THE C O M M U N I T Y CHURCH HEWS Vol . 1 Friday, February 9 S T O W , O H I O No. 3

MINISTERS COLUMN The Church asks for a minister

that can draw, not pictures on the slate or on the blackboard, but draw people to the Church. In some measure the Church is justi-fied in its demand.

The public, however, is justi-fied in making the same demand on the Church. This is a rule that works both ways. The Church becomes a mighty agency for good in any community, when it de-velops this one grace, the grace of winning folk for their Church.

Think a minute and you will discern that you like to drive to a certain gas station, or shop at a certain store, or patronize a cer-tain merchant, and why? Because you feel a little more comfortable, ycu are pleased with your treat-ment at the one place and a little vncamfortable at the other place.

The human element is a large factor in Church going. People expect the glad hand, a kind word, that little something that wins and touches a responsive chord and just draws us back again.

We like some people. Why? They have neither wealth, pres-tiago, position or money. They are comely, no grace or beauty, but. they are strangely likeable. They worm their way into your very heart . It is good to see them coming. You do not weary of their presence. They wear in, not out. A kind word, a hymn book, some little courtesy, an in-quiry over the telephone, a pos-

tal card, the expression of inter-est for their welfare, a forgiving spirit, all these embodied in this, "A Christ-like Spirit," the at t i tude of a t rue Christian. And tha t is the chord tha t will draw and G-od's House will soon be filled.

GEORGE M. HULME

SUNDAY SCHOOL ORCHESTRA

TO BE ORGANIZED

The following musicians and any one else, interested will meet for a short time Sunday, 3:00 p. m., Feb. 11, 1934. Purpose: to or-ganize and a r r a n g e practice hours, etc.

Ruth Addison—Violin Wesley Bratton — Clarinet or

Saxophone. Frank Graner—Clarinet Ralph Harjee—Trumpet Carl Henry—Saxophone Russell Houch—Clarinet William Koons—Violin Howard Sanner—Violin Paul Schnee—Violin John Stahl—Saxophone Robert Stein—Saxophone Russell Siddal—Drums John Byron Stockman—Clari-

net Marc Stockman—Violin Marjorie Valentine—Violin Dick Osman—Banjo

C H U R C H C A L E N D A R SUNDAY SCHOOL - - 9:30 A. M. SUNDAY FEB. 11th.

MORNING WORSHIP - - - - . - 10:45 A . M .

CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR : 6:30 P. M.

CHOIR PRACTICE - - - 7:30 P. M. WEDNESDAY

MENS CLASS MEETING: - . - - FEBRUARY 15.

LADIES GUILD - - - - - FEBRUARY 21.

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PERSONAL DESIRE All pe r sona l des i re is de r ived

f r o m son:© t e s t i m o n y of t he f ive senses . T h e u rge of s ensa t i on is t h e s l imy t r a i l of t he s e r p e n t in t h e consc iousness of t he race . I t s mos t o u t s t a n d i n g c h a r a c t e r i s t i c is decept ion . I ts g r e a t e s t appea l is to p leasure . If you accep t i t s t e s t i m o n y you live a f t e r t he f l e sh . If you heed t h e voice of t he ser-pent you will prof i t , j u s t to t h e ex t en t t h a t you en jov the "apple . " But you know for a s u r e t y t h a t "Ye shal l su re ly die." T h e e f f ec t of heed ing the s ense is cumula t ive . One hab i t l eads to ano the r , one cha in a t t r a c t s o the r cha ins to bind you to t h e body of des i re . To be f r e e f r o m s lavery all shack les m u s t be b r o k e n and all l im i t a t i ons r emoved .

T h e t e s t i m o n y of t h e eyes have o f t e n p roven fa l se . T h e ea r s some-t i m e s deceive us. T h e t a s t e oft-t imes is gui l ty of e r ro r . T h e ol-f a c t o r y o rgans h a v e been at fau l t ,

and an icicle moved ac ro s s o u r body w h e n bl ind folded will g ive t he s e n s a t i o n of a s l i a ip kn i fe . Since we a r e a w a r e of t he un-ti ust w o r t h i n e s s of t h e s e seem-ingly re l iab le w i tnes ses , let us t ry t h e s e r e p o r t s by t h e unim-p e a c h a b l e rule of t r u t h . T r u t h in t he a b s t r a c t h a s no value, only when it is a r p l i e d to h u m a n activ-i ty e i t he r men ta l , mora l , or physi-cal can it exe r t any in f luence in l ife of t h e race .

A t r u t h m a y be ever so beaut i -ful , ever so po ten t , it. will r e m a i n r n p r o d u c t i v e un les s it is adap ted to pe r sona l equa t ion and t e s t ed in t he a l embic of t he indiv idual mind.

If eve ry c ' a im cf t he pe r sona l r - r - o is cha l lenged , and every pe r sona l des i re is p laced u n d e r r ' ivine sc ru t iny , i ts e v a n e s c e n t c h a r a c t e r will be obvious. T h e pure l ight cf t r u t h will dispel eve1 ' " a p p e a r a n c e of e r ro r . T h e s t a n d a r d of exce l lence has no

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l i m i t a t i o n — T h e sea of God's infin-i tude is s h o r e l e s s — T h e pro.bal-i ty of m a n is t h e poss ib i l i ty of God. In divine o r d e r t he God-m a n is f i r s t , t h e des i re body is but t h e imposed s t r u c t u r e fabr i -ca ted by t h e pe r sona l s e n s e upon the or ig ina l m a s t e r piece of crea-t ion. It is bu t a sun spot upon the face of God's i m a g e — b u t t h e r e f l ec t ion of t h e p e r s o n a l ego a g a i n s t t h e f l aming ind iv idua l i ty of i m m a c u l a t e psr i 'ec t ion. T h e n e w c r e a t u r e is en t i r e ly new, a comple te t r a n s f o r m a t i o n b e a r i n g the s t a m p of f ina l i ty .

H A R R Y LIEBY

PERSONKL MENTION A cor rec t ed l ist of h o s t e s s e s for

t h e Lad ie s ' Guild m e e t i n g Feb . 21 r e a d s as fo l lows : Mrs. H. A. Hcuch , Mrs. C. C. Bush, Mrs. C. F. Meredi th , Mrs. H. E. Osman , Mrs. Vial.

Mr. H o w a r d E. F e r r i s f l ew up las t week f r o m St. P e t e r s b u r g , Fla . in an Aus t in . He r e t u r n e d in a n e w P l y m o u t h . H e expec t s to bs back aga in next w e e k d r iv ing the old re l iab le S t u d e b a k e r .

Rev. George M. H u l m e ' s new a d d r e s s is 859 A r d m o r e Ave., Ak-ron, Ohio. His t e l e p h o n e num-b e r is HE-S275.

Mrs. C. F. Mered i th on Marhof -e r Ave. was s ick in bed t h e fore-p a r t of t h e w e e k but it a :ble to be up and a r o u n d now.

It is to be supposed you no t i ced tfcr.t one of our Deacons w a s suc-cess fu l in t r a d i n g a d v e r t i s i n g space fo r a h a i r c u t . Suppor t our a d v e r t i s e r s and may-be- s o m e d a y t h e y Vv'ill sup-port us.

Mr. C. V. Smi th t h r e a t e n s to sue th i s p a p e r f o r s l ande r . How-ever, he still comes to church and Sunday School.

H o w a r d S a n n e r is an add i t iona l l i e 'per in our Ci rcu la t ion Dept . (Yes we have such a depar t -m e n t ) .

Mr. L a V e r n e F r e d B r a t t e n is f i n i sh ing off a room in t h e a t t i c of his h o m e f o r t h e boys .

Mrs. Dunn s e r v e d as t e a c h e r for t h e Lad ie s Class Sunday . Won-de r who will t e a c h t h e Lad i e s ' nex t week.

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BAUGHMAN'S FEED STORE STOW, OHIO

Buy your Feeds and Pou l t ry Suppl ies here AN INDEPENDENT STORE

MEN don't forget to attend the doings Thursday, Feb. 15th, at the home of Mr. C. M. Woodring, Dar-rowville — Come anytime between 7 and 9 P. M. Leave when you get ready.

Mrs. A. M. Butcher, R. 3 Kent is seriously ill—Mrs. Butcher is the mother of Mrs. Cross.

Mr. and Mrs. Dibbon run the Quaint Art Shoppe at Darrowville. Stop and see them sometime.

Several Personal Testimonies were given at the close of the Communion Service last Sunday. Let us all accumulate more Chris-tian experience.

Mr. Bush knows how to keep the Church warm. Wonder whose coal he burns.

The choir still needs bass and tenor voices tho that section did look better last Sunday.

Mr. C. H. Monteith was confined to his home last Sunday and the greater part of this week.

Eloise Zirkle, soprano in our choir, and her fa ther come each week from Kent. Eloise is more successful now in getting her father out to Church than when they lived somewhat nearer.

Thirty one attended the Church S u p p e r last Friday. Several others came in for the business meeting afterwards. A spirited discussion on one or two phases of Church work occupied most of the time. Members were pleased to

see and welcome Mrs. Howard at this meeting.

And on Sunday morning Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bishop were back with us again.

For a day or so last week we were under th© impression that Esther Woodring was married. All a mistake.

Here are some of the birthdays that are being celebrated this week:

Mrs. C. F. DeRusha, Feb. 5th, Probable Age—19 years.

B:b Leonard, Feb. 7th, Prob-able Age—14 years.

Mrs. Virginia Judy, Feb. 9th, Probable Age—40 years.

Speaking of birthdays did you know that Mr. Leiby's earthly father lived to be well over 100 years old.

Mrs. Adeleide Smith — Mrs. Eunn's mother is visting here this week.

Marjorie Valentine is home for a month's vacation with her par-ents. Expect to see her at Church each Sunday.

"Is your wife still your Valen-tine"—If so see Mr. Bauder, Sil-ver Lake Green House and get her one of those interesting pot-tery novelties with, cacti and suc-culents therein—or—if you a re anxious for a change of scenery and would see something pretty, the Hyacinths will be blooming there by the time you read this.

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F E B R U A R Y Call us for Valentines 1 2 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11 Lincoln 13 V

Valentine 1 5 16 17 18 19 20 2 1 Washington 23 2 4 25 26 27 28 Cut flowers

or plants

MARCH Floral art 1 2 3

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 f fi Saint

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18 19 2 0 Spring 2 2 23 2 4 Palm

Sunday 26 27 28 29 30 31 April 1st is Easter

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AKER'S BARBER S H O P S P A G H T B L O C K S T O W C O R N E R S

We are enclosing Mr. Bauder's calendar in this issue.

While speaking of flowers let us all plant an extra quantity of them this spring so we can fill tha Church' up each Sunday this summer. Of late, flowers in this church have been conspicuous by their absence, just like some of our old members.

It is also possible that folks when they are sick would like to be remembered with flowers from the Men's Class, the Ladies Class, the C. E. or—from you.

, It is said that Mrs. Sclinee bakes wonderful cookies. When we get sick a few cookies along wi ll the flowers, please.

Our Church secretary, Mrs. Ce-lia F. McColgan, directed the D. rf A. dramtic efforts this last Monday evening. Several of the Church folks attended this pro-duction.

WTliam Shaffer 's class held a business m e e t i n g Wednesday •evening.

February 14th is the beginning of Lenten Season.

How many folks have you in-vited to come to Church this past week?

"L IFE L IGHT" Trouble thrives on attention,

They shrivel and disappear when we ignore them. It is not easy to Ignore them you say? That is so; but it becomes easier If we find something else to t ake their place in our thought. We usually find these substi tutes by looking for them.

If you have trouble, do some-thing for somebody quickly. Turn your attention outside yourself. Loose yourself in thinking of others and you will find your greater self and will lose your trouble. Said Christ: "He that findeth his life shall lose it ; and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it."

The Community Visitor— New Hackensack, N. Y.

Something To Think About Prayer : Could it be said tha t

we talk too much to God. Would not it be bet ter to let God talk to us. He will if we but let Him.— Anonymous.

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M E N J O I N O U R C I ^ ^ S S

SUNDAY MORNING - - 9:30 A. M.

SUBJECT- - - JESUS' POWER TO HELP

SCRIPTURE - - - Mat. 8:1-9; 34; 9:1-13

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R E N T O U R D U S T L E S S S A N D E R

T O R E N O V E O L D V A R N I S H

A N D R E S T O R E W O O D F L O O R S

The STO W HARD WARE CO. M E M B E R P A S S E D A W A Y

Mr . J . P, Mered i th died suddenly a t his home las t Tuesday morn ing . To his wi fe , and his d a u g h t e r Mrs. George and Hilda May whom w e

know t h e people of t he church ex-tend the i r s incere s y m p a t h y .

C O M E T O C H U R C H S U N D A Y

S U C J E C T O F S E R M O N

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C h r i s t i a n Endeavor Persona ls

DID Y O U K N O W -

THAT Bill Shaffer teaches a fine Sunday School Class of boys. Seventeen were present this last Sunday. Bill is a High School Cenior.

THAT Geneva Coleman started to Hammel Business College Feb. 5. (We heard she was sick Sun-day. On Monday she must have been better.)

THAT Mr. Harry Leiby is a philosopher and a brilliant stu-dent of the bible.

THAT Otis Black is continually tr; ing to teach June Viall trigon-ometry (sines cosines, etc.)

THAT Virginia J. has promised come to C. E. FOR SURE some

time. THAT Mr. Stockman is our

leader next Sunday and the meet-ing will certainly be a fizzle, (if you don't attend)

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8 T H E COMMTNITY CHURH CNEWS

YOUR OWN CHURCH

If you want to work in the kind of a church

Like the kind of a church you like.

You needn' t slip your clothes in a gr ip

And start on a long1, long hike

You'll only find what you left behind

For there is nothing thats really new;

I t ' s a knock at yourself when you knock your church;

It isn' t your church, It 's you.

e Real churches a rn ' t made by nifyi afraid

Lest somebody else goe.s ahead;

When every one works and nobody shirks,

You can raise a church from the dead.

And if while you make your personal stake,

Your neighbor can make one too,

Your church will be what you want to see— ,

It isn't your church, i t ' s you.

Pay us a visit -:- Tell your friends

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