Phillips Woodrow Marjorie 1954 Jamaica

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HUR HES

OFHRIST

MR.

ANDMRS.WOODROW

HILLIPS.

MISSIONARIES

HALPWAY

TREE

P O

JAMAICA W I

MISSIONARIES

• J a m a i c a

for

C h r i s t

MR.

AND

MRS

WOODROW

HILL

MR.

AND MRS.

DONALD

FREAM^

MR

AND

MRSJAMES HERGET

MR ANDMRS GRAYSONENSIGN


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HUR HES

OF

CHRIST

MR. AND MRS. WOODROW PHILLIPS. MISSIONARIES

HALF WAY TREE P . O . JAMAICA. B . W . I .

^ J a m a i c a f o r C h r i s t ^

April

27,

195A

amssionaries

MR.

AND

MRS WOODROW H I L L I P S

MR. ND

MRS.

DONALD FREAM

MR.

AND

MRS. JAMES

HEHGET

MR.

AND

MRS. GRAYSON ENSIGN

Harold ^'^cFarland

Mission Services

Joliet Illinois

Dear Brother McFarland:

Enclosed are a few articles c o n c e g g - n g our

w o r k

a n d

f u r l o u g h t h a t w e h o p e y o u c a n i n c l u d e i n

y o u r

next Horizons.

I a m

looking

f o r w a r d t o m e e t i n g

y o u

at

t h e N o r t h A m e r i c a n C o n v e n t i o n

i n L o n g

B e a c h . W e

h a v e

a p p r e c i a t e d y o u r w o r k t h o u g h

w e h a v e

n e v e r m e t

y o u


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,

T l j J - ^ o i i l - h tS^hth Street

an

iioitf Caiirc-rnia

l i s a r Brother Philllpfli

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2

l p p r e c l g t c the

n e ^

s

v . h J o h you

ent e n c * en

^lad

to

hear


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t x / u ;

une 19^A

D u r i n g s i x m o n t h s i n t h e U n i t e d

S a t e s , V i o c ^ r o w | F h i J ^ i p 3

h a s

t o l d

o f t h e

\

v i o r k

o f

J a m a i c a

C h r i s t i a n M i s s i o n

i n

1 2 6

d i f f e r e ? i f ^ ^ o n g r e g a t i o n s ,

a n d

w r i t e s

t h a t

his reception by the

churches

has been a blessing to him and to the work of Christ

iniJamaica.

Mrs. Fhiliips u s e d the

furlough time for additional

schooling

at

San

Jose

Bible

college

f r c r n v f n i c h she

received

h e r

Bachelor

of Theology

degree

i ^ i a y < i 5 t n . They

are

n o w t o u r i n . ^ among

the Galiforniat churches

and e x p e c t i n g -

to retur

J a c B i c a i m m e d i a t e

a f t e r t h e K o r t h

l i m e r i c n C h r i s t i a n

c o n v e n t i o n .

F o r w a r d i n g

a d d r e s s

is 91p * 3 . 8tn St.

San Joss California


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21 July 195U

T h e

Woodro4^illips

f a m i l y c o m p l t e d h e i r f u r l o u g h a n d a r r i v e d b a c k i n

J a m a i c a J i h ^ r ^ l r t f u ^ D u r i n g t h e i r s t a y

i n t h e S t a t e s

f o o d r o w w a s g r a n t e d a B . D .

degree

at

San Jose

Bible

College, and Marjoei

com.pleted

w ork for

her

B,

Th,

The

second

unit o f

Jamaic a Bible

Seminary is

now in

use

though

still under

construction (nicture shows firs t unit comnleted, sec ond unit behond still being

constructed).

Brother

Donald Fream reports that 1,313,77 has been soent on

the

se

unit. He est i m ates that itwill take another 800

to

finish

it.

He wrote

that

they

have

also fin ished the foun dation o n

a

new

chu r ch

building at Macca Tree,

D n n i n n g

the

first

six

months of

i P ^ i i ,

nine e v a n g e l i s t i . c meetings were held

by students,

graduates

of

the Sem'nary,

and

m i s s i o n a r i e s .

Four

m o r e w er e

planned by

Grayson Ensing

and D o n ald F r ead m d u r i jg

July

and Augustr-r.

There were

atqleast

222 additions, l6l

o f

t em by baptism . The Seminary

i s

continuing regular classes,

with five of

the students in

their ju n i o r

year,

who are

also

learning trade s

i n

Kin

i f t U a t i M t S i n g f e tot eir morning

Bible c lasses. Most

o f the students

either as s i st

regu

Kings on chu r che s or travel to p r e a c h in the c o untry chu r c he s, where they are i n

muc

demand. The m.issionarie3 maybe addressed

at Half Way

Tree P. 0., Jamaica,

B.

W .

I


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Phillips

Complete

Successful

Tour

Since December 1,1953 Woodrow Phillips

has presented

the

work

of

the churches of Chrii in

Jamaica

to 126 different

congregations

in

100

different

localities

His reception by the

churches

has been a

blessing

to him and to the work

of Christ in Jamaica.

The Phillips family have one more

short

tour

among

the

California churches

and

then plan

to

return

to Jamaica immediately after the North American

Christian Convention

in

June

of this

year.

It has been a

pleasure to

them to visit so

many of the

congregations

and

Individuals

who have

helped them in their work

in

Jamaica

and to make new


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Marjorie Phillips

to Graduate

Marjorie Phillips will receive her Bachelor

of Theology degree riday

evening

May 28 195^ at the

commencement

exercises for the San Jose Bible College

Marjorie hasused

the

few

months of

their

furlough to complete this

portion

of her education

while Woodrow has been

visiting

the

churches

and

telling

them

of the Jamaican work.

The

training in

new

teaching methods

and

Bible subjects will

be

another aid to ^ ^ ^ r s Phillips

classes for children and women in Jamaica


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18 August 19$h

Woodô^ Phillips

family

arrived back.in JamaicaJuly,lUth and immediately we

to

work, le'ôte

August l6th

reporting six

convessions

of

faith at

Gosheh in

meeting

b

Brothers

Phillips

and Fream* J3 confessions in

meeting

at York Stree

church led

by

Brother

Ensign{ three

confessions at

Diamond

in meeting

by

Brothe

F r e a m a n d E n s i n g . M i c h t e a c h i n g

a n d

r e s t o r a t i o n a l s o . F o u 3 : j C a m e i n

f e l l o w s h i p

f

o t h e r g r o u p s a n d o n e

A n g l i c a n

l a d y o f 65 a s

b a p t i s , e d a t

^ 6 n e w -

c h u r c h i n H a l f

Tree

by

B r o t h e r s P h i l l i p s a n d

Herget.?HHeaô

s a i d

that t h e

s e c o n d

unit fof the

new

Seminary building

will

s o o n b e completed.


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WOODRCW PHILLIPS

NEV/S LETTER

October,

195A

Dear Ones

in

Christ:

It

has been t v ; o

months

since our Pan American Airways

3 lane

winred

its

way

back to Jamaica. That day v / a s a

happy

one

for us,

end t b f e

b e a i n n i n ^ o f m a n y m o r e h a p p y o n e s f u l l o f s e r v i n g

t h e

L o r d . \

We thank and praise Kim for his tender mercy and

loving

\

care

throughout

t h e

months

of our furlough, a n d for ^

bringing

us safely back to

Jamaica, N

HALF WAY TREE IS GROWIIIG—i--not the old

silk cotton

h al f tree that gave the t o v r n

its

name,

v i e

m u st aakait--

but

the

nev7

congregation

in

Kingston,

in

the district o

Half-'ifay

Tree,

Marlorie and I

have

been leading in the

work of this young church, and are rejoicing in its

steady grov/th. Ilany

visitors

have come

to the

services, and

a

number of unsaved persons have

showed

an

interest in the things

of

the Lord, Ilease

remember

in

prayer: Wellesly

Eldsmire>

a

deep sea

diver,

Mrs. Avril Duncan, a licthodist, Edv?in Chin

Lenn,

a teen-are Chinese boy,

and

Vfinstcn Clark, whose fcther

forbids him to

be

baptized. f J e

pray

thst these end

others will soon be brought into the fold of Christ,


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tV

a B f i i b l e Seminary graduatadgfive this year according t o the

^ h i . | l i p s : n e w s l e t t e r w h i c h , t o l d o f t h e s t u d e n t f a c u t l y b a n q u e t

h e l d o n

July

Jlst

in

the newly

completed

seminary building .

The letter

also

reported

that

there

were

785 conffessions of

faith

during

the

first

bix

months

of

1955—only

259

of which

had been baptized due to lack

of

ytained

leaders

to

teach those who

come.

A Iso

17$, previously baptised

elsewhere came

into

fellowship

with churches

of

Ohrist

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