Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-01
Churches Have
Big Year, with
Eight Jew Ones
Many Others Are Improved or Rebuilt
at Cost of Thousands Of
Dollars.

The last twelve months in Omaha have
been phenomenal for church building. Eight
congregations have either moved into
beautiful new church edifices or have au-
thorized the construction OF new buildings.
These churches are:
Norwegian Danish Episcopal.
First Church Of Christ Scientist
North Side Christian.
Russian Hebrew.
Emmanuel Baptist.
First German Presbyterian.
English Lutheran.
Zion Evangelical Lutheran.
Greatly increased membership, in the
North Side Christian church Of which Rev.
II. ]. Kirschsteip is pastor, will mean the
erection of a larger church edifice to be
built at Twenty-second and Lothrop streets.
Trustees OF the church have ratified plans
calling for an expenditure Of $4,000 in the
new structure alone.
On October 81, the Norwegian Danish
Episcopal congregation of which Rev. R.
p. Petersen is pastor, laid the cornerstone
to its new church at Twenty-flfth and
Decatur streets.
To the Parkvale Congregational church,
Thirty-firs and Gold streets, there has
been an addition during the last year. Rev.
As W DAO - NAN R@eN~A
At the Hillside congregational church
there has been a thorough renovating. A
new organ has been Installed and a new
heating plant put in. Rev. w. s. Hampton
is the pastor OF the church, having come
to Omaha about q year ago.
At Twenty-fourth street and st. Mary's
avenue, a new church structure is now
going UP for the First Church Of Christ
Scientist. The present house OF worship is
at 2424 Farnam street. John Forbes is the
first reader Of the denomination.
United Brethren Dedicate Home.
0 The dedication and remaining Of the First
3 United Brethren church at Nineteenth and
3 Lothrop streets was perfected December
: 8 by Bishop w. M. Weekley Of Kansas
|, City, Mo. Rev. M. o. Mclaughlin Is thu
b pastor of the church. The full title of the
, church is 1.-THE Lillian Resier Hartford
Memorial United Brethren church o.
Omaha. The edifice is made a memorial Il
Q one of the members OF the church, who's,
: name 1t now bears.
Down at Twelfth street and Capitol ave
d nue., one Of the old of tn,
city, the Russian Hebrew church, is to b
u RACED to permit the building Of a five
story factory for the Item Biscuit company
y The new synagogue will be erected a
, Eighteenth and Chicago streets. Plans 70
" the structure are now being prepared b.
the architect.
Members of the congregation of tn
Grace Baptist church, Tenth and Arbo
= streets, are happy over the announcemer
that the entire church debt has been car
celled. Rev. B. F. Fellman is the paste
of the church..
In the ranks OF the Baptists, a beautifi
new church edifice looms up at Twenty
fourth and Pinckney streets, the propert
10 of the Emmanuel Baptist congregation. Re-
p. H. Mcdowell is the pastor OF tn
church. The estimated cost OF the ne
church is 10000.
is Presbyterinns Show Activity.
ty OF the Presbyterian churches the Fir
s, German is most conspicuous in buildir
t projects as a new church edifice is no
In in course OF construction on Twentiet
ed street, near Lake. The structure. WHIT
xt completed, will cost in the ~neighborhot
er Of $40, 1000. The present place of worship
st at SIS North Eighteenth street. Rev. JUL,
ts Schwartz is the pastor of the church.
t. A new addition has been built to Il
ur Dundee Presbyterian at 1914 Underwot
nd avenue. Rev. Mr.. Fisher is the pastor
OF the church.
" Inc EhSliSH LulueTdH CuuICn at bens'
was dedicated Sunday, December 10. T
new church was erected at a cost of SO,
mt over $1,000 of which was raised on the d.
OF dedication. Rev. B. F. Kistler has be,
the pastor Of the church for the last thr
years.
OF the Lutheran churches of the city t
m Zion Evangelical Lutheran has been for
most In the matter of building during t
year. About the middle OF January t
congregation will occupy a new $40 900 e
he flee at Lafayette and Thirty-sixth stree
tes improvements calling for an ~expenditu
re- Of 5000 in the Swedish Salem Luther
church at S21s South Thirty-third sire
were completed the first week in Mover
Der. Rev. C. e. Elvlng is the pastor of t
ra- church.