The Colorado statesman., 1924-06-14
ZION BAPTIST
CHURCH NEWS
24th and Ogden SITS.
Sunday Services

Sunday School ............ 40 a. IN.
Morning Services .........1 10 40 II. m.
Layman's League .......... 3 30 p. m.
r.. Y. Z. u. U............... 6 :45 p. m.
Evening Services ......... 30 p m,
The congregation of Zion Baptist
Church has been exceedingly fortunate
in securing the services of Rev. G. l.,
Prince, who gave up a most excellent
congregation at The Frances Street
Baptist Church of st. Joseph, Mis-
souri,, to come to Denver and at
tempt to reorganize the church. What
! was said of Abram, afterwards called
Abraham, might well be said of Rev.
Prince, who after a period of ten
years service, was enjoying the fruits
of his labor and the confidence of his
people when he was called out in the
far west, into land almost unknown
to him and face Il condition which he
had not even dreamed of.
He came, he saw, he conquered the
circumstances that had crept in and
scattered faithful congregation of
more than 800 members who wept when
they remembered Zion and scores of
whom have passed beyond the vale of
tears but steadfast and with vision
that some one would come to rebuild
the church.
Rev. Prince took charge of the
church January l, 1924, and for con-
siderable period listened to what his
people had to say, then commenting
on same out of his vast experience and
set out to make a personal survey of
problems to be met and came to the
conclusion that he was master of the
situation. He called the church to-
gether and suggested that instead of
series of revival meetings, that each
member make an earnest endeavor to
get all of the old members back into
the church for reorganization. This,
of course, met with great success and
the first of March the church was
duly reOrganized into all of the prin-
cipal and auxiliary branches of the
Baptist Church. The object of this or
ganizatiOn is not only to dispense the
spirit of brotherly love, but to be
community center and an outstanding
factor in the civic betterment of the
city of Denver.
With regards to the progress of the
church, the membership January 1st
was less than 100; June 1st there were
45O active members. At the same time
there was no Sunday School and on
| Sunday, June 7th, the attendance was:
| Officers, 3; teachers, 10; classes, 15
and 166 students. The first united eff
fort on the part of the church and Sun
day School netted $1,000, which was
ample to take care of all immediate
emergencies existing at that time.
The pastor is out of the city at this
time in attendance at the National
Sunday School Congress, cOnvenlng at
Cincinnati, Ohio, from June 11th thru
18th He will be returning within the
next ten days and in the meantime the
clubs and committees are continuing
with heavy licks and steady blows in
their effort to reach the $1,000 mark
in the great rally on June Goth.
During the week prior to this rally,
the different auXiliaries of the church
will have on exhibition samples and
demonstrations of the work that is be-
ing done by the church and solicits the
patronage of all the citizens of Denver
to assist in making the whole week one
| gala event
Donations to this cause will be high
ly appreciated.