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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1957
Page
5
The Second Baptist Church of Elyria traces its roots to 1933 with charter signers of 46 and a long growth path. The anniversary year opens with a community dinner, while the church preserves several active groups, choirs, and mission programs reflecting its place in the local and national Baptist community.
A new plan for the annual Sunday evening union Lenten services by the Elyria Council of Churches will move each week to a different church through Palm Sunday. The theme is The Community at Worship with local ministers preaching and host choirs performing, featuring five double and single services across Washington Avenue Church of Christ Lake Avenue Congregational Magyar Evangelical and Reformed Church Pilgrim Congregational First Congregational Church and Second Methodist Church with pastors including Rev G Russell Hargate Rev Walter Reif Rev James Lumadue Rev C A Talbert Rev Aaron W Dawns and Rev Earl R Henderson guiding the program coordinated by Rev Navaka amu and Mr Anthony.
The local church group participates in the Elyria Council of Churches with Mrs J W Yarbrough as vice president this year. Its women join the Elyria Council of Church Women and its youth take part in the Elyria Council of Protestant Youth. Members aid in the council’s summer Daily Vacation Church school and provide leadership.
Former United States Senator Thomas A. Burke, a Cleveland attorney, was named northern Ohio chairman of the 1956 Brotherhood Week Observance sponsored by the National Conference of Christians and Jews. He will coordinate participation across more than 30 cities and numerous organizations from northern Ohio to Columbus.
Seven Elyrians will speak at the second annual Human Relations Institute dinner at the Second Methodist Church Tuesday at 3 30 p m. Participants include Harley Reese Robert Choate Coleman Christian Charles Horwitz J Grant Keys George Mira pen and Mrs Elizabeth Mitchell. Discussion leader will be Robert Krutaman of Columbus, director of the Ohio Kentucky region of the Anti-Defamation League. The panel follows a film The High Wall on attitudes and prejudice in youth. The Social action commission of the Elyria Council of Churches backs the event with Rev C A Talbert as chairman. Tickets are available through member churches and dinner is hosted by Women of the host church with reservations due by Monday.
The 86 page Year Book of Disciples of Christ shows Ohio leading in church numbers and per capita giving. Ohio reports 157 297 members and 515 churches, with Texas Kentucky Missouri Indiana and Illinois leading in membership. National data cite 1 930 760 members in 8062 churches and 1 278 651 in church schools.
Members of the junior department of First Methodist church school and their parents will hear about Nancy Blake Lakewood missionary in Algiers North Africa. Blake sponsoring three year foreign mission with slides by her mother Mrs Leo Blake. Event 3 30 p m in church school auditorium inviting fourth to sixth graders and parents.
Gideons International announced at its 57th annual convention that it has distributed a total of 32,373,248 Bibles Testaments and Gospels since founding. More than 2,000,000 were distributed last year, with about three quarters of that amount handed out in the United States.
Businessmen and clergymen gathering at the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod headquarters to launch a fund drive for God’s Bank, the church oil fund. Tellers will seek deposits across North America to build a 3.5 million dollar revolving fund for 139 new congregations over ten years, supervised by William F. Fenske of Detroit.
A historical look credits Alice Birney and Phoebe Hearst with lighting the first lamp for child welfare. Their 1897 Congress of Mothers led to the National Congress of Parents and Teachers, shaping laws on juvenile courts, child labor, health exams, vaccination, school attendance, and family welfare. Their work expanded to millions, inspiring parent teacher associations worldwide.
Rev Anthony urged realization of the Long Range Plan with four study areas led by subcommittees and the church cabinet to strengthen governance. A new constitution was approved, expanding boards and creating the cabinet as John Edwards led the drafting group. Financials showed over $57,000 in disbursements, with next year’s budget above $69,000, and benevolence receipts over $14,600.
Elyria churches schedule pulpit exchanges and Friday talks as part of race relations and interfaith efforts. Grace Methodist Wil land hosts Dr. Talbert, while Second Methodist hosts Rev A J Manton. Youth Forum greets Pilgrim Fellowship at 3 45 p m and B nai B rith plans a Feb 22 Temple B nai Abraham service with Bernard Friedman.
The Holy Name Society of St Jude Church sponsors a pre Lent dance tomorrow from pm to 12 30 a m at the Palladium intersection of Routes 2 and 301 south of Elyria. Larry Krebs seven piece orchestra plays. Proceeds fund storage space at St Jude School to convert the hall into temporary classrooms for the growing student population. Chairman Henry Zajac with committee Ray Kaiser Don Huston Gene Troup Randy Crabo and Pete Shelby.
The Board of Missions of the Methodist Church calls for revision of the McCarran-Walter Act to admit at least 300000 immigrants annually without racial or national origin discrimination. It cites Hungarian refugees and decades of delayed resettlement, urging action to prevent reliance on emergency legislation. A second resolution highlights human rights in missionary work and domestic racial practices, urging Methodists to speak as Christians in grave times.
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