Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 November 1936 — Page 2
tholic Girls
Open Annual | Meeting Here
d Court Sessions to: Continue Through Monday.
3 be In charge of a junior troop ation. Miss Gertrude Tripp to Preside at a counsellors’ meetat 8 p. m. The Rev. August , former court chapand Miss Morrow are to lead discussion
Dinner Set Tomorrow
* Miss Isadore O'Hara, senior court grand regent, is to preside at a
Church Chorin Music Program
Wilson, Lois Clements and Parks are to entertain. Rev. James W. Moore, chap- | es is to speak at the same session | “What the Catholic Woman
A puppet show is to be presente i 3 . By Misses Camilla Keogh, Dorothy 'Rumanians to Participate in Gottemoller and Martha Jane | . hompson, Troop 31 junior mem- | Festival Saturday. BE or new officers are Miss Marie | Schalk, vice president; Miss Helen Galm, secretary, and Miss Keogh, | manian Orthodox Church choir treasurer. The court has a mem- ' are to take part in a cosmopolitian bership of approximately 350 girls | music night program, sponsored by between the ages of 11 and 18, or- the WPA, at 8:15 p. m. next Saturganized in 32 groups. | day at the ¥. M. C. A.
SLETELs nny r. Ro eger- . A masse Church Plans Home-Coming
Members of the Indianapolis’ Ru-
chorus of 200 mixed voices of Indianapolis residents from Italy, Syria, Greece, Hungary, Russia, Poland, | Germany and Rumania is to be heard. The WPA is planning similar programs in several of the larger Indiana cities.
Methodist “Church
to Conduct Mission
Grace Methodist Church is to open its preaching mission week at services tomorrow morning. Methodist speakers are to preach each
Special Services -Set for November 29.
Methodist Church are making ar- © rangements for Home-Coming Day Sunday, Nov. 29. The Rev. Ray A. * Ragsdale, pastor in 1925, is to speak | at the morning service. A basket |
Members of Fletcher i
The Rev. Victor R. Griffin Says Man Deserves a Good Home.
(Editor's Note: From a sermon he delivered recemtly on the model low-rent house [above] at Smith’s-la and Coff-man-pl, erected by the WPA under supervision of Purdue University, the Rev. Victor B. Griffin, Fountain Square Christian Church pastor, wrote the following article for , The Indianapolis Times.)
BY THE REV. VICTOR R. GRIFFIN At the basis of American democracy is the belief in the supreme worth of man. This cardinal principle gives every family the right to live in a clean, comfortable home,
to which its members will not be ashamed to bring their friends, and
other worthwhile friendships. It gives them the right to a home in which they ean have some pride, and which at the same time is within their means. ; Numerous families live in povertystricken houses because they can afford nothing better. Others live
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dinner at noon is to be followed by | an afternoon service.
chairman of arrangements. Mrs.
= Ada Bird is to be in charge of
registration. The Rev. Howard G. Lytle, pastor, and P. C Turner, are arranging
“the program. Miss Julia Vestal,
organist for many years, is fo return in that capacity for the cele-
~ bration.
Mr. Lytle, Goodwill Industries | 23}
superintendent, is to address mem‘bers of the Woman's Home Mis-
‘sionary Society at Barth Place
Methodist Church at 7:30 p. m.
Mrs. Howard Vance is general various church ois ons. Spon-
evening at services sponsored by
soring organizations and the speaker
are to be: Sunday—Men's Night, Dr. W. C. Hartinger Superintendent Indianapolis district; onday—Leader C The Rev. J. Ponte, Greencastle. gigirics superintendt: pussy the Rev. A. ig Sire superintendang, Peopl Night Evansville district any Howard Ta lor, Bloomingion pasFriday Women's Federation, Dr. J. M. Walker, Bloomington su superintendent: Sat Chureh Sc. . W. C. alvert, Grace Church ha Kenneth Alyear, music director;
Mrs, C. E. Wrancher, organist, and Mrs. Helen Huggler, choir president, have arranged musical programs for
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E. | preme worth of man and the value
"| world most people in Europe were
in them as a matter of habit; it is all they have known. Dull’ and dilapidated . dwellings develop poor bodies, poor morals, and poor spiritual outlooks. Wher= ever the living conditions of a district are improved the crime rate decreases. For 19 centuries, Christianity has struggled to awaken the conscience of privileged classes toward the su-
of its recognition. The implications not always have been clear in the minds of Christian leaders, but Jesus gave expression to them in word and deed. When Christianity appeared in the
slaves. Servants, farmers, men in trades, in commerce, in manufacturing and the professions were | slaves. The prices on their lives
~ tomorrow. each service.
were determined by their skill and
IN INDIANAPOLIS CHURCHES
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talents, but they received little humane consideration. It required eight centuries of repeated advocating and humane living on the part of the few to bring the masters of our forefathers to realize that slavery is unchristian. We, the freed, have now shown that it is unnecessary. By an intelligent use of our Godgiven faculties we have created devices, and so adjusted our social ‘order that we no longer have need ‘of slaves. The further light now is dawning upon us that, as with slavery, so with slum dwelling. They must os And with them will go much of the evil and misery they breed.
Fete Arranged at M. E. Church
Home-Coming Service Set|
for Tomorrow.
Home-coming is to be observed at the West Michigan Street M. E. Church tomorrow. Special -invitations have been extended members of the Wesley Chapel and the King Avenue M. E. churches. The program is to open with a Sunday school at 9:30 a. m., to be followed by the morning. worship
services at 10:30. The sermon is
to be delivered by Dr. W. C. Hartsinger, Indianapolis ‘district ‘super-. intendent. A basket dinner is to be: served at: noon. : The :Rev.-R. Ri. Cross-is to deliver the night sermon. ;
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Banquet and Rally Planned by Church|
Members of Tabernacle Presby-
terian Church are to hold their an-
nual banquet and rally at 6:30 p. m. Friday in the church at Central-av and - 34th-st. Robert Johnson, commitfee chairman, ex-
‘pects an attendance of 300 men.
The address is to be delivered by Dr. John C. Benson, Methodist Hos- ; {Dial superintendent, who has just returned from a European tour.
Rally Tomorrow
Evangelist J. A. Rodgers is to narrate his life story at a Sunday School rally at the West Side
Church of the Nazarene, 1lth-st and King-av, tomorrow morning.
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Baptist Church, Shelbyville, and a former member of the college faculty; Dr. A. U. Unruh, Indianapolis, international relations authority, and Dr. W. G. Spencer, Franklin College president. Franklin College students who are to attend the sessions as official delegates include Miss Nancy Fields,
Rochester; Miss Helen McDaniels,
Peru; Joe Espin, Indianapolis; Robert Hutchins and Wendell ' Clark, Terre Haute; Robert Slaughter, Indianapolis; Miss Viola Boyer, Washington, Va.; Paul Shepard, Spurgeon; Miss Freda Rawlete, Dupont, and Edwin McClain, Indianapolis. Five purposes of the conference, as listed in the youth bulletain, are: To visualize and deepen spiritual life, to challenge youth to think, to inspire and train to effectual Baptist leadership, to acquaint ‘the young people with the church’s effort’s toward a more Christian
| world, and to help young people rea-
lize that the Baptist denomination is interested in h one personally. The conference visitors are to discuss racial relations, industrial relations and preparations for marriage.
Mrs. Laban Lodge to
Sponsor Breakfast
Mrs. Laban Lodge is to sponsor the Breakfast Club at the Wheeler City Rescue Mission tomorrow morning. A gospel service is to be held at 9 a. m. preceding the breakfast. Mrs. D. V. Griffith, Bible teacher, is to deliver the sermon. Special music is to be provided by George Heflin. The mission Sunday school is to
meet at 2:30 p.'m. and the weekly | ‘young people's mesting 1s to be held |,
at 6:30 p. m../ The Rev. Herbert E. |!
Eberhardt, mission superintendent; | ‘is to conduct - worship services at
7:30.
Church Sets Fall
Festival Tuesday
A fall festival is to be held at the Garden City Christion ' Church, 5200 Rockville-rd, Tuesday. Church classes and organizations are to have charge of booths, and an amateur contest is to be held. Selections are to consist of sacred musi~ cal ‘numbers.
De Pauw Group Is
Planning Service The De Pauw University Oxford
Fellowship, young student ministers’
organization, is to meet in a special worship service tomorrow in the Bellaire M. E. Church. Fellowship members are to speak on “Problems Paging the Young Ministers Today.”
The Heroism of Christian Faith.
Devotional Reading: II Corinthians 4:7-15 t
BY WILLIAM E. GILROY, D. D. International Uniform Sunday School Lesson for Nov. 15. HE title of this Jesters Te Heroism of Chris and no better example of either Christian faith or heroism could be found in life and action than that provided by Paul, the Apostle. His faith was intense and clear. With great strength of conviction, he had come to believe that the way of life he had attacked as was the true way. ‘The spectacle
heresy |
N that occasion, he had said, “None of these things moves me, Neither count I my life dear
0 an clan the National
“here in
striving 10 cory forward ite. ideals aud spirit, it is hoped he local Obs actvance Nil seach Tdmnapens 125000 Protestant church goers: and: oiber, thongands Who do met send. snurch,
Dr. Trueblood’s first sermon to be delivered at 10:45 a. He is to be ‘assisted by the n church pastor, the Rev. Errol * Elliott.
Movie or fo Be Renewed
Scheduled for Catholic
“Set Programs|
£ ror Churches Are to Mark “Preaching Mission. Four Baptist churches today an-
.nounced special programs for the preaching mission opening here to-
‘| morrow.
The Rev. Vacile Prodan, Ru-
| manian Baptist Church pastor, is
to combine the mission observance with instruction in Rumanian and je vering two
Mission services in the Lyndhurst, Baptist Church, beginning Monaay, are to be in charge of the Rev. O J. Steger, Covington, Ky., assisted by Mr, and Mrs. David M. Hughes. Preparatory services are to be held
.| tomorrow under the direction of the
Services Dec. 13.
Indiana Catholics, and all: others in. the nation, will renew their League of Decency pledges at services Dec. 13, the: Most Rev. John T. McNicholas, O. P., Archbishop of Cincinnati, Episcopal Committee on Motion Pictures chairman, anannaunced today. Archbishop McNicholas has sent copies of the pledge to each diocese. With them, the archbishop inclosed a pamphlet entitled, “How to Judge the Morality of Motion Pictures.”
church pastor, the Rev. C. H. Scheick. A dihner meeting to be attended by leaders of local Baptist young people’s organizations is to usher in mission services Monday in the First Baptist Church. The program, directed by the Rev. C. W. Atwater, is to mark the opening of a series of young people’s rallies in local Baptist churches. : The Rev. Clive McGuire, local preaching mission committee chairman, is to open services in Garden Baptist Church with special sermons tomorrow,
Youth Worker
Is to Address
Marion County Religious Body
Christian Church Schools’ Association to Meet Monday
Night for Fellowship Session.
Miss Cynthia Pearl Maus, widely knowx author, traveler and lecturer, is to be guest speaker Monday, Nov. 23, at a fellowship meeting of the Marion County Association of Christian Church Schools in the
Olive Branch Christian Church. Miss Maus, dean of youth sessions the Second World Conven- | ‘tion of the Churches of Christ in England in 1935, is to speak on “Religious Education and Christian Democracy.” Others to take part include the Rev. William E. Bell, West Side
| Mission superintendent, who is to
outline the mission’s work; the Rev. Glenn Mell, Eighth ‘Christian Church; the Rev. Ephraim Lowe, Olive Branch Christian Church, and P. A. Wood, Christian Church Schools’ Association president. The meeting is to open at 7:30 p. m. with a musical program and a 15-minute fellowship ° meeting. | Special musical numbers are to be furnished by : the ' Olive Branch Choir, directed by Merle Krug.
Revival Services
to Open Tomorrow Revival services are to be opened at Shelby Street Methodist Episcopal Church tomorrow. The Rev. John Price, Indiana Central College student, is to be song evan-
.| ica state head,
Cl night and through the remainder of the services.
W. C. T. U. Luncheon Meeting Is Tuesday
The W. C. T. U. is to meet for
tells luncheon at 11 a. m. Tuesday at the
Missionaries to Speak at Church
Dr. and Mrs. L. E. Martin Are Here From India.
Dr. and Mrs. L. E. Martin, missionaries home from India, are to speak at Tuxedo Park Baptist Church tomorrow. Dr. Martin, who was principal of a high school in the Telegu. field, 1s to speak at the morning services. Mrs. Martin, who was born in India, a the evening. Mrs. Martin is to speak again Wednesday afternoon at a meeting of the Woman's Missionary Society.
Church Order Seeks Larger Membership Miss Elizabeth O'Hara; Indianapolis, Catholic Daughters of Amertoday announced
that the Indiana unit is to join with the national order in a campaign to
{enroll 100,000 additional Catholic
women and girls.
The present national enrollment is approximately 200,000, according to Miss Mary C. regent. : ;
Choir fo Be Heard ‘on WFBM Tomorrow
Pastor to speak.
The Rev. R. M. Dodnill is to ad-
| dress the 101 Men’s Bible Class of 27 3730 ‘a.m. vomorson an “Hero
Preparations in most of the pare ticipating churches had been coms pleted today, conforming with genSra} Dans ouiitned iy the. Church Federation, sponsors. Nightly meet= ings are oa be held in many churches.
Posters advertising the week's ob servance have been placed in down town windows and street cars. Ministers have been asked to keep church halls lighted each night.
Schools Co-operate
Dr. Ernest E. Evans, Church Fede eration executive Secretary. o ans nounced that co-operation of city schools had been offered by Supt. Paul C. Stetson. Mr. Stetson has requested that extra-curricular school activities be cut to a 'mini« mum to make pupil attendance a church meetings possible. : Mayor Kern said in a proclamae tion: “Any movement that has in mind the well-being of our people becomes the concern of those who represent community life.” Details of the mission have Ween worked out by the Federation social committee, headed by the Rev, Clive McGuire, Indianapolis Baptist Association secretary.
Downtown Worship
Churches in some areas are unite ing for meetings. Five downtown churches are to hold their services together. They are the Central Christian, First Baptist, Second Presbyterian, Meridian Street and Roberts Park Methodist Churches. This group’s opening program .is to be held tomorrow at 7:30 p. m, Mrs. Maud B. Booth, Volunteer Prison League president, is to speak, Young people are to have charge of the opeing service at the North M. E. Church tomorrow. Subjects include, “Who Is God?” by George Wier; “Seeking Christ,” by. Betty Jane Mock; “What Christ Means to Me,’ by Kenneth Hill and “His Plans for Me,” by Anna Margaret Chapman. %
Services Each Night
Services. are to be held nightly at the New Jersey Street M. E. Church beginning tomorrow. The following themes are to be presented: “The Soul's Value,” *“Alibis,” “Failures,” “Times of Refreshing, w and “An or Invitation.” The Rev. L. O. Richmond, Terre eas been a Jo Jead the eight- on at the Irvin Presbyterian C Church, The 0) stax) sermon ‘subject is to be “Crown Him Lord of All’ Nightly services be tomors row are to mark participation of the West Park Christian Church. “The Rev. John A. Farr, pastor, has announced that he will be at the church twice daily, 10 a. m. amd 1:30 p. m. for conferences. |
Other Union Services
‘Third Christian Church members
are to celebrate with the theme, “Eight Days With Life Problems.” The first two sermon topics are to be “What Is the Church?” and “Courageous Youth.” The Meridian Heights Preshyterian Church.has been selected as the meeting place by six North Side churches. Each of the participating pastors is to deliver a sermon. The choir of each church also is to sing. The opening sermon theme is to be “What's the Matter With Us?” The Prentice Presbyterian Church under leadership of the Rev. Mal colm D. McNeal, is to hold nightly services at 7:3¢ o'clock. Tomorrow morning’s subjects is to be “The Purpose of Life.” Plan Old Time Revival
‘The Rev. M. H. Reynolds, Wi side M. E. pastor, is to combine mission with an “old time revival.” The Rev, A. A. Jameson, Volunteers of America, is to have charge. The Central Baptist Church is to hold serviees each night at 7:30, the Rev. Oliver B. Serber ane nounced, ‘Mr. McGuire. said that similar , | programs had been arranged by seve eral hundred Protestant churches throughout the state and that the Church Federa
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