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ASSEMBLY TIMES at LAGRANGE

 

Sunday Morning Bible Classes                                  

08/02/1953 – current                                                   9:30 am

 

Sunday Morning Worship                              

08/02/1953 – current                                                   10:30 am

 

Sunday Evening Worship               Weeks Until Changed

08/02/1953 – 11/08/1953          15 weeks                   8:00 pm

11/15/1953 – 12/13/1953            4 weeks                   7:30 pm

12/20/1953 – 08/29/1954          38 weeks                   ??? – possibly no evening service

Note: The LaGrange Standard newspaper listing for area churches did not include any listing for the congregation in 1953, after December 10th, which announced the schedule for Sunday, December 13th.  That was the last listing for several months that included a Sunday evening service.  The first listing of the congregation in 1954 (printed January 7th) shows no Sunday evening service for the congregation.  Either the congregation had no Sunday evening service, or the Sunday evening service just was not printed in the listing.  The newspaper listing continued to list all services, excluding a Sunday evening service, through the August 26, 1954 listing (for the Sunday of August 29th).  The September 2, 1954 listing (for the Sunday of September 5th) resumed publication of a Sunday evening service.

09/05/1954 – 04/08/1956          83 weeks                   7:30 pm

04/15/1956 – 09/30/1956          26 weeks                   8:00 pm

Note: The LaGrange Standard newspaper listing for area churches did not include any listing for the congregation on April 12, 1956, so the change to 8:00 pm might have occurred on 04/22/1956, rather than 04/15/1956.

10/07/1956 – 05/05/1957          31 weeks                   7:30 pm

05/12/1957 – 12/29/1957          34 weeks                   8:00 pm

01/05/1958 – 06/15/1958          24 weeks                   7:30 pm

06/22/1958 – 09/28/1958          15 weeks                   8:00 pm

10/05/1958 – 05/31/1959          35 weeks                   7:30 pm

06/07/1959 – 09/27/1959          17 weeks                   8:00 pm

10/01/1959 – 06/12/1966        350 weeks                   7:30 pm

06/19/1966 – 08/07/1966            8 weeks                   6:00 pm

08/14/1966 – 10/06/1968        113 weeks                   7:30 pm

10/13/1968 – 03/03/1974        282 weeks                   7:00 pm

03/10/1974 – current                                                   6:00 pm

           

Mid-Week Bible Study                   Weeks Until Changed

08/05/1953 – 12/09/1953          19 weeks                   8:00 pm on Wednesday

12/16/1953 – 07/07/1954          30 weeks and 1 day  7:30 pm on Wednesday

07/15/1954 – 05/05/1955          43 weeks                   7:30 pm on Thursday

05/12/1955 – 09/22/1955          20 weeks                   8:00 pm on Thursday

09/29/1955 – 12/15/1955          12 weeks                   7:30 pm on Thursday

12/22/1955 – 03/22/1956          15 weeks                   7:30 pm (either Wed. or Thurs.)

Note: The LaGrange Standard newspaper listing of area churches shows “Bible Study 7:30 pm” for the first few weeks of 1956.  Therefore the exact date of change from Thursday back to Wednesday can’t be determined from the listings.

            03/28/1956 – 04/18/1956            5 weeks                   7:30 pm on Wednesday

04/26/1956 – 10/04/1956          24 weeks                   8:00 pm on Thursday

Note: The LaGrange Standard newspaper listing of area churches on April 12, 1956 doesn’t include the congregation, so the change from Wednesday back to Thursday could have been 04/19/1956, rather than 04/26/1956.

10/11/1956 – 05/09-1957          31 weeks                   7:30 pm on Thursday

05/16/1957 – 11/21/1957          28 weeks                   8:00 pm on Thursday

11/28/1957 – 06/19/1958          30 weeks                   7:30 pm on Thursday

06/26/1958 – 09/04/1958          11 weeks                   8:00 pm on Thursday

09/11/1958 – 10/02/1958            4 weeks                   7:00 pm on Thursday

10/09/1958 – 06/04/1959          35 weeks                   7:30 pm on Thursday

06/11/1959 – 10/01/1959          17 weeks                   8:00 pm on Thursday

10/08/1959 – 10/10/1974        784 weeks                   7:30 pm on Thursday

10/27/1974 – 01/01/1976          63 weeks and 6 days 7:00 pm on Thursday

01/07/1976 – current                                                   7:00 pm on Wednesday

  Note:  Additional service time changes were made to accommodate holidays, singings, VBS, Gospel Meetings, etc.

 

Saturday Morning Children’s Bible Hour – On August 15, 1957, about a month after Paul W. Hosse moved to LaGrange, the LaGrange Standard began including a Saturday Morning Children’s Bible Hour for 10:30 am.  The newspaper listing for the congregation often included the weekly topic for Children’s Bible Hour.  The children started with Abraham and continued their study into the kings of Israel and Judah. 

 

The congregation continued the Saturday Children’s Bible Hour every week at 10:30 am, until at least May 1960.  The newspaper listing included it through the publication of May 5, 1960, which would have been for Saturday, May 7th.  The May 12th publication omitted the Children’s Bible Hour.

 

 

 

 

Where the Church Met for the first 30 years

 

1944 - ???                                A LaGrange County congregation met on Sunday afternoons at the Plato United Methodist Church building

 

06/10/1953                              On Wednesday evening, the first meeting was held of the LaGrange congregation at the home of Paul and Alberta Sumney.  The Sumney house was at the northeast corner of Union Street and Detroit Street (State Road 9), where Stopher King Studio exists.

 

08/02/1953 – 09/16/1956        Meetings were held above Moore Store in downtown LaGrange.  During the winter of 1953/1954, the store changed to Yates Shoe Store.

 

09/23/1956 – current               Townline Road church building - During times of furnace troubles at Townline Road, the congregation met in the basement of the Albion Production Building at the corner of Union and Hawpatch Streets in LaGrange (arranged by Fred Cox) or at Dean Hoggatt’s house next to the LaGrange Motel (owned and operated by Dean) north of town.