Christian Chronicle (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 28, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 8, 1958 Page: 3 of 8
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Tabor
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In I960 or 1961. the 21 at and
Eisenhower congregation will
send me and my family to Ana
tralia Lord willing
have
brethren of the Odessa
to do even
the gospel
believe that
gregatlon is
church The
Bell. Loal
Thomas
gation and the workers in the
field Is greatly enhanced
Besides w
■ wspa per
"'pel id forts
•kly articles m the
cottage meetings,
and various
v early Lecture
in cm hers of the
This year it
' The theme is
t he < ’hut ch
be John Gibson
N ic h o 1 s Ivar
H Tabor Paul
Wille ford
During the past year speak
ers from Canada. Nigeria. Penn
sylvania. South Africa. Italy and
\ ermont have challenged the
(hurch
more spreading of
The elders firmly
an informed con
a giving, growing j
elder** are J A. Spciku -
Brown and Leroy; 1 i; demaii
'B wai i
!•’ i ii h u i t
bieihren at 21st and Eisenhow
Plans call for a building
illiin the ensuing year
127.1'”"
Now.
er St
Allmond Memorial Fund
the
loca
the
are
Last
WHS
and
t he i
at
125
HENDERSON Tenn Rela
lives of Hugo Allmond. who was
killed in automobile accident in
Mississippi last year, have start-
ed a memorial fund at Freed
Hardeman College to furnish
one of the new dormitory
rooms A bronze plaque will be
placed over the door
Locally. this 35” member
church has an energetic, wide
awake program of work
year, a new congregation
established in the Northeastern
section of rapidly expanding
Odessa Besides buying the lots
and erecting the church build
ing. 21st and Eisenhower con
tributed the nucleus of
membership at the new
tion about 125 members
In all. $27,””” was expended
in starting the new Sherwood
congregation Now. within a
year's time, the new work has
grown so rapidly that they need
additional space and Eisenhow
has more than made Op
the difference caused by the
"loss ' of 125 members In fact,
contributions have reached an
all time high average of $900 per
week During March. Bible stu
dv attendance has averaged .375,
Lots for a building site across
from the new Ector High
School are also owned by the
Edited By JAMES E. LAIRD
CHRISTIAN LIVING
Read it
w hen
silent
work.
4
6
but to see that
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AT HIS FEET
Lord'
12
12
must whatever else comes
at the feet of Jesus On.
and get ten minutes with
Learn the secret of Mary s life it is found at His feet in
this busy age. with its ungodly competition, in this day when men
must rise early and retire late to keep right abreast and ahead
of the times men and women, you
or goes, you must find time to sit
Marthas, Marthas, cease vour serving
your
1 Give thanks before each meal
2 Parry your New Testament with you always
waiting for someone
3 Spend several minutes at different times each day in
meditation on the Scriptures
Enjoy the privilege of prayer In your home, or while at
each day
5 Make it a point to speak to someone about spiritual values
each day
Pick out at least one person and plan to influence him to
become a Christian this year
7 Make a special effort not only to do right
others understand it is right
s Attend every service of the church
Be on time at every appointment, but especially when you
meet the T>ord in divine appointment
10 Subscribe to several good brotherhood periodicals
11 Keep a record of how much you contribute to the cause of
Christ
Visit a Christian family, and a non Chi istian family each week.
Give attention to proper eating, exercise and sleep that vour
spirit may be in a sound body
Begin or close each day with family worship
By
this
in
JOHNNY RAMSEY
Odessa. Texas
The 21st
Ration
(.onpegstion i
spreading the
1Bd abroad
an
gelisin
its
in
and Eisenhower con-
in Odessa, Tex., Is a
that believes in
gospel at home
They believe that
energetic program of evan
outside of the city 11m
will create more enthusiasm
the local work.
One year this ‘hurch was
spending *385 per month in
evangelistic pursuits away from
home-ln Oregon and Italy. To-
day, under the guidance of soul
loving elders
bower is >
month in
deavor
Denmark,
vania. Mexico,
21st and Eisen
spending $2,000 a
the same type of en
in Oregon, Australia.
Wisconsin, Pennsyl
Vermont South
Dakota and Colorado.
They have also answered spe
dal appeals in Korea. Nigeria,
Germany Pennsylvania. Mon-
tana and Minnesota totaling
over $2,000 in the 12 month per
iod just ending. The bulletin
board in the foyer of the main
auditorium is constantly filled
with thrilling letters, informa
tive information and typical
pictures depicting the work be
ing supported by this Odessa
church
Each month in the monthly
printed bulletin, therq is a page
devoted to the progress and
news concerning these efforts
in needy fields in the United
States and across the sea Ser
mens are preached periodical-
ly concerning worldwide evan
geliam. Sincere enthusiasm for
winning the world to Christ is
manifested by the membership
as a result of these efforts
The elders have planned to
either visit personally all the
places within driving distance
or to send me by air to preach
in meetings to the other places.
This year I w ,1 preach in Min-
ot, ND. Green Bay. Wis , Hard-
ing Pa and Barre. Vt., support-
ed by 21st and Elsenhower. By
keeping In touch with thb fields
supported and the evangelists
*ho labor therein, the relation-
ship between the home congre
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EISENHOWER
Odessa IVlission Vision
Includes Four Nations
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(Continued from page 1)
Mrs.
Deaf Attendance
In 1935, he became Associate
professor of education In Sam
MOVING TO MW YOM OR
MEW J8R5FV ARBAT
Etheridge Qualifies
In Education Work
He holds membership in sev
eral professional organizations
He is among “Who's Who in
Education” and "Leaders in
Education.” He is listed in "The
International Blue Book" and In
“ Who's Who in Texas." He has
served two terms as vice-presi
dent of the Texas Academy of
Science
HOUSTON. Tex—The two
deaf congregations of the Lord's
(hurch in this city report an
average Sunday attendance of
about 20 each The group meet
ing at Pierce and Baldwin had
21 present recently The deaf
Negro congregation at 1323 Wa
co St meets each Sunday af
ternoon at 3 p m Earl I^ee Bird
well works with both groups
He was awarded the Ph D
in 1942. and the same year be
came dean and Professor of
Education in Sul Ross State
College He served as dean for
fourteen years and is currently
professor of education and di
rector of teacher training He
has represented Sul Ross at
many state and national meet
ings
In
Houston State College. Hunts
ville. Tex., for seven years
He married Cathryn Jo For
bis in 1922 Mrs. Etheridge
holds the B.S. and M.A. degrees
and is a primary’ teacher in the
Alpine, Tex., schools His older
son. Charles Larrimore, is
Speech and Dramatic director
in Odessa College, Odessa, Tex.,
and holds both the bachelor’s
and master's degrees. The
younger son. Carroll Dean, B.S
and MA., is a teaching fellow
in the University of Texas and
is a candidate for the doctorate
in English. All are members of
the Church of Christ
osophy of education While liv
ing in Austin. Etheridge was
associated with the late G H
P. Showalter, and wrote much
for the Firm Foundation. He is
the author of several hooks and
tracts.
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*n«r continued, "Ws know
- w« *8 a congregation,
J on this effort to
Nine Oregon Responses
ALBANY Ore Nine respons-
es were seen March 16 at serv-
ices of the church here Six of
these were baptisms A total of
30 responses have been record-
ed in the past
There have been
snee January 1
Brown is the evangelist here
alders,
effort is
‘he Great
“°D 55,000
Mha
Bible
to
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kalr-,
that
drying
PITTSBURGH Pa The 5th
»nd Beechwood Church here re-
c«ntly marked the end of two
rears of successful Bible cor
fMpondem« course work, ac-
cording to Don Gardner, preach-
er for the church
A (heck of the records
v*eled that the cumulative
rollment is
late (-••-
(to churches
area) or
rol«A
in o
course.
Evaluation by Elder
J Edward Meixner, one of the
commented, “Certainly
a living example
Commission in ac-
would be a conserv-
•■timate of the number of
l«8aon leaflets we have
enrollees In that per-
Contect
in traylor
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254 EAST BROAD ST.
I AD.ms 3-2110 ADams 2-704
WESTFIELD, NEW JERSEY
is now
course
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authored by Dod Gird-
is based on the
few months.
1(1 baptisms
Win. Allan
re
en-
6.246 plus 995 cumu
out <>f district “referrals"
out of Pittsburgh
nearly 70 persons en-
each week for 104 weeks
Bible correspondence
\ divine Christ or no Savior
\n Inspired Bible or no Scriptures
A Scriptural Baptism or no Baptism
Religion of Service or no Religion
A United Church or no world conquest
Correspondence Work
Featured in Pittsburgh
spread God's word, have been
knit closer together In Christian
love and fellowship and have
grown in the knowledge of
God ’s word and His grace. As
we look back on this fine effort
we have no regrets in having
tiegun this rewarding program
of evangelism '
Volunteer Workers
No paid office help has been
secured to handle the course.
It Is handled by members of
the church Recently workers
were asked to keep a time
sheet for one month From thia
it was learned
1 Twenty five members re-
ported spending 246 hours and
41 minutes on the course
2 A full time secretary would
need about six weeks to do this
work.
The Pittsburgh church
enrolling students in *
called “Searching
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Nichols, James W. Christian Chronicle (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 28, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 8, 1958, newspaper, April 8, 1958; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1306727/m1/3/?q=music: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.