Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-01
Great Activity is
Shown in Church
Circles of Omaha
Many New Edifices Are Erected Dur.
ing Year-0ther Churches May
Pay Off Their Debts.

Pay Off Their Debts.
Omaha churches had a most excellent
| year in 1910. many OF them moving into
| new res dences in the year. and others
starting new homes which will be finished
/ in the coming year. Church debts were
| paid off In marvellous fashion among all
the denominations
/ In the planning Of now churches to he
built in the future several Of the churches
are making considerable outlay. Few tenn
porary houses were put up in 1910 the ten
/ dency being to build churches that would
last, even II costing more IN the original
output.
The laying OF the corner stone Of tho
big ST. Cecilia's Catholic cathedral was
one of the big church events of the year
The cathedral is being pushed as rapidly
as possible and will be finished and occu-
pied some time in the future.
a $4,000 building. to be called the Gard
ner and Jacobs Memorial hall, was one
OF tine accomplishments OF the Episcopal
churches of Omaha during the year, and
the placing out OF debt Of almost every
church in Omaha and South Omaha was
another The Gardner and Jacobs Memoir
ial is to be used partly for religious and
] partly Tor settlement work.
ST Andrews church, of which Rev. F,
d. Tyner IL pastor has made itself self
supporting and finished the third payment
Of five to be made on the site of its new
church to be built soon The Good Shep-
ard paid up an Indebtedness Of 1880. and
other churches did lkewlse-St. Barnabas
st. Paul. st. Philip. new pastor Rev
w. II. BayleE has been obtained for st
Johns and regular church services will b
opened there soon.
Trinity Cathedral saw its pastor, Dear
George A. Beecher, made bishop of western
Nebraska during the year.
Among the Baptist churches, the First
Swedish church is planning the largest i'm
provement. The congregation, under the
leadership Of Rev. J. A. Jader. plans &c
build a $4,000 home at Webster and Thir.
tieth streets The Olivet church, OF which
Rev. George McDougal Is pastor, is also
contemplating a new church. The Calvary
church enlarged its Sunday school rooms
In the last year and is planning further en-
largements before spring.
New Jewish Churches.
At Nineteenth and Burt streets new
$4,000 structure Is being finished for tn,
Beth Hamodreth Hagodei congregation.
was started last August and will probabl.
be finished in the latter part of February
Rabbi II. Grodinsky will be the pastor.
Congregation Shan Zion is also erectinl
new church building, which will prob
ably be ready for occupancy some time II
January. The church is built of brick an,
stone and costs something over $4,000. N,
pastor for the new church has been choseI
as yet.
The Presbyterians Of Omaha are quit
active at the present time in building an,
planning for new church homes. The Nortl
Presbyterian church, OF which Rev. NJ. v
Higbee is pastor, has $4,000 building un
der way. and the South Omaha Presby
terrain church is just finishing anothe
$4,000 residence Rev. DR.. Wheeler is tn
pastor Of this church.
Two others OF the bigger Presbyterian
churches are planning to build in the nea
future are the First Presbyterian Of whic
Rev. q. II. jerks Is pastor and tn
Westminster Presbyterian Of which Rev
T. w. Mcconnell is pastos. The West
minister people have their plans PRACTICAL
drawn for a church to be erected in tn
Hansoom Park district. costing $4,000 O
over The First Presbyterian church ma
purchased a lot on Farnam and Thirty
first streets and will build some time i
the future.
MethOdists Are Active.
Several churches have been erected b.
the Methodist Episcopal church in an
: around Omaha during the year and tw
new ones are planned for the year 1911. tn
biggest OF these will be the First Metho
dist church Of South Omaha, which wi
have a $4,000 edifice at Twenty-fifth an
p streets. next spring, with Rev. j. NJ
Bodwell pastor. The Benson Methodist
also plan a new home, the foundations hav
ing been dug already for a new $4,000 brio
building TO be finished next June. Rev
Arthur Attack will be the pastor of tn
new church in Benson.
A new mission, the West Side Mission
with Rev. p. M. Ransom pastor. was fin
ished last November in South Omaha an
another new Methodist mission was bull
in Ralston.
The First Church Of Christ scients
has a $4,000 home under way az Twenty
fourth and ST. Mary's avenue. which whe
completed will be one OF the finest churche
in the city The builders expect to have tn
building done by the early spring job
Forbes is the first reader OF the church.
Among the Lutheran churches of the cit
various small Improvements were com
pleted during the year and others started
ST. Marks congregation built a new pas
toTate for it's pastor. Rev. Dr. Leonar
p Groh and paid off a large part of its deb
A new church costing $4,000 was com
pleted for the Swedish Lutheran church O
Benson and occupied early in August.
The Norwegian Danish congregation pal
off s., 100 debt in the month Of Novembe
and others OF the Lutheran churches pal
off pAyt OF their church obligations. Plan
for an extensive new edifioe were mad
by the members Of the Pella Danish churo
/. lately and further plans will be announce
later
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