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Churches, 1953

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Pre-coronation Services Held in Many Churches

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Wednesday 3 June 1953 · page 5

Special pre-Coronation services, praying for God's blessing upon Queen Elizabeth the Second and expressing the loyalty of Her Majesty's Christian people, were held in…

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Church Aid Celebrates Birthday

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 2

During the 38th birthday party celebrations of the Methodist Women's Church Aid last week, the Gosford…

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Interstate Visitors At Colorful Catholic Ball

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 26 June 1953 · page 2

More than 200 people packed Gosford Masonic Hall last Friday night for the first Catholic Ball held in Gosford for more than seven years. Among the guests were…

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Church Notes

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 3 July 1953 · page 6

Rev. John G. Ridley, International Evangelist, who has conducted "Revival Campaigns" in many parts of the…

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New Launch for Move by Church

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 3 July 1953 · page 6

A motor launch is to be used by Gosford Baptists in their work of extension in the Brisbane Water area…

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Church Notes Home Visitation

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 10 July 1953 · page 7

Tomorrow is "Home Visitation Day" in six local Seventh-day Adventist Churches. Churches will begin a…

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Church Notes

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 28 July 1953 · page 5

A series of bible lectures began at Ourimbah on Sunday. Prophecy and other vitally important bible…

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Church Notes

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 31 July 1953 · page 6

The district Youth for Christ movement will hold a rally in the Masonic Hall, Gosford, at 7.30 p.m…

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The Brothers' New School Dream Of Early Parish Priest Comes True

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 7 August 1953 · page 1

Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal Gilroy, will open this £40,000 Christian Brothers'…

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Mrs. Dean To Open Presbyterian Fete

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 11 August 1953 · page 5

Mrs Roger Dean will officially open the Gosford Presbyterian Women's Guild Bluebird Flower Show and…

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Sisters Decorate Church for Gosford Wedding

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 14 August 1953 · page 2

The Sisters of St. Joseph personally decorated Our Lady of the Rosary Church, Gosford, for the wedding last Saturday of Beryl Margaret Pryor and John Thomas Hamill…

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"Greatest Englishman Of Our Time" Amery On Churchill

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 14 August 1953 · page 7

A vivid portrait of Churchill was given by another eminent parliamentarian, the Rt. Hon. L. S. Amery, CH, in a recent BBC broadcast. "For forty years of pub-…

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Church Notes

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 21 August 1953 · page 7

The Salvation Army has launched a Young People's Brass Band tinder the leadership of Lieut Everett. It has…

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Church Counterblast to Communism in India

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 21 August 1953 · page 7

The Bishop of Newcastle, Right Rev. Francis de Witt Batty, has asked the clergy and parishioners in the diocese to support the South-East Asia Appeal…

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Methodist Home Mission

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 4 September 1953 · page 6

This Sunday will be observed as Home Mission Sunday in the Gosford Methodist circuit…

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Variety Concert Helps Methodist Church Fund

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 4 September 1953 · page 4

Profits from the successful variety concert presented by Gosford Methodist Church at the Masonic Hall on Wednesday will go towards the funds for the proposed new church…

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Methodist "Mission to Nation"

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 11 September 1953 · page 6

A "Week of Witness" will be Gosford's part in "Mission to the Nation", being conducted throughout…

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Davistown's New Church Opening

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 15 September 1953 · page 6

The new Methodist Church at Davistown, which is the first Christian chui'ch to be built in that area, will be officially opened next Saturday…

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In the Churches Man's 'Pressing Peace Problem'

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 15 September 1953 · page 6

The Reverend Cyril Francis said at Christ, Church, Gosford, last Sunday, that the problem of how to ensure peace was a pressing one because of the tremendous powers of destruction…

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Mystery £10 Gift Will Buy Paint for Church

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 15 September 1953 · page 4

The anonymous gift of £100 received by the Dean of Sydney had an echo in Gosford…

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