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PAG* TWO
CHURCH HEWS
Woman’s Day Will Be
at 1st Sun.
t
MRS. SADIE CARTLEDGE
The Sisterhood of First
an Baptist church will sponsor
Woman’s Day programs
day, September 13.
At the morning service. 11:15
o’clock the speaker will be Mrs.
Sadie Cartledge, a member of
Methodists Contribute
$401,538 to Race Relations
NASHVILLE — (ANP) — Ac-
cording to Dr. James S. Tho-
mas, of the Methodist Board
of Education, members of his
denomination throughout the
country hare contributed $401
St. James AME Church
The Rev. Charles W. Pitts of
Turner’s Monumental A. M.
of Atlanta was the guest of the
Greater St. James AME church
for its communion services. He
also brought the message for
the evening service. He was
the house guest of Rev. and Mrs.
B. C. Carswell while in the city.
The communion service was
also highlighted by a solo ren¬
dered by Mrs. Geraldine V/ard
of the senior choir. A represen¬
tative of the delegates to the
State AME Sunday School con¬
vention thanked the church for
riving theim the topportunity
to attend this convention. Mrs.
Eugenia Durden introduced the
visitors.
Plans were made for the
forthcoming Women’s Day pro¬
gram which is under the lead¬
ership of Mrs. Viola Carswell,
and for having pictures taken
of the Sunday School and
Youth groups of the church on
the third Sunday, September
20. The Rev. B. C. Carswell,
Sr., is pastor of the church.
F. B. B. Usher Board
The Usher Board of First
Drvan Baptist church met Sun¬
day, August 9 at the church
Those present were Mesdames
Louise Heidt, Julia Chatman
Clenlva Polite, Mamie DarlSy
Blanche Braxton, Annie Lou
Smook, A Snype, Dorothy Sim¬
mons, Bertha Coursev, Mattie
Gannaway, Rosa Hill. Evelyn
Turner, Mable Gilmore, Helen
Grant, Emma Swangin. Daisy
Harvey, Janie Bryant and Jack
Johnson, John Butler, Arthur
Robinson, Henry Darby, Moses
Frazier, Lester Williams, David
Jackson and Chas. A. Sim¬
mons.
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MRS. CLY.NET A F. MARCUS
st, John’s Baptist church,
At the evening services, 7
°’ c! ° c ' k aj.rog^m j^bepre-
sented. Mrs. C. F. Marcus, a
i member of First Bryan Baptist
\ church, wil] be the speaker,
Mrs. Alethia Green is presi-
dent of the Sisterhood.
538 to a Special Race Relations
j Offering,
| Dr. Thomas characterized the
I | amount as the largest since the
inauguration of the offering
in 3941.
St. Philip AME Church
The Sunday Sch ° o1 of St
PhIlip AME church wiU hold its
I annual promotion Sunday, Sep-
j tpmber 13 ' Last Sunday at
13:30 a. m. the pastor, Dr. John
S. Bryan, delivered the Labor
Day sermon on the subject,
“Labor With God.” One mem¬
ber was added. The committee
on Women’s Day met after the
service and elected Miss Susie
Maynard, chairman; Mrs. Irma
Fields, co-chairman; Mrs. Al-
fredia Martin, secretary, and
Mrs. Dorothy Fuller, treasurer.
Other officers and committee
chairmen will be
hundred ninety-four took the
holy communion.
Palen Methodist Church
Communion services on
Sunday at Palen M. church were
j largely attended. The pastor.
Rev. J. Reddick, delivered two
impressive messages. The mu¬
sic was rendered by the senior
choir and the Men’s choir. The
senior choir will sponsor the
Simmons Singers on Friday
night, September 11.
St. Philip Mon. AME
Communion servics were well I
attended at St. Philip Monu-
mental church Sunday. Pastor
Jaudon delivered the messages i
ihroughout the day. Three per-|
sons joined the church. In the;
afternoon Pastor Jaudon 1 as¬
sisted by some of the officers 1
)f the church, communed the!
sick and shut-in members.
FOR PIES
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jt. Mary’s To Celebrate
^astor’s Anniversary
s-s
sim
The twenty-ninth Anniversa- i
ry of Rev. Richard D. Cooper,
as pastor of St.Mary’s Baptist
church, Ferrell street, will be
celebrated with special pro¬
grams on September 11 and
Sept. 13.
Friday night, Septembber 11
at 8 o’clock the Deaconess Board
will be in charge of the pro¬
gram, Mrs. Mary Gilmore, pres¬
ident.
Sunday morning at 10 o’clock
Sunday School will be conduct¬
ed by James Cooper, superin¬
tendent. At 11 o’clock the reg¬
ular order of service will be
followed. Tjjj,e ,Home, Mission
will be in charg^'; of the spe¬
cial program, Mrs., R. B. Small,
president.
F. B. B. Senior Choir
The senior choir of the First
Bryan Baptist ^church will meet
at the home of - Mrs. Merejene
Colson, 1221 Scptimber Augusta Ave
Thursday, 17 ,at 7:30
p. m. Mrs. Sallie Freeman is
president; -Miss ‘Mbnii Gregory, ]
reporter.
St. - Thomas AME j
i
A successful revival meeting:
closed at St. Thomas A. M. E.
church Friday 'night.. (
The re-;
vival was conducted by Rev. B.
ch Carswell, jaastor of St. James
AME church. Communion ser-
vices were well attended Sun- ■
day. Maceo Pf^jftn was fellow- ;
shipped into the church. Plans'
are being made for Woman’s
observed on'
; Bailey have returned to the
city.
Mrs. Alma Thomas was a !
shut-in last week because of a
home accident. Others on the i
sick list are Mrs ’ Cora Warrpn ’
Mrs. Maria Rainey, and Mrs.
Louise Day.
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Member of Greenbriar Child¬
ren’s Center, Inc., the week of
September 14.
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THE SAVAITWAH TWiSTWI
c h ureh Membership
'Continued mm One'
337,541 or 2.1 percent over 1957.
Per member contributions
annually: For all causes- $63.-
27. an increase of 4.1 percent
ever 3957. i For congregational
' xpenses — .'59.39, an increase
f 3.9 prreent over 1957. For
benevolences — $ 1288 , an in¬
crease of 5 4 percent over 1957.)
Thr e figures are based on re¬
ports from 41 church bodies,
and released by the Depart¬
ment of Stewardship and Bene¬
volence of the National Coun¬
cil of Churches.
New construction of religious
buildings for all faiths: $363,-
900.000. This compares -with
>868,000.000 pent in 3957, an all-
ime high. The 1958 figure is
more than double the 1959 fig¬
ure of 09.000.000. These fig¬
ures are based on U S. Depart¬
ment cf Commerce re,ports.
Religious education statistics
(Sunday and Sabbath schools)
are based on reports made by
229 church bodies as against
230 reporting the previous year.
There were 274,770 Sunday or
Sabbath schools, with 3,335.782
teachers and officers, and a
total enrollment of 41,197,313 in
1{| -n
Protestant churches, which
generally emphasize the Sun¬
day or Sabbath school, reported
80.8 percent of the 1958 enroll¬
ment ,as against 92.2 percent
of the total in 1857. Total Pro¬
testant enrollment in 1958 was
37.404,867.
The Yearbook comparison of
current religious education fig¬
ures with previous years shows
the following trend: i
s JhnnT 'hoots with !Tw were e an 184 enrollment ’ 686 11 Su " d ay of, |
oa 23,206,374 one Q- 7 ., persons in , 1 n 9 o 2 , 3
There were 246,240 schools with !
■an enrollment of of «> 29,775,357 vvs mw in in I j
1950. ,
/ in p Protestant n r ;j yS ‘ S Sunday f* f e ffr0 and ™ Sab- s
bath schools shows that ap-
proximately as many adults (24
and over) were enrolled as
'S.437 o/m^r-
cent of the equivalent popula¬
tion age group. The youth brac¬
ket (ages 12-23) accounted for
_ 7,370,346 members 23
or per-
pent of the population age
group. The cradle roll
(to age 2» figure was 2.969.605,
sll ? h tly more than one-quarter
01 '‘ le Population age group,
The analysis of age group-
ings is the second time the
Yearbook has provided such in¬
for mation. The findings are
based on statistics from 44
Protest ant and Eastern Ortho-
dox denominations,
The latest church member-
sbip figures indicate the gen-
eral upward trend of the last
the percentages were as foI ~
lowis: 1910—43 percent; 1920—-
43 percent; 1930—47 percent;
1940—49 percent; 1950—57 per¬
cent; 1956—62 percent; 1957—
61 percent; 1958—63 percent.
Church membership by ma¬
jor groupings for 1958 is as
follows: Protestant, 61,504.669;
Roman Catholic, 39.509,508:
Jewish congregations, 5,500,000;
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Gem Thoughts foP^ilditation
“For who upon the hearth can start a fire,
And never warm the stone?
Or who can cheer another’s Wdr1{,
And not his own?
I stilled a hungry infant’s cry,.
With kindness filled a stranger’s cup,
And lifting others,
Found that I was lifted up.”
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Eastern Orthodox, 2,545.318.
Three of the four major
groups showed Increases for
the year. Figures for the Jewish
congregations were unchanged
from the previous report.
Reports received from 224
Protestant church bodies in
1958 showed a total of 81,504.-
669 members as against 59.823.
777 reported by 227 bodies in
1957. The rise of 1,716,892 rep¬
resents a 2.8 percent increase.
• The reduction in number of
denominations reporting is ac¬
counted for by the fact that
the Presbyterian Church in the
U.S A. and the United Presby¬
terian Church in North Ameri¬
ca—have now united as the
United Presbyterian Church in
the UBA. Two other bodies
with a total of 382 members
failed to report fer 1958.
The Roman Catholic
bership total indicates a 10 per
cent rise in 1858 over 1957. It
includes Roman Catholics “in
the United States. Alaska, and
the Hawaiian Islands, includ¬
ing all families of the defense
forces both at home and
abroad, and the diplomatic and
other services abroad,” accord-
ing to the Official Catholic
Directory for 1959, the current
compilation. The increase in
membership of 3,481.498 over
1957, according to the Directory,
“includes the 2,000.000
ed for the first time by the
Military Ordinariate.”
The Roman Catholic church
regards all baptized persons,
including infants, as members.
The great majority of Protest¬
ant churches list as members
only those persons who have
attained full membership, us-
ually at age 13. The Yearbook
that between _____™ 90 to nB
percent of Protestant church
membership is over 13 years
of age.
Protestants represented 27
percent of the total population
of continen t a i United States in
1926 Thjs rose to 28 7 percent
in 1940. It was 33.8 percent in
1950, 35.5 percent in 1955, 35.5
percent in 1958. Roman Catho¬
lic percentages were as fol¬
lows: 1926—16 percent; 1940—
161 P^ent; I960 — 18.9 per-
oent; 1 g &5 _ 2 o .3 percent; 1958—
22.8 percent.
The largest Protestant
church body in 1958 in the U6.
is the Methodist Church, with
9,670,690 members. Next in or¬
der among the most numerous
Protestant church bodies are:
Southern Baptist Convention.
9,202,205; National Baptist
Convention, U.S.A., Inc,. 5,000,-
000; United Presbyterian
Church, U.S.A., 3,094,633; Pro¬
testant Episcopal, 3,042,286;
National Baptist Convention of
America, 2,668,799; United Lu-
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CHIROPRACTIC ADJUSTMENTS
DR. R. A. MILNER
CHIROPRACTOR
402 W. 38th Street, Savannah, Ga.
Phone AD 3-0949 For Appointment
ian and Evangelical and Re¬
formed/ 2,187,489; Lutheran
Church, Missouri Synod, 2,234,-
844; Christian Churches (Dis¬
ciples of Christ) International
Convention, 1.943,599.
All the above church bodies,
with the exception of the Sou¬
thern Convention and
the L’llthfTan Church, Missouri
Synod, are -members of the
National Council of Churches.
The Yearbook does not con¬
tain a Membership count for
the Church of Christ, Scientist,
whosey "numfeering regulations forbid the
of people and re¬
porting of such statistics for
publication.” According to the
1936 census of religious bodies,
the last taken by the U. S
government, there were 270,000
Christian Scientists in the U.S
When Protestant church bo¬
dies are grouped into “famil¬
ies,” the Baptist are the most
numerous. Miajor “families” are
as follows:
Baptist (27 bodies), 20,493,-
381; Methodist (21 bodies), 12.-
213,097; Lutheran (18 bodies),
7,791,248; Presbyterian (10 bo¬
dies), 4,125.583; Latter Day
Saints (6 bodies), 1,546,751.
[ TRUE LOVE BAPTIST
j riillDpu LflUKCrl T/T I rri ttLtuKA CDD ITr 1 L
j 35TH ANNIVERSARY
i True Love Baptist church, 777
j Gwinnett street, Rev. Fred-
dle Bonds pastor ^ celebra t e
its 35th anniversary beginning
Monday night, Sept. 14, through
Sunday, September 20. The
following churches will partici¬
pate: Monday night. Sept. 14,
First Evergreen Baptist church.
Rev. E. A. Capers, program by
Deacon ™ri Board; 7 Bofton Tuesday Street^BaptM night,
s 5
Church, Rev. W. .. N. Robinson, „ ..
P as or program by Deaconess
16, Mt. Tabor Baptist church.
Rev. L. Kelly, pastor, program
by No. 2 choir; Thursday night ,\
Sept. 17, Bethel A. M. E.
church, Rev. A. B. Wilson, pas¬
tor, program by B. T. U. and
Mission; Friday night, Sept. 18,
2nd Bethlehem Baptist church,
Rev. H. D. Cooper, pastor, pro¬
gram by Usher Board and Sun¬
day School; Sunday morning, |
Sept. 20, 11:30 o’clock. Second
Bryan Baptist church. Rev.
Shellman, pastor, program by
Senior choir; Sunday afternoon,
1:30 o’clock Macedonia Baptist
and First Beaulah Baptist
churches, Rev. F. Bonds, pastor.
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he always has good company.
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For Ignition, Starters,
Generators and
Carburetors
Phone ADams 2-0221
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Memorials
RADFORD—In sad but loving •
remembrance of our dear
mother and grandmother
MRS. LOUISA J. RADFORD
who departed this life three
years agio
September 11, 1866
She is not dead, she’s just away.
Sadly missed
Mrs. Susanna J. Primus
Mr. Clarence N. Robinson,
Sr.
PITTS—In loving memory of
our daughter
LOIS FRANCfNA PITTS
who departed this life
Sept. 3, 1958 \
Sleep on, my little one, God
and His angels
Watch over your little grave
For our sake.
And they will welcome you
To heights eternal
On that immortal day when
you awake.
Sadly missed by
Mother,
Mrs. Katie Lou Pitts
Father,
Mr. Marion Pitts, Sr.
Grandmother,
Mrs. Mamie Byrd
New York City
Grandfather,
Mr. inmon Bryant
Sisters and brothers
LEE — In memory of
DEA. THCMAS B. LEE, JR.
who passed from labor to
reward
September 5, 1949
Gone, but not forgotten,
To your home beyond the
skies;
We think of you so often,
As the years pass swiftly
by.
We still keep the pathway j
That took you to your
rest;
We hope to meet you
some bright day,
When we, too, pass the
test.
Lovingly remembered b
Wife,
Mrs. Millie Lee
Daughter,
Mrs. Thelma T. Lee
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SATURDAY, SEPT. 12, 1959
iMURPHY—In sad but loving
memory of
ANNE F. MURPHY
who passed away
two years ago
September 9, 1957
Devoted Sister,
Mrs. Alberta M. Payne
Brother,
St. Clair Murphy
BROOKS—In memory of my
dear husband
JESSE BROOKS
who departed this life
September 11, 1948
He bade no one a last farewell,
He said goodbye to none;
His loving heart just ceased
to beat
Before I knew he was gone.
My heart was filled with sad¬
ness,
Miy eyes were filled with tears;
God alone knows how I miss
him
At the end of these long years.
Sadly missed by
•his loving wife,
Mrs. Sarah Brooks
CARDS OF THANKS
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank all the
neighbors and friends for their
kindness and loyalty during
the illness and death of our
uncle, Deacon Lark H. Hooks.
Rev. Willie Gaskin
Mrs. Ruby Harvard
CARD OF THANKS
The family of the late Mrs.
Lula Grant Kemp wishes to
thank their many friends for
their kindness shown them
during her illness and death.
Special thanks to those who
donated cars, beautiful floral
designs, cards and telegrams,
the Sidney Jones Funeral
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cooperation.
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