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Churches, 1945

2,194 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 110

Knitted Sweater for Mr. Churchill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 April 1945 · page 6

The Prime Minister. Mr. Churchill, has acknowledged receipt of a beautifully knitted navy blue sweater which was sent to him by the members of…

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Useless Mission

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 28 April 1945 · page 7

WHILE Mr. Curtin and others are wasting time reading, first one report and then another, many of our boys' lives are being lost in the islands…

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The Mission Family

The Methodist · Saturday 28 April 1945 · page 8

Henry Ward Beecher once complained that too many churches were more like boarding houses than homes. In a boarding house people need have nothing to do with each other, they may not even know…

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Methodist Hospitality Centre

The Methodist · Saturday 28 April 1945 · page 2

The Centre is still carrying on its good work amongst the servicemen and servicewomen. Letters and words of appreciation are constantly being received. The following letter was received from one…

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Methodist Ministers' Wives' Association

The Methodist · Saturday 28 April 1945 · page 2

On Monday afternoon, 5th March, a large gathering met in the Y.W.C.A. Hall, Liverpool Street, Sydney, when the metropolitan ministers' wives enterunion. A very cordial welcome was given by the…

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Methodist Crusaders In Camp at Maitland

The Methodist · Saturday 28 April 1945 · page 4

Three times now it has been my privilege to join in a "first" Crusaders' Camp. It was one of the experiences of my life to be amongst the seventy-odd campers at Camden who inaugurated this…

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Young People's Camps Methodist Order of Knights Bundeena Camp

The Methodist · Saturday 28 April 1945 · page 4

220 Methodist young men and lads shared in the fellowship of the O.K. Camp held at Bundeena over the Easter week-end. The camp was a remarkable tribute to the variety and usefulness of the…

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"Is the Community Church Soundly Based?"

The Methodist · Saturday 28 April 1945 · page 1

In common with society as a whole the Church has become, in recent years, profoundly interested in community life. Methodism, as far as New South Wales is concerned,…

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The Crisis of the Age Will the Church Meet the Challenge?

The Methodist · Saturday 28 April 1945 · page 4

The General Conference will meet in Melbourne on 18th May. It is doubtful whether a more important Conference has ever been held in the history of Australian Methodism. Matters of world-wide…

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Church in Russia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 April 1945 · page 9

THE important position occupied by the Church in Russia to-day is an augury of the even' greater 'part it will…

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The Churches League Of Youth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 April 1945 · page 5

Archbishop Mowll will preside at the annual meeting of the Church Missionary Society's League of Youth in Bible House…

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English law on divorce details Landa's Mission

The Sun · Sunday 29 April 1945 · page 10

ENGLISH divorce legislation, which prohibits newspaper publication of detailed divorce evidence,…

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Churchill party loses seat on Service votes LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 29 April 1945 · page 2

CONSERVATIVE loss of Chelmsford seat, in the first by-election in which younger servicemen have voted, has created a stir in British politics…

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End in Hours Say Germans: Churchill Calls Cabinet

The Sun · Tuesday 1 May 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday.--"The war will probably last only a few more hours", Hamburg radio (last of the main German stations) announced late last night. In an earlier broadcast predicting that today might see the end, the radio warned all German…

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Christian Science Churches

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 2 May 1945 · page 4

"Probation After Death" was tile subject in [?]ll Churches of Christ, Scientist, on Sunday. The Golden Text was: "The Lord will…

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Congregational Church Concert for "Mile of Pennies"

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 2 May 1945 · page 4

[?] Saturday evening April 28, a very [?] held for the [?] St. Mary Church of England Hall Guildford. There was a packed…

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Offer to Surrender Reported Guarded Statement by Churchill From Our Staff Correspondent and A.A.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 May 1945 · page 1

LONDON, May 1.—An offer of Germany's unconditional surrender to Britain, Russia, and the United States is reported to have been received by the Allied Governments from Himmler…

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Cathedral As War Memorial The Church of England Diocesan Council decided to complete the building of St. John's Cathedral as a war memorial

Construction · Wednesday 2 May 1945 · page 4

The illustration of St. John's Cathedral, Brisbane, is that of the building when it is completed. The Diocesan Council of the Church of England recently decided to complete the building at an…

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Surrender Believed Made Delay On Final Details Churchill Ready to Release News

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 May 1945 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--Although the Swedish intermediary, Count Bernadotte, denied yesterday that he had contacted Himmler or the Allies, it is believed a German unconditional…

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Penrith Presbyterian Church Autumn Flower Show

Nepean Times · Thursday 3 May 1945 · page 1

An Autumn Flower Show in aid of [?] Presbyterian church was held in the Sunday School Hall, High Street, on April 21, and was very…

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