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Executive

: Hanover to Honor ~ Rev. R, E. Mueller Hanover -College ‘W111 bestow!

commencement June 12,

Church in Indiana at its

rian Synod, heads the work in Indiana of the Presbyterian Church in the U. 8. He recelved the

+ POIGLINEBE. & . & year ago. Thus his honor from =. the Presbyterian Rey, Mueller College on the

Ohio. approximately will mark

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scr iN Qe ANS Rav... Ma. Muell od : the pastor of

for many years as

the Wallace Street Presbyterias Church. Under his guidance, the

present new church was started.

He is a graduate of McCormick Theological Seminary and has

3 held pastorates at Paoll and

‘Flower Rites

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All of Congregation To Join in Service A "Flower Communion" service

‘| tomorrow will climax Children's

Sunday in All Souls Unitarian urch.

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ated talk “Southern |Near East” The low, Reconciliation will = sponsor program W at 7:30 p.

J. H. Yager, Elder of the Reorganized Church of J on Christ and the Latter Be Salts, 8 CoH WELT wi evangelistic compaign to last through June 11 at the local

Day Married People's Class | ™ Will Hold Banquet |

The Married People’s. Class of the Third Christian Church School

will deal Toh ters. of the..church...at Inde: da. and-Jos- Spurgeon-will-

church, .Chester and 9th Sts. (will hold their 13th Founders’ Day Topic of the drive is “Prepare Banquet J 10 at 6:30 p.m. at , to Meet Thy God.” Mr, Yager the Hom , 5694 N, Meridian MEMORIAL “DL eT. te it ” " : oo - . 9:30 A. M.~Bfble Scliool. issionary from headquar- . ; i : o oe L is a missiol Dick Mills will speak and Wan- Carroilton Ave. at 11th A; Sats

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pendence, Mo. Meetings will be 9:30 A. M.—~Church School for All Ages.

Priests Set

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Persons of all ages who attend

flowers to the 11 a. m, service. They are asked to choose blossoms because of their association with some personal experience.

weet CTfldven With Baakets will stand Of West Latayette

at the church doors to receive the floral offerings as the congrega-

o/tion enters. During the opening

hymn, the boys and girls will deposit the flowers on the platform where they will serve as decoration during the morning hour.’ +. The congregation will unite in saying the Covenant of All Souls. The Covenant with its goal of love and service joins the members in spiritual kinship. And similarly, symbolism bind them to each other, the good earth and all the world. : |. _At the close of the service, children iaded with flower bask will pass down the aisles offe the blooms as gifts and tokens to the tion. Persons seated

different ones from those they gave. Thus a symbolic sharing will take place, a communion with flowers. :

7 Dr. Backus to Preach

As part of the morning pro-

“|gram, Dr. Backus will preach op bie| “The Human Communion”

and {christen three children. They are Margaret Jane Richey, daughter

; aon Joint. Merger! Of Mr, and Mrs, Gilbert T. Richey; = Fh ire “at 4 agus pest. pun: | LACTICIL Ann Harlan, daughter of 1:30 ». ‘the educational

Michael Dan Barta, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louie Barta. The Unitarian custom of holding the Flower Communion originated in Czechoslovakia. Dr.

{in the pews will accept the flowers, |-

|freewill offering will be taken

Hong Kong, Japan; the Ph The lecture willl. be at 7:30 p. m. Thursday in the Northwood Christian Church. A

Anne Headles and Michael Parker will assist with the "Flower Communion" tomorrow in All Souls Unitarian Church.

Two Lafayette

Unite to Serve __ Disciples of Christ

“Baptists Merge apis lim MILNER

A sturdy brick church near the Purdue University campus stands as an example of Christian unity

| are expected to bring one or more among Protestantism’s many di-

visions. S The congregation of united tists and Disciples of Christ ¢

Ph contingent owned the building. The other merged group the Christian Church of": t Lafayette. A Baptist and a Disciples of Christ pastor, each with an assistant, serve jointly as ministers. The congregation, including Purdue students, numbers about 600, The university has been growing at a rapid rate over the last few years. Families making their ‘homes on the West Side, as a consequence, found it inconvenfent to go downtown to the First Christian Church to worship dnd to Sunday school. They began-to say how much they would like to have a church-of ‘their brother-

Make Survey They made a survey. It revealed that a substantial number of persons would join such a search. But there hardly seemed to be enough of them to justify organizing = separate congregation. The Baptists heard about the discussion and recognized an opportunity. “Come in with us,” they invited the Disciples. “We can use

and grow.”

tian Church of West Lafayette, {And then they immediately) {merged with the Baptists as the {Federated Church. The downtown | First Christian Church gave their

themselves the “Federated Church |

our properties and ‘plan to expand

Churches

Community

two months and p every Sunday. The merged group decided to follow. the Disciples’ custom. : Sg But when attendance increased sufficiently to make two morning worship ‘services necessary, they changed the schedule, They now hold communion services the first Sunday of the month as part of morning worship. On other Sundays, it is held as a separate serv-

Hee in x special room In the peworship hours.

held Sundays, Tuesday, wi

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being received at telephones: Wa.!10:4s A. M.~Service of Holy’ Communion. 9389 or Im. 5814, 2 . :

Thursday, 7:30 P.M. Midweek Service.

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Speaker DR. PAUL VAN GORDER pastor of Colonial Hills Baptist church, Atlanta, Ga. Directs Calvary Hour broadcast from home church each Sunday evening. Youthful pastor and evan-

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other causes outside the parish goes to Disciples or Baptist head-| quarters as designated. Members| of the merged congregations are enrolled in the Federated Church

the time of union, New members| are received according to the reg-|

ular usages of the co-operating churches.

i $s ago, the Rev, Mr. Mul{len said quietly: “If this example is multiplied, the trend will make an impact on the national scene.” ’

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~~And- 50, the Disciples frst OF comleied tnt the tal of 1048, not| * Mr. and Mrs. Jack K. Harlan, and |8anized themselves as the Chris-|¢y, year

. Evangelist Bert Turner

| INTER-CHURCH CAMPAIGN

TTH ANNUAL ANNIVERSARY

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Two Indianapolis clergymen and one from the state next! week will mark Their 25th anniversaries as priests of the Catholie Church. : The silver jubilarians of- this city are the Rev. Fr. William Knapp, pastor of the Holy Rose ary. Catholic Church, and the Rev, Fr. Andrew O'Keefe, St Francis Hospital chaplain.. The third priest is the Rev. Fr. Al- . Oysius -Laugel, pastor of Holy & Guardian Angels Church, Cedar Yw Kirove, ; : Father Knapp will celebrate a solemn high Mass of Thanksgiving in Holy Rosary Church tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. It is expected to be a festive occasion both because of tha anniversary and because Father Knapp returned this week from a Holy _ Year trip. abroad. Father O'Keefe, who was a classmate of Father Knapp at St. Meinrad's will serve * as -deacon of the Mass,

ister of the Unitarian Church in| tory, Dr. Backus said:

tective custody’ by the Nazis after their invasion of Czechoslovakia and ultimately met a martyr's| death at Dachau. In the spring! liberated, Com-|

the “Flower

one of the greatest occasions Th its history. The service became! the symbol of the living com-! munion in his great spirit of unfailing kindliness and poise, quiet, selfless courage, vision danger, which ministered to them all .during the dark years before his tragic death. We are told ont | 7000 people gathered in Prague fo! share the “Flower Communion” in his spirit," ei : 1

Youth for Christ Set Evangelistic Campaign Youth for Christ will open its

The Rev. Fr Henry Trapp, pastor of Christ the King] Church, will ‘be assistant priest; the Rev. Fr. Anthony Kiel, 8.8. J, of Houston, Tex. sub-dea-| con, and the Rev. Fr, Charles

campaign a week from tonight in| the club house, 20th and Meridian Sts. Mine i

»”, nin muplon” celebrated in Prague wes{gamin istrative

annual inter-church evangelistic’

: ' minister the Rev. Doylp Mullen! sg - i Norbert: If, Capex. the late min=,o be one of the pastors and tne Christ, Scientist

_ Baptist pastor, the Rev. Arthur - x : : Prague, originated it. Of its his- PHS! pasion the Rev. other, O50 Sermon Topic

“Dr, Capek was taken into ‘pro! ‘Not Revolutionary’

For these two

{was not as revolutionary a step/Scientist, tomorrow. as might seem at a glance, the| ! pastors will tell you. For Baptists former of all things; and Israel of 1045 when the Czechs had beeh | nq Disciples of Christ are plan-|is the rod of his inheritance; the 1g to merge “at the top.” The Lord of hosts is his name.” Jer;

have been working on it collect-| {ively and separately for

ars. Of course the

~ Christian Science Churches

The First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston, Mass. ~ The Public Is Cordially Invited to Our Services and || |

“God the Only Cause and Creaitor” is. the subject of the lessonchurches to unite sermon in all Churches of Christ,

The golden text is: “He is the

bodies of each 10:16. The lesson-sermon also includes several the following passagé from the : — {Christian Science textbook, *“Scitwo West Lafay- ence and Health with Key to the

of lotte groups encountered difficul- Scriptures” by Mary Baker Eddy:! "ties when they began to be one. “God is not the author of mortal faith and hope in the face | hen to observe the Lord's Sup-|discords.” p. 231.

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LESSON FOR SUNDAY, JUNE 4th 3

Services, will be. held Tightly, except Sunday, June 10 to 25.

Noll, master of ceremonies. The | Irish-born Evangelist Bert Turner

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MAPLECROFT THEATRE

TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY

8 P.M.—ADMISSION FREE

GIGANTIC PROGRAM EXALTING CHRIST

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Very Rev. Msgr. August R. Fus- Of Detroit will give the sermons.

+ genegger- will preach. The clergy and the immediate family will dine together, im® mediately after the services, at the Lake Shore Country Club. The parish will honor their pastor at a. reception tomorrow _night in the church hall. School children will . present a_.dramatization. ; sai Father O'Keefe will celebrate ' & solemn. Mass of Thanksgiving Wednesday morning’: in ~ 88. Peter and Paul's Cathed-

| rector and {gunder of the Indian. .|apolis ¥. for C. will preside at al

| Auxiliary Card Party

he ville Voltnther

The speaker, a former advertising| man, uses advertising methods to; present his message. | Arnie Hartman, accordionist, who has played over the radio]

night-and for 3 p. m. tomorrow by Youth for Christ. Dr. Paul R. Van Gorder, pastor of the Colonial Hills = Baptist Church, Atlanta, Ga., will speak at both! services. The Rev. Roger Malsbary, di-

meetings. -

The ladies guxillary of Mickley-| Fire "De ent.

will hold a card party at 8 p.m. today in 817 8. Ingomar St. Those in charge include Mrs. Florence

and in various theaters, will give} -

the special music for the revivalll a a Yr Hahis’ are scheduled Vor to] ~ SECOND CHURCH ~ RR Delaware at 12th

Morning

FIRST Castle

Evening Service, 5:00 R. R, 526 State Life Bldg. THIRD CHURCH

SUNDAY

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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY (Colored)

Service at 11 o'Clock in All Churches

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SCHOOL IN ALL CHURCHES AT 11 A&M.

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