available at the Country Store Bazaar, sponsored by the United Methodist Women of the Shavertown United Methodist Church, 163 No. Pioneer Ave. Pictured are women of the unit, under the chairmanship of Mrs. Wilson Honeywell and Mrs. Michael Olenich, making N At: a recent meeting of the administrative board, of the Trucksville United Methodist Church, members approved the Committee on Finance's recommendation for the 1981 Every Member Canvass. This year’s theme will be: ‘‘Say YES to God's Mission.”’ Chairman of the Administrative Board is Howard Dover. Co- chairmen of the Com- mittee on Finance are Erik Dingle and Walter Pichert.” A Care-Share Service Sunday will ‘be celebrated on Nov. 30. Please help us celebrate a 100 percent commitment. The Administrative Board also approved contacting all church members to help in any way to raise funds for the energy conservation program. Money raised will be used to insulate the church and puchase storm windows for the educational building. The Trucksville united methodist Women wish to thank all their members and friends who helped in any way to make their annual bazaar such a huge success. Worship Service in the Trucksville Church is held ati :10:30 “a.m: ichurch school at 9:15 a.m.; and United methodist youth Fellowship at 6:30 p.m. every Sunday. Pairs and Spares Class of Carverton United Methodist Church will sponsor a benefit Chili dinner at the church social rooms on Saturday, Nov. 14. Serving will begin at 5 p.m. and takeouts will be available. The Dallas United Methodist Women will hold their monthly meeting at the Church, Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 11 at 1 p.m. Mrs. Clifford: Garris will preside at the business meeting. Mrs. Thomas Cease will lead devotions. There will be a review of the book ‘The Twain Plans for the benefit dinner will be completed at a meeting of the class tomorrow evening at 8 at the Carverton UM Church. George Parrish, president, will preside. Mrs. Flo Moyer is Shall Meet” by J. Harry Hines, chief executive of United Mewthodist Committee on Relief, the aid and rehabilitation agency of the United Methodist Church. Mrs. Ralph Brown will be the greeter. Hostesses will be Mrs. Sylvia Kuhnert and Mrs. Helen Coombs. November meetings of the Ruth and Mary Cir- cles of the Shavertown United Methodist Church Women will be held on Monday, Nov. 17, while the November meeting of the Priscilla Circle has been setback to Tuesday, Nov. 18. Ruth (Circle of the Shavertown UM Women will meet in the church social rooms at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 17, at which time Circle members will continue their mission study of Latin America. Members attending are asked to bring a sandwich; beverage will be provided by the hostesses. Making a gift item for the shut-ins of the church will highlight the program for the Nov. 17 meeting at 8 p.m. of the Mary Circle of Shavertown UM Women. Hostesses for the evening will be Mrs. Janet Beech, Mrs. Irma Eicke and Mrs. Grace Lord. Program is in charge of Mrs. Hazel Honeywell, Mrs. Kate Newhart and Mrs. Dot Tippet. November meeting of the Priscilla Circle will be held Tuesday, Nov. 18, at the home of Mrs. Aline Sprau, 152 Mt. Airy Road, Shavertown, with Mrs. Alice Moye as co-hostess. Mrs. Robert (Nancy) Deeble will present the program. Mrs. Jean Linker and Mrs. Eleanor Olenick, who co-chaired the recent benefit = roast dinner sponsored by the United Methodist Women of the Shavertown Church, have appreciation to all those, who assisted or attended the affair. A total of 495 adults and children were served at the dinner. The Noxen Independent Bible Church will hold a series of evangelistic meetings, starting at the 11 o'clock service Sunday morning and continuing each evening through Friday, Nov. 14, at 7:30, Rev. Jerry Tallent, pastor, has announced. The meetings are open to the public and everyone is cordially invited to attend. Evangelist John Collier of Garland, Texas, will be the guest speaker for the evangelistic services. As a 19-year old ball player, } Collier was saved during a revival meeting at the Temple Baptist Church in Garland, Texas. Training for the Evangelistic Ministry is an absolute essential and Garland attended Tennessee Temple College, and in 1966 graduated from Garland College, which is part of the great Miller Road Baptist Church in Garland, Texas. While attending college, Evangelist Collier served as youth pastor at the Miller Road Baptist Church. Following graduation, he pastored two churches--the first in Gainesville, Texas; the second in Mesquite, Tex. During this time, he preached in several Evangelistic meetings in churches in that area, and also spoke at summer camps. He followed this up with service as a youth pastor at the Lavon Drive Baptist Church at Pomona, Cal. From 1973 until 1978, he was the camp director of the Bill Rice Ranch during which time he conducted many revival campaigns. Collier, his wife, Virginia, and their two children, Winn and Vonda, travel together as a team. The family sings together in many of the services and Mrs. Collier solos in the services each evening, and also teaches special children’s classes. The Colliers make their home in Garland, Texas, and are members of the Jupiter Road Baptist Church. The Noxen Independent Bible Church and its pastor, Rev. Jerry Tallent, extend a warm invitation to everyone to come and receive a blessing from the meetings. chairperson for the benefit dinner and is being assisted by the following class members: Mrs. Hildegarde Parrish, Mrs. Dorothy Ann Searfoss, Mrs. Jean Sickler, Mrs. Faye Perry, Mrs. Lois Perry, Mrs. Nita Moser, Mrs. Glenda Bankes, Mrs. Lynn Cease, Kermit Sickler, Glen Moyer, Don Moser, Fred Bankes, Don Moser, Fred Bankes, Don Searfoss and Rev. Dr. Allan Cease. Senior and Junior Hi United Methodist Youth Fellowship groups of Shavertown UM Church held organizational meetings last week and discussed programs for the balance of the year. Officers were elected by each group for the coming year as follows: Senior MYF'; president, Dan Sweet; vice- president, Joanne Besecker; secretary, Carol Linker; treasurer, Donna Newcomb ; program chairman, Betsy Snyder; worship chair- man, Sharon Ribble; Lehman UM A Flea Market will be held at the Lehman United Methodist Church on Nov. 8 from 9 a.m. to'5 .m. Tables may be pur- fellowship chairman, Steve Davis; district youth council, Donna Newcomb, Cathy Newhart, Dan Sweet. Junior UMYE officers elected included the following: president, Molly Brown; secretary and public relations, Jennifer Ehst; mem- bership secretary-outr- each, Kristyn Post. Both groups completed their first project of the year--collecting a total of $89.02 for UNICEF, and concluded the canvass with a Halloween party following the canvass. chased for $5 contact Robin Rogers 675-4297 or Karen Perrego 675-2430. There will be a bake sale and refreshments. Members of Shaver- town United Methodist Church of which Rev. Burtt E. Sweet is pastor will join with other Back Mountain churches of the Back Mountain Ministerium for the an- nual Ecumenical Thanksgiving Eve Ser- vice on Wednesday evening, Nov. 26, at 7:30 in St. Therese’s Roman Catholic Church, Shavertown, of which Rev. Joseph Sammons is pastor. The public is in- vited to attend. The Thanksgiving service at Shavertown United Methodist Church on Sunday, Nov. 23, will be preceded by a special organ prelude, starting at 10:45 a.m. A special feature of the Thanksgiving service on Sunday, Nov. 23, the organ prelude will be a composition by Cesar Franck, one of the most influential composers of the late 19th century, entitled the ‘Choral in A Minor.” The work is symphonic in structure and will use the organ in its entirety. The Thanksgiving Sunday School also will present something special when members of the youth division of the church school present the puppet show, “The Mouse On The Mayflower”, at 10 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 23, in the church social rooms. Mrs. Landis and Mr. Bunney are working with a score of youth to present this special program. Plans for the benefit Country Bazaar to be held tomorrow from 4 to 8 p.m. and on Saturday from 9 to 4 p.m. are about com- pleted. There will be 21 crafts, plants, foodstuffs and miscellaneous items available for all, in cluding refreshments in the kitchen area. bi Some items are needed for the Country store and bazaar, including grocers bags; plants to be Sona @ through Sue Ehst at 675+ 0460 or Nancy Odell at 675: 3771. White elephant items can be brought to the church social rooms or a call to Donna Kach- mar at 696-3375 or Alice Moye at 696-2620 should be made to arrange a pickup: The 60th anniversary of the laying of the corner- stone of East Dallas United Methodist Church was commemorated at Sunday morning’s wor- ship service in that church. The history of the church, however, dates back to 1817 when a Sunday School was held at homes in that area. After 1862, East Dallas United Methodist Church became part of the Dallas UM Charge with meetings continued in homes and schoolhouses. Winter revivals were par- ticularly successful with the principal leader for years being Isaac G. Leek, a local preacher, who was a member of the Carverton UM Charge. Church records indicate that a Mark A. Dawber, who was choir leader at Dallas back in 1916, resumed Sunday School classes ‘and preaching in the old Shepard School and was assigned as pastor at the Maple Grove UM Church in 1916. Rev. L. N.' Davis preached at the East Dallas Church until it was united with the Courtdale UM Charge. At that time, Rev. Harry F. Henry was pastor and it was the Rev. Mr. Henry who started the building project and erected the foundation of the present church near the intersection of Mount Olivet Road and Demunds Road in East Dallas. Cornerstone for the present church was laid on Oct. '31,711920, ‘a beautiful Sunday af- ternoon’, and the church was chartered on Dec. 12, 1927, with the feast of dedication lasting a whole United Methodist Women of Carverton UM Church elected officers and discussed plans for its Christmas stocking project at its recent meeting. Mrs. Doris Stearn presided at the session, which was held in the church social rooms. These officers were reelected: president, Mrs. Doris Stearn; vice- president, Mrs. Carol Metz; treasurer, Mrs. Jennie Dana; coordinator of Christian personhood, Mrs. Melinda Sutton; secretary of program resources, Mrs. Leda Morton. Mrs. Edythe Kromelbein was elected secretary, succeeding Mrs. Doris Robbins, who declined reelection after serving as secretary for 13 years. Carverton Methodist Women will make and fill Christmas stockings at their November meeting on Tuesday morning, Nov. 18, starting at 10. Mrs. Jennie Dana will be hostess for the November Sally and El Wolfe, evangelists, will present an inspiring program of Christian. music on Sunday evening, Nov. 30, in East Dallas United Methodist Church. The program will include [an unique presentation of the Gospel as music from the past is converted to Gospel melodies by the Wolfes. Rev. Mr. Wolfe is a former Teen Challenge director with experience in all types of Gospel melodies. Mrs. Wolfe, a gifted pianist and musician, has been a CABBAGE, POTATOES CALL 675-1696 675-9674 choir director and organist with the United Methodist Church for 22 years. Happiness is the moment we don’t want to trade in for not-being. Mon- tesquieu meeting at which the pledge service will be held. The stockings will be given to guests at Valley Crest, White Haven School and Hospital, and Meals on Wheels. Mrs. Doris Robbins is in charge of contributions to pur- chase items for the week from January 1, through January 6, 1928, during the pastorate of the late Rev. Judson N. Bailey. About 35 years ago, East Dallas UM Church became a part of the Centermoreland United Methodist Charge, and together with the Dymond Hollow and Cen- termoreland UM Chur- ches comprises the Centermoreland UM Charge of which Rev. Carlos Munoz is the present pastor. @ meeting were Rev. Dr. Allan Cease, pastor; Mrs. Melinda Sutton, Mrs. Leda Morton, Mrs. Mary Brown, Mrs. Doris Stearn, Mrs. Evelyn Shales, Mrs. Naomi Prynn, Mrs. Edythe Kromelbein, Mrs. Jennie Dana, Mrs. Lavina Parrish, Miss Marian stockings. Young and Mrs. Doris Attending the recent Robbins. ( "5 ) WALLS + 675-5141 Member F.D.I.C. STATE. mp. RENEWED | ONE YEAR $7 4 11/6
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