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Churches, 1931

3,398 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 170

Methodist Ministers

The Propeller · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 1

At the Methodist Conference this week the first allocation of ministries for this district was announced as follow:--…

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Methodist Church. Annual Conference. Foreign Missions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 13

The morning session of the Methodist Conference was held yesterday in the Bourkestreet Methodist Church, for the purpose of holding its annual Communion service. The…

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Methodist Women's Auxiliary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 4

At the Lyceum Hall yesterday afternoon the New South Wales Methodist Women's Foreign Mission Auxiliary held its thirty-eighth annual meeting, and demonstration…

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Methodist Work Is Curtailed

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 4

"NEVER in the history of our society have things been so serious," confessed Rev. J. W. Burton (president of the Methodist Conference)…

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In the Fields of Fancy Historic "Shotrs" Glimpses of Australia's Romantic Past Windsor Church and the Coxes

The Land · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 2

In the days that are yet to be, the old brick church at Windsor, N.S.W., will be the object of the pious pilgrimage of multitudes. St. Matthew's was…

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Royal Show. Church Protest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 10

The usual protest against the opening of the Royal Agricultural Show on Good Friday has been made this year by the Archbishop of Sydney (Dr. Wright) without result…

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St. George Protestant Churches' Assn

The St George Call · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 3

The draw for matches this Saturday and 7th March is as follows :— A Grade.—Arncliffe Bapt. v. Hurst ville C.L.B., on No. 9; Rockdale St…

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Painting a Church

The Propeller · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 4

On Monday last there was a roll-up of eighteen volunteers at Penshurst Presbyterian Church, when the work of giving the exterior of the sacred…

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Presbyterian

Nepean Times · Saturday 28 February 1931 · page 2

Penrith, Sunday, 1st March: 11 a.m. (Sacrament of the Lord's Suvper); 7.15 p.m. (second of the series of talks to young men), tribute to Dame Nellie…

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Parish Priest Returns [?]

The Labor Daily · Saturday 28 February 1931 · page 6

The Arcadia Theatre, Thirroul, was crowded with Catholic adharents last night, to welcome home Rev. Father O'Connell from a 12 months' holiday tour,…

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Home Mission Demonstration

The Methodist · Saturday 28 February 1931 · page 12

The outstanding function during the second week of Conference is the Home Mission Demonstration. This is due in a large measure to the fact that a ministerial choir of 40 or 50 members provides the…

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Women's Home Mission League

The Methodist · Saturday 28 February 1931 · page 19

The monthly meeting of the league was held in the Conference Hall, C.M.M., on Thursday, February 19. The president, Mrs. J. Woodhouse,…

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Methodist Church. Annual Conference. Question of Withdrawing From India

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 February 1931 · page 7

The Methodist Conference yesumed in the Lyceum Hall yesterday morning, Rev. J. W. Burton, M.A., presiding. Foreign mission business was taken…

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The 30th Conference Since Methodist Union

The Methodist · Saturday 28 February 1931 · page 1

THE FIRST Conference of United Methodism was opened in the Sydney Town Hall on Tuesday, February 25, 1902, the Rev. (afterwards Dr.) George…

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Eve of Her Revelations Princes South American Mission

The Sun · Saturday 28 February 1931 · page 1

In Hamilton, Bermuda, on their way to South America.--The Prince of Wales, seated in his carriage, when he and Prince George Were conveyed from the wharf to the Mid-Ocean Golf Club, where they played a round…

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"Christ and the Money-changers" Rev. Chandler's Mission

The Labor Daily · Saturday 28 February 1931 · page 4

To-morrow night, in the Railway and Tramway Institute, Rev. C. W. Chandler will deliver an address upon "Christ and the Money Changers."…

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Well-known Debt-collector Is Sought by His Creditors Ex-YANKEE Parson and His Tangled Affairs F. G. Parish & Austn. Creditors' League Worried Clients Approach the Detectives

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 28 February 1931 · page 10

BEHOLD that incongruous spectacle, a collector of debts who cannot be found by his creditors, office staff, or the police! Founder and owner of the Associated Creditors' League of Australia, Ltd., Frederick George Parish is reported to be in Queensland…

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Church Finance Burwood Circuit

The Methodist · Saturday 28 February 1931 · page 16

An item at recent largely attended annual congregational meetings held on the one night at Burwood and Enfield Churches, was a statement of…

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Church Union In North India

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 February 1931 · page 6

There is a noticeable difference between the temperament and outlook of the peoples of North and of South India. The south is conservative, lethargic, and inclined to be…

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The Churches. Rev. J. Newton Stephen. Military College Chaplain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 February 1931 · page 6

The Rev. J. Newton Stephen, rector, of St. Matthias' Church of England, Paddington, has been appointed chaplain to the Royal Military College, which was recently transferred from…

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