The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-06-28
HAPPENINGS IN LOCAL CHURCH
CIRCLES

wears. Her sister, Mrs. ]. Fl. Sewer
by of Humbolt, Kansas, who has beer
VISITING In Norridgewock Is also ex
Z acted to be here. Her husband
Rev. Mr.. Sowerby was at one time pas
tor of the High Street Christian
Church.
Sunday school will convene at noon
Christian Endeayor at and evening
service at z O'Clock.
Regular mid-week service this even
ing at 7.30. .
FIRST UNIvERSALIST CHURCH
Rev. Milton Bennett, pastor OF the
Universalist Church in Oakland, oc'
cupied the pulpit at the First Univer-
saIist Church Sunday afternoon. He
delivered q very able discourse on
the subject, Success" Mr.. Bennett
who is practically blind is very able
sermonizer and greatly delighted his
congregation. This young preacher
cei~cinly was a living demonstration
of the topic upon which he preached
John c. Roaf was the soloist.
There will be no more services at
this church for several Sundays, al
through one preaching service is plan
ned for July and one for August. 1t
is expected that services will be held
regularly in September.
Repairs will soon be made on the
church property.
Mr.. Bennett was accompanied to
Skowhegan by Mrs. Bennett and two
of their three children.
SPIRITUAIST
Under the auspices of the Spiritual
fist Ladies Aid Society there will be
services at Lakewood next Sunday
with Rev. Frederick Nicholson of
Boston as the speaker and message
bearer. Seance in evening by Mr..
Nicholson and Geof B. Cutter OF
Boston.
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Beginning next Sunday and continu-
ing during the months OF July and
August mass will be offered at the
Church of Our Lady OF Lourdes at
7.3O and $50. Both masses will be
low and the children will sing at
the first mass, with no choir music
at the second mass. There will be
no more sessions of the Sunday school
until next September.
The Children of Mary will receive
holy communion next Sunday at 1870
mass.
Rosary and Benediction of the Bles-
sed Sacrament Sunday evening at :
o'clock.
FEDERATED CHURCH
Sunday morning at 1890 will occur
the last service of the summer at the
Federated Church before the Union
services begin. The subject of the
s,syioP's sermon will be What Shall
We Think of Human Progress?" Miss
Violet Allan will be the soloist.
Church School at IL o'clock; Young
Peoples Society at $50. No evening
service.
Sunday morning, July 8, the first
service of the United Protestant
Evangelical churches will be held in
Bethany Church. Following three
services in this church, there will be
three services at the Centenary M. E.
Church, after which there will be
three services in the Federated
church. Each church will look after
its own music. The offerings in en-
velopes will be given to the churches
thus designated and loose collections
will be equally divided between the
three. This Is the third year these
union services have been held and 1t
is hoped that the people in town over
Sundays will support them as in prev
ious years. Arrangements have
been made 80 there will be some one
Of the ministers In town all summer.
CHURCH VACATION SCHOOL
The Church Vacation School opens
Monday morning, July 2, at o'clock
sharp. AS previous articles in the
Independent-Repo have shown, a
most fascinating course of work and
play under the direction of unusually
competent teachers has been arrang-
ed. The management is now able to
announce that ]. Elwyn Hobart, who
graduated this month from the Train
ing, School of Teachers of Mechanics
Arts is to have charge Of the manual
training for the boys. There will be
opportunity to make many interesting
and useful articles, and il for no 9TH
err reason 1t will be worth while for
the boys to attend the school. Karl
r. Philbrick has volunteered to help
with the boys work. SO far as there
is room, all children of the commun-
ity from to IL years of age, are in
vited to attend. A record will be
kept of the religious preference of
each child which will be turned over
to the respective pastors at the close
of the school so that 1t may be known
what children have been attending.
The school is absolutely non-sectar-
ian, its only purpose being to fill some
of the spare time of the children dur
ing the summer with worthwhile good
times and give the morning free to
tired mothers to do the work. There
is absolutely no charge to children or
parents for attendance, the expense
being underwritten by the Federated
Church. OF course il anyone would
like to help financially these contrib
utions will gladly be received.
1t has been found necessary to give
up the pageant planned for next Sun
day at the Federated Church planned
for next Sunday as benefit for the
Vacation School.