Covenanter Witness Vol. 55 - Rparchives.org

work."Church NewsMr. Clair Kahl of the United Temperance Movement of Minnesota spokevery acceptably in our church September 18, in the absence of the pastor whowas preaching for the Winnipeg congregation.NOTICE OF CALLOn Saturday, Oct. 29, I moderated acall of the Stafford Congregation on theRev. Joseph M. Caskey. It was unanimous on the first ballot and the Staffordpeople are hoping it will be accepted.signed/Waldo MitchelTHE WICHITA FUNDMidwest Presbytery, at a meeting atBeaver Falls during the 1955 meeting ofSynod, appointed a committee to proceed with the opening of a work inWichita. The Evangelism Committeehad already made some investigation ofthe field, and it was on the basis of thatinformation that Presbytery acted. TheHome Missions Board granted $1000 forthe purchase of a property.There are manycommunities in thisrapidly expanding city where churchesare few, but prices are high, vacant lotsare scarce and those that are to befound were often found marked with asign, "Site of the New Presbyterian (orChristian or Baptist or Nazarene)Church."The committee chose to purchase asite just outside the city to the southwest, where there is the greatest building activity. The price was reasonableand there are advantages to be gainedfrom building before the area is takeninto the city.Since a suitable meetingplace hasbeen a great problem in previous efforts at Wichita, it is proposed to erectan inexpensive but serviceable and attractive building, possibly with livingquarters for a minister, which may laterbe converted to classrooms. This willmean, of course, the need for borrowingsome money, an amount which theChurch Erection Board at present is notin position to provide.The proposal being considered is someform of a plan currently used by manychurches and denominations. It is, inbrief, that Covenanters who may havesome money to invest sayat 5%could provide the money, with thepledge of support given by MidwestPresbytery as security, the loans to berepaid over a period of 10 years, out ofthe support coming from the congregations of the Presbytery.The final paragraph of the Committee's report to Presbytery is as follows:"The Committee recognizes, however,that finding the man to be sent to thiswork is the real problem. The youngpastor of the church (Mennonite) whichNovember 9, 1955we visited in Hutchinson, urged the needfor a man whom God has called. Whilewe recognize that we cannot cease ourefforts to find the man, nonetheless, thisis a matter which we must ask God toprovide. If this work is of God, thenwe may believe that He has His manto send, and He is able to impress Hiscall on him and bring him forward totheThe Committee: R. J. Huey, JosephM. Caskey, Ross Latimer and Lester E.Kilpatrick, Chairman.20 Oct. 1955LAKE RENOEight persons attended all or parttimethe Forest Park Conference. Thosemaking the 500-mile trip were DavidPeterman, Paul Mitchel, Bobby Elsey,Jean Mitchel, Mrs. Charles Peterman,Mrs. Gwen Elsey, and Rev. and Mrs.Mitchel. Bobby is the newly-elected secretary of the Conference.Scott Boyle spent ten days in Glenwood visiting his relativesthe Elseysbefore going East to enter Geneva College.We've been happy to welcome, insome of our services, the new GlenwoodHigh School foreign exchange student,Miyoho Wahao. Her father is a physicianin Japan. She was educated in a missionschool.The Juniors and Young People haveeach enjoyed a scavenger hunt party inrecent weeks. Before that, the Juniorshad a weiner roast at the Ermel Blairhome. The Blairs permitted the use oftheir Shetland ponies, and the childrenenjoyed rides, driving ponies hitched tosmall vehicles, and the pony merry-goround.The children really had a goodtime.Marjorie Mitchel, a Senior StudentNurse in Rochester, Minn., and Jean,Sophomore in Geneva College, visited atthe parsonage early in September.A group of enthusiastic men andwomen met at the church in Septemberand gave the church its annual housecleaning.Communion services were held October 20-23 by the pastor unassisted. Thecongregation was very happy at thistime to welcome into membership Mrs.Gwen Elsey and children, Roberta, Jimand Mikey.Mrs. Phoebe Blair, Mrs. Gwen Elseyand Rev. and Mrs. Mitchel drove toHopkinton, Iowa, for meetings of Presbytery and Presbyterial, September 28.Rev. Mitchel assisted in communionsat Stafford and Sterling, Kansas, October 30 and November 6. On those datesthe congregation had as guest speakersRev. Gus Hansen, District Superintendent of American S. S. Union, and MissM. B. Schilling of Minneapolis whoworks as missionary among Jews in thatcity.The annual Thankoffering service, incharge of Mrs. Phoebe Blair, was heldOctober 7, at the church. Fifteen Juniors had part in the beginning of theprogram. Miss Evelyn Cathcart, UnitedPresbyterian missionary to Pakistan,gave an excellent message and showedpictures of the work there. Membersand friends enjoyed a social hour.UNION CONGREGATIONMars, Pa.The assistant at our October communion was Dr. M. K. Carson of BelleCenter, Ohio. Mrs. Carson and Mrs. J.M. Coleman accompanied him. It was asplendid communion occasion and Dr.Carson's messages were on his usualhigh plane of Gospel preaching. Threenew communicant members were received together with 3 baptized children.The W.M.S. Thankoffering meeting isto be held on November 9 with the Rev.Herbert A. Hays as the speaker.Dr. J. Renwick Patterson, Superintendent of the National Reform Association, spoke to our congregation on October 30 after which the annual offeringwas lifted for this cause.Licentiate Armour McFarland of theSeminary conducted the services onOctober 23. The congregation was gladto have his father, Dr. A. J. McFarland,also present. He spoke to the SabbathSchool on the Christian AmendmentMovement.The Pittsburgh Presbytery met in theMars church on October 11. There wasa large attendance of delegates and theladies served a bountiful dinner in thenew basement of the church.Dr. D. H. Elliott presented to thepresbytery his resignation as pastor ofthe congregation, to take effect on October 31. This marks the close of sixyears as pastor in addition to two yearsas stated supply making eight years inall. It also marks nearly 52 years in theministry.The congregation at his urgent request acquiesced with the condition thathe serve as stated supply until anotherpastor can be secured. The Presbyterydissolved the pastoral relation as re-317