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ministry."
Center, Kansas, spent a recent week-end
in the John Cabeen home and worshiped
with us.
This is our Centennial year and we
are praying that it may be a year of
spiritual growth and advancement.
NEW YORK PRESBYTERY
Introducing REV. WALTER J. MA
GEE, received from the Orthodox Pres
byterians by New York Presbytery,
through its Ad Interim Commission, Jan
uary 7, in Coldenham, and commended
to our covenanted brethren throughout
the Church, as being "profitable . . . for
the
"HOW GOOD AND HOW PLEAS
ANT"
the get-together
at Coldenham
January 7, when New York Presbytery's
Commission received into the fellowship
of our Church, Rev. Walter J. Magee of
the Orthodox Presbyterians. About forty
Covenanters from Montclair, Newburgh,
White Lake and Coldenham were present
to extend a welcome to Rev. and Mrs.
Walter J. Magee.
NOW AVAILABLE and recommended
by New York Presbytery for preaching in
vacant pulpits of the Covenanter Church:
Rev. Walter J. Magee, Goshen, New
York.
GENEVA
"I was glad when they
said unto me
let us go into the house of the Lord." In
observance of the week of prayer, we
united with the COLLEGE HILL Con
gregation in a week of special services.
On Sabbath evening, the 3rd of January
Rev. Tweed brought the message to the
combined group. Tuesday
and Wednes
day evenings, prayer meetings were held
in our church with Edwin Clarke, College
Hill and Russell Lathom, Geneva, lead
ing the meetings. Thursday evening, six
cottage meetings were held. On College
Hill we met in the Walker Wilson home
with Adella Lawson as leader; in the
C. B. Metheny home with Mrs. A. A.
Wylie as leader; in the C. M. Lee home
with Mrs. J. B. Willson as leader. In
lower Beaver Falls the meeting was held
in the Ida Aiken home with Larry Coon
as leader. Two were held in outlying dis
tricts, the Dodds Balph home with Mrs.
R. G. Young as leader and the Robert
Hemphill home with John Mclsaac as
leader. We concluded the week with
preaching service on Friday evening with
Dr. Lathom bringing us the message.
To promote interest in the CAM paper,
the CHRISTIAN PATRIOT, our C.Y.
P.U. as part of their missonary project,
has contacted every family
of the congre
gation reminding them of the paper and
suggesting that they
subscribe to it.
those things which are be
"Forgetting
hind, I press on
every
46
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should be the goal for
one of us as we begin the New
Year. Devotions led by Lauren Walcott,
President of the C.Y.P.U. at our New
Year's watch party were based on this
chapter in Philippians. After an hour or
so of games led by Mary Mitchell, Kay
McCready and Sylvia Montini, we had
our quiet time during which we also
sang Psalms and our Pastor led in
prayer. After ushering in the new year, a
delicious lunch was served by the group.
Special mention goes to Marilyn Hemp
hill who entertained the four juniors who
were brave enough to come. They were
Virginia Montini, Ruth McCready, Ra
chael and Libbie Fallon.
A new address for one of our SERV
ICE MEN. He welcomes any letters. So
take a minute to write to him.
Pvt. Ronald G. List
U. S. 52319426, Co. D
1st Bn., MTC BAMC,
Fort Sam Houston, Texas
Mrs. Marguerite McCreary is recover
ing from her contacts with the flu bug at
a rest home in New Wilmington, Pa. We
pray for her continued recovery and hope
she will soon be back in our midst again.
CLARINDA
It was a joy
have some of our out-of-bounds mem
to our congregation to
bers home for the holiday season, Fran
ces Dunn from Sheffield, Iowa, Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Stokes (Charlene Dunn)
from Las Cruces, New Mexico, and Mr.
and Mrs. Melville Kennedy (Luella Mc
Calla) from Wellesley, Mass.
Our congregational dinner was held
as usual during the holiday
week. New
officers elected were: Chairman of the
congregation, Donald Whitehill; Secre
tary, Gertrude Lee; S. S. Superintendent
Mrs. Howard Caskey; Assistant Sup
erintendent, Jamet Whitehill Greenwood;
Secretary Treasurer, Deloris Blair.
According to custom the young people
visited the homes of the shut-ins and the
older people before Christmas. At each
home a short worship
service was held
after the singing of some Christmas
Carols. This custom is a mutual delight
to the visitors and the visited.
The annual Christmas entertainment
was held December 21. The program
given by the children is always much en
joyed, and this year was no exception.
Welcome visitors in the Manse during
the Christmas vacation were Miss Grace
W. Finley of Greeley, Colo., and Rev.
and Mrs. Norman M. Carson and Mark
of Chicago, 111.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Copeland of Clay
PHOENIX
A very happy surprise came to the
Phoenix congregation during the Christ
mas holidays when fifty new Blue Psal
ters were delivered by "Uncle Sam." No
bill has been received so
"Our most sin
cere thanks to the generous donors."
Our visitors during the Christmas sea
son were Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hannah
from Bloomington visiting the Searle
home; Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Strahl and
children from Pocatello, Idaho, with the
Mackenroth's ; and Mr. and Mrs. Russell
Williams and children, Boulder, Colo.,
with the Wolfe's.
The Adult S. S. Class elected Mrs. J.
G. McElhinney
as their teacher for the
coming year and Elmer Graham the as
sistant teacher.
December 19 at the close of the S. S.
hour we had a short program in observ
ance of Bible Sabbath conducted by
Miss Lillian McCracken.
KENTUCKY MISSION
We in Kentucky wish to publicly ex
press our sincere thanks to those through
out the Church who have so graciously
remembered us at this season of the year.
Even though Christmas day
was spent
quietly here at home, we were able to re
joice in the glorious blessings we re
ceive through our wonderful Lord and
Saviour Jesus Christ. Among these
blessings are the friendships throughout
the Church which were manifest in so
many ways
oranges from Florida, gifts
from Massachusetts, Pennsylvania,
Michigan, New York, and Kansas and
greeting cards from everywhere. Besides
these personal gifts, there were gener
ous gifts of money for the Mission ex
pense.
Our Fall Evangelistic Services were
ably conducted by the Rev. Howard El
liott. It was a
joy to have him in our
homes and the messages he brought were
a blessing and a challenge to all who
heard them. The attendance and response
were both better than usual and brought
some encouragement.
Recent visitors to
Sandy Hook and
Wrigley have included Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth Sanderson, Miss Marjorie San
derson of
Dayton, Ohio, Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Hervey of Belle Center, Ohio,
Robert More Jr. from Geneva College,
Rev. Kermit Edgar and Rev. Howard
Elliott who
Home Mission Board.
are both members of the
The average attendance in the Wrigley
Sabbath School during the past year was
COVENANTER WITNESS