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Illawarra · Churches

Churches, 1915

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St. Francis Xavier's Church CONFIRMATION

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 6 July 1915 · page 2

At 10 a.m. on Sunday at St. Francis Xavier Church His Grace Archbishop Kelly administered the Sacrament of Confirmation to 200…

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Methodist A. D. Social

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 23 July 1915 · page 11

Wollongong Methodists had a social in the School Hall on Wednesday evening, the object of which was the benefit of the Wounded…

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Methodist Church

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 30 July 1915 · page 2

The following amounts were omitted from the list of subscribers at the Methodist gift evening on Wednesday, 21st inst:—Mr. Eastaway £1 5s, Miss…

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From the Methodist Church

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 30 July 1915 · page 7

The Methodist Church has forwarded per the local Red Cross Society the sum of £34 12s towards the Australia Day Fund, and also £4 8s 3d from the…

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Methodist Centenary

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 10 August 1915 · page 2

Just one hundred years ago the first Methodist Minister (Rev. Samuel Leigh) arrived in Sydney. To fittingly celebrate the Centenary…

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Presbyterian Church Anniversary Social

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 20 August 1915 · page 4

On Monday, 16th August, the Anniversary Social was held in the Church Street Hall. The Rev. D. McKay Barnet presided over a large and…

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Presbyterian Anniversary

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 20 August 1915 · page 17

Wollongong congregation held anniversary services on Sunday last. The Rev. J. H. McGrowan, of Ashfield, conducted. His sermons, both…

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Methodist Centenary

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 20 August 1915 · page 17
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The celebration in Wollongong was Continued on Monday evening by a gathering in the Town Hall, which was a good muster of the…

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Woonona Presbyterian Church

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 10 September 1915 · page 13

The foundation stone of the new Church was laid on Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. J. McMeekan performed the ceremony. Mr. McMeekan, it…

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Baptist Church, Woonona

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 17 September 1915 · page 11

Anniversary services in connection with the Baptist Church at Woonona, held on Sunday, September 12, passed off very successfully. Rev. S…

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Shellharbour Methodist Concert

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 25 September 1915 · page 2

On Wednesday evening in the Temperance Hall, a concert was hold in connection with the fiftieth anniversary of the Methodist Church the church…

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St Michael's Church

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 1 October 1915 · page 2

The anniversary social in connection with St. Michael's Church, Wollongong, was held in the Parish Hall on Wednesday night, and proved a great…

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Bomaderry Mission Home

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 2 October 1915 · page 2

Except to those in touch with the movement, very few people have any idea of the good work that is being carried on at Bomaderry in the care…

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Bulli—Woonona Mission

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 8 October 1915 · page 14

A three weeks 'mission is being held in the Woonona Methodist Church, by Mr. J. T. Farnass, of the Evangelisation Society of N.S…

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Woonooa Mission

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 15 October 1915 · page 11

The inclement weather has interfered with the attendance at some of the meetings during the week. The services last Sunday were well…

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Methodist Anniversary

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 20 October 1915 · page 2

Anniversary Day, looked forward to by all the little folk of the Sunday School, was held auspiciously on Sunday last when the Rev. Harold Wheen,…

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Church Mens' Society

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 20 October 1915 · page 2

On Monday evening the Church of England Men's Society gave a mock banquet' which in title was certainly a misnomer for the entertainment, as…

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Woonona Mission

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 22 October 1915 · page 10

The concert and social in the Methodist Church last Saturday evening was large successful. The attendance was large one the solos by…

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Presbyterian Sunday Schools

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 27 October 1915 · page 2

The results have just been published on the examinations for Sunday School scholars by the Presbyterian Church throughout the State. From Kiama…

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