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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Churches

Churches, 1948

334 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 17

Continue Church Union Move

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 May 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday. — The general conference of the Methodist Church of Australasia reaffirmed the desire of the Methodist…

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Methodist Mission Demonstration

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 May 1948 · page 3

Newcastle district Methodist churches will hold their first united oversea, mission demonstration on June 4 at the Central Methodist…

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Methodist Move On Dancing Fails

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 May 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—An attempt to have the book of laws of the Methodist Church of Australia altered to permit dancing on church…

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In The CHURCHES

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 29 May 1948 · page 4

[?] St. Arbans, Charlestown 10.30 a.m. Sunday school: 7.15, evensong and sermon, St. Paul's Gateshead: 9 a.m…

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Church Work in Europe Impeded Says Bishop

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 May 1948 · page 2

The actions of the enemies of God in impeding the work of the church in Europe was, in one sense, a greater persecution than the…

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Three Methodist Presidents To Visit Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 June 1948 · page 2

Three Methodist presidents are to visit Newcastle to attend overseas missions rallies at the Central Mission on Friday…

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Deportees From Australia Will "Greet" Mission

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 June 1948 · page 1

SINGAPORE, June 3.—Fourteen Malay deportees from Australia will be among an unofficial reception committee to greet the…

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Methodist Oversea Missioners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 June 1948 · page 1

Smiles at the Central Methodist Mission Oversea Mission Campaign yesterday afternoon. Left to right: Rev. Austen James, Chairman of the India District, and Rev. J. S. Faubula, Secretary of the Tonga Conference…

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"Sub-Christian" If Without Mission Interest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 June 1948 · page 2

"You have no option but to be interested in missions or you are sub-Christian," the President of the New Zealand Methodist…

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"Strong Feelings In Malaya" On Mission Visit

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 June 1948 · page 1

SINGAPORE, June 4.—Dr. Evatt must be ill-advised of popular opinion in Singapore and Malaya generally if he believed that Malayan…

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Bevin Rebukes Churchill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 June 1948 · page 1

LONDON, June 4. A.A.P.—The British Government has no apology to make either to this country or to the world, said the Foreign…

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Bulk Of People "Lost All Church Contact"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 June 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Seventy per cent of Australians had lost all contact with the church, knew nothing of the Christian faith and…

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Doubts About A Goodwill Mission

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 June 1948 · page 2

It is useless for the Commonwealth Government to blame Mr. Macmahon Ball for the fact that criticism of the White…

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Methodist Jubilee

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 June 1948 · page 3

To celebrate the silver jubilee of the Methodist Sunday School, special services will be conducted at the Methodist Church, West…

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Bishop Slates Church On Atom

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 11 June 1948 · page 2

LONDON, Friday (A.A.P.).—Dr. E. W. Barnes, Anglican Bishop of Birmingham, yesterday attacked the Church of…

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Boy Hangs Himself In Church Ground

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 11 June 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY: He believed a Sunday school pupil, found hanged behind an Eastwood church hall, had first tried to gas himself, said a police witness at an inquest today…

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Women's Church Aid Birthday

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 11 June 1948 · page 5

When the Women's Church Aid of the Adamstown Methodist Church held its 46th birthday party yesterday greetings…

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Juvenile Quest Raised £877 For New Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 June 1948 · page 4

In three months a "fairy queen" competition, in which all the candidates were under five, raised £876/17/ towards a new church…

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Goodwill Mission Reaches Siam

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 June 1948 · page 3

BANGKOK, June 13.—The Australian goodwill mission arrived here yesterday for a four-day visit. The leader, Mr. Macmahon Ball,…

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Churchill Erred, Says Bevin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 June 1948 · page 1

LONDON, June 13. A.A.P.—Mr. Churchill had made a great blunder in saying that aid under the Marshall Plan was charity, the Foreign…

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