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Illawarra · Churches

Churches, 1892

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Bulli Wesleyan Church

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 1 January 1892 · page 2

On Sunday next the organ will be opened in the Bulli Wesleyan Church, when special hymns and anthe[?]s will be sung. In the afternoon, at 3 o'clock, and…

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Presbyterian

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 7 January 1892 · page 2

We are informed that a few representatives of the congregation and managing-committee of the church waited upon the minister, the Rev. R. H. Waugh, M.A., at…

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Wesleyan Church, Bulli

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 7 January 1892 · page 2

On Sunday last, a new organ was opened in the Wesleyan Church, Bulli. Miss M'Donald, of Wollongong, was organist on the occasion, and she speaks in high terms…

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Wesleyan Church

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 9 January 1892 · page 3

Picnics were held on New Year's Day in connection with the Wollongong Sunday School, at Stuart Park, and in connection with the anniversary of the Marshall…

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Bulli Wesleyan Church

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 16 January 1892 · page 2

To-morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock, and evening at 7, temperance sermons will be preached in the above church by Mr. R. Crabb, and in the morning at 11 o'clock an…

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Congregational Church

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 23 January 1892 · page 2

It is a time-honored custom of the Congregational Church of this town to hold in the month of January of each year a social meeting, when the accounts of the past year…

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Cardinal Manning and Church Bazaars

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 4

Cardinal Manning, replying to a Radcliffe correspondent, who wrote to him on the subject of lotteries and raffles at bazaars for charitable purposes, says:—…

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Parish of Bulli

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 20 February 1892 · page 2

On Sunday next, 21st instant, the Rev. S. Wilkinson, Curate of St. Paul's, Sydney, will officiate at St. Augustine's at 11 a.m., 3 p.m. (Children's Service), and 7 p.m…

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Kiama Presbyterian Sabbats School Picnic

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1892 · page 2

The annual picnio in connection with the Sabbath School took place on Wednesday laston the Blowhele Point, and proved a very successful affair, The usual time for the…

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Primitive Methodist Church

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 3 March 1892 · page 2

The foundation-stones of this church were laid yesterday, in the presence of a fair attendance. The structure is to consist of brick work on a concrete foundation…

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Church Collections, Conscience, Circuses, and Creditors

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 3 March 1892 · page 4

A WESLEYAN CLERGYMAN SPEAKS OUT. The Rev. Henry Howard, pastor of the Warragal (Vic.) Wesleyan Church, and formerly of Tcorak, on Sunday…

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Primitive Methodist Tea Meeting

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 2

As reported in last issue, a most successful public tea and meeting in connection with the laying of the foundation-stones of the new church was held in the…

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Primitive Methodist Bazaar

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 12 March 1892 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock a grand bazaar was opened in the Woonona Skating Rink in aid of the Primitive Methodist Church fund at Bulli. There was a very…

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The Woonona and Corrimal Churches. (To the Editor.)

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 12 March 1892 · page 2

SIR,—Your paragraph in Tuesday's issue re the retirement of the Rev. G. W. Fraser from his charge in connection with the above churches has astonished many of…

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Freehold of Churches

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 15 March 1892 · page 4

London, Thursday.—In the House of Commons last night the second reading was moved of a bill to enable churches to purchase the freehold of their places of…

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Parish of Bulli

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 17 March 1892 · page 2

On Tuesday evening, the 8th instant, at a vestry meeting of parishioners, Mr. A. T. Wood, of the A.J.S. Bank, was elected as one of the representatives for Bulli in…

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Church Notes. Wesleyan

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 9 April 1892 · page 2

The usua[?]bi-quarterly Gospel Praise Service will be held in the Bulli Wesleyan Church on Sabbath evening next. The Rev. G. W. Cowles will conduct the service, the subject of which will be "The influence of Early…

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Religious Memoranda. Church of England. Jamberoo

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Monday 18 April 1892 · page 2

Divine, service will be conducted in the following churches on Sunday next by Rev. B. Stephens:— Shellharbour, 11 a.m…

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The Annual Vestry Meeting, Christ Church, Kiama

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 22 April 1892 · page 2

The vestry meeting was held in the Schoolroom on Tuesday evening last. The incumbent presided, and opened the meeting with prayer. In the…

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Church Items

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 30 April 1892 · page 2

With a view of wiping off the debt outstanding in connection with St. Michael's Church, it has been decided on the suggestion of the Rev. H. Sealy Vidal, to hold an organ recital in the church on the evening of…

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