The Independent-News, Volume 88, Number 17, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 23 April 1964 — Page 6

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— 'HIE I> DEPENDEN7 NEWS — April 23, 1961

Walkerton Mtholist Church Harold E. Willkuns. Minister SVND\Y 8:30 a in. First morning wor- . hip servi-e. Mrs. ImniJ Gray, organist. 9:30 am. Sunday School with classes for all age> Melvin Divine. Superintendent. 10:33 a in. Second morning worship service. The adult choir will sing under the direction of Sylvester Ann’er Mr- Bertha Ui in. organist. 5:15 pin Jum >r MYF Family potluck dinner. 6:00 pm. Senior MYF WEDNESDAY 9:30 am. Study an I Fellowship Hour. i 6:00 pm. Junior Choir practice. Mrs. Mahlon Jacob, director. 7.-00 pan. Adult Cl. >ir practice. Friday 1:30 pm May Fellowship Tea at EVE Church. Walkerton E. V. B. (hurch David R. Ei'er, Pastor Leonard Be atv, Ch S bool Supt. 9:30 a.m. Church School. 10:30 am Corporate Worship. Rural Life Sunday. Sermon: “To Each A Shore" The chancel choir will present the anthem. "How Great Thou Art’’. Nursery service is provided for preschoolers during the worship service. 6 00 pm. Youth Fellowship. Thursday, 7:00 nm. Evening Koinonia at the chur< h Friday. 7:30 pn . Fellowship Class Party. Hostesses, Mrs. Wilder Burnsides and Mrs. Hazel Barden. (Tuesday, 9:30 am Koinonia at the home of Mrs David Eller. Wednesday, 7:00 p m. Chancel Choir practice. "The Church in the heart of the common ty with the community at heart." First Baptist Church Cark and Main Sts.. Walkerton Benny MiPer. Pastor Suday School 9:30 am. Morning Worship 10:30 a m. Evening Server 7 00 n m Prayer Meeting and Bible Study Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. In the Sunday evening sendee, which is being well attended. Pastor Miller wi’l continue his messages on the book of Revelation. This Sunday chapter 14 will be used. Such subjects as the everlasting gospel and the battle of Armageddon, will be discussed. AJI are invited to attend the services of this friendly. Bible-believ-ing church. Pim* Creek Church of Brethren Perry L. Huffaker. Pastor Comer Pine and Stanton Road 9:30 Church School. • 10:30 Church Worship. 7:00 Evening Sendee. Beaver Creek Wesleyan Methodist Dean Krieg, pastor Bob Cllngenpeel SMpt. Sunday School 9:30 am , Worship Service 10:30 am. Evangelistic Servite 7:30 pm Prayer Meeting Wednesday night, 7:30 p m. Pilgrim Hollim^h Church John Hall. Minister Jesse Wisler. Supt Sunday Schoo! 9.30 am. Morning Wor hip 10:15 am Youth Service: 6 45 p m Evening Wor hip 7 30 pm Wednesday, 7 p.n.. Board meeting. Elect, in of chur. h officers at 7:30. Rev D W Lacy I . ‘ 1 upt. of Northern Indian v. I . k at the Sunday evening rvice. Friday. April 21 Yo d h Zone meeting at the LaPmt Pilgrim Holiness church a! 8 00 p m EST (Professor Joshua Stauffer of Owosso College. Owns u Michigan, will be ti e guest speaker. His Hubtect will be "Christian Dating " Prof. Stauffer is a very well known speaker and we tn»»t you will not want to miss tills

service. You are always wc' ome at the Li'He While Chur h where the Wont of God i- mini ten d. I icM Brethren < hurch Ernest Kreider, Supt. Ruth Clark. Jr. Church Dir. 30 Morning Worsh.p and Junior church. Nur.-ery provided. Rev S' gsdill from Tecgarden will bring the bus age. 10 : 0 Sunday SA’r ul. 2 i in. Dntri t Yo th met ting v .',h sc; per a! 5 30. G.uti Adult Bible Study. 7:oo Evening Servi < . Rev. Amos Mast of tr.c Ti a church wil' bring the me ■ age. u 7.(0 Wed.u ->day, Bible Study. Samai'itan and Willing Workers C!a ■ meeting and dinner Sunday, May 3. Star Wesleyan Methodist ( hurch Corner Pine and New Roads Thomas Duvall, Pastor Fred Schutz. Superintendent Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship 10:30 am. Wesleyan Youth 7:00 p.m. Evangelistic Sendee 7:30 p.m. Prayer and Bible Study 7:30 Wednesday night. North Liberty Church of Brethren Stanley Betz, Supt. A. P. Wenger, pastor Share in prayer hour 9:25 a.m. Worship Hour 9:30. Ci.meh School 10:30. MONDAY Joyful Singers 7:00 pin. Bii e Study and piayer hour 7 p.m. Wednesday, Adult choir at 8. North Liberty Methodist (’hurch Charles Patterson, Minister Osborn Fisher, Chinch Supt. Morning Worship Ser. ice 9:B0. Topic: “Looking Backwards". CLurch S' hool 10:30 a.m. MYF meetings 6:30 p.m. Evening service 7:30 pin. The WSCS wi’l meet at the church on Tuesday. April 28th, beginning with dessert, at 1 p.m. Mrs. Herbert Lauver will have charge of the pledge service, “The Sea of Giving." The First I resty terian Church Rev. Davui D. Owen, Pastor Elder Myron Mullet, Supt. You are welcome to our worship service. Thursday, 7 p.m., Bible Study and p ayer service, nursery provided. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Service 10:30 a.m. Ushers are Larry Wood, Arthur Benson. Louis Dipert and Don Stahly. Jack Tiede in charge. Sunday, April 26, we will have with us Dr. Grice, a missionary from Egypt. Dr. Grice will speak to the church' School and the 10:30 Worship Service. Our plans for V.B.S. are going quite well. We still need: 1 tea her for junior high one for nursery 11. Please Ct. ‘aN Mrs. Martha Dipert or M'. . dra Ochs. JUNIOR MYF FAMILY POT LI CK DIN' ER SUNDAY The members c the Junior Methodist Y< utt F* vship have Invited their fam; its to a pot luck dinner this Sunday evening in the clmrch din ng hall at 5:30 o'clock. Following the dinner, a ver, interesting ; rogram will be presented A nur <ry will be provided for small children The Senior MYF will conduct a "mystery meeting" this Sunday evening. PRESBYTERIAN COUPLES CLUB The Walkerton Presbyterian Couple - Club (Young Adults । will meet in the church social room for a trip to Russia and a refreshing fellowship on Saturday, April 25, at 7:06 The door is open to the young in heart of Walkerton.

Methodist Father And Son Banquet I he annual fathi r and son banqu< I of tiie Walkerton Methodist ('huich was held in the fekowship hall at the church last Wednesday even.ng. The invocation was given by Sylvester Am. ler, and Mahlon Jacob, president of the Men s Club, gave the welcome. Emery Fiaugher was awarded a gift for the oldest father present. and Told Wathen, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Wathen, received a gift for being the youngest son present. A reading enti- ‘ tied “What Is A Boy" was presented by Mr. Amsler. Highlighting the program was the showing of pi ttires taken by William Campbelll on his recent trij) to South America. nu> dinner was served by the Women’s Society of Christian Service, with the president. Mrs. Helen Bi' k. heading the arrangement committee. The Metno list Mens Club will be serving the Mother and Daughter Banci let on May 6th in the church fellowship hall. Ti kets for this annual affair may be secured by calling either 586-3683, or 586-3447. GUEST MISSIONARY TO SPEAK The Walkerton Presbyterian Church will have an opportunity to hear the Rev. G. Everett Grice, D.D., at the 10:30 service. Dr. Grice was a missionary in Eg r ypl under the Board of Foreign Missions of the former United Presbyterian Chur h of North America. In 1948 he served as chairman of tin* interdenominational committee on literacy. Dr. Grice has taken an active part In interdenominational a tivities. having served on the Joint Committee on Missionary Education. the Committee on Work! Literacy, and Christian Literature, and the Near East Committee of the Division of Foreign Missions in the National Council of Churches. B<>rn in Frankfort. Indiana. Dr Grice is a graduate of Muskingum College, New Ccmcord. Ohio, and of Pittsburgh Seminary'. In 1945 the honorary degree of Do- tor of Divinity was conferred upon him by Muskingum College Remember, Sunday April 26, 10:30.

. I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring • to nothing the understanding of the prudent. ' ' -Isaiah 29:14 The message in these words is 1 t 'O "“A < dear: Christ is the power and lite W 1 Z \ ix»wer and the wisdom of Cod. V Pl \ we understand this, we are not ><•. T y^ continually searching for some ^0 V Z miracle or sign to make our faith \y K P /' and lasting. \ z z /* 'f . ,It is possible, as Paul told tlie \ 4 g I/ $ Corinthians, for man to become \ 11 Pii Jr 80 en K rosS€ ‘ d in his search for \!i-P r V ’’ 7/ / knowledge that he overlooks the 1 V- ।\'/ f / obvious truths tlwt are Indore fl 401 g? I \ ' I /I f 7 Ibe accomplishments of our \gl ' z / / modern times iiave ce ised to v > IV / I J amaze us. We are not surpr -d ' /f 7^ «t the rapidity of progoss V. hat <y# T7J^\ y/b .f //%-. JS surprising is that some tnd x< to forget how such things are _ "" ">v poatibie. Read your BIBLE daily >/ A\ eo T 0 church SUNDAY

Fpecinl Services At K. L. ( hurch This Week End Rev. Ira W Waldron, a pastor 1 of the Church of God, will conduct special services at the ’ Koontz Lake Community Church 1 on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, April 24-26 'l’he services will be held in the evenings Loginning at I 7:30 p.m., fast time. The programs are conducted by the host ’ church with Rev. A. J. Compton the pastor. Rev. Waldron served as pastor of a church for 12'- years before answering the call to evangelize wherever he was called. Special music will bo provided on Friday night with the Gospel Echos Quartet of Plymouth appearing for this one night only. Special singing will be featured every’ night. The public is welcome and invited. SPECIAL S! NDXY EVENING SERVICES The Walkerton Presbyterian (Thur h is holding Sunday evening services at 7:00, nursery is provided. For the past few weeks we have held a series of informal meetings to study in word and picture, the basic prin iples of Christianity and the requirements of Chr stian faith and life on the basis of the Bible. We have studied what the Bible says: 11. About God and His word. 2. About the origin of man. 3 About, sin and It", r^ults 4 About the redemp' or ' f man. 5. About becoming a Christian 6 About the Christian Chur h 7. About growing as a believer. Tills Sunday evening. April 26. 7:00 we will study what the Bible says about “Our Christian Privileges." Church members are expected, guests are invited. MOTHER AND DAUGHTER BANQUET SET FOR MAY 6TH The annual Mother and Daughter Banquet of the Methodist Church will be held on Wednesday evening May 6th The Methodist Men's Club will be serving the dinner Ti kets may be secured from Mrs Sylvester Amsler or Mrs. Clyde Bick.

FELLOWSHIP MAY TEA The WSWS of the Walkerton EUB church will b- host to the [ women of the community for tho Annual Fcllowsliip May Tea on Friday, May 1. at 1:30 p.m. Mrs. Dean Knowlton is responsible for the program and has chosen Dr Parks, Sept of South Bend Dist., to show slides of his world travels. Special music will be presented by Mrs. Walter Smith. Mrs. David Lawrence and Mrs. David Eller. The Society invites the women of the communty to attend this Annual Fellowship May Tea. METHODIST CONFFRENCE TO MEET TONIGHT The local Mchodist Church will meet this Th rsday evening, April 23. to conduct their fourth Quarterly Conference The time for the meeting has been s t at 8:00 p.m. Rev. John Wolf, the South Bend district Supt.. will preside. At tills mooing the officers anti commissions will present their reports, and there will be election of church of i crs. A survey of the past year s work and proposals for the coming year will bo presented. PRESBYTERIAN INQUIRY’ CLASSES The Walkerton Presbyterian Church will be holding special classes each Monday evening at 7:30 in the Church office. These classes are open to anyone who wishes to know more about the Christian faith, such a*», The Steps to Salvation; What It means to be saved; How are we saved; The needs of the church and the need to go to <hurch; The Presbyterian Church in particular, and much more If you have questions about the Christian faith ot s^king a church home, these classes are for you. EU.B. VOTTO CARAVAN Twenty-two you’h of the Walkerton EUB chun h visited the Chicago Field Museum, aquarium and Museum of Science and Industry Saturdav. April 18. Those furnishing the transportation and also enjoying the day of sightseeing were Mrs Bonnie Smith John Payton. Art Zeigler, Melvin Fitzgerald and Rev Eller. Buy U. S. Savings Ronds