South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-02
10000 WENT
I'd CHURCH
SUNDAY
First GO-tO-ChurCh Day is Big
Success - Ministers Thank
NeWSpaperS-Plan to Con-
tinue Work.

cess.
This was the feeling OF the Minis
terial association Monday morning at
the \. II. g. A., when plans were laid
TOT extending the movement during
the next three Sundays Of the month.
Regular church-gOers. occasional
church-gOers and nOnchurch-gOerS
were ali drawn To the meetings Sun
day, following over months work bv
hundreds OF church members in South
Bend and the results, which showed
increases OF from 10 TO so per cent
were concluded q great success by the
leaders.
II is estimated that more than 90
GEO peoPle attended public worship
during the day.
The success Of Go-To-Church-Sun-
day was largely dee 20 the press Of
the city to which we, the Ministerial
association, extend our hearty thanks.
ran letter sent out by the associa-
tion Monday to the News-Times.
We believe the most effective inVi-
tations were those given by the two
papers and we earnestly appreciate
their liberal altitude. The NeWs-Times
has done much to promote church go
ing in South Bend and surrounding
towns and in behalf Of the Ministerial
association and the campaign commit.
tee l desire to express appreciation for
Your cOmmendable work through your
columns since the publication OF the
1Tst announcement of the campaign.
CECIL ID. FRANKLIN,
secretary of the Ministerial associa-
tiOn."
Similar appreciations were voted to
merchants who took part
The movement was a triumph Of
cooperative work on the part OF
churches, public and press" asserted
Rev. +. X. DOugherty. who said that in
numbers who had not been to church
before in years. The triumph VIII
make itself felt in South Bend for
many years. ne continued.
Non Church Goers There.
\ glance at the faces that attended
in any OF the churches showed that
there were many present who had not
attended a service in years. Many as
serted that 1t was their first visit since
childhood.
The advertising scheme Of the move
I1ent Will be enlarged during the rest
OF the month. Plans for putting out
q large number more display cards
are underway and more invitations are
being printed. A large banner may be
strung across Michigan St, advertising
the movement.
THE movement Sunday did not
merely consist of church attendance
but the spirit Of the day was even
demonstrated in q dozen different
ways" asserted one pastor. 'MeE and
women welded shOvClS, cleaning the
sidewalks to make access easy 20 the
churches. Telephone calls - neigh
hors as well as personal visits carried
invitations from home to home and in
y large number OF instances old mem
hers made special trips 10 the homes
or the non-gOer. taking them person
ally The results of these efforts filed
every pew I'm the morning and nearly
every church had to find chairs TO as
sist in seating the crowds.
An exact count of those present
at the leading churches during the
day. taken under the auspices of the
%ews-Times showed a total of 1868
attended church Sunday.
Considerably over 5000. il is esti-
mated attended the other churches
not reported. BAD weather prevented
the attendance from being even
larger and after the morning re
turns had been secured the executive
committee expressed themseA es as
being we'll satisfied with the results
AS In nearly every instance a gain OF
from 10 10 so per cent was shown.
Nearly every church was crowded
20 capacity. some having to use chairs
to accommodate the large crowds AT
the morning Worship at the First NJ
f. church over 200 attended and
whom il was impossible 10 lind seat
ing for Their. I'm the man auditorium
over 100 " re turned 10 the Sunday
school rOoms below where a special
service was held.
MANY at All Services.
4 total OF 5.6i1 attended Sunday
school. SOIL offended the morning
worship and 49Ol were present az the
Church SUNDAY Morn Fvnn.