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300 Methodist Leaders Due Af Conference Herelf

Experiments in Evangelistic Methods to ‘Start Monday and Continue |

Friday.

By EMMA RIVERS MILNER

Times Church

Editor Te

Approximately 300 Methodist leaders from all parts of the nation

will hold an evangelistic conference,

sponsored by the General Board. of

Evangelism of the Methodist church, in Indianapolis Monday through

Friday. Using this city as a laboratory,

or testing ground, the leaders will

attempt to develop methods and procedures for evangelistic work

throughout the denomination. The work will be carried on as part of the four-year Crusade for Christ authorized at the recent general conference, The program here, which will influence the work all over the United States, will include house to house visitation and surveys, demonstra_tion street meetings, jail services and mass convocations. . -

Public Sessions Limited

Dr. Guy O. Carpenter, district superintendent, will open the popular meeting of the conference with an address of welcome Monday

at 7:30 p. m. in the Central Avenue Methodist church. Other speakers are: Bishop Charles C. Selecman of Dallas, Tex. chairman of the board of evangelism and Dr, Harry Denman of Nashville, Tenn,, board executive secretary. In addition to this meeting, the 11 a. m. daily devotional services on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, addressed by Dr. Roy H. Short are the only conference sessions open to the public. Dr, Short of Nashville, Tenn, is the editor of the widely used devotional booklet, “The Upper Room.” Tuesday afternoon, there will be a community survey and home visitation to secure converts, church letter transfers, reclaim inactive members and establish family worship. The survey will include the territory from Roberts Park to Fall Creek blvd. and the section -surrounding the Scott Memorial church. Instruction in methods will be given at a dinner meeting at 5:30 p. m. Tuesday when 140 ministers will. assemble at the Central Avenue church, Teams to Make Visits

Following the dinner, 20 pastors will meet 20 laymen at seven selected community churches, The 140 pastor-layman teams will start the visitation at 7:30 p. m. and report back to their respective churches at 9:30 p. m. Pastor-lay-man teams totaling 280 persons will attempt to secure 300 adult decisions for church membership Wednesday afternoon and evening. « Dr. Denman and the Rev. J. W. Golden will serve as leaders for a Thursday luncheon conference followed by clinical work such as the jail services, street preaching, radio, and a preaching mission with an evangelistic speaker in every Methodist church in the city. Adjournment is set for Friday noon follow{ng an open forum om “The Work of the Conference Secretaries of Evangelism.” .

Woman's Day To Be Marked

Phe Third Christian church is one of the many congregations of the Disciples of Christ brotherhood which will mark Woman's day with special services tomorrow, Mrs, W. B. Alexander, for 36 years a missionary to India, now retired, will speak in the Third church, She will be introduced by Mrs. C. J. Gadstetter, president of the Woman's Missionary society. Mrs. J. E. Blackburn will read the scripture and give the prayer. The Rev, A. C. Brooks is church pasfdr. ‘ At the West Park Christian . ¢hurch, Miss Lela Taylor, former missionary to South America and student of Latin American affairs, will give the Woman's day address at 10:30 a. m. Miss Taylor served for 20 years with the United Christian Missionary society. The Rev. C. R. Lanman is West Park pastor.

New Pastor Invited

Women of the Olive Branch Christian church have invited their new pastor, the Rev, Benton B. Miller, to give the special address of the day. The woman's missionary society of ‘which Mrs. R. J. Leachman is president are sponsors for the service, . The ‘Rev. FP. W. Wiegmann, pastor of the Downey Avenue Christion church, will preach at 11:35

New Earth.” Mrs. Wiegmann will

sing the soprano solo, “Prayer,” by Guion “and Mrs. oe 8. Gibson, president of the an's missionary society, will read the Scripture. Miss Mary Brown, president of the

missionary guild, will introduce the Rev, Mr. Wiegmann,

Wilson to Direct Christian Builders

. Elmer A. Wilson will serve as president of the Ohristian Men. Builders class of the Third Chris-

Bishop Charles C. Selecman

Concert Set By Chorus

The Concordia college chorus of Ft. Wayne, Ind., will give a concert at St. Paul's Lutheran church, New Jersey and McCarty sts, tomorrow at 8 p. m. Prof, Walter E. Buszin will direct the chorus in a varied program, Offerings in the first and last groups are from thé more profound composers while those of the second group are in a lighter musical vein. Bach, Eccard and Franck will be heard in .the first division and Brahms, Mendelssohn and Muller in the third. Between, there will be such selections as: “Shepherds [Shake Off Your Drowsy Sleep,” by Besancon Carol and “The Holly Tree Carol,” arranged by Ralph Marryott. The concert is sponsored by the Indianapolis Lutheran Business and Professional Women's club. Miss Olga Dittmer is club president and Miss Eloise Leéukhardt is program chairman. Dr, H. M. Zorn is church pastor.

Services to Mark

Season of Advent

The Speedway Christian church will mark the season of Advent with three vesper services from 4:30 to 5:30 p. m. tomorrow, and Dec. 10 and 17, Advent, the period of spiritual preparation for the coming of the Christ Child, begins tomorrow and includes the four Sundays before Christmas. The cloister choir of the church will sing the cantata, “The Child Jesus,” tomorrow afternoon. At the second vespers, Dec. 10, the Speedway Women’s Choral club will pre-

‘sent Bernard Hamblen's “The Babe

of Bethlehem” under the direction of Mrs. Helen Thomas Martin, At the vespers on Dec. 17, the~Bpeedway high school chorus will sing “The Shepherd Christmas” by Luvaas. Miss Melva Shull will direct and Miss Joyce Armstrong will accompany the singing. Speedway church has grown so rapidly and substantially over the last few years under the pastorate of the Rev. Howard Anderson that it is necessary to “stagger” Sunday school and church attendance until additional buildings can be erected. Accordingly, one school meets at 9:15 a. m. and another at 11 and

two morning worship services are held each Sunday, £ al CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LESSON TOPIC GIVEN

All Christian Science churches tomorrow, will study the lesson-sermon subject, “God the Only Cause and Creator.” The golden text is: “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”. Gen. 1:1. The lesson-sermon also includes fhe following passages from the Christian Science textbook, “Science and Health with Key to the ScripEddy+“Noth-{ ing is new to Spirit, Nothing can be novel to eternal Mind, the author of all things, who _ from all eternity knoweth His own ideas, Deity was

satisfied with His work. How could

He be otherwise, since the spiritual

creation was the. outgrowth, the emanation, of His {

self-con-tainment and immortal wisdom” (p.

518).

The Irvington Union of clubs will

4ing in April,

tian c | 1044-1045. Mr. Wilson was at the annual banquet’ this week With the following officers: Harley E. Claffey, vice president of membership; Don Mills, vice president of publicity; Waldo Lit tell, vice president of social activie ties; Earl “Case, vice president of welfare; Ralph Inyart, vice president of employment; Ertls T, Moore, secretary, and Luther D. ~ Rich, treasurer: Merle Sidener, class teacher, will

Good Steward,” Mrs. Marjorie By“yon. Young vi direct the Lyric

peak tomorrow at 9:30 on "The the offering will be used. for the

sponsor the singing of Handel's “The Messiah” as its annual Christmas offering to the city tomorrow at 3 p. m. in the Irvington Methodist church, The chorus is comprised of volunteers from the community who will be directed by J. Russell Paxton. This will be the club's 13th presentation of the oratorio under the direc-

tion: of Mr. Paxton. There will be no admission charge it a Treewill offering will be . Part of

Helen Schmitz

Dr. E. F, Adams

Baptists Plan 3-Day Parley

400 Hoosier Preachers Ex-

pected at Seminar.

A team of 18 leaders of the Northern Baptist ‘convention will hold a seminar, dealing with all phases of Baptist work in the world, for 400 Hoosier preachers next week, The seminar. will be held Tuesday through Thursday in the First Baptist church with Dr. J. M. Horton in charge. Dr, Horton is executive secretary of the Indiana Baptist convention. Dr. Ear] Frederick Adams of New York, promotion director for raising more than $5,000,000 for missionary work-during the year, clos1945, will preside at|:

the seminar,

Miss Schmitz to Talk

On Tuesday noon,~ Miss Helen Schmitz, missionary * counselor for the Women's American Baptist Home Mission society, will address pastors’ wives and officials of women's work in Indianapolis Baptist churches. The group will be guests of the women of the First Baptist church, Miss Irene Jones of New York, specialist in Christian education, also will speak. Mrs. Marjorie Boles and Mrs. R. T, Capen are in charge of the program. At the Wednesday morning seminar session, Dr. G. Pitt Beers, executive secretary of the American Baptist Home Mission society of New York, and Miss Alice Brimson, head of the denomination’'s program for women, will speak on home mis~ sions. Smith on Program

Dr. Luther Wesley Smith, executive secretary of the American Baptist Publication society of Philadelphia, will talk Wednesday afternoon. on the Baptist program of Christian education. Another Wednesday speaker will be Dr, Newton G. Petter, director of university pastors and ‘student work for the Baptist board of education in New York. Dr, Edward H. Clayton, author of “Heaven Below,” will describe his experiences as a missionary for 32 years to China, Tuesday afternoon. Dr. Clayton was repatriated on the Gripsholm in 1942 after having served as relief director for China during the Japan occupation. At the same session, Dr. Jesse R Wilson, executive secretary -of the American Baptist Home Mission society, will speak on “Foundation Facts in Christian Missions.” Miss Dorothy Stevens, director’ of missionary education under the Baptist board of education, New York, will speak on Wednesday. Miss Stevens will remain in the city to meet Friday with a committee of Baptist Men, Inc., in charge of work with demobilized servicemen.

MARS HILL CHURCH TO BURN ITS LIEN

The Mars Hill Free Methodist church, which was dedicated Christmas of 1941, will burn its mortgage in ceremonies at 2:30 p. m, tomorrow, The Rev. Paul N. Hilis of the University of Illinois will deliver the address and Prof. Homer Maddox will direct the special music, At 10:30 a. m., the Rev. F. W. Johnson of Attica, a former pastor, will give the sermon, The church is of Gothic design, built of cream-colored tile, and has a seating capacity of about 500. It liquidated most of its debt over the last two years under the pastorate of the Rev. J. Clinton Swanagan. The Rev. Mr. Swanagan previously served churches in English, Cannelton and Terre Haute as well as Illinois,

DEDICATE CHURCH UNIT TOMORROW

Dr. Clive McGuire, executive secretary of the Indianapolis Raptist association, tomorrow will give the address at the festive 2 p, m. services dedicating a’ new basement and heating plant in the Mt. Pleasant Baptist church, Mills and Mann rds. Morning worship at 9:45 a. m. will be followed by church school at 10:45 and a noon basket dinner. The Rev. R. H. Lindstrom and Mrs. Lindstrom will direct the music for the dedicatory program and’ the pastor, the Rev, Everett Hayes, will preside,

Irvington Clubs to Present ‘Messiah’ Here Tomorrow

poem, Mrs. Louis W. Bruck made arrangements with the soloists and Delbert Meyer with the ushers. Mrs, Arthur R. Robinson is general chairman of the concert and Mrs. Paul A. Weir is prestient of the Irvington Union of clubs. The Rev, F. W. Weigmann, pastor of the Downey Avenue Christian church, will give the invocation, Soloists include Miss Helen Kendall, Mrs: Josephine Davis, Charles Hamilton: and Maurice C. Nord. Mrs. Bernice Fee Mozingo will play

Marion county Shildren guardian

the organ. Ushers include Dr. Leonard Kernel, Paul Kervan, Jéhn Ho-

~ |Baptists to Hear Smith,

£Lreation,

‘| Benefit association will elect officers

.building, 230 E. Ohio st.

Church Talk By Chaplain Slated Here

Veteran of Eighteen Months at Sea.

Chaplain C. L. Smith, U. 8. N. R., will speak-at 7:30 p. m. tomorrow at thé First Baptist Church, Chaplain Smith is the son-in-law of Dr. C. W. Atwater, pastor of the Pirst church. The church and the Indianapolis Baptist association ordained Chaplain Smith, who is a graduate of Butler and the Yale Divinity school. He and Mrs. Smith are visiting her. parents and his, Mr. and Mrs. Charles 8S. Smith, Chaplain Smith has served for 18 months in the Caribbean and will report for sea duty after his’leave in Indianapolis, Other religious events follow: -All * Saints Episcopal Cathedral—The men and “boys will organize a new cathedral chapterhood of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew tomorrow at 10:15 a. m. in the parish house prior to the corporate communion in the cathedral at 11 o'clock, The first Sunday in Advent also will be marked by a 7 a m. holy communion, All Souls Unitarian Chureh--Dr. E. Burdette Backus, minister, tomorrow at 11 a. m. will preach on “Down to Earth" in the third of his series of sermons on “Modern Religion for Free Minds.” Dr, Backus will present the results of a survey of modern thinking with emphasis on the doctrige of man is it relates to nature, He will explain the revolutionary view as opposed to that of” special

Brightwood Free Methodist Church—The Rev. Charles Wesley Newland of Grand Rapids, Mich., artist, missionary, traveler and veteran of world war I, will hold evangelistic services vy - 7:30 the conpng week. The Rev, E, E. Wright is church pastor. First Bible Presbyterian Church, 271 E. 34th st.—The Rev. Francis Schaeffer of 8t. Louis will preach at 10:45 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. The Rev, Mr. Schaeffer is president of the 8t. Louis Council of Christian Churches and moderator of the midwest presbytery of the Bible Presbyterian church. The Indianapolis Bible Fellowship, Jordon Conservatotry ‘of Music, 106 E. North st.—The Rev, Cornelius R. Stam, field representative of the Worldwide Grace testimony, will preach at 10:45 a. m. and 7:45 p m. Brigation, now 6 months old, has he “atte ally adopted the name given herewit Veterans Hospital yn Tu Mothers’ chorus of school 44 will sing at 6 .p. m. Protestant vesepers tomorrow. Clarence Hogue will direct the singing and Mrs. Margaret White will play the accompaniments, Arrangements for the appearance of the chorus, of which Mrs, Edgar Rooler is president, were made by the Bruce P. Robinson unit 133 of the 11th. district American Legion auxiliary. Mrs. Gene Overleese 1s unit chairman and Mrs. E. E. Burtotn, 11th district Protestant music chairman, Youth for Christ, Oadle tabernacle—Dr. E. E. Burton, 11th district Protestant gelist and Bible tedener, will speak at the rally tonight. special feature recently inaugurated 2 Children for Christ, which is a special program . for children which enables their parents to bring them to the rally.

LODGE TO FETE OFFICER

Speedway chapter No. 561, O. E. 8., will entertain the worthy grand matron, Mrs. Mildred J. Smith, Monday at the K. of P. hall. Dinner will be served at 6 p. m. and an initiation ceremony will be held at 8 p. m.

LODGE ELECTION SET Fidelity Review No. 140, Women’s

at 2 p. m, Wednesday in Castle Hall

CHRIST TEMPLE

(Apostolic Faith)

403 West Fall Creek Parkwa Sunday, 11:30 A. M., 7:30 P.

SECOND PILGRIM HOLINESS

1415 Cruft Street

Rev. George E. Huff, Pastor 10:30 A. M. and 7:30 P. M. Service

(Assembly of God) RIVERSIDE TABERNACLE

HOLINESS LEAGUE NO. 2

Corner Ohio and Harding REVIVAL

Rev. Mickey Williams, Rev, Jennie Farley and Homer and Martha Maddox, Special

Singers. Service each evening 7:30—Sunday 2:30. Preaching Service 3:30.

East Park Methodist

New York and Temple Ave. ©. TEVIS MARTIN, D. D. Minister . M.~8unday School. . M.~Worship service: Dr. Guy O. Carpenter will preach, . M.—Youth Fellowship, M.—Evening Worhip, service: “Fatality of Sin

CENTRAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH Delaware and Walnut Streets

(700 North) DR. W, A SH

Ministe Bible School-—§: 30 A. ‘M. Morning Worship—10:45 A. M. “Has Your Religion Gone Underground?” Music by: excellent choir, Youth Fellowship—§:30 P.

EDITOR OF THE “UPPER ROOM"

DR. ROY SHORT

10045 A M Bvening Service-T is P

DR. JOHN 6, BENSON ROBERTS PARK CHURCH oo

401 N. Delaware St. 8chool-0:30 A. M

7 PINDIANA TI

Service sarang 7:45 P,

Leader of the Indianapolis Unity

WEDNESDAY > M. Midweek

Open Daily, 10 to 4~Phone RI-4086

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First re Chyrch 16th and Delawgre Sts. ' ELLIS W. HAY, D.D.—MINISTER Church BOROOL ....overevsrrecses Morning Worship

Wednesday even

" CHURCH OF CHRIST 1002 8. Belmont Ave.

Morning Services, 9:45 and 10:45 ening Service,

JOHN H.

in; Bible Siuay 7:45 GERRARD, Evangelist

Indianapolis Churches

“Jesus’ Pirst Sermon”

ST. PAUL'S CHURCH

EPISCOPAL ILLINOIS and NEW YORK 8TS. REV. WILLIAM BURROWS, Rector Sunday, 8 A. M.—Holy C J 9:30 A. M.—Church. School. 64th and College 11:00 A. M.—Morning Prayer.

GARFIELD HEIGHTS CHURCH OF CHRIST

2842 SHELBY ST.

A. Phones:

CHURCH OF CHRIST

0, and N. Capitol. OBBS JR. Shuts HU-4041;

HU-4041 NIS' Res,

Bible Study—9:45 A. M.

UY: 45 A. M.—'“The Ideal Home.” 7:45 P. M.—“Divorce and Remarriage.”

ST. MARK'S UNITED LUTHERAN

Prospect and

Sunday School .... Worship ........... 10:55 A. M.

Linden Sts.

HU-47563.

10000 A. M.

Worship and Preac¢hl Bible Study ......... Evening Service 7:45 Wednesday Evening Bible Study. 7:45 P. M W. L. TOTTY, Minister, GA-17432.

ZION

WASHINGTON STREET

METHODIST CHURCH

W. Washington at Warman Ave.

A. J. COBLE, Pastor

ih ghar, Soh EVANGELICAL AND REFORMED —Morning Worship. NORTH. and NEW JERSEY STRETS 5:00et0 7: HS Voaler, Hour for Youth and FREDERICK R. DARIES, D. D.,, PASTOR, 9:00 A. M.—Pirst Service of Worship. 9:45 A, M.—~Church School. 10:40 A. M.—~8econd Service of Worship, . Bubject of sermons: Methodist

“A Voice in the Wilderness.”

E. New York at Grant E. ARNOLD CLEGG, Minister Guest Speaker, 10:45 A. M. Hayward H. Johnson “America's Greatest Peril.”

We Welcome

All Visitors

(Every Sunday)

902 Fletcher Ave.

(PILGRIM HOLINESS)

RIVERSIDE

CHURCH

21st and Gant Sts.

Rev.

Irene Steger,

Pastor

REVIVAL Continuing— Rev. E. J. Clem, Evangelist Everyone Welcome!

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Po APNP

1514 Park Ave.

DALE NEWSUM

Truth Center

9:30 A. M.—Sunday School,

11:00 A. M.—Devotional Service, “Where Is Thy Heart?"

Usual Class Tuesday and Friday

= Down to Earth

Sermon at 11 A. M. by

E. Burdette Backus Edna Merritt Harrington, Soloist ||

Ratio Address at 10 A. M.

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All Souls

Unitarian Church 1453 N. Alabama St,

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