South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-08-03
LET CONTRACT FOR
A HANDSOME NEW
GRACE NE THOD|ST
Grace Congregation Completes
Plans for New Home-WilI
Worship in Tabernacle When
Old Building is Wrecked.

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Another handsome church for South
Bend is promised in the new Grace NJ.
f. church, plans for which are now
complete and the contract let. Work
will begin Immediately and. in the
hands of Metzler and Good, contrac-
tors Of South Bend, the new edifice
will probably be completed by the first
of June next year. IL Will stand on
the present church site at the corner
Of Michigan and Tut SITS, and the
wrecsing of the old building will be
begun next Monday following farewell
services sunday.
The new church covering an area
I10X7O feet, Will be unique of its kind
in the city. Ii will be Colonial IN
style built OF pressed brick and trim
med i'm Bedford stone, four huge col
umns of which across the front Will
carry out the Colonial design. The
building will be erected at a cost OF
$40. 600. Of which 100000 has already
been raised by subscription. The
architect was Sturgis of Indianapolis.
Will Seat I 400.
With the main auditorium and the
SUNDAY school room thrown together
and the balconies, the church Will
have a seating capacity of fourteen
hundred. practically double that of the
present building Special attention
was given in the plans to the Sunday
school rooms. the sunday school being
one Of the strongest departments OF
the church. There will be one large
Sunday school room on the main floor
and a large number OF small class
rooms in the balcony.
The interior wood finish will be red
oak. The contracts for the art work.
the glass, heating and lighting have
not yet been IL. A basement will eX-
tend underneath the entire building
and here completely equipped dining
room and kitchen will be placed. The
general plan of the interior is very
similar TO that of the new First NJ. y.
church on N Main st.
Farewell Services.
Farewell services will be held in the
old church next Sunday at $3.50 and
1O:45 in the morning and again at
1870 o'clock in the evening. The
Sunday school children have planned
a special program for the $3.50 o'clock
service. At 10:45 an appropriate SER
mon will be preached by the pastor,
Rev. T. X DOugherty, and at the
evening service Rev. NJ. II. Appleby,
district superintendent. will conduct
the services and preach the sermon.
on the following day the destruction
of the church Will be begun.
vicinity of the church a tabernacle
Will be erected to house the congrega-
ton while the new church is being
erected.
Grace NJ E. church had its incep-
ton in a little body of people who in
1869 organized and built a small
church on the present site of the
Warner building at the corner of
Michigan and Wayne SITS, which was
known as the Michigan St Methodist
church. Its pastor was Rev. William
X. Mikels. The present structure was
erected and dedicated in 1886. The
pastor at that time was Rev. IL. y.
ogden. now of Indianapolis.
Plans looking toward a new church
began Immediately following the Billy
Sunday campaign when the cOngrega-
ton grew beyond the capacity of the
present building. and among the va
rious societies of the church as well as
individual members, $4,000 has al
ready been raised by pledges.