The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-20
STOWE
Community Church Organized, with
Constitution and Bylaws.

ConStitutlOn anu bylaws.
The year Of united church service,
which has been carried out here so sue
cessfully. has eliminated in the organ
ization of united church body and
the constitution and bylaws prepared
by committee of three have been
adopted The preamble as adopted was
| followed by nine articles Article |,
being the church motto. He That Los
eth His Life for My Sake Shall Find
| IT.: article 2, the name of the organ
ization, "The Community church of
Stowe, VT" article 3. the object of
the organization, opening as follows,
To unite the various religious elements
of the community into one common
Christian fellowship upon the basis of
fidelity to God and the truth as we
honestly conceive it; article A. mem
bership, providing that all members of
the existing churches, together with
those holding letters from other
churches, may become members by as
senting to the constitution and bylaws
and entering into covenant with this
church. and any member of the COM
munity may become member by sub
laws and entering into the following
covenant, Recognizing the divine pur-
pose in organized religion in the world
for the worship of God, the service OF
men and the establishment OF the king
dom OF Christ on the earth, we hereby
covenant with God and with each other
that we will do all in our power to pro-
mote these great ends, that we will be
mindful Of the necessity of worship OF
PRAYER and of fellowship and both by
precept and example we will endeay0r
to sustain them at all times; that we
will be loyal to this church, of which
we are members and will share in its
worship and other activities and in the
expenses of its work and support and
we will walk together in brotherly love,
This we covenant, looking for strength
and guidance of the great God of all
mankind; article 5, relating to ad
minstrstion; article 6, meetings; ar
tiele Z, officers, article 8, duties of Off
cers, and article D, the sacraments as
follows; The sacrament of the Lords
supper shall be administered on the
first Susday of January, April July
and October of each year, but the ques
tion OF the Lords supper, as well as
that OF baptism. shall be left to the
conscience OF the individual member
for the reason that any religious rite,
or observance performed under compul-
sion or custom and without under
standing is Improbable to the believer
and displeasing to Him who demands
honesty and sincerity in ell OF our acts
Of worship. The pastors sermon sun
day morning was The Real in Re
ligion" A three piece orchestra as
sisted the choir. Miss Nerns Stock
man sang solo. There were al pres
ent at Sunday school. Stereopticon
pictures Of Panama were exhibited at
the young peoples Community club
service Sunday evening. +. Lawrence
Bigelow gave very interesting lee.
ture. There will be an important
meeting Of the church executive com
mittee at the parsonage Tuesday even
ing On Thursday evening there win
be a free sugar social at the Unity
church vestry. the men Of the United
society furnishing the sugar and the
women the doughnuts. Following the
social there will be a meeting in the
audience room of the church. when the
organization Of the Community church
will be completed and the covenant
signed All are invited.
Mrs. Florence Bridges, representing
Cross. Abbott & Co of White River
Junction. was a guest at the Green
Mountain inn Thursday, Friday and
Saturday.
Among those AT dinner at the Green
Mountain inn Sunday were Mr.. and
Mrs. c. +. Burt and guests. Mr. and
Mrs. W. =. Churchill and daughter of
Morrisville. Mrs. l.. G.. Moody OF Mont
pelier, and DIR. and Mrs. H. w. Barrows
and family.
Miss Ruth Prescott and a friend from
Waterbury visited Mrs. d. V. Reed, Miss
Prescott's grandmother. Sunday,
W. l.. Wright of Hyde Park visited
Mrs Wright at y. G, Stygles' Sunday.
w. l.. Bennett and daughters, Bren-
da and Theresa, have returned, attic,
visiting relatives in Richmond and
Moretown.
Mrs. Paul X. Raymond, who is con
valescing from a recent operation. IS
visiting her mother, Mrs. J. 4. Jen-
kins, in Morrisville.
:. II. Warren. who works Tor The
Dow brothers at Waterbury Center
spent the week end with his mother.
Mrs. Jane Warren. and daughter, Mrs
Earle Sulhsm
Roderic Riley Of Waterbury was
home for over SUNDAY.
The funeral Of Leon. the A-yeaT- old /
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Z. b. Wiltshire Of
Morrisville and grandson of Charles 7. /
Sargent Of stowe. ass held at Morris
VILE at , o'clock this afternoon. The /
boy died si the Fanny Allen hospital /