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8000.00
3237.12
501. 30
Hudson Salem Centre
Läke Village
250.00
Larwill Troy
100.00
Rehoboth
150.00
279. 18
..
Muncie
30.00
2587.50
8041. 89
Crawfordsville,
AMT.
ANT.
Lucerne
1075.00
Burrows Rock Creek
Total
Crown Point
30.92
Decatur
Covenant
Montezuma
55.00
Remington
White Lick
July, 1954
THE INDIANA PRESBYTERIAN
Page Three
CHURCHES ACCEPTANCES
AMT. REC.
BLDG. FD. PAID
CHURCHES
ACCEPTANCES
REC.
PAID
Marysville,
Greensburg
2500.00
625.00
Kingston
600.00
90.00
553.00
Mitchell
400.00
757.94
Union
Nabb
350.00
150.00
Knightstown,
200.00
174.14
New Albany, First 1500.00 Hutchinson Mem' 1. 2400. 00 Mt. Tabor 495.00
1000.00
375.00
Lawrenceburg, Beecher
500.00
160.00
New Washington
200.00
50.00
25.00
Lewisville
300.00
23.37
26.00
North Vernon
800.00
340.43
Ebenezer
350.00
104.30
247.00
Graham
412.00
50.00
101.76
Liberty
600.00
--
Dunlapsville
87.80
Otisco
415. 00
150.00
42.07
New Castle
5780.00
2549.28
4014. 75
Richmond First
3250.00
1500.00
1500.00
Patriot Concord
150.00
75.00
25.00
Second
600.00
200.00
100.00
Salem
1000.00
400.00
100.00
Earlham Heights 550.00
137.50
100.00
Rising Sun
Rushville
1500.00
24.21
67.78
Shelbyville
4013.00
1866. 49
1272. 27
Scottsburg
600.00
316. 75
225.00*
Seymour
2100.00
1060.00
1059. 64
Underwood Hebron
180.00
21.74
Vallonia Delaney
150.00
50.00
Oak Grove
60,00
Vevay
Miscellaneous
40.00
120.00
Total
$30596. 66 $11836. 07 $8861.98
VINCENNES PRESBYTERY
Bloomfield
250.00
166. 17
Boonville,
Hemenway Mem' 1.
500.00
125.00
100.00
Cynthiana
700.00
80.00
60.00*
Evansville, First 25000.00
10425. 00
6875.00
First Ave.
1600. 00
666.65
25.00
Immanuel
North Park
1600.00
675.00
Oak Hill
1800.00
900.00
1250.90
Olivet
4750. 00
1806. 36
4000.00*
Parke Mem' 1.
212.00
Washington Ave.
4758.00
1541. 38
50.00
Westminster
Farmersburg
200.00
---
521. 25*
Fort Branch
628.00
172.00
236.50
Hazelton,
Union Bethel
50.00
800.00
400.00
315.00
Monroe City
600.00
194.85
554. 25*
Mt. Vernon
200.00
115.75
Newburgh
60.00
582.00
Oakland City
400.00
125.00
1855. 25*
Portersville
65.00
Princton First
30 40. 40
1250.00
Fairview
200.00
74.51
Sullivan First
1500.00
500.00
1665.46
Terre Haute,
Central
3500.00
1271. 77
Washington Ave.
1650.00
570.00
Westminster
1796.00
449.10
2211. 75*
Vincennes, First Betbany
100.00
Mckinley Ave.
150.00
40.00
Southside
500.00
184. 16
Indiana
700.00
509.44
500.00*
Upper Indiana
300.00
200.00
Palmyra
475. 00
73.57
Royal oak
400.00
111.50
303. 50*
Washington Union
30.00
20.00
10.00*
Westminster
2000.00
1005.00
1409.79
Total
$64848. 39 $26737. 60 $26863. 65
WHITEWATER PRESBYTERY
Aurora
1800.00
449.26
191.00
8right Providence
169.58
50.00
Brookville
--
Mt. Carmel
Cambridge City
225. 00
60.77
269.50
South Sparta
College Corner
400.00
71.45
Harmony
Connersville,
First
2780.00
1200.00
1115.00
East Fourth St.
40.00
49.00
Dillsboro Hopewell
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In Memorium
In recent weeks the widows of two former ministers who gave long service to Indiana passed from this life.
Mrs. May Howk, 86, died at the Henry County Hospital after an illness of a few weeks.
Mrs. Howk was born at New Albany, Ind., December 22, 1867. She was the great granddaughter of Joel Scribner who found- ed the city of New Albany. She was mar- ried in 1888 to Rev. John S. Howk, D. D., a Presbyterian minister. For 53 years he and Mrs. Howk were in the active ministry of the church, serving several churches in Indiana. Dr. Howk died in 1942 and since that time Mrs. Howk has made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Chester Smith of New Castle.
Burial was May 1954 in New Albany.
Mrs. Mary Graham, widow of Henry T. Graham passed from this life at the age of 77 years on May 23, 1954. At the time of her death she had been a member of the Thornton Home, of the Board of Pen- sions, in Newburgh, Indiana.
The late Rev. H. T. Graham served the Westminster Presbyterian church of Ind- ianapolis from 1919 until his death April 6, 1940.
Mrs. Graham was buried in the Green- wood cemetry.
Now stop and realize that Indiana Presbyterians are giving less than 1%% of their family income for all church work, including local support as well as benevolence. Some congregations pride themselves on their budgets, but when compared with the gross income of all their members the best of our churches have a long way to go before we can honestly say we are vitally concerned with making our community or the world aware of the love of Christ. In Indiana we are giving only about $10.00 a family a year to mission and benevolence causes of our Church around the world. Certainly this is nothing to be proud of - less than 20¢ a week per family for helping make the world Christian. We need to stop thinking in terms of the amount we give in dollars, and compare our giving with what we keep for ourselves. We need to compare our church giving with the other items of our personal expenditures, and then see if we are in earnest about wanting a Christian community and world in which to live and rear the youth of our land.
The church must move forward, but this can only be done if the members consider the cause of Christ sufficiently impor- tant to give a more reasonable share of the family income to the work of the church. Presbyterians are liberal givers to most any community appeal, but fail to see that only members of the Presby- terian Church U. S. A. can be expected to support the program and work of our Boards and agencies as approved by our General Assembly.
ORGANIST HONORED
Mrs. Harriett B. Gard who had served as organist for thirty-seven years, and who recently resigned, was honored at a reception in the church sanctuary follow- ing morning worship services on Sunday, May 30.
A committee composed of Mrs. Robert Garrettson, Jr., representing the Women' s Association; Mrs. Alvin Kambs, choir director; Harold Messner, representing the Board of Trustees; Theron F. Miller, representing the congregation; and Lars
AMT.
BLDG. FD.
New Market
160.00
100,00
50.00
Paoli
300. 00
Beech Grove Walnut Ridge
300.00
150.00
30.00
20.00*
Scipio
300. 00
125.00
123.67
Total
$25948.00 $ 9533. 15 $9555. 30
Vernon
150.00
1100.00
1608.00
Sugar Grove
100.00
Jasper First Lemmon
53.24
20.85
100.00
Patoka
125.00
924.00
30.00*
Petersburg Main St. 1847. 75
2400.00
968. 54
2400.00
--
652.00
Bethel
160.00
Orleans
OPERATIONS ON SYNOD BENEVOLENCE GIVING Continued from page 1.
Dale
80.00
25.00
--
--
H. Maurseth, Clerk and representing the Session, composed the committee and made arrangements. Mr. Maurseth served as chairman.
A corsage was given Mrs. Gard from the Women's Association and a purse with a check was the appreciation gift from the congregation. Mrs. Gard will continue to live in her home at 215 E. 7th Street, Michigan City. Her successor as organist is Mrs. Albert Wendt.
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THE INDIANA PRESBYTERIAN
July, 1954
1954 Synodical
A large attendance marked the streamlined Synodical meet- ing held Friday, June 6, in the sanctuary of the University Church in Lafayette. New officers were installed as follows: for re-election, two year term, Mrs. O. J. McMullen, Hebron, as Secretary for Handwork and Mrs. O. A. Carmichael, Monti- cello, Treasurer. To begin a two year term were: Mrs. Howard C. Washburn, Kentland, First Vice-president; Mrs. John Han- sing, Hammond, Third Vice-president; Mrs. Jerome Pace, New Albany, Secretary for Spiritual Life; Mrs. Willard Edmondson, Clayton, Secretary for SE A and for a three year term; Mrs. Copeland C. Bowers, Kokomo, Nominating Committee. Mrs. Caster Wilson, Crawfordsville, was appointed Secretary for Mission- ary Education by Mrs. Scott M. Ford, Synodical president.
Our area Secretary, Miss Elizabeth Turner, made her first public appearance since her accident.
Mrs. J. Martin Benade discussed her work in Pakistan among the extremely poor people in rural areas, who along with the students, urgently need our help. Miss Elsie Gleason, our missionary to India, expressed her appreciation for letters received from those interested in her work.
A "little synodical" meeting was held at Hanover while the Synod was in session, with an informal discussion of "Echoes From Purdue".
P presbyterians at URDUE 1954
An Indiana woman will be represented on the Executive Commit- tee of PWO for the next quadrennium by Mrs. Howard C. Wash- burn, Kentland, who also is president of the Logansport Presbyterial. Other officers installed to serve for the next four years include:
President: Mrs. J. R. Salsbury, Kansas City, MO.
Members: Mrs. Harold R. Tolliver, Pittsburg, Pa., Mrs. R. G. Carl, Enid, Oklahoma, Mrs. Glen G. Avery, Scottsbluff, Neb., Mrs. A. R. Jewel, Imola, California, Mrs. Clyde Schmoyer, Seattle, Washington, Mrs. Stuart Taylor, Vineland, New Jer- sey, Mrs. Leilyn M. Cox, Wausau, Wisconsin, and Mrs. Charles W. Olds, Duluth, Minnesota.
Miss Elsie Penfield will be the contact secretary for the 1958 meeting.
NOTE- It will fall to those in attendance there to relay the impact of the Purdue meeting to their own churches. To order a complete report, or program material, send to your nearest P.D. S. office. For the set of 10 colored slides send $5.00 to Miss Mildred Roe, 830 Witherspoon Building, Philadelphia 7, Pennsylvania. Day Visitors who were unable to pay for their single session tickets at the Union Building may send to Mrs. Annie Mary Allen, 156 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. She will continue to the treasurer for the national council,
To all the Indiana women who so willingly assumed the role of gracious hostesses at Purdue, Mrs. Scott M. Ford, Synod- ical president, sends a warm message of thanks. She was proud of the hundreds of local women who served as ushers, dining room hostesses, guides, and elders. Crawfordsville Presby- terial members furnished cookies. Lafayette people shared a great deal of responsibility in carrying out the many details of the meeting. It is estimated that 1500 volunteers served during the entire period. Everyone at Purdue University was very co-operative.
Additional Pledges to Bloomington Foundation Project
The Building Campaign to erect a Christian student center and chapel adjacent to the Indiana University campus, by the Board of the Westminster Foundation of Bloomington, Inc., is gradually reaching the goal of $125,000. Since the last re- port was made on March 8, 1954, $3, 798. 51 in additional pledges have been received. This represents a total of $89, 850. 16 in cash and pledges which have been received to date.
Some congregations have made tentative committments to accept a goal for their churches which will be included in their budgets, which will be made in October, for the year 1955. These tentative committments total $10, 000. Considering these tentative committments the total in sight for the cam- paign will amount to $99,850. 16.
The Building Committee is eager to start a building program, but it is their feeling that construction cannot begin until the goal of $125,000 has been reached. It is hoped that the churches which have not accepted any goal for this project will do so and raise the additional amount of $25, 250.00 needed to reach the minimum of $125,000 necessary to erect a building.
The list of churches and the goal which they accepted for the Building Campaign were reported in the April issue of the Indiana Presbyterian. Following is a list of pledges received since that time, up to June 5, 1954:
CRAWFORDSVILLE PRESBY. SUGGESTED GOALS PAID OR PLEDGED
Lebanon
$815. 00
$ 19.02
Cayuga
392.00
100.00
INDIANAPOLIS PRESBYTERY
Jasonville, Howesville
244. 00
244.00
Southport
1148.00
10.00
Whiteland, Bethany
265.00
18.50
LOGANSPORT PRESBYTERY
244.00
25.68
Mishawaka, First
1739.00
500.00
MUNCIE PRESBYTERY Winchester
530.00
50.00
NEW ALBANY PRESBYTERY
1137.00
36.00 **
Smyrna Monroe, Madison
92.00
92.00
VINCENNES PRESBYTERY
Evansville, Olivet
1336. 00
1136.00*
Vincennes, First
1062. 00
107. 31
Washington, Union
11.00
21.00
WHITEWATER PRESBYTERY
Knightstown, Bethel
322.00
100.00
Connersville, First
1088.00
25.00
College Corner
416. 00
300.00
* $100.00 of this amount had been reported previously. ** This amount was included in our previous total.
Received from individuals dur- ing this period $1, 150.00.
The offering at the Sunday church service at Purdue at which Dr. Louis H. Evans was minister amounted to $6, 226. 47 and will be used for exchange scholarships with which to bring foreign students to this country. It will be administered by the Fellowship Department, upon which the emphasis is to be placed during the next four years.
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Volume XXXII
MR. ALBERT DISERENS, Y.M.C.A. FT. WAYNE 2. IND.
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"A TIME FOR DECISION"
THEME FOR
LAYMEN'S SUNDAY, OCT. 17th IT'S OFFICIAL
A The 1954 General Assembly designated Sunday, October 17, 1954, as Laymen's Sunday in the Presbyterian Church. In selecting this Sunday, the Presbyterian Church joins with other communions which are a part of the Department of United Church Men of the National Council of Churches. It is proposed that this day be one of rededication for all the men in the Church to Christ and the Church.
The theme chosen for the day is "A Time for Decision."
A Decision for Christ: in the home - in the common vocations of life - in the Church - throughout the world.
Make it a day of decision and enlistment for all Presby- terian men, united in a bond of Christian fellowship in order to become a greater witness for Christ in all areas of life.
Probably the most provocative development in our lay- men's movement has been the EVERY MAN Plan. Within the space of four years, it has been adopted by more than 1200 Presbyterian churches. It has crossed church lines. It is now at work in many of our sister denominations. The EVERY MAN Plan has unquestionably arrived.
This operation is the reverse of the "appeal to crowd" technique. Instead it draws a bead on three, four or five men, wins them to the objective and, with the strength of this added manpower, accomplishes the objec- tive in mind. In brief, this is the EVERY MAN Plan. It is reaching some of the great goals of the church as certain picked and trained men persuade the four or five men in their Unit to a renewed and enlarged service to Christ and the church.
Today, across our country, laymen are rediscovering the importance of this "basic truth. " They have put it to work in hundreds of Presbyterian churches. Not every church has met with success. Some churches have failed to work the plan; others have succeeded remarkably.
PRESBYTERIAN
Number 8
SYNOD MODERATOR
REV. ROSCOE WOLVINGTON - SHELBYVILLE, INDIANA
At the opening session of the Synod of Indiana meeting at Hanover College in June, the Rev. Roscoe Wolvington was elected Moderator and Mr. Harold Church of Indiana University faculty was elected Vice-Moderator.
The Synod took action revising its standing rules so as to provide for a division of administration. A new office was created which will be given responsibility for the pro- motion of Stewardship and benevolent giving of the churches and general church matters.
The Committee on Christian Education will continue to have full responsibility for all educational work and the Camp and Conference program, administerd by its Executive Secre- tary, Dr. E. Stanley Kreidler and Miss Lorraine Riggs. The Committee of National Missions and the Presbyterian Exten- sion, Inc., are closely related and in full charge of National Missions, Evangelism, new church development and building counselling, under the Executive Secretary, Dr. Roy E. Mueller and Rev. Robert Stewart. The new man to be chosen will be termed Synod Executive and be responsible to Synod's Council charged with general matters and benevolence. The new office will be financed jointly by the Division of Field Service of the General Council of General Assembly and from general benevolence of our Synod.
Chapel Dedication
The Blackford Condit Memorial Chapel at the Presbyterian Youth Camp, Brownstown, has been completed and is a splendid addition to the camp. Dedication of the Chapel will be Sat- urday, November 6, at 10 A. M. Public welcome.
The " Keys" to the Chapel will be presented to the Synod Chairman of the Committee on Christian Education, Dr. Paul Chalfant, by the Chairman of the Brownstown Management Com- mittee, the Rev. Roy Converse.
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THE INDIANA PRESBYTERIAN
October, 1954
Indiana Town and Country Fellowship
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Officers and members of the Indiana Presbyterian Town and Country Fellowship held their Fall Retreat at the First Presbyterian Church of Ossian, Indiana, , on Tuesday and Wednesday, September 14- 15, 1954.
Highlights of the retreat, attended by Ministers and Elders from various com- munities in the Synod, were the addresses given by qualified leaders in their re- spective fields. Professor Ed Losey, head of the Department of Rural Sociology at Purdue University, spoke on recent trends affecting the work of the local town and country Church, including a resume' of the assets and liabilities of any local congregation that seeks to become the heart of its community. One salient point made by Dr. Losey was that the growing Church of the future, contrary to what many Ministers and Laymen think, is not the big city Church, but the " fringe area" Church, serving the mushrooming communities ad- jacent to large metropolitan areas, but located in Communities whose population designates them as a town and country parish.
Mr. C. E. Oldham, President of the Indiana Credit Union, presented the oppor- tunities and possibilities of organizing such a savings and loan group among the Ministers of Synod. Rev. Lonnie Haas of the Department of Town and Country Church, Indiana Council of Churches, out- lined ways in which over-Churched rural communities could work out better means of cooperative Christian witnessing, so as to avoid overlapping of effort and overtaxing of tempers.
Devotions were given at various times in connection with worship services by Rev. Al Nead of North Vernon, Rev. Bill Stephenson of Attica, and Rev. Ralph Parvin of Henryville. During the business sessions, Rev. Carl Chappie, President of the Fellowship, presided, assisted by the Coresponding Secretary, Rev. James Hogue.
In the election of officers at the annual meeting, the following were chosen to lead the Town and Country Fellowship for the next two years: President-Rev. James L. Hogue-Salem; Vice-president-Rev. Owen McGarity-Ossian; Secretary-Rev. J. Bruce Melton-Greenwood; a half Presbyterians in 8,550 churches Treasurer-Rev. W. Schuster-Lake Village. clear across this country.
Curriculum Produced Church School Growth
Church school enrollment of our church has increased by 26. 4% over the past six years as compared with 10% population growth. Between the end of 1947, and through 1953, the net gain has been 319, 675. Taking the year 1947 as basis, we find from the reports to General Assembly the growth has been like this: year YEAR
ENROLLMENT
PERCENTAGE
1948
1,175,607 2.5
1949
1,204,698 12.2
1950
1,315,118 13.3
1951
1,354,765 15.3
1952
1,404,185 19.4
1953
1,486,282
26.4
Enrollments for Alaska, Cameroun, Cuba, Persia, Chile, Siam and Puerto Rico have been deducted so that the totals are for continental U. S. A.
Nineteen forty-seven was used as a basis because it precedes the introduc- tion of the new Faith and Life curricu- lum. The significance of the increase is understood when the following factors are taken into account: (1) There had been a steady decline in Sunday school enrollment between 1932 and 1944. No noticeable gain was made until 1948, but by the end of 1949 the increase of 12. 2% was greater than the church school had enjoyed in any previous 10-year period. (2) In 1950 a sampling survey was made which revealed that both enrollment and attendance had advanced, and that, in the opinion of those replying, the curriculum, was one of the leading con- tributing factors. Gains in enrollment exceeded the gain in population due to increased birth rate.
A new record of 7, 255 churches of our own and other denominations are using Christian Faith and Life, A Program for Church and Home. Of this total, 5,591 are Presbyterian, 1,529 non-Presbyterian and 135 churches outside continental U. S. A. This means that our official graded curriculum is used in every state in the Union, in Alaska, Canada, and in 21 other countries around the world. The 1, 529 local churches represent more than 40 denominations, including the major denominations.
In addition, it is used by Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps (17 bases) in 13 states. Both West point and Annapolis use the program. At the former the Cadets constitute the faculty of the church school for the children of the officers and enlisted personnel.
Much of the Faith and Life program is recommended in the Unified Protestant Sunday School Curriculum for Armed Forces. This goes into effect in October 1954.
Your church may be small and may seem to you not too important, but don't for- get that you are part of two million and
120TH ANNIVERSARY
It is always both interesting and en- couraging for congregations to observe anniversaries. For some it speaks of survival in the face of trying times; for some it is mere existance without struggle or accomplishment; while for others it is the glow of tribute for accomplishment based on consecration to the Lord. The later is largely the case of the Mishawaka Presbyterian Church.
This congregation started about as small as any church could -- with nine charter members. It has shown steady growth especially during the rather long pastor- ate of its present minister, Dr. John Meengs. The sights of the people are kept on far horizons as shown in a 5% increase in the ratio of their giving to benevolence in relation to the current budget last year.
This church has had four buildings and fifteen pastors in their one hundred and twenty years and are to be commended for their vision in program and consecration in worship.
Faith and Life Seminar
The Annual Minister's Faith and Life Seminar again will be at beautiful McCormick's Creek State Park, October 26 and 27.
The leaders of the Seminar are Dr. Kenneth J. Foreman, Louisville Presbyter- ian Theological Seminary, and Dr. J. Stanley Harker, President of Alma Col- lege, Alma, Michigan. For many years these Seminars for ministers have been a joy and a rich inspiration. Many churches have found that it is so valuable for their minister to attend that they defray part or all of the minister's expense.
The Seminar is planned and conducted by the Committee on Higher Education, Rev. Howard Kipp of Frankfort, Chairman, a sub-committee of the Committee on Chris- tian Education.
Salem Church Merits Honors
As in any business venture it is well for local congregations and ministers to occasionally restudy their program and accomplishments. Our Board of National Missions, through the department of Town and Country have developed a most complete chart for study of program and achieve- ments. While this has been available for a number of years we know of no Session that actually used it until this year.
The church of Salem, Indiana, thus be- comes the first of the congregations of our Synod to have used this plan to study themselves and merit recognition. At the meeting of Synod this past June both Pastor, Rev. James Hogue, and the church were awarded certificates of achievement.
Sessions that would like to use this study should write the "Committee on National Missions, 1132 North Alabama Street, Indianapolis, Indiana", for copies of the program.
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THE INDIANA PRESBYTERIAN
October, 1954
CROP
Hoosiers participating in the annual CROP appeal made possible some of the first shipments of surplus food from government storage bins to famine and disaster areas overseas.
Indiana CROP, operating under the Indiana Council of Churches, made avail- able funds to cover handling, freight and distribution costs for shipment of stored food commodities immediately following the signing of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance of 1954 Act by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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