Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-19
ST. MATTHEW'S HAS
REMARKABLE GROWTH
Mission Started Four Years Ago
to Dedicate New Church
Sunday

The program for the services in con-
nection with the dedication of St. Mat
thew's Lutheran Church was issued to-
day. Services will take place next
Sunday in the new building at Green
and Seneca streets and will continue
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
evenings.
For some years there had been a
growing feeling among the members
of the Lutheran Ministerial Associa-
tion of the need of a mission in the
extreme northern part of the city.
Many Lutheran families had moved
into this district. some of whom were
attending no church, or doing so only
occasionally. On April %. 1910, a
meeting of the ministerial association,
together with one layman from each
Lutheran congregation, was called.
Those present were the Revs. j. b.
Markward, l.. G.. Manages, Rene H. Will
liams, Amos M. Stamets, S. w. Her.
man and A. A. Kelly and Laymen G.
A. Martz and w. II. Fisher. After
some discussion it was decided to ap-
point a working committee of seven
members, consisting of the following
persons: The Rev. Messrs. Williams,
of Messiah, Markward, of Bethlehem,
Stamets, of Augsburg, Herman, of
Zion, and a layman from Messiah,
Bethlehem and Augsburg. The Rev.
Mr.. Williams was made chairman and
G.. A. MartZ secretary of this commit
tee, who decided to canvass the dis
trict lying above Maclay street and
subsequently to organize Sunday
school. At the next meeting of the
committee, May 81, 1910, in Beth
lehem Lutheran Chapel, the latter part
of June was selected as the time for
organization, final arrangements for
which were completed by the minis
terial association at their meeting of
June in the Y. M. c. A. parlors,
when June 10 was named as the day
to launch the movement. The follow
ing officers were elected temporarily:
M. III. Thomas, superintendent; George
Mauk. secretary; G. A. Martz, treas
urer.
To-day the church has a member
ship of 125 and is officered as follows:
President. G. A. Martz; secretary, Pro-
fessor NJ. H. Thomas; treasurer, W. H.
Fisher; financial secretary, E. L. Zim-
norman, Professor W. III. Jacobs, D.
B. Marks. W. H. Runk and John Cri-
der. These form the board. Professor
M. H. Thomas is superintendent of the
Sunday school; G. A. Martz is assist
ant superintendent; f. l.. Zimmerman
is secretary: A. R. Grove is assistant
secretary; w. III. Runk, treasurer. Miss
Mabel Meckley is superintendent of the
primary department and Mrs. w. H..
Fisher, assistant. Other organizations
and their officers are:
Ladies' Guild of ST. Matthew s-Mrs.
G. A. Martz. president; Mrs. w. G..
Good, vice-president: Mrs. W. H.
Jacobs, secretary, and Mrs. A. e.
Burkholder, treasurer.
Mems Brotherhood of ST. Matthews s
&C. P. Gibbons, president; Albert
Householder, vice-president; A. e.
Burkholder. secretary, and A. r.
Grove. treasurer.
Christian Endeavor Society - Ray
mond White, president; Floyd Keener,
vice. president; Miss La Vene Grove,
treasurer; Miss Florence Gallagher, or
ganist, and Miss Mildred Burkholder,
assistant organist.
Girls Club - Advisory committee,
Miss La Vene Grove. Miss Clarissa
Stence and Miss Mabel Meckley; Flor
ence Gallagher, president; Mildred
Burkholder, vice-president; Frances
Burkholder. secretary. and Pauline
Rife. treasurer.
Boys Club---W. H. Runk, manager;
Wilson Roberts, assistant.
Choir--A. e. Burkholder, president;
Mrs. Alvin R. Grove. secretary.