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Volume 16

Fr'd^'v, February 2,

1962

Numbe r

DIAL-A-DEVOTION NUMBER

to be

NO2-6966

Bi-Ungual Convenfion Af

Eagle Pass Feb. 5, 6 7 . . .

The Annual Bi-Lingua Convention sponsor

ed by Colegio Bibiico each year will be held

this year on February 5, 6 and 7, The con

vention

is so

called because

it is

conducted

in

the English and Spanish languages. We here

at First Christian are especially interested in

the

college since

the

president of

the

school is

ou r

living link missionary, the name of Harland

Cary is well kncyn at Flora.

We have other interests in the convention

this year. Six members of our congregation

will be attending the convention on February

5-7, two of them will be speaking on the pro

gram. Our Preacher, P. A. Willis, and our

Bible School Superintendent, Glen Valbert, will

be speaking on the convention program (we

shall wait to see if they speak English or Span

ish).

Miss Florence Douglas, Mrs.

John

Oglesby,

S teve Willi s,

Mrs. P. A. Willis will

also be

a tt ending the convention.

The

Living Hope For

The Hopeless Living

This is the

theme

for our Missionary rally,

March

25-28.

Our own missionary, Harland

Cary, will bring the keynote message The

Living

Hope .

Other men who

will

speak include

Paul

Bajko, Riley Donica, Harold McFarland, Hollis

Duhon and Robert

Morris.

Plan

to

hear each

of these men present their

work.

We have been quite pleased with the re

sponse

that

we have received to

the

DIAL-A-

D.VOTION p ogram since it was initiated in

December.

The program is quite

unique

and

promises to be a rich blessing to the spirituai

life of our community.

The number for this

program

will be chang

ed next Monday, February 5. The new number

will be NO

2-6966.

There was a conflict

With another number and it was necessary for

the telephone

company

to change oitr number,

Several suggestions

have been made to sup

port the financial needs for this program. We

welcome all gifts that could be made for the

DIAL-A-DEVOTION program.

We trust that this program will be a source

of spiritual blessing for every Christian and

would urge you to call each day. Suggest to

your friends that they call each day. The help

that it gives may go unheralded but the many

times

that

folk who are

sick or shut-in

have

mentioned how much they enjoy listening each

day make it a very beneficial program. There

may be times when you are despondent and

discouraged, call

and

listen to t he devot ion for

the day. Perhaps you will want to begin each

day with it or call just before retiring each

evening.

During

the

first month of

the

program

there

was an average of

200

calls per day.

REMEMBER THE CHANCE TO NO 2-6966.


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T H E

FLORA

CHR ISTI N

Published weekly

except during

August by

First

Oiristian

Church, Pourth at Main, Flora

Illinois Subscription

1.00 pe r year

Entered

second

class

matter, September

8,

1951, at the

post off ice at Flora Illinois

CHURCH

STAFF

P A Willis Minister 116 W 4th

Residence

NO 2-8781

Office

NO

2-7626

Dick Smith Asst Minister NO 2-4051

Mrs. Glen Valbert Church Secretary

Harland Cary Missionary to Mexico

Earl E

Smith

Custodian

Miss Mary Ellis Choir Dir NO 2-4712

Mrs Herman Hardy Organist NO

2-4933

Mrs Murray Kimbrel

Asst Organist NO 2-5162

Additional Subscriptions To

The

Flora Chris t ian

Our

thanks

to the

following who made con

tributions

to

th e

FLORA

CHRISTIAN this past

week; Mrs Bessie Beitler Mr and Mrs

Wayne McVeigh Mr and Mrs Cecil Jones

Mrs Eunice Lane Mr and Mrs Carl Staley

Mr and Mrs Paul Blair Mr and Mrs Larry

Joe Thompson Mr and Mrs Paul Thompson

Mr and Mrs Pete Fiensy Mr and Mrs Frank

Craig Mrs Minnie Brooks Mrs J F

Rich

Mrs Bessie Rochelle Mrs Edna Hockman,

Mrs Dorotha Clark Mr and Mrs William

Boehner Mr and Mrs Delbert Hardy Mr

and Mrs Foy Bailey Ralph Smith Mr and

Mrs Leslie Valbert Mrs Sylvia Garrison and

Mr.

and Mrs.

Richard Goldstein .

~ j

Welcome Teams

A.

M.

Mr and Mrs Lyman Haynes at the

North

doors .

Mr.

and Mrs,

Paul

Thompson at the

South

doors.

Mr

and Mrs. Robert Ferguson at the

Sout heas t

doors .

Missionary

News

By Mrs. John

Oglesby

and

Mrs Robert Brentlinger

I pray Lord just make me a poem.

Print it plain on th e walls of my heart

That those who

know me may read it

And

heeding,

choose th e b etter part.

I

pray.

Lord, just make me a poem;

A

living

epistle

so

plain

Declaring

thy precious will through me

That I

may no t have run

in

vain.

O I would that my life be a poem.

Running

in a

smooth flowing

rhyme.

May

the thought

of

the

Christ

who inspires

it

Shine

forth

in it s

metre and time.

Yea,

Lord,

be thou in me, The Poem ,

Healing

hearts of

earth's sorrow and

strife.

Revealing

the

mystery, Christ

in

me,

The

wor ld 's hope,

its

light

and

its life

Written

by

Jean

A

Rothermel

Roland,

Missionary

to

India.

The

missionaries

in

India hold

a

yearly mis

sionary camp. This year it

was

held at Ennore

near

Madras on the

shore

of th e Bay of Bengal,

during December.

Ralph Harter

wri tes t ha t

he

observed

his 37th

birthday

at the

camp.

Hei

also enjoyed

the

visi t of the 15-year-old Emrys

Rees

son

of David

and

Lois

who came early

to

attend th e

Vijai

Nagar Camp,

and then

toured

the hom es of uncles and

aunts

until tim e for

the missionary camp. Ralph also

expressed

his

gratitude

to th e

friends and relatives

who join

ed

together

to

provide h im

with

a new

pair

of

glasses Frank Rempel

and

Ralph were chosen

to serve as Joint Secretaries

of the

Kanpur

Branch

of

th e

Bible

Society. Mrs. Rempel's

mother,

Mrs. Dunbar, is now staying with

them

in India. She

returned

w ith Frank

the

last

of

N o v e m b e r

Miss

Florence Douglas serve s

as forwarding

agent for Ralph Harter.

Note:

The

Missionary

Treasurer uninten

tionally omitted from his annual report two

i tems.

The

disbursements

should have

in-


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THE

FLORA CHRISTIAN

502 Lasf Sunday . . .

502 f ine folk were in a tt en da nc e to r Bible

School last Sunday morning. It certainly is

good to

see

that

number

go

over 500.

How

ever, we are still short of ou r goal of 569, with

a little more

work we

will be successful in at

taining th e goal of

569.

Seven classes or

departments made their

goal last Sunday

and

we

want

to

congratulate

them

for their fine work and

attendance. They

were

the

Cleaners, Ever Ready, Minute Men,

Teen Gr

Twenty,

Challengers, Primary,

and

Be

ginners. Only three of the

Youth

Departments

did

not make their

goals.

Help

your

class

make its goal

this

Sunday by

being

present for

Bible

School.

Our average for th e month of January was

464.

This

is much

lower than we

would

like,

however, there has been much sickness and

bad wea ther . We trust

that

you will

make

every effort to be present for iBible Schoo',

Morning Worship

and

Evening Worsh ip nex t

Sunday.

GLASS

Coal

At t .

Offering

Ever

Ready

3 3

33^

67.65'

Cleaners

22

31

78.25

Friendship 22 16

15.50

Kum Join Us

16

12

23 .00

Loyal Women

9

6

8 .00

Minute

Men

31 35

127.75

Booster Men

17

14

14.00

Win A Couple

37

30

64 .00

Neon

41

33 117.25

Beau

Knot

24

21

29.40

Teen Twenty

7 9

2 .18

Challengers

53

53

21.07

Pre Hi

33

2 9

25.50

Jun iors

52 46

35.36

Primary

37

38

18.78

Beginner

19

19

1 . 79

Nursery

23

21

5.36

Officers

and

Teachers

42

OFFERING

General

Fund

500.08

Building

Fund

378.87

Total

878.95

eluded

20.45

for Colegio Biblico and 68.00

to

San

Felipe Christian Church.

Youth

Activi t ies

ATTENDANCE

UP

Our

attendance for the youth

meetings

was

up

last

week after three

weeks

of

snow and

bad weathe r

and sickness.

Let ' s

all remember

to be present next Sunday evening at

6:30

P .M.

Beginners

13 ,

Primarys 12, Juniors 17,

Pre-

Hi

19

and

Seniors

23;

total

84.

Come and bring someone

with

you

next

Sunday

evening.

With

just a little more ef

fort we

could have

over 100

present each

Sun

day evening .

WELCOME

TO COLLEGE

STUDENTS

It is always

our

good fortune when our col

lege

young people come back home.

Last

Sunday many of our college students were

home in between semesters. Present last Sun

day in

our

services were Jim Crackel, Hbl'

Wineland,

Cary Valbert, Rebecca Stanford,

Lc-well Pemberton, Cary

Parish

and Steve

Will is .

We

trust

that

they will return to their

studies -with -renewed-determination after be--

ing home last week-end.

34

YOUTH ENJOYED SAC

SESSION

There were 34 youth who were present

at

one time or the other last Friday night , for

the

SAC

SESSION

(Sandwiches After

Came) .

The

Wolves

were

victorious over Lawrenceville and

also

the

Jr .

Varsity

was

triumphant

over

their

opposition.

We

have

been

very

pleased

with the

partici

pation of the young people in

this

activity.

Our

thanks go to the ladies

who

cook and

serve

th e

sandwiches .

FRE-HI

TO HAVE FILMSTRIP

WHAT

CAN

I BELIEVE?

This

group

had a fine attendance last

week

and we could have more this week. The topic

this week is WHAT CAN I BELIEVE?

YOUTH

RALLY AT CRAYVILLE

FEBRUARY

I I 12

We will be taking a group of youth to the

rally

at

Crayvi lle on Monday,

the 12th.

All

Pre-Hi and High School youth are invited. Bro.

Dick will be

teaching

a class

there.


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THE FLORA CHRISTIAN

Coming

Events . . .

The

Friendship Class

will meet

at

th e Church

on Monday

night

February 5th at 7:30 Pi^

for

their

regular

monthly

class social.

The Eva Wood Circle will have their annual

anniversary

dinner on Tuesday night February

6th at 6:30 P.M. in the home of Miss Martha

Reaugh.

Circle 1 will

meet

at

9:30

A.M. on Wed

nesday morning February 7th in the home of

Mrs. Wm.

Kautz.

Circle

2 meets in th e home of Mrs. Clyde

Fleshman

on

Wednesday afternoon

February

7 th

a t

2 :15

P.M.

The

Bible

School Boosters meet at 6 :30 P.M.

on

Wednesday night

February

7th.

Bible Study on

Wednesday night

February

7 th

a t

7:30

P.M.

The Gleaners will meet in Fellowship Half

on Thursday night February 8th at

7:30

P.M.

The

Beau

Knot

Class will meet in

Fellowship

Hall on Friday ni ght February

9th

at 7:30

P.M.

Happy Birthday . . .

The

following persons will celebrate

their

birthday during the coming

week:

February

4thGene Cusick Wiltiam Gatewood Mrs.

Josephine Gatewood Eugene Lewis MrS. Gene

Weiler;

5thiMrs. Chloe

Carlson;

6thMrs.

Owen Chaney; 8thMrs. Goldie Hout Charles

Snyder Dean Co ry R on ni e S ta nl ey P er ry

Reid Mrs. Eunice Smith Mrs. Allen Sparling;

9th^Dixie

Wickiser

Donald

Thomas

Mrs.

Bonnie

Webber

Mrs.

Rolla

Carter Terrance

Sharp Mrs.

Wm.

Martin;

10thRobert Gar

rison

and Mrs.

Lawrence

Quinn.

Men In

Service . . .

We want to pass on to you the address of

one of our y ou ng men

who

was rec en tly ca lled

into the

service

of our country.

Please

write

him a

letter to remind him tha t we miss

him

and

to

encourage

him.

Pvt.

Arthur T.

Abner

BR

16689532^0 .

E.

4 2

For t Leona rd Wood

Mo.

Tom

is

the

son

of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur

Abner

of 415 Flora Ave.

If-ems

Of interest

. . .

On February 22 and 23 th e Lincoln

Chris

tian

College will present a musical play en

titled Where All P aths Meet . The play tells

by song and s to ry of the lives of s eve ral p eo pl e

affected

by

th e birth of Christ. Dave Har

grove

Youth

minister

of Lincoln Christian

Church

is

the author of this three-act

drama.

February 20-22 will be Missions Emphasis

Week on

the

campus of C in ci nn at i Bible Semi

nary.

This

program is sponsored by the stu

dents at th e Seminary

known

as the World

Mission

Volunteers.

The Southern Illinois

Convention will

t e

held

on February

27

28 and March 1 at the

Central

Church of Christ in

Mt. Vernon

III.

Both Bro. Willis and Bro. Smith will have a

part

in

this program.

Our own

annual

missionary rally will be on

March 25 26 27 and 28. Circle t he se dates

and

invite your friends

to attend

with you.

Camp

Schedule

For

1962

. . .

June 17-23 High Schooldean John Bender.

June

24-30

1st Juniordean John Dorney.

July

1-7

1st Inter.dean

Fred

Keim.

July 8-14 Adv.

Highdean

P. A. Willis.

July 15-21 2nd Juniordean Dave

Berthold.

July 22-28 2nd Inter.dean.

Bob Reeves.

July

28-Aug.4

J r. Hi.dean.

Bob A ll is on .

Aug.

5-8

1St

Chancedean.

Bob

Raver.

Aug. 9-11 Adultdean Charles Johnson.

Select

the

week

that

you would like to

at

tend

get

your

registration in early. The regis

tration cards

will be

here

by

the time of

the

Mid-Winter

Camp Rally that will be held

here

ir

Flora

on March 16

and

17.

Watch

for

fu r

ther

announcement concerning this rally.

Sermon Topics

. . .

A.

M. THE GREATEST BUILDING

ON EARTH

p . M . HALF -HEARTED SERVICE .

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