The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 15, 1951, Page 5

Interesting History Surrounds |S! Paul's Episcopal Church The First Methodist Chureh Rev. J. Paul Touchton Fells Methodist Story Of Old Stone Church e only way to date the origin Methodism in Key West is to blish the of arrival of 0 pioneers who came e from hamas. The first f built sodist on Eaton st Wil he Mr. Samuel Kemp hurech and served This larger o1 Caroline stre and Elizabeth, odists in Key loosely af. Metho- It was in 1844, ar of the Flor. ence, that the w Graham was ap- irst regular Metho Key West ONE HUNDRED YEARS IN PRESENT LOCATION ministry of Simon the church wer 100 y ethodist Church Eaton has been »mmunity in the 1870's a with a build 7 uate to the} ation and; »e known as The of the Oct present 18° ding of design, was of the Old f coquina rock has signified varacter that e life of many of ross the years CENTER FOR YOUNG AND OLD In 193 s made up er member: 3 was erect this building ny groups life nunity ecreation 1 afternoons a find groups the Old or more is the ent offi- people its pr | 7:30 A.M.—Holy Eucharist + 9:30 A.M.—Church 11:00 A.M.—Choral Sermon "To Be Bros Nursery Conducted During § 6:30 P.M.—Young People’s Service League Sermon CORDIALLY WE Ley Memorial Methodi The Church w CORNER of TRUMAN AVENUE and GEORGIA STREE? | ELDON SIMMONS. Pastor | Miss Miriam (0:50 4.M., Morning Worship Nurse Pr Subject “STAND- 6:45 P.M., Methodist Youth Fellowship 7:30 P.M., Evening Worship "iF THERE 1 Subject sday, 7:30 P.M. J. PAUL TOU! 245 A.M Allen Carey, 10:50 A.M—MORNING WORSHIP Subject: “CHRISTMA: Youth Meetings at 6:30 P.M. 7:30 P.M.—EVENING WORSHIP “THE JOY OF CHRISTMAS” Subject: OLD CHURCH WITH a+ building was begun on| beauti- | Memorial ! St. Paul's Episcopal Church Corner of DUVAL and EATON STREETS THE REV. JOHN S. ARMFIELD Rector -Rector’s Adult Class —Evening Prayer and “HURCH SCHOOL, 9:45 A.M i | ied During Morning Service) | | | Mid-Week Prayer Service The First Methodist Church rHE OLD STONE CHURCH Vhere Eaton Crosses Simonton, for Over 100 Years -SUNDAY SCHOOI }who are fourth and fifth genera- | tion members. | Yet to meet the needs of the ex- panding community one will find ; in the chureh family those who are new in the city. Here one finds a | working team of Christians whe love God and seek His will in their | lives. | The First Methodist Church in Key West has the honor of being | the oldest church in the Miami dis- | trict of the Methodist Church. But | She still is youthful at heart. It is interesting to note that seven young men in the past six or eight years have entered the Christian ministry from the mem- bership of this church. One young lady is now studying for full-time | Christian service. COMING EVENTS Very friendly relations exist be- tween the First Methodist and other churches of this and other denomi- nations in Key West. One of the scheduled meetings of the coming week is a fellowship supper on ; Tuesday evening, of the various Methodist Men's groups of this and three other churches in the social hall of the Gardner Memor- ial Building. On Friday evening of this week the Key West High School will pre- sent its annual Christmas vesper |service in the sanct.ary of The Old Stone Chureh, (Signed: Rev. S. Paul Touechton, Pastor, ist | Methodist Chureh.) | —_—_ POINCIANA BAPTIST CHURCH | “The Mission of Man,” will be the morning subject at 11 o’clock, | jat the Poinciana Baptist Church | } Previous to this—at 9:45 A.M.,— | }Sunday School will be conducted | | with classes for all ages Evening preaching and hymn sing begins at 7:30 P.M. Subject: ‘The | | Message of the Angel.” | ; Other services of the day include Jail service, 2 P.M. The Old Color- | ed Home. 3 F. M. ] The Ann Garcia Circle of the! Woman’s Missionary Society will meet Monday, 7:30 P.M., in the home of Mrs. Ethel Hopper, 115-C | Poinciana, The Girl Scouts with | their er, Mrs. John Cox wil put on a program Friday at 7 P.M Other events of itnerest to be held | |at this chureh may be found listed ; in an announcement on this page. | a nt | Be not forgetful to entertain; strangers, for thereby some have | entertained angels unawares (He- | | brews 3:2), School Eucharist and adcast Over Station WKWF) rvice LCOME AT ALL SERVICES | | } J Church ith a Welcome” Carey, Supt INS FOR CHRIST” WERE NO CHRIST” | CHTON, Pastor Superintendent ‘SS AND COMMUNISM” A FRIENDLY WELCOME The ¢ portant (Continued per Key merce The Key serve Be enot in Building the || SUNDAY SCHOOL. . . . MORNING WORSHIP . . "Oh, Come Let Us Worship CARL RES well as those of a religious nature - | with the terrible threat of its de- | Staff Photo Paul's Episcopal Church i: d on the corner { Eaton and 1 S. Armfield is rector social hall cover nearly half a block and are t te ofmany im- to grow i |new exchanges. eas embraced phone e: »|that the itance ct the variou e will rge two a , within the two al telephone service from A particylar stimulus to ‘owth and development of by the new tele- | « changes will be the fact on communities Subscribers living as lfar apart as 45 miles, PHONE |Windley Key, Craig and Snake From Page One) _ | Creek ubscribers will initially Chamber of Com.) ‘tal 145, but expected growth in the next 15 months should increase the number to 25 ge will | Building and equipment costs avernier, | this exchange exceeded $108,000. Key Both Carysfort Reef Light -| house and Alligator Re: Light erve 137| house, each located several miles Southern in the ocean, were provided the the the be no long dis calls between in the who exchange are the Lord,” 4. SAMME GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH FLAGLER AVENUE AND 10TH STREET ON “POINCIANA - NAVY - CITY HOSPITAL” BUS LINE 9:45 A.M. 11:00 A.M. Ps, 95, 6 TINGER, Pastor 1603-A, FLAGLER AVE., PHONE 862-XJ Listen to the Lutheran Hour, Sunday, 1:30 P.M.. WKWF Organists: Mrs Sunday School Sermons: 11: The First Baptist Church Eaton and Bahama Streets HAROLD H. LINK, PASTOR Welcome To All Sunday School, 9:30 A.M. Mr. Lee Skaggs, Superintendent Baptist Training Union, 6:15 P.M. Mr. Benjamin Skelton, Director FELLOWSHIP HOUR: 8:30 P.M. “A Friendly Church” A.M., 10:50, and P.M., 7:30 OUR CHURCH NURSERY—AGES: 0-4 ACCEPTED NURSERY MAINTAINED ALL SUNDAY Following Sunday's P.M. Service (Get Acquainted Here) Old Fashioned Prayer Meetings Every Wednesday: Note; Morning Worship Hours arranged especially so that all Servicemen may return to the base for Sunday Chow. OUR WELCOME TO YOU COMES FROM THE HEART :30 P.M. First Congregational Church 527 WILLIAM STREET PASTOR, REV. CHAS. H. MEEKER Chorister: Mr. Gerald Saunders M., Chure Subject: Subject: W. R. Dean and Mrs. Paul Archer uperintendent, Mr. Joseph Boza hool With Classes for All Ages 00 A.M.—Morning Worship “SEEKING BETHLEHEM” 7:30 P.M.--Evening Worship “THE WAY TO BETHLEHEM” srs to Key West, Service Men and Their Families Will Find A Cordial Welcome At All Services “Seg ee RA PR NE PSST PME Ce rer mor thi hang and bu almost the ympany nued acilities i edly awest at a da, may bri th. ¢Pr LADLES—Our are the talk of the tov them before yru CHIC buy 5 Duval.—(Advt.) ‘(THE CHURCH of GOD 909 ANG"LA STREET Telephone 2194 re hool, 10 A.M | Morning Worship, | 11:00 o’Clock } PUd., Women’s lay Se | Missionary Band || Evangelistic Message, | 7:30 P.M. i ) PM. Bible Study and Band Meeting, Friday, 7:30 YBODY WELCOME tor, Phenia Odom Wedr Wed Cuban Baptist Mission 1122 WATSON STREET | Dr. Ismael Negrin, Pastor Q, Esquina Sunday School Superintendent Preaching Service In Spanish Sunday and Thursday Nights at 7:00 o’Clock SUNDAY SCHOOL AT 10:00 A.M. EVERYONE WELCOME | | (FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH White and Washington Streets RALPH ROGERS, Pastor | | | } | i | Morning Worship, 11:00 o’Clock | Subject: “PREPARING THE WAY” Director of Music—Mrs. Walter Price. Nursery Open During Morning Service | Evening Worship, 7:45 P.M. "THE OTHER WISE MAN” Subject: Youth Fellowship, 7:00 P.M. By RABBI A. LEVITAN local | Power of thinking and reasoning is last. few fore- i that ex- con-|tures as good and -evil. (In Deut. morrow; jand evil.” In Gen. 1: we find the SUNDAY SCHOOL, 9:50 AM. - iN ARCHER—SUPERINTENDENT ‘This May Be | ‘The Reason | | (Note to readers: The significant question of “WHY” that so many jelear thinkers are asking today with regard to worldly events, and two other installments. Whet- her or not the reader agrees with | jthe Rabbi’s opinion he will, per- ‘haps, find the subject interesting and thought provoking, (Signed, Bill Gibb). | During the entire fifty-seven cen- : juries since the world was created, ivilization has never been faced ' | struction that it does now. | It is true that the Flood destroy- ed all living creatures about.16 cen- uries after Creation, but the Ark, (the sanetuary),~ protected and saved the lives of virtuous creatur- es and only wicked ones were de- | Stroyed, Those human beings who obeyed the orders of the Creator, or fundamental laws of human decency, were not destroyed. They were given special protection. The ; same was true of all the other) creatures which were not guilty of disobeying their instincts. The Talmudic tells us that one, couple of each species that remained true to their dispositions with which. the. Creator had endowed them, were admitted into hte Ark by Noah jan, they were saved. of the world again increased dnd man and animal reusmed their re- spective places on earth. But time and time again man was destroyed in large numbers by similar recur- {ring methods. viz: plagues and | wars, and wars and more plague. These .agents ~of destruction not only destroyed certain nations, but their entire civilization and more of living. The human family which is en- dowed by the Creator with the superior to everything else that | was created. Man, after his crea- ition, was specifically ordered to | rule over all other,creatures in the © | world. In Gen. 1:28 we find ‘And © | God blessed them; (and God said: e\* . .. . replenish the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every S| living think that creepeth on the > | earth,”’ : Why does our Creator destroy t Ke We ee | CHURCH OF CHRIST: After the Flood, the apuilatioletl Seturday, December 15, 1951 THE KEY BAPTIST: Watson,.( Preaching in Spanish) Wi Poinciana Baptist, Poinciana Place. * * CATHOLIC: St) Mary's Star of the Sea, Tru- _man and Windsor. Ashby. and Von Phister Streets. we CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST: (Society), 327 Elizabeth. | 5 mee ee CHURCH OF GOD: 1008 Olivia Street. REORE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH: Ist. Church, 527 William Street. ek EPISCOPAL: Corner of Duval and Eaton Streets. bee ees. GLAD TIDING‘S TABERNACLE: Georgia and Petronia Street. ° * * LUTHERAN: c Grace Lutheran, Flagler at 10th smsencennsesneilopenettinsesintno terion cheer te nian * ok PRESBYTERIAN: First Church, White and Wash- ington Streets. x * THE CHURCH OF GOD: 909 Angela Street. he Seen! YOUTH FOR CHRIST: Knights of Pythias Fleming. Church Of Christ us? Surely, we were not created to our civilization is Life: Life and njdeath are described in the Serip- 30:15) “See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and dea: y |expression “And God saw it was bs 27:1). | good” repeated several fimes. | strength, and refuge, ;Verse 31 states “And God saw! oq” i everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good,”’ befalls us? The reason for this reason and |for the purpose or reason of other happenings has been one of the greatest objectives in the life of |the human race. Here man’s think- ing powers are challenged and the results have been in some measure successful. The alcheniist in his intensive researches, has given us many important basic chémical \ discoveries that are so useful in the preservation of life and health. The astronomer has helped us realize the powers and omniscience of the great Grand Master of the universe, which has helped us to learn to revere and worship Him. ‘The same is true of numerous other El SALVADOR: METHODIST CHURCH MANUEL FIGUEROA, Pastor. Sunday School S * WALLACE VINSON SUNDAY— SUNDAY SCHOOL at 9:45 A.M. Worship Service, 7:30 P.M. (Sermon In Spanish) MONDAY— Girl Scouts, 7 t0 9 PLM. Cub Scouts, W.C.C.S., Se: 3 to 4:30 PLM, Monday tas, first TUESDAY— es Young People Recreation, 6:30 P.M. WEDNESDAY— eon Spiritual Clinic, 7:30 P.M. be destroyed. The entire purpose of} Morning service at the Christian What then is the reason that evil lfrom the Bible ey Scientist fi Seience Society, 327 Elizabeth St., begins at 11 o'clock. 5 “GOD THE’ PRESERVER OF hs Golden Text, taken from Psalms 62:7: “In God is my salva- tion and my glory: te oe ok The Lesson-Ser: the y services ) Health with Ke by Mary Baker Wednesday e' held at 8 0” and Health, testimonies and experiences and rei Christidn Science. a A reading room is open on T day and Friday nights. great and learned researches have ai to Boy Scout Troop 53, 6:30 P.M. t eet WEDNESDAY— Girl Seouts, 7:30 P.M. FRIDAY— 's — Christmas gram, 7 P.M. - sae ae