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Whenever an Indiana Presbyterian has opportunity to speak and work in behalf of this urgent need, he is encouraged to do so.
Student Receives Grant
First recipient of a new $50.00 grant sponsored by the Greencastle Men's Group is Alan Tom, LaPorte Sophomore at DePauw.
Designed to provide financial assistance for a deserving Presby- terian student, the award was pre- sented to Tom during a Men's Club dinner meeting.
The Presbyterian Men have estab- lished the grant on an annual basis, stipulating only that recipients must use the funds for educational purposes.
A graduate of Union Mills high school, Tom is a member of Westmin- ster Fellowship, Presbyterian- sponsored group for university stu- dents.
Plans For June Synod Being Made
Synod's Council has already pre- pared a tentative docket for Synod meeting at Hanover, June 10-12.
Again this year, the conference on Evangelism will be part of Synod' s docket, appearing on the Tuesday Evening program.
Committee chairmen are presently preparing workshops, having invited resource persons. Commissioners to Synod areurged to share these semi - nars, according to their interests.
The Rev. Paul Sherrill, Moderator of the One Hundred Thirty-second Synod, is reaching the churches of the Synod by mail encouraging full attendance by commissioners, and urging visitors to sit in.
Mr. Sherrill is also making special effort to extend a cordial invita- tion to members of the United Pres- byterian Church. Already the Stated Clerk of Synod has contacted United Presbyterian pastors.
Bethany Dedicates Chimes
The Bethany Church of Fort Wayne recently ofserved a Dedicatory Ser- vice for new Carol Chimes.
These chimes were the gift of Bethany Young Men's Church School Class, and are similar to those installed atop of Fort Wayne's Lincoln Tower. The instrument, which plays a five minute program at 6 p.m. each evening, is fully automatic.
The chimes will be used manually from a keyboard on the organ during church services, and the music can be amplified to any area of the Church.
Mortgage Burned
The congregation of the Wallace Street Church, Indianapolis, re- cently burned the mortgage papers on its $35,000 sanctuary indepted- ness.
The Rev. John Bergen, pastor; Dr. Roy Mueller, Executive Secretary of Synod's Committee of National Mis- sions and Mr. Bergen's predecessor, and members of the Board of Trustees shared the ceremony.
The mortgaged indebtedness, in- curred in November of 1949, was cancelled four years prior to the scheduled date. A $5,500 mortgage incurred on the mansè in 1949, was cancelled four years ago.
During recent years the older part of the Wallace Street Church has been remodeled and improved, at a cost of $20,000.
Questionnaire Mailed
A questionnaire was sent to a scientifically selected sample of ministers in the Presbyterian Church U.S.A., and the United Presbyterian Church by the Board of Christian Education.
The questionnaire, which will take about an hour to complete, is an essential part of a three-year study of the Presbyterian family by the Board's office of Family Educa- tion Research.
Answers will be kept anonymous, but a summary of the data will be made available to all Presbyterian ministers so they may use it to in- crease the effectiveness of their ministry to families.
Registrations For Synod
Very soon, forms for registration will be mailed by Stated Clerks to those elected to serve as commis- sioners to Synod, June 10-11, Han- over.
If those who are not commissioners desire to attend Synod, it will be necessary to register.
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THE INDIANA PRESBYTERIAN
March, 1958
Greenwood Clears Indebtedness
Members of the Greenwood Church are rejoicing in the of Faith", complete elimination of the ten o'clock debt on a Christian Educa- each Sunday evening on tion building erected in 1952 under the direction of WTTV-Channel the Rev. Robert S. Stewart,
All Vincennes Presbyteri al officers and presidents of Sr., .then pastor of the local Associations met in Church.
The building contains a fully equipped kitchen and ary 4, with Mrs. Fred Alsop, 'fellowship hall on the base- president of Vincennes Pres- ment level, plus 5 class- byterial, presiding. Thirty- rooms and 2 offices on the three out of an expected first floor level. Total Presbyterians we give four thirty-five attended.
cost of the construction,
Plans for the Vincennes partly underwritten by a Spring Presbyterial were loan from the Board of National Missions, was $42, 125.47.
completed. Evening groups will meet at the First Presbyterian Church of Sul- livan on Tuesday evening, April 15, and day groups, at the Westminster Presby- the Church; and the Treasur- er who served during the entire five-year period was terian Church, Terre Haute, April 16. Dr. Norma Dunning Farmer, physician in charge Mrs. Charles A. Covert. of the Mary Wanless Hos- pital, Kolhapur, India, is the present pastor of will be the main speaker the Greenwood church. for both meetings.
CHICAGO
TENTH ANNUAL MEETING N. C. P . M. PALMER HOUSE MARCH 14, 15,16
Friday, March 14 Opening Session 10:00 A.M. Exhibition Hall, Palmer House
Devotions J. William Wimberly
Address
. Shelby Rooks
Address Henry Pitney Van Dusen
Luncheon Address . Clarence McGuire
Dinner Address Hon. Wilber Brucker Saturday, March 15 General Session 8:30 A.m.
Exhibition Hall
Devotions. J. William Wimberly
Address Eugene Carson Blake
Charles T. Leber Luncheon Address Dinner Address .Hon. Walter H. Judd
Address
J. Howard Pew Sunday, March 16 Communion 7:00 A.M.
Meditation
Harold R. Martin Robert N. Montgomery
Break fast Address.
Will W. Orr
Address
Glenn W. Moore
Address Closing Service 10:30 A.M. . Shelby Rooks
Religious Telecast Revived
" Panorama
Two cooks; three water- front instructors with Red C Cross certification; and one nurse are needed for the DIVINE LORD AND SAVIOR 4-is being entire camping season for Synod Camps. Remuneration, plus free board and room, received with genuine en- are offered. thu si asm.
This one-half hour presen- each camp as waterfront as- tation is sponsored by the Indiana Council of Churches, dining room hostesses; and a cooperative denominational state agency to which as sought.
Contact your pastor or write to the Rev. William Dr. Alfred Edyvean of But- H. Myers, 1132 North Ala- ler University directs this bama Street, Indianapolis2, program; the Rev. Laurence Indiana. T. Hosie, Executive Secre- tary of the Indianapolis Church Federation, is relig- cents per capita.
Songs Without Meaning
The singing of a hymn matic presentations, are should be a great experience for us - it can be a prayer, a testimony, a praise, an invitation to others.
However, for many of us, we don't take seriously enough the words we sing.
We sing " Onward Christian Soldiers" and wait to be drafted in His service.
We sing " O For A Thousand Tongues" and don't use the one we have.
We sing " I Love To Tell
We sing " Cast Thy Burden On the Lord" and worry our- selves into nervous break- downs.
The INDIANA PRESBYTERIAN
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Book reviews, panel dis- cussions, choral music, dra- used to proclaim religious truth.
13 Receive Grants From Synod Pension Fund
Thirteen aged persons, from six of Indiana's seven presbyteries receive monthly aid through pension monies.
The amount granted by We sing " Blest Be The Tie" and let the slightest Synod's Pension Committee, offense sever it.
of which the Rev. William Alexander is Chairmen, to The Story" and never men- each recipient, is matched tion it all year.
by a similar amount by the Board of Pensions, Phila- delphia.
Each year, in the fall, present cases are reviewed, renewals studied and ap- proved, and new applications received.
May 1, 1958 is scheduled as the meeting date of Sy- nod' s Council, at which time final plans for Synod will be made. This body, com- posed of members from the seven Presbyteries, and com- mittee chairmen and execu- tives, is in session four times each year.
The chairman of the coun- cil is the Rev. Paul Sher- rill, Bedford.
Wanted For Camping Season
Volunteer workers for sistants, including boating; crafts assistants, are also
Chairman of the Building Committee was William E. Myers, a ruling elder in ious newscaster.
The Rev. J. Bruce Melton
JESUS CHRIST
By: Mrs. Jane Gable
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The INDIANA PRESBYTERIAN
Volume XXXVI
Youth Work Course to Offered at Synod Schoo
Miss Wanda Mae Brown, associate Field Director of Christian Education, Synod of Michigan, will teach this sum- mer in the Indiana Synod Leadership Training School at Hanover College, July 27-August 2.
Miss Brown has been chosen to teach the 2-hour course, " Youth Work in the Church". This course will deal specifically with the history and background of Westmin- ster Fellowship, the characteristics of senior high young people and the basic principles of the Westminster Fellowship program. Texts for the course will include the Westminster Fellowship workbook, Christian Faith and Life curriculum and Youth Fel - lowship Kits.
Ministers, directors of Christian education, parents, teachers and advisors will find this course most helpful.
Contact Synod office for Leader- ship School registrations.
V.C.S. Institutes Scheduled
The Synod Committee on Children's Work announces that institutes to train local church leaders in the use of Westminster Vacation Church School materials will be conducted in the following presbyteries fol- lowing Easter:
Logansport ---
April 13, Gary Ist Church
April 20, Monticello
Mrs. L.C. Giberson, Michigan City, Chairman
Crawfordsville -.
April 22, Central Church, Lafayette, Mrs. Mildred B. Grubbs, Lafayette, Chairman
New Albany
April 20, Hutchinson Memorial Church, New Albany. Rev. Donald Morse, New Albany, Chairman
quests to Visit Indiana
Mrs. Channuan Suriyakham of Thailand, and Mrs. S.G. (Manoroma) Chopade of India will be overseas guests in Indiana pre- ceding the National Meeting of Presby- terian Women at Purdue University in June.
Mrs. Chopade
During April, May, and June, these wo- men will visit Indiana churches and com- Mrs. Suriyakham munities, observing church life in this area, and later sharing the story of the work of the church here with the people of their homelands.
Both women spent March with delegates coming to the National Meeting from some twenty countries, at Stony Point, New York, for orientation.
Mrs. Suriyakham, who will represent the Church of Christ in Thailand, was educated in two Christian schools - Dara Academy in Chiengmai, and Wattana Academy in Bangkok.
She is the president of the National Women's Organization of the United Church of Christ in Thailand. In 1953 she was a member of a Fellowship team in India which included Miss Emily Gibbes of the United States, Mrs. Jael Cruz of the Philippines, and Mrs. Ching Ming Lee of Hong Kong.
In 1956 Mrs. Suriyakham came to this country on a government fellow- ship. " I can't reach my Buddhist neighbors and friends by sermons", explained Mrs. Suriyakham, " but I am trying to show them our life as it is centered around Christ".
Mrs. Suriyakham will serve as a Synod Workshop resource person for the Committee of Ecumenical Mission, whose chairman is Gordon Leech of Lafayette.
Presbyterial president of Kolhapur Church Council, Mrs. Chopade visited the Punjab and North India before coming to this country to discuss with the women the " Invitation to Thinking" which will form the basis of the Charter of Christian Action to be formulated at the Purdue National Meeting.
Whitewater ---
April 30, Connersville Presbyterian Church, Rev. Anthony Meengs, Rich- mond, Presbytery Chairman of Chris- tian Education
Indianapolis
April 30, St. Andrew Church, India- napolis, Rev. Carmen Albright, Franklin, Chairman
These institutes are administered by the presbytery committees on Children's Work. Further information concerning the institutes may be secured from the chairmen listed above.
Rev. Latham Wright, Elizabeth, serves as chairman of the Synod Committee on Children's Work, which trained presbytery leaders at a con- ference in Indianapolis, March 15.
"Mark of the Hawk" Now Released
" The Mark of the Hawk" in superscope and technicolor, distributed by Universal Inter- national opened in the Paramount Theater in Times Square in New York City, March 5.
This film was granted the Family Medal Award for March by Parent's Magazine. Starring Eartha Kitt, Sidney Poiter, John McIntire, and Juano Hernandex, the film presents the turbulence and terror facing the challenge of faith in Africa.
Soon to be shown in local theaters.
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THE INDIANA PRESBYTERIAN
April, 1958
Charlestown Manse Completed
A new manse, built at a cost of $18,000, now houses the Hickey fam- ily of Charlestown. The Rev. Rufus Hickey, pastor of the Charlestown church is also director of Todd- Dickey Parish in New Albany Presby- tery.
The home was designed and fabri - cated by members of the congrega- tion. $3,000 of labor was contri- buted by carpenters, electricians, plumbers, road contractors and painters.
Located in a new subdivision, it is within walking distance of the church and public school.
1958 Fellowships Awarded
Six graduating seniors of Louis- ville Presbyterian Theological Semi- nary have been awarded fellowships for further graduate study. Dr. Frank H. Caldwell, president of the Seminary, made the announcement.
Franc McKamey Guthrie ( seated 2nd from left) has been awarded the Fellowship in Christian Education offered by the Board of Christian Education, Presbyterian Church in the United States, in the amount of $1,000, awarded this year for the first time. During his seminary training he served as student supply at Miller's Chapel near Charles- town.
William Angus Heimach ( between two seated) has been awarded a fel- lowship in the amount of $1,000, provided by an anonymous donor. During his seminary training he served as student supply at the Con- cord and Vevay Presbyterian Churches in Indiana.
Lewis Marshall Johnson ( extreme
Boggstown Dedicates Building
The Boggstown Presbyterian Church dedicated its recently completed Christian Education Building on March 23, 2:00 p.m. The structure, measuring 42' by 60' contains rooms for the nursery through jr. high church school departments, and in addition a fellowship hall and a modern kitchen.
The building was constructed under the direction of Mr. Adolph Mutsch- ler a member of the church's Board of Trustees. Much of the work on the building was done by volunteer labor by members of the church.
Among those participating in the Service of Dedication were the Rev. Robert Stewart, pastor of the Or- chard Park Church, Indianapolis, and the Rev. William Alexander, Moderator of the Presbytery of Indianapolis, and pastor of the Memorial Church.
The Rev. Richard Huey, pastor of the church for the past three years, will move April 7 to Flint, Michigan to organize a new church under the direction of the National Missions Corporation of the Synod of Mi chigan.
Witherspoon To Lay Cornerstone
Witherspoon United Presbyterian Church, 436 W. 25th Street, India- napolis, will lay the cornerstone for the H.L. Hummons' Memorial Wing on Sunday afternoon, April 13 at 3:00. Named for Dr. H.L. Hummons, charter member and for forty-nine years an elder in the church, the wing will contain classrooms and offices constructed at a cost of $53,000.
The Sanctuary unit was built in 1926 as St. Paul Presbyterian Church and was purchased for the United Presbyterian Church when the St. Paul Congregation ceased.
The St. Paul membership joined with Witherspoon, and with the mer- ger of the denominations, will re- turn to the fellowship of India- napolis Presbytery.
right) has been awarded the Field- ing Lewis Walker Fellowship in Doc- trinal Theology in the amount of $1,000. During his seminary train- ing he served as student supply at Smyrna-Monroe Presbyterian Church in Indiana. After graduation he plans to stay at Smyrna-Monroe as pastor.
New Film Produced
" God is My Partner", a new 20th Century Fox production, starring Walter Brennan, is now being shown in commercial theaters. This film was originally produced under the title, " All that I Have", by the Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod).
The story concerns a semi-retired physician who has his own unique philosophy and practice of Christian stewardship. The picture is a black and white wide-screen version.
Because of the Christian steward- ship significance of this produc- tion, it has been suggested that individuals inquire of the local theater managers when this film is to be shown. Your interest and co- operation may encourage him to book this fine film.
Huntington Choir at Peabody
The Westminster Fellowship Choir of the Huntington church presented a concert at the Estelle Peabody Memorial Home, North Manchester, one of the agencies toward which Synod Causes contributes.
Mrs. William R. Florent directs this Junior and Senior High Choir. Miss Esther Davis, organist in Hunt- ington for 30 years, accompanied the choir on this occasion.
Shown at the left of the picture is the Rev. Robert Hutchinson, D.D., pastor of the Huntington congrega- tion.
Gary Church Organizes Men' Council
Westminster Church in Gary now has a new chapter of Presbyterian Men. The charter was presented by Mr. Dale Skelton, president of the Northwest Area of the Logansport Council.
Mr. Ross Archer, president of the Logansport Council of Presbyterian Men spoke in commendation of the newly organized group. The Rev. Charles Brewer, pastor, installed the new officers. More than 130 were present.
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THE INDIANA PRESBYTERIAN
April, 1958
Week's Workshop For Hanover Faculty An Unique Project
In what is thought to be a " first" in collegiate circles, the entire Hanover College faculty will meet together in a week-long workshop, August 24-29, on the improvement of instruction.
Dr. Max Goodson, dean of the school of education of Boston Uni- versity, will direct the workshop. Other leaders include Dr. Harold Taylor, president of Sarah Lawrence College; Dr. Richard Wallen, Cleve- land; and Drs. Jay Jackson and Gale Jensen, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
The workshop will consist of seminars in group study, discussion groups, and lectures. Included in the topics to be treated are " Lib- eral Arts in Society, " " " " Student Motivation, " " Classroom Method- ology, " and "Faculty-Administration Relationships."
The workshop is made possible through a grant from the Lilly Foundation.
Hanover committee in charge in- cludes Professors Walter Stone (chairman), Vlad Durpe, Enos Pray, Ronald Austin, Frank Baker, and Dean E. Mowbray Tate.
A $1 million-plus appropriation to Presbyterian U.S.A. church-related colleges by the Board of Christian Education last year reflects grow- ing awareness in the church of the crucial role of Christian Higher Education in American life.
Practical Religious Education Course Offered
Hanover students ( see photo to right) are again taking advantage of the opportunity to survey the opportunities in the field of religious education in a course offered currently by Professor A.K. Bailey. The course offers practical assistance to those who may be called upon to plan and administer the educa- tional work of the church in their own communities.
Internationally Known Scholars Relate Their Fields to Christianity for Hanover Students
Professors Herbert Butterfield and Kirtley Mather, widely known for their success in relating their fields to Christianity, provided thought-provoking experiences for
Christian College Sunday Is April 20
Christian College Sunday will be observed throughout the nation in many protestant churches on April 20.
As has been customary for several years, Hanover College is providing folders to be distributed with church bulletins for all churches requesting them.
In addition the college will fur- nish faculty members and student groups to speak or take part in services on that day. Requests for speakers and for folders may still be addressed to the Rev. Thomas Johns, Hanover.
The college is also staging an open house on the afternoon of April 20 for all who would like to visit Hanover.
Seminar on Freedoms Started at Hanover
A unique experience in interdis- ciplinary courses is being conducted on the Hanover campus in the form of a seminar on " Freedoms" being taught by Professor L.J. Kramer.
Twenty members of the Hanover faculty and others from offcampus are appearing at the twice-weekly meetings of the course to " spark" discussion.
The outline for the course was developed by the students them- selves. Other unique features in- clude the preparation of notecards by each student on outside reading with the cards being placed in a common file available to all when each student prepares his course
the students and faculty of Hanover College last month.
Each man spent three days on the campus under provisions of a Lilly Foundation grant.
Dr. Butterfield, master of Peter- house and professor of modern his- tory, Cambridge University, England, is the author of fifteen books and since 1949 has written extensively on the relationship of history to Christianity.
Dr. Mather, professor emeritus of geology, Harvard University, is a former president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and of the Y.M.C.A. He has been active for three decades in resolving the science-religion con- flict.
Other speakers who have appeared in this series are Dr. Kenneth Boulding, economist from the Uni - versity of Michigan, and Harold Schilling, physicist and dean of the graduate school at Penn State University.
Scheduled to come later this year or next are Philip Adams, director of the Cincinnati Art Museum; Roy Battenhouse, professor of English, Indiana University, J. Milton Ying- er, professor of sociology and anthropology, Oberlin College; Louis Evans, Presbyterian minister-at- large, Los Angeles; the Hon. Luther W. Younghall, U.S. District judge, Washington, D.C .; Leslie Hedrick, professor of microbiology, Illinois Institute of Technology, and Juliam Marias, Spanish philosopher, Madrid, Spain.
paper.
In commenting on the course, one student said: " There is a real spir- it of inquiry in this class. " As for Dr. Kramer, he says that con- ducting the seminar is one of the most exciting experiences he's had in his teaching career.
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THE INDIANA PRESBYTERIAN
April, 1958
NATIONAL MISSIONS
By: Roy E. Mueller
Your Synod's Committee on National Missions is venturing into a new area of service. A new work of unlimited pos- sibilities began January 30th with the formation of " Pres- byterian National Missions Homes, Inc." We have a charter granted by the state that will allow a ministry to these various persons as needs may demand and funds permit.
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This is the result of about three years of negotiations with the trustees of the estate of the late Capt. English. Title is now held by National Missions to the 838 acre estate in Scott County. A Board of Directors has been formed with Mr. Grier Shotwell, attorney and elder of Indianapolis, as President. The Executive Secretary of the Committee of National Missions is Resident Agent.
The terms of the contract with the trustees of the estate sets forth that there must be maintained a work for children who are classified as " emotionally dis- turbed". This is because of the lack of love and care in their homes to guide them in their adjustment to life where freedoms are restrict - ed by rights of others. This part of the work is to be known as the " Rosalind Eng- lish Memorial Home".
First must come the im- provements in water and sewage facilities to meet state health requirements. These improvements and building reconditioning will be under a committee led by Mr. P.J. MacAllister, of Indianapolis, who has had wide experience in these matters.
The direction of the farm lands will be under a committee of farm specialists led by Mr. Chris Held of Logansport.
Dr. E.J. DeJean, D.D.S. of Salem will be chairman of a group of physicians and dentists in projecting the facilities and professional requirements to care for those who will be making their home here. A study of the types of services that could be offered is being made by Rev. David Tallman, D. D., of New Castle, Prof. George Zirkle, Ph.D. of Hanover and Miss Mildred French of the State Child Welfare.
Other members of the Board of Directors are Rev. Robert S. Stewart of India- napolis, and Rev. James Hogue of Salem. These men are the chairmen of the National Mission Committees of the Presbyteries having oversight of work in Marion and Scott counties. The terms of the gift of the estate provides for special interest in the children of these counties.
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