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N 8 B 14.6K C 2 E Jan 4, 2023 F Jan 4, 2023
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A postcard with an illustration of a busload of Sunday school students. The first letter of each line in the acrostic poem below the bus spells "Rally Day."

For a similar postcard with an automobile instead of a bus, see Rally Day, St. Peter's Lutheran Sunday School. Middletown, Pa., September 18, 1910.

Rally Day at Our Sunday School

Next Sunday at ____ o'clock.

S.S. Transit Lines

Rally Day's coming and we'll all be there.
Although we've a busload there's still room to spare.
Let us give you a lift, you won't want to be
Left out of this annual big jubilee.
Your dad and your mother, your grandparents, too,

Delight in our service, so bring them with you.
As we want to have with us to help celebrate,
You and your family -- remember the date!

________

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N 5 B 4.2K C 1 E Jan 4, 2023 F Jan 4, 2023
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An invitation to the Rally Day celebration at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Middletown, Pennsylvania, on September 18, 1910.

See also Rally Day at Our Sunday School.

Rally Day in Our School

1:30 P.M.

Let us have an
"Every Member Present" Day
and an enthusiastic beginning of our fall work.
This cannot be done without you.
Invite your relatives and friends to come with you.

Cordially yours,

[Signed: S. Chisholm?]

Rally for Service
A Welcome for You

St. Peter's Lutheran Sunday School.
Middletown, Pa., September 18, 1910.

(Form H 42) Heidelberg Press.

Tags:   ephemera postcards religious ephemera invitations paper printed Rally Day Sunday schools Sunday schools churches religion religious education St. Peter's St. Peter's Lutheran Church St. Peter's Lutheran Sunday School Lutheran men women children boys girls clothes clothing hats autos automobiles cars motorists driving buildings steps entrances flags illustrations fill in the blanks red white blue Middletown Pa. Dauphin County Pennsylvania September 18 1910 1910s antique old vintage typefaces type typography fonts Heidelberg Heidelberg Press postcard publishers printers

N 3 B 3.5K C 1 E Nov 11, 2022 F Nov 11, 2022
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Caption: "Men's Bible Class of the Church of God, Elizabethtown, Pa."

This is a postcard addressed on the other side to "Mr. Alfred Hardeman, Town" and postmarked in Elizabethtown, Pa., on October 30 (the year is missing).

Handwritten message: "This is to write you to attend the Rally Day exercises which will be held by the Church of God Sunday School, Sunday, Nov. 2, 9:30 A.M."

Rally Day is a celebration held by some Protestant churches to promote family attendance at church services and encourage children's participation in Sunday school. The fifty-three members of the Men's Bible Class who posed for this postcard don't look like they'll accept just any old excuse if you're not there for Rally Day.

Another copy of this card that was offered for sale online had a 1922 postmark. Since November 2 -- the date of the church's Rally Day -- fell on Sundays in 1919 and 1924, I'm guessing that the card dates to 1924.

Tags:   ephemera postcards religious ephemera paper printed Church of God churches buildings windows stained glass windows stained glass Men's Bible Class Bible Class Bible classes Sunday schools Sunday religion religious education Rally Day Rally Service men clothes clothing suits neckties bow ties ties hats hat in hand hats in hands groups Elizabethtown Pa. Lancaster County Pennsylvania 1920s antique old vintage typefaces type typography fonts

N 4 B 6.5K C 1 E May 9, 2020 F May 8, 2020
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This is a real photo postcard that served as an invitation for a Sunday School Rally Service held at the First Reformed Church in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Among the various interesting details in the photo, note the pipe organ on the left and the arched alcove in the middle.

A Rally Service or Rally Day is a special celebration held by some Protestant churches in September or October to promote family attendance at church services and encourage children's participation in Sunday school.

Although the date—October 7—is incomplete, I was still able to use the other information on the postcard to determine the year that the Rally Service took place.

Robert James Pilgrim, whose name is listed on the card, served as minister at the First Reformed Church from 1906 to 1911, according to The History of the Pittsburgh Synod of the Reformed Church in the United States (1920), by David B. Lady, p. 246. During those years, the only time that October 7 fell on a Sunday was in 1906, so Pilgrim must have held the Rally Service that year.

For a similar photo of a church interior, see Where Shall I Spend Eternity?

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of an arch.

Sunday School Rally Service, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2 p.m.

You are cordially invited and urged to be present.

Robert J. Pilgrim, minister. Chas. T. Corman, superintendent.

First Reformed Church, Carlisle, Pa.

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N 21 B 7.5K C 1 E Mar 29, 2020 F Mar 28, 2020
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A folded die-cut Rally Day postcard. See the opened (unfolded) Rally Day Treasure Chest to find our what's inside.

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