. Jack
Jones handle tickets; Mrs, Granville
Sowden program; Mrs. Thomas
Jenkins, publicity.
In charge of refreshments are
Mesdames LeRoy Dourand, Melvin
Mosier, William Lawry, and Charles
Kishpaugh.
In charge of tables are Mesdzmes
Howard Yeager, James Eckerd, Gor-
don Edwards, William Brown, Jr.,
John Ferguson, George Jacobs,
Robert Dolbear, Charles Beech,
Robert Shotwell, Charles Mannear,
William Thomas, Luther Powell,
Cecil Poynton, Clyde Brace, Ivan
Covert, William Davis, Louis Purvin,
Wiarren Daubert, Gilbert Austin,
Robert Clark, George Eickes, Mildred
Mosier, Dorothy Heslop, and Floyd
Sisco.
LOYALVILLE METHODIST
Tonight a conibined prayer and
song service will be held at the home
of Mrs. Nancy Cragle at 8.
Lillian Hirlinger, Dallas; and Bess
Mr. and Mrs. William Smith, Mrs.
Albert ‘Smith, Bobby and Darwin,
spent the weekend in Lewistown
with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ritter.
Mr, and Mrs. Dana Lord celebrated
their thirty-second wedding amniver-
sary on Sunday, one day in advance.
Their children banded together to
present their parents with a set of
dishes. Mr. and Mrs. Steven Lord
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and family; Mr. and Mrs. Freas Lord
and family; Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Lord
and family; and Betty Lord, were
guests,
Bess Klinetob spent Tuesday with
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Tworek.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Cornell,
Meeker, announce the birth of their
first child, a daughter, in Nanticoke
Hospital on Sunday. Mrs. Cornell
is the former Kathleen Hunter.
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If you have used clothing to give
Was blind, but now I see. And grace will lead me bome.
Church services on Sunday are
preaching service at 8:30 and Church
School at 9:30 AM. Rev. B. Everett
When we've been there ten thousand years
"Twas grace that taught my beart to fear,
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but are unable to take it to the
Church you are asked to notify one
of the young people of your church
or one of the Youth Leaders:
Eleanor Humphrey, Alderson; Wal-
ter Bronson, Ruggles; Mrs. Warren
Montross, Noxen; Mrs. Daniel
Meeker, Kunkle.
SHAVERTOWN METHODIST
Sunday: 9:45, Church School for
all ages. Professor Leroy Bugbee,
teaching the Men’s Bible Class.
11:00, Nursery for pre-school child-
ren during Worship Hour. 11:00,
Morning Worship. Fourth Sunday in
Lent, Christian Culture Sunday.
Our Church will entertain men from
the Red Rock Air Force Base today
in church and during the day. 6:30,
Methodist Youth Fellowship.
Monday: 3:30, Brownies,
Tuesday: 4:00, Preparatory Mem-
bership Class instruction with the
Pastor in the Chapel Room. 7:30,
Boy Scouts, Troop 231.
Wednesday: 3:30, Girl Scouts,
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sation: 6:30, Junior Choir Re-
hearsal. 7:30, Lenten Service in the
Sanctuary. (Speaker, Rev. Edgar F.
Singer, Pastor of the Forty Fort
Fethodist Church. 8:30, Senior Choir
Rehearsal.
Friday: 7:30, Board of Education
Conference on Leadership Training,
in the Chapel Room. Rev. Clyde A.
Schaff, Wyoming Conference Execu-
tive Secretary of the Board of Edu-
cation will be our Resource Leader
and Speaker. 8:00, Birthday Tea in
the Recreation Rooms. Sponsored
by the Kings Daughters Class.
Saturday: ,7:00, Dinner of - the
Couples Club at the Wyoming Inn.
The Sacrament of Holy Baptism will
be observed on Palm Sunday at
4:00, Parents of infants and child-
ren to be baptized at that time
should contact the Pastor.
New Members will be received
into the fellowship of our church
on Sunday, March 23rd and on
Palm Sunday. Persons desirous of
membership should contact the
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And grace my fears relieved;
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed.
Bright shining as the sum,
We've no less days to sing God’s praise
Than when we first begun.
Pastor this week.
THE DALLAS METHODIST
This is Every Member Canvass
Sunday. All members of the Church
are asked to remain at home in the
afternoon until their pledge has
been received. It is expected that
some fifty men will participate and
that the entire canvass will be com-
pleted by Sunday evening.
Church School, 10:00, Interna-
tional Lesson, “What Is Christian
Hospitality”. Scripture, Acts 16:6-
15.40. Morning Worship, 11:00.
Sermon, “And Jesus Said, Go”.
Youth Fellowship, 6:30.
Monday, 7:30, Boy Scouts.
Tuesday, 8:00, Board of Education
will meet in the Committee Room.
Wednesday, 6:15, Family Night
Covered Dish Supper. Bring covered
dish, table service, ‘and rolls. Coffee
and dessert will be furnished by
the committee. The Country
Couple’s Club is acting as com-
mittee. 7:30, Mid-Week Lenten Ser-
vice. The Reverend Ruth Under-
wood, minister of the Alderson
Methodist Charge, will be the guest
speaker. The Woman's Society of
Christian Service will be in charge.
Thursday, 4:15, Junior Choir;
6:30, Youth Choir; 8:00, Senior
Choir.
Friday, 4:15, Membership Train-
ing Class for boys and girls.
ST. PAUL'S LUTHERAN
Rev. Russell Stine -
Sunday School, 9:45.
Preaching service, 11.
Monday, 8 PM, Men's Brother-
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2:30 to 4:00 p. m.
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STANLEY MOORE, owner
hood will meet in tht church
basement to hear [Stefan Heller-
sperk speak on life in a concentra-
tion camp. Men of Holy Trinity,
Kingston, will be guests. Men of
the community are invited.
Speaks Every Night
Rev. Joseph Arnett, evangelist at
Shavertown Bible Church an-
nounces his sermon topics for the
coming week.
Friday, When Jesus Yielded up
the Ghost; Sunday morning, Touch
Me Not; evening, Then Came Jesus,
the Doors Being shut; Monday, Be-
fore Bethlehem; Tuesday, God
With Us; Wednesday, Son of Man;
Thursday, Once for All.
These meetings are continuing
for a third week and all services
start at 7:45 in the evening and
Sunday morning at 11, The public
is cordially invited to attend.
CENTERMORELAND BAPTIST
Sunday School at 10. Preaching
service at 11.
Prayer - meeting Thursday, 7:30.
BEAUMONT UNION CHURCH
Rev. Truman Reeves, Pastor
Elmer Herring, Sunday School
Superintendent.
Sunday School, 10 AM; preaching
service 7:30.
Monday, Young people meet with
Mrs. Reeves at the church, 7:30.
Wednesday, 7:30, prayer meeting.
Thursday, 7:45, Womens Mission-
ary Society at the home of Mrs.
Hazel Condon. Bandages will be
made from old sheets or other clean
white materials.
Young people of the church took
part last week in services held at
Shavertown Bible Church. The
group sang, and Romayme Smith,
Gladys Jones, and Carol Millard
sang a trio.
Seek and Find Class
Meets At Jackson
The Seek and Find Class of Jack-
son Methodist (Church met in the
social rooms of the Church recently
with Paul Shouldice presiding.
Members of the class are selling
jello, dish cloths and every day
greeting cards.
Plans were made for a ham and
egg supper to be held at the Church
April 5.
Present at the meeting: Mr. and
Mrs. ‘Charles Hock, Mr. and Mrs.
Alfred Swelgin, Mrs and Mrs Robert
Gregory, Mrs Joseph Neizgoda, Mr.
and Mrs. Durwood Splitt, Sandra
Splitt, Mrs. Henry Swelgin, Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Finley, Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Brace, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Shouldice.
Alderson Church
To Canvass Members
Alderson Methodist ‘Church will
conduct an “Every Member” canvass
the first week in April. Sixty-two
families, members of the church, will
be solicited to pledge financial sup-
port to take care of this year’s bud-
get of $2,435, The budget takes care
of the bare necessities of the church
expenses. Plans have been made to
paint the church this year, so addi-
tional funds, beyond the budget
total, must be raised.
Solicitors requesting pledges will
be Mrs. Albert Armitage, Mrs. Hig-
gins, Mrs. Carpenter, Mrs. Raymond
Garinger, Mrs. Donald Smith, Mrs.
Harvey Kitchen, Mr. Ashton, and
: - Alan Kistler.
_ | Huntsville Work Day
Huntsville Christian Church will
, | have a work day on Saturday mak-
i | ing repairs on building and clear-
ing grounds in anticipation for
landscaping. The evening meal will
be served workers,
Lord is the minister.
Thursday evening at 7:30 the
entire Maple Grove charge will hold
its monthly family social night at
the Meeker church,
Sweet Valley
Mr, and Mrs. Robert Smith,
Nineveh, N. Y. were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Doberstein over
the weekend.
Mrs. John Lukavitch, daughter
Marie, and granddaughter Joan
'Sgroi spent last Saturday in Wilkes-
Barre.
Mr. and Mrs. John Perry and
family, Clark Summit, spent the
weekend here at their former home.
Mr. and Mrs, Herbert Britt made
a trip to Scranton on ‘Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Lukavitch en-
tertained over the weekend for Mrs.
Lukavitch’s sister, Mrs, Julia Mor-
gan, of Syracuse.
Dean Lord celebrated his ninth
birthday on Sunday with a family
dinner. Guests were Grandmother
Post, Uncle Doron and Uncle Howard
Post. In the afternoon ‘the family
and guests motored to Clark Summit
to call on Mr. and Mrs. Milton
Thomas,
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Button, King-
ston, had Thursday evening dinner
with Rev. and Mrs. Ira Button.
Mrs. Rachel Williams, Wilkes-
Barre, has been spending some time
with her mother, Mrs. Sara Roberts,
who has been ill.
Callers at the home of Keziah
Edwards on ‘Sunday were Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest Keller, Shavetown; Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Recod, and Mrs.
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