The following were actual announcements in church services or appeared in church bulletins.

The scouts are saving aluminum cans, bottles and other items to be recycled. Proceeds will be used to cripple children.

The outreach committee has enlisted 25 visitors to make calls on people who are not afflicted with any church.

Ladies Bible Study will be held Thursday morning at 10:00 a.m. All ladies are invited to lunch in the fellowship hall after the B.S. is done.

Evening Massage - 6 p.m.

The pastor would appreciate it if the ladies of the congregation would give him their electric girdles for the pancake breakfast next Sunday morning.

Low Self Esteem Support Group will meet Thursday at 7 p.m. Please use the back door.

The third verse of "Blessed Assurance" will be sung without musical accomplishment.

For those of you who have children and don't know it, we have a nursery downstairs.

The Reverend Merriwether spoke briefly, much to the delight of the congregation.

The pastor will preach his farewell message, after which the choir will sing "Break Forth Into Joy".

A songfest was hell at the Methodist Church Wednesday.

Due to the Rector's illness, Wednesday's healing service will be discontinued until further notice.

Stewardship Offertory; "Jesus Paid It All".

The music for today's service was all composed by George Friedrich Handel in celebration of the 300th anniversary of his birth.

Remember in your prayers the many who are sick of your church and community.

The eighth graders will be presenting Shakespeare's Hamlet in the church basement noon Friday. The congregation is invited to attend this tragedy.

The concert held in the fellowship hall was a great success. Special thanks to the minister's daughter, who labored the whole evening at the piano, which as usual, fell upon her.

Twenty-two members were present at the church meeting held in the home of Mrs. Marsha Crutchfield last evening. Mrs. Crutchfield and Mrs. Rankin sang a duet. "The Lord Knows Why".

Don't let worry kill you, let the church help.

The rose on the altar this morning is to announce the birth of David Alan Belzer. The sin of Rev. and Mrs. Julius Belzer.

This afternoon, there will be a meeting at the south and north ends of the church. Children will be baptized at both ends.

This being Easter Sunday, we will ask Mrs. Lewis to come forward and lay an egg on the altar.

The ladies of the church have cast off clothing of every kind and they may be seen in the church basement Friday.

At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be "what is hell?" Come early and hear the choir practice.

Weight Watchers will meet at 7:00 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church. Please use the large double doors at the side entrance.

Bertha Belch, a missionary from Africa, will be speaking tonight at Calvary Methodist. Come hear Bertha Belch all the way from Africa.

Announcement in a church bulletin for a national Prayer & Fasting Conference; "The cost for attending the Fasting and Prayer Conference includes meals.

The sermon this morning: "Jesus Walks On The Water." The sermon tonight: "Searching For Jesus"

Ladies, don't forget the rummage sale. It's a chance to get rid of those things not worth keeping around the house. Don't forget your husbands.

The peacemaking meeting scheduled for today has been canceled due to a conflict.

Miss Charlened Mason sang I will Not Pass This Way Again, giving obvious pleasure to the congregation.

Next Thursday there will be tryouts for the choir. They need all the help they can get.

Barbara remains in the hospital and needs blood donors for more transfusions. She is also having trouble sleeping and requests tapes of Pastor Jack's sermons.

During the absence of our pastor, we enjoyed the rare privilege of hearing a good sermon when J. F. Stubbs supplied our pulpit.

Irving Benson and Jessie Carter were married on October 24 in the church. So ends a friendship that began in their school days.

A bean supper will be held on Tuesday evening in the church hall. Music will follow.

Eight new choir robes are currently needed, due to the addition of several new members and to the deterioration of some older ones.

Please place your donation in the envelope along with the deceased person you want remembered.

Attend and you will hear an excellent speaker and heave a healthy lunch.

The church will host an evening of fine dining, superb entertainment, and gracious hostility.

Potluck supper Sunday at 5:00 p.m. - prayer and medication to follow.

This evening at 7 p.m. there will be a hymn sing in the park across from the church. Bring a blanket and come prepared to sin.

The associate minister unveiled the church's new tithing campaign slogan last Sunday: "I Upped My Pledge - Up Yours."