Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-11-19
COMMUNITY HOUSE NEW
VENTURE IN CHURCH WORK
Broad Street Methodist Opcn-
ed WclI-Equippcd Slrur-
turc Last Spring.
hi~~ 'h"ri"u~ St"nki~H. Director of
""innhs Work, f~rts Program.
f'"s Proved Its I:ni-icnr,-CIns>r.
Tor Frr->rhonI children.

Last spring "u" ur N" n"wry, Won
lures IN church work was ATTEMPTED
wh"h ir"ad street Methodist Churcu
opened It's beautiful and wolf
"""irH"d community house. At that
time much VAS said of the building.
and many cunj"cturcs were made ~
1" wh"'h"r or not the plan OF
churrh community house would IN,
successful Miss Charlotte S;oakl.v.
director 90 wpman's WORK did not
CIV" out any part Of tn" program
however. because she felt that 1t was
cnly fair t" Civ" tn" program a
rhanc" !" run smoothly for Il while
b"ior" Very much was said aluu; it,
lh" PROGRAM has been in effect sine.
last spring now. and Miss StoakIcy
feels that u has proved its efficiency
ana that IN" community house is
doing great work. with tn. oppor-
,unity az sim greater work ahead
g; 1t.
ON" of III" most interesting phases
"f tn" program as carried out hy
this community house are tn. classes
for children. which occur on We'd
n"sd"r Using part nf the work
ing fore" "f tn" community house
and with the c0-Upcration of tho
school "f social service. there arr
seven trained Instructors at thcs.
classes. The classes consist Of
:.
adapted memory work
CIn>-cs for Prc-SchonI Children.
In the morning are the classes ror
tho pr"-schuol children. and in the
afternoon thoS" for the older chill
drcn. These classes arc not limi,cu
to children Of tn" church. ANY
child in the community may attend
them. At the II o'clock hour on
sunday morning the Cradl. roll room.
is used as Il nursery. where mothers
may safely leave their children while
they attend church. ON Wednesdays
also. working mothers may leave
their children at tn. nursery
ON Wednesday evening at . o'clock
supper is served by tn" women If
'hc church 20 thos" adults and Young
p"opl" VIII" car" TO CONF" y very
small snm is charged for the supper
and any ono may com" simply by
ies"rving place, Following the
supper thor" arr voluntary classes.
Four elias ar" offered ON" in
sociology. one In specialization work
for religious WORKERS and two in
Eihl" study. IN 'h"S" Il, present
Their" ar" between - and loo persons.
which speaks most "iouucn,ly for
tn" interest "f th"s" classes
FRIDAY is AT home" day FOR the
community house. In the lovely
reading ana rest room of tho house
al members of tn" community. re-
rardlcss OF denomination. arc VOL
come. Tea is served, and the prob
lens and home conditions Of the
community arc talked over. Another
interesting social feature are the
socialS. given every other Friday
evening, especially for young people
in the church. community and Nari-
ou3 colleges.
Entertaining md Cultural.
ThcS. SoCiaiS are made as much
Xix" entertainments in privat. homes
a possible and Chap:roncd Ly the
prominent people in the church The
programs ar. both entertaining and
cultural and are followed 10y rcCrca-
zion and refreshments. At tn. last
Friday social there Were about 400
young people preSent
The, women OF Broad street Mctho-
dist church make speciality Of
serving dainty lunches and supp-rs,
At q nominal cost. to any orcaniZa-
tiuus who care Ia engage their SER
vices They HAY" served quite sue
c"ssfuily 200 or 3n0 people at time.