courtney thomas frances 1967 rhodesia

8/12/2019 Courtney Thomas Frances 1967 Rhodesia

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H Repo r t f rom t h e Th oma s Cou r t n e yF am i l y M i s s i o n a r i e s to Rho d e s i aA f r i c a December 9 6 7

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in th is season WE EXPRESS TO YOU OUR DEEPEST THANKS


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Shiii pp ingMarch 1 h a s been iset a s ou r da t e

for shipping our suppl ies and equipment to Rhodes ia fo r our nex t term o fserv ice . Many church groups haveexpressed interest in supplying them iss ion w ith the variously neededi t ems . I f t h e se i t ems cou ld be fo rrwarded to u s early in February i t wil lenable us to get them crated andpacked fbr the long voyage to Africa.

Special n sTo the you th g ro up s in Caldwel l ,

Idaho for their gift of the splendidbel t S an de r. A lso, to the Court StreetChu r ch in Sa l em and th e U niv e r s i tyChurch in Eugene for the sewingsupplies. The Oregon City and St.Johns women's groups have respectively promised to supply the neededshee ts and qui l t s .

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In response to some of the meetings we have held, we share some oft he w rit te n responses :

I t worked Our chu r ch wi l l neve rbe the same God has moved andworked just like He has promisedLives are changed and full of God'sloving, living Spir i t . . .and oh, Icould go on and onDon't you dare ever change Notthat you ever will) but what you havegiven us of your act ive Ch ri st c ente red life was the prelude for thegreatest harmonious presentation of MISSION we have eve r had .Don Hardenbrook, Church of Chris tAnacortes , Washington

Again may I say thank you fromthe bottom of my heart for the veryfine contr ibution which you m ade a to ur P a cif ic Ch r i s t i a n Conven t i o n s e ss i ons from one end o f Southern Cal i fornia to the other . Everywhere I go

people are deep in their apprecia t ionand loud in t he ir a c cl aim for you .

G.B. Gordon, Pacific Christ ianCollege, Long Beach, California

The congregation has not been thesame s ince you le f t . A dedicat ion tothe Lord has taken place l ike I haven e v e r s e e n b e f o r e .

Good news concerni ng our buildingdebt came s tat ing tha t we owe abou t$300.00 less than figured. We nowhave $700.00 tow ards th e acceptedgoal of $1,350.00 . This figure repr e sen t s I I f ami l i e s . More wi l l comesoon . Praise the Lord for th is s piri tual change and thank you fo lks ,God's servants , for challenging us .Ted L. Jones , Southgate Chr i s t i an

Chur ch , Por tland , Oregon Wi t h a l l th e c l a s s s e s s i o n s and

the e ve nin g serv ices for the entirecongregat ion s t ress ing the s tewardship of the ind iv idual Chris t ian , Ifeel tha t you m ade a signif icant cont ri bu ti on t o the people here in OregonCity . Not only has there been an increase in the to tal week ly o ff er ing,b u t th e re h a s a l s o b een a s e n s e o fpersona l dedicat ion tha t is ev iden tamong our newer members. If othercongregat ions benefi t as much a sours , the work of Chris t ' s Churchwil l be expanding more than ever .Leo Epper son, Chu rc h o f Chris t ,

Oregon City , OregonWe, the members of the North

Plains Chris t ian Church were privi leged to have the Tom Courtneys withus for a week o f m e etin gs . Our a tt e n d an c e w as th e b e s t t h i s chu r chhas had in our ministry here for thepast three years . The sl ides showno f th e work in Afr ica we r e mos t enlightening and cha lleng ing . Thechildren were simply ent ranced byt h em. Our offer ings were the highes tin our church his to ry . We had twoadded , both o f them mature men whowil l be o f g re at help to us in the daysah e ad . We would . encourage every


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Z rea^ureri eport - December 12 1967:Balance on Hand, 8/30/67 (9.80) M/M Delbert Springsteen 4 0 . 0 0C o n t r i b u t i o n s : Mrs. Bemice Tay lo r 1 6 . 0 0M/M Jim Aydelott 6 0 . 0 0 M r . F re d T in k e r 4 0 . 0 0M/M B. E. Berry 4 5 . 0 0 M/M Merrill Valentine 5 0 . 0 0M/M Elmer Blanton 9 . 0 0 Keman Wagner . 2 4Mrs . Beulah Boge 2 0 . 0 0 M/M E. R. Wells 4 0 . 0 0Mrs . W, J. Bryan 1 5 . 0 0 M/M Homer Wolf 6 5 . 0 0M/M W. T. Butler 2 0 . 0 0 M/M Don Zentzis 4 0 . 0 0Mrs. Roberta Caipenter 4 . 0 0 Central Oregon C . W . F . 3 5 . 0 0M r s . Evelyn Creek 2 5 . 0 0 A F r i e n d 3 . 0 0M/M William Dalton 8 7 . 0 0 Suburban Christ ian Church,M/M Horace Denton 1 5 . 0 0 C o r va H i s 2 0 . 0 0M/M Earl Dunlap 4 4 . 7 5 Evergreen C h r i s t i a n Church 2 5 . 2 5Sara Dunlap 16 . 00 M/M David Roodzant 1 5 . 0 0M/M Ira Egli 1 2 . 0 0 Northwest MissionaryM/M Glenn Ely 4 0 . 0 0 C o n f e r e n c e 8 0 0 . 0 0M/M Otto Fischer 1 0 . 0 0 First C h r i s t i a n Church,M/M Elton Fishback 5 0 . 0 0 Culver City 2 5 . 0 0M/M Elmer Glllam 3 0 . 0 0 Central Church of Christ ,M r s . E l s ie H i l l 9 . 0 0 S a n B e rn a d in o 6 0 . 5 0M/M ElDon Hoven 7 0 . 0 0 W e s t s i d e Church o f C h r i s tM r s . Verna Jensen 1 5 . 0 0 R e d l a n d s 2 5 . 0 0M/M John Johnson 1 6 . 0 0 R i c h a r d O s n e s s 1 0 . 0 0M/M T. E. Jongeling 1 0 . 0 0 C h u r c h e s : -K o i n o n i a C . W . F . 4 8 . 0 0 C h r i s t i a n BeavertonM/M William Kretschmer 5 4 . 0 0 N e o n C l a s s 2 3 . 8 3M i c h a e l K r e t s c h m e r 5 . 0 0 W o m e n s G u i l d 1 0 . 0 0M r s . H a z e l K u i k e n 8 0 . 0 0 Priscil la Group 5 . 0 0M r s . L. J . L a r s e n 5 . 0 0 Whirlybirds 6 . 0 0M r s . M a m ie L ew is 1 . 0 0 Centra l C h r i s t i a n Boise 1 0 8 . 2 0M/M Garth Mickey 8 0 . 0 0 C h r i s t i a n Chu rc h, C an by 1 4 0 . 0 0Allen Mickey 5 . 2 5 Trent Church o f C h ri s tJoyce lyn Mickey . 5 5 D e x t e r 1 5 . 0 0M/M Cha rle s M iller 5 . 0 0 Chris t ian Church, Emmett 1 2 . 0 0Chery l M i l l e r 5 . 0 0 Chris t ian Church, Enfield 2 0 . 0 0M r s . Elizabeth Myers 2 0 . 0 0 Univers i ty Street Church ,M/M Charl es Newton 3 0 . 0 0 Eugene 4 0 . 0 0M/M Albert Niemeyer 2 0 . 0 0 C h r i s t i a n Chur ch , F lo re nc e 1 5 . 0 0M/M John Parish 2 1 . 0 0 C h r i s t i a n Church , Hil lsboro 1 5 0 . 4 1M/M Ernest Parks 4 0 . 0 0 C h r i s t i a n C h u r c h Kirklin 8 0 . 5 0M/M Ray Parrish 2 0 . 0 0 S h a s t a Way C h r i s t i a nM/M Robert Reed 1 5 . 0 0 K l a m a t h F a l l s 1 5 0 . 0 0M r s . T r o st R i ch a rd s 4 5 . 0 0 Friendship Circle 6 . 0 0M i s s C o n n ie R i ch a rd s on 1 8 . 0 0 Church o f C h ri s t Milwaukie 9 0 . 0 0M/M Bruce Saunders 3 9 . 0 0 C h r i s t i a n North PlainsM/M Merle Schroeder 4 0 . 0 0 E. Burger Memoria l 1 0 0 . 0 0M/M Floyd Shaw 1 0 . 0 0 Concorn C h r i s t i a n Oak G r 1 2 4 . 7 5M rs . D es s i e Siegner 2 0 . 0 0 C h . o f C h ri s t Oregon C t y . 4 8 9 . 3 6M/M Lloyd Sipe 1 5 . 0 0 7 t h G r a d e B . S . C l a s s 2 4 . 0 0M/M Duane Smith 5 . 0 0 The C h u r c h B e l l e s 2 0 . 0 0


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First Christ ian, PhoenixPer so n a l Chri s tmas Gif tt o ^ o u r t n e y s Centra l Chr is t ian , Portland 210,00

Parkrose Chris t i an 300.00M/M Roger Berglund 5.00Parkrose Teenage Group 12.50Jr. High C.E. Group 11.00

Southgate Christian 117,00St. Johns Christian 660.00Englewood Christian 20.00First Christ ian, Rupert 107.33Court St. Christian, Salem 755.91M/M Melvln Brumfleld 5.00Mabel Wllhelm 15.00Lucia Keyt 10.00

Church of Christ , Sisters 35.00Church of Chr is t Sweet Hm.Junior High 24.00

Opal Womack andV.L. Blankenshlp 50.00

First Christ ian, The Dalles 154.65Christ ian, Tlgard 95.00M/M Robert Chapman 5.00Hoodland Christ ian, Wemme 15.00Total 7792.42

D i s b u r s e m e n t s :Thomas Courtney, mos. 1447.56Pension Fund 192 .00

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955.00 Furlough FundPos tage=5^ 0 0 ^ . 3 Elec t r i aOordP o s t c a r d sShipping Barrel sPrudent ia l InsurancePrepa id for T. Courtney

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Balance on Hand 12/12/67 3639.76P u b l i s h e d for :

CENTRAL AFRICA MISSIONBy: THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH1079 S . W . Al le n AvenueBeaverton , Oregon 97005Edited By: Thomas Courtney

Forwarding Agents:M r. and M r s . M e r le S c hr oe d er

10975 S . W . W a l n u tPortland, Oregon 97223Furlough Address:

M r. a n d M r s . Thomas Cour tney1140 S . W . 22nd St r ee tBeaverton, Oregon 97005

Phone : 6 4 6 4 0 5 4

courtney thomas frances 1967 rhodesia

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