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Churches, 1904

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The Mountain Churches

Blue Mountain Gazette · Friday 8 January 1904 · page 3

Owing to the fact that the Presbytorians have established church services at Katoomba and Lawson, the Congregationalists and Methodists…

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Overlapping of Mountain Churches

The Mountaineer · Friday 8 January 1904 · page 4

Owing to the fact that the Presbyterians were proposing to establish church services at Katoomba and Lawson, the Congregationalists and…

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Bush Mission Meeting

The Mountaineer · Friday 15 January 1904 · page 3

Mr Scarf, secretary of the N.S.W. Bush Mission Society, conducted a service under the auspices of the Katoomba Congregational and Methodist…

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Wesleyan Church, Katoomba. Conversazione and Sale of Gifts

The Mountaineer · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 4

The members and friends of the Katoomba Methodist Church held their annual effort in aid of the funds on Wednesday last. The effort took the…

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Methodist Band of Hope

The Mountaineer · Friday 25 March 1904 · page 6

The usual monthly meeting of the above was held in the Methodist Church on Wednesday evening last. The Rev. J. S. Austin occupied the…

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Methodist Church

The Mountaineer · Thursday 31 March 1904 · page 6

Service will be held at 11 a.m. In the evening a lantern service will be held, "The Passion Week," with sacred solos…

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Leura Presbyterian Church

The Mountaineer · Thursday 31 March 1904 · page 6

Special Easter services and singing will be given in the Leura Presbyterian Church on Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Rev. R. A. Redmond, B. A…

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Congregational Church

The Mountaineer · Thursday 31 March 1904 · page 6

Service will be held in the Congregational Church on Good Friday at 7.30…

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Foreign Mission Anniversary

The Mountaineer · Friday 10 June 1904 · page 4

In connection with the anniversary of the Foreign Missions, pecial services were held in the Methodist Church on Sunday week last, when at 11 a.m. Rev…

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Sleeping in Church

The Mountaineer · Friday 17 June 1904 · page 7

Or why, again, should anybody go to-church to sleep, when be can slumber ever be much more comfortably at home. Of course, there is a great deal of exaggerated…

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Cycling and Church-going

Blue Mountain Gazette · Friday 24 June 1904 · page 2

The following notice is prominently fixed outside Mershtham Church :-- " To Cyclists, Women and Men.-- You are quite welcome to enter and…

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Tea Meeting and Social Entertainment in the Congregational Church

The Mountaineer · Friday 1 July 1904 · page 6

On Wednesday last a very successful tea meeting and social entertainment was held in the Congregational Church, Katoomba. There was a very…

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Methodist Band of Hop

The Mountaineer · Friday 29 July 1904 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the Methodist Band of Hope was held on Wednesday night last. The Rev. J. S. Austin occupied the chair and a large…

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Awkward Moments in Church

Blue Mountain Gazette · Friday 29 July 1904 · page 4

Churches are usually the most decorous places in the world, and it is rarely that a service is interrupted. But now and then, even in the best…

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Arbor Day. at the Methodist Church

The Mountaineer · Friday 26 August 1904 · page 3

On Wednesday afternoon an "arbor day' was held at the Methodist Church Katoomba. Some 20 ladies assembled and after a hymn and prayer the trees…

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Methodist Band of Hope

The Mountaineer · Friday 26 August 1904 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the above was held on Wednesday night last. Rev. J. S. Austin occupied the chair, and there was a large attendance…

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Progressive Euchre Parties and the Church. to the Editor

The Mountaineer · Friday 26 August 1904 · page 3

SIR,--One rubs their eyes and reads again to see if their eyes are deceiving them. Euchre Party ! What for ? The Church funds! And has it come to…

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Historic Church

Blue Mountain Gazette · Friday 9 September 1904 · page 4

The 161st anniversary of the Moravian Church in London was celebrated a few weeks ago. This ancient church which is situated in Fetter Lane, is…

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Service in a Bush Church

The Mountaineer · Friday 30 September 1904 · page 3

The minister had called during the week, and told us that the usual fortnightly service would be held in the local church on the following Sunday…

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Methodist Sunday School Anniversary

Blue Mountain Gazette · Friday 7 October 1904 · page 2

There was only a very moderate at tendance at the meeting and entertainment in connection with the anniversary of the above which was held…

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