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Methodist Sunday School Oldest In South Ga. Conference
Perry United Methodist Church
Sunday School Celebrates 150 Years
Good Day For All Ages
A group of friends eating together at Sunday’s dinner at Perry United
Methodist Church left to right are: Jennifer Horton, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Jerry Horton; Wendy Walker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Larry C.
Walker, Jr., Cindy Horton, sister of Jennifer; Stephanie Leonard,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Leonard.
Good Food , Good Fellowship
Those in the above picture are Mrs. Norine Jones, teacher of the
Woman’s Bible Class; Mrs. Cohen Walker who taught Susannah Wesley
class several years; Mrs. David Walker, David Walker, chairperson of
Missions; Steve Pace, Jr., chairperson of Evangelism and Mrs. Pace.
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Sunday School Teachers
Shown above are Mrs. Cater Rogers, Mrs. W.E. Marshall, and W.E.
(Bill) Marshall. Mrs. Rogers and Mrs. Marshall taught in the children’s
and Young People’s Departments of the Sunday School for many years.
Mrs. Marshall was also a teacher of the Susannah Wesley class for ten
years. Mr. Marshall is a former member of the administrative board of
the church.
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Enjoying The Dinner
Pictured above are, left to right, Mrs. Floyd Tabor, Houser Gilbert,
Mrs. Gilbert, Miss Pearl Edwards, retired deaconess; and Woodrow
Gilbert. Young people in background not identified.
The 150th Anniversary
of the Sunday School of
the Perry United
Methodist Church was
observed last Sunday,
April 9, at the morning
worship services. This
Sunday School was
organized In April, 1828
by Howell Cobb, local
preacher, attorney, and
pioneer citizen of Perry.
It has operated con
tinuously since that time
and is considered the
oldest organized Sunday
School in the South
Georgia conference.
The principal speaker
for this historic occasion
was Dr. Ross Freeman,
executive secretary of
Southeastern Jurisdiction
Council on Ministries of
the United Methodist
Church. In his message
on the Importance of the
Sunday School", Dr.
Freeman said that this
department of the church
was an instrument of
evangelism as many
church members come
fhrough the Sunday
Women’s Aglow
To Meet Saturday
Women's Ag low
Fellowship of Perry
meets Saturday, April 15,
at 10:00 a.m. in Holiday
Inn, Perry. Speaker will
be Lee Boggs, wife of Gil
Boggs, a retired Navy
Commander, from
Tallahassee, Florida. Lee
and family were in
strumental in the
development of a
Christian youth group on
Guam where they spent
Sen . Nunn Gets
Top Rating
From Business
U.S. Senator Sam Nunn
has been rated the
number one supporter of
small business issues in
the U.S. Senate by the
national Federation of
Independent Business.
In its latest report,
NFIB rated the voting
records of all 100
Senators on 15 key issues
affecting small business.
NFIB President Wilson
Johnson, praised Senator
Nunn for his support of
small business during the
first term of the 95th
Congress: "Many people
find it easy to talk about
helping small business,
but are not always there
when it comes to making
hard decisions."
"Our mutual task in
trying to help the small
business community of
America would be far
easier if more Senators
were as supportive of
small business as you
have proven to be," he
wrote Senator Nunn.
Senator Nunn received
the highest NFIB award,
"The Guardian of Small
Business," at the con
clusion of the 94th
Congress in 1976.
According to Johnson,
the N FIB has over 524,000
members nationwide
with more than 11,000 in
Georgia.
The latest NFIB report
indicates Nunn voted on
the side of small business
School, an instrument ot
encouragement because
of its tellowship, and an
instrument of education
because of its Bible study
and teachings of Christian
principles.
Warning of the failure
in the transmission of its
Christian heritage, the
church needs to magnify
its teaching ministry to
give a solid foundation of
Christianity to its young
people, the speaker said.
Emphasizing the im
portance of the Bible, Dr.
Freeman said the
American system of
government grew out of
the teachings of Jesus
Christ and that the
Christian church is the
most significant in
stitution of the western
world.
Praising the Perry
Church for its glorious
past and its present
achievements, Dr.
Freeman admonished the
Congregation to place
extra emphasis upon its
teaching ministry as it
looks to the future.
about two years. This
group later became Teen
Challenge ot Guam. She
will be sharing her
ministry on marriage and
the home, and how God
has helped them in
rearing their three
children in some trying
and heart breaking
circumstances. "God is
our refuge and strength,
a tested help in times of
trouble." Psalms 46:1,
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87 percent of the time in
1977.
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Perry United Methodist Church observed the
150th Anniversary of its Sunday School on
Sunday, April 9.
Those in the above picture are, from left to
right, as follows: Jim Geiger, Education
chairperson; Allen Tabor, superintendent of
Sunday School; - Rev. J.B. Smith, associate
Rev. Thomas Johnson,
pastor, introduced Dr.
Freeman and the other
speakers, Jim Geiger,
chairman Education, and
Allen Tabor, superin
tendent of the Sunday
School. Mr. Geiger an
nounced that this an
niversary would be
commemorated by the
placing ot a bronze
plaque in the vestible of
the educational building
as a memorial to Howell
Cobb, the organizer and
tirst superintendent of
the Perry Methodist
Sunday School. Mr.
Geiger's talk was a
memorial to this
patriarch who left a
legacy that has blessed
this church and com
munity for several
generations.
Mr. Tabor cited facts
and figures as he
discussed the "Sunday
School: Yesterday,
Today and Tomorrow".
He paid tribute to long
time workers and
teachers and announced
that the 1978 goal was an
increase in enrollment
and attendance.
Following the eleven
o'clock service, a basket
dinner was served in the
Fellowship Hall. Mrs.
Richard Talton and Miss
Frances Couey, co
ordinators of Fellowship,
Arrangements Committee
Pictured above is the committee in charge of arrangements for the
dinner following the services in the sanctuary on Sunday, April 9, the
150th Anniversary of the Perry United Methodist Sunday School.
From left to right, they are Mrs. Woodrow Gilbert, Mrs. E.E. Edwards,
Miss Frances Couey, Mrs. M.M. Dean, Mrs. John Turner, and Mrs.
Richard Talton, co-ordinator of Fellowship, and co-chairperson with Miss
Couey of the dinner.
Planners Os Anniversary
HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL THURS., APR 13, 1978,
were in charge of
arrangements.
Plans for the day were
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Ummm Boy!
David Walker, Jr. enjoying a “bite to eat” at
the dinner at the Sunday School celebration of
Perry United Methodist Church. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. David Walker and grandson of Mr.
and Mrs. Cohen Walker and Mr. and Mrs. Don
Parkinson.
pastor; Rev. Thomas Johnson, pastor; Dr. G.
Ross Freeman , executive secretary of
Southeastern Jurisdiction Council on Ministries;
Houser Gilbert, secretary and treasurer of the
Sunday School for the past 30 years; Mrs. Ruby
C. Hodges, church historian.
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co-ordinated by Mrs.
Ruby C. Hodges,
historian.