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Churches, 1932

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"IMMORAL" Certain Gramophone Records Church Warned

The Sun · Friday 13 May 1932 · page 11

WAR on "gramophone records of a low moral tone" has been declared by Mr. W. T. Seaward, a member of the…

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Kogarah Pres. Church. Mothers’ Day

The St George Call · Friday 13 May 1932 · page 1

Mothers’ Day was fittingly celebrated in the Kogarah Presbyterian Church last Sunday. At the morning service, the Minister, Rev. A. Dunnett…

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Church Removed on Wheels

The Propeller · Friday 13 May 1932 · page 1

Great interest was manifested at Sutherland in the removal of the Church of England church and parish hall from Station Street to a site, purchased…

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Well Figure in Church Service Barretts" Star and Producer

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 May 1932 · page 9

Miss Margaret Rawlings, who plays "Miss Barrett" in "The Barretts of Wimpole Street," will assist in the service at Mosman Presbyterian…

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Seventeen Debs. In White Bright Dance for Church

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 May 1932 · page 4

SEVENTEEN debutantes, frocked In white and carrying dainty posies of white and palest pink flowers, were presented to Mrs. John Barlow,…

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Church of England, Empire Sunday Services

The Cronulla-Sutherland Advocate · Friday 13 May 1932 · page 1

Special arrangements have been made to commemorate Empire Sunday at St. Andrews Church of England, Cronulla, on Sunday, May 22…

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Congregational Church

The Cronulla-Sutherland Advocate · Friday 13 May 1932 · page 2

Sunday will be observed in the Cronulla Congregational Church, as Home Mission Day. Appropriate sermons will be delivered in the morning by Rev. W…

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Church Aids Rally

The Biz · Friday 13 May 1932 · page 4

On Thursday afternoon, May 5, a united rally of the Ladies' Church Aids was held in Smithfield Methodist Church. About 40 ladies were…

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Mother's Day Cabra. Baptist Church

The Biz · Friday 13 May 1932 · page 4

A beautiful and appropriate programme was rendered by the Cabramatta Baptist I.C.E. Society on Saturday, [?] 7, at the church, which…

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Methodist Men

The Methodist · Saturday 14 May 1932 · page 12

"Welcomes and farewells! How many of these there are in everyday life. Altering circumstances, other interests, the call of…

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Presbyterian Building Fund CONCERT

Nepean Times · Saturday 14 May 1932 · page 2

A very successful concert was held in the C. of E. School Hall on Tuesday, 3rd inst., to augment the building fund for the new Presbyterian School Hall…

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Marks of a Methodist

The Methodist · Saturday 14 May 1932 · page 7

"A Methodist is one who has the love of God shed abroad in His heart by the Holy Ghost given unto him. One who loves…

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Annual Rally. Presbyterian Women's Federation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 May 1932 · page 7

An address on women's place in the Church was given by the Rev. A. Wylie Blue at the annual rally of the Presbyterian Women's Federation, held yesterday afternoon, at the…

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"Not Reverends" Presbyterian Assembly Business

The Sun · Saturday 14 May 1932 · page 3

Objecting to the use of the contraction Revs. ("Reverends"), contending that it should be "Rev." only, the Clerk (Rev. John Edwards)…

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Presbyterian General Assembly. Doctrinal Differences. Instructions to Ministers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 May 1932 · page 17

There was excitement in the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church yesterday morning when the Rev. Joseph Fulton endeavoured to secure precedence for a…

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Home Mission Deputation Work a New Method in Victoria

The Methodist · Saturday 14 May 1932 · page 6

In order to awaken deeper and wider interest in the work of the Home Mission Society in Victoria in the leading circuits, a special deputation visited Ballarat recently for a great Home Mission…

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The World Methodist Council Continuing the Ecumenical Work of Atlanta

The Methodist · Saturday 14 May 1932 · page 11

The Ecumenical Methodist Conference at Atlanta last October appointed a council to continue the discussion of questions affecting ecumenical…

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Give the Boys a Chance a Plea for Our Church Schools (To the Editor.)

The Methodist · Saturday 14 May 1932 · page 5

Sir,—All the friends of Newington College were naturally disappointed that the school had no place in the finals of the G.P.S. Eegatta on Saturday. But as the Newington College crew was the…

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Methodism and Other Churches Friend of All; Enemy of None

The Methodist · Saturday 14 May 1932 · page 5

Among the sayings or mottoes of John Wesley that have survived two are probably the most prominent. One is the off-quoted aphorism: "The world is my parish"; and the other, his claim…

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Day by Day Thursday, 5th May. Bourke Street Church and the General Conference

The Methodist · Saturday 14 May 1932 · page 4

"Old Bourke Street" has fallen upon bad times so far as congregations are concerned, and has indeed for some years past been a major problem of our Metropolitan Methodism. In far back years…

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