The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-13
Second Church Has
 Membership Gain
Report for Year Encouraging Given Needy,
 Stressed By Pastor Lowell

WOulu l LNank MT CoOmDS, the OL- ficers ofs this church, the various boards and committee members for their helpfulness and interest. To MT Jensen, our organist, and the choirs especially would I extend our sincerest appreciation and grat- itude. To the countless individuals who here and there find their niche In our corporate life in ways of pecially offer my thanks.
 We do not know what the fu- ture has in store. we only know that if each does his part, if every one would only give something of his time and effort and financial assistance. at least Second church, an important sector in our Congre- gational and Christian life and pur- real gains achieving the most de- | ing need of the hour-the building and extension of the kingdom O.
 God and his Christ.
 While for others these days
 may mean unemployment, for us | they must only mean increased ap- | plication. While others may look l to retrenchment and reduction, for
 us these days must mean sustained | operation and increased output. While for others our times may mean enforced leisure and lowered vitality, for us they must mean
 most intense striving. fever-pitch living and the retapplnG of the per- | ennlal sources of, life's spiritual power and virlle force. To be alive and to be a Christian endeavorer today is the most glorious, adven- turous. challenging, romantic ven- ture to which earnest men and women can ever be summoned. This is no time for winners, quit ters or slackers. The hour has struck for the heroic.
 Membership Increasing
 "As a church the opening of the year 1898 finds us I believe amid conditions that promise hope and progress. Our membership was never larger and is on the increase ut the average rate of 100 new conn rades a year. Our Sunday morn- ing congregations are the largest since we took up our work to- gether. We are compact people, free from faction and friction. Aft CT two years of acquaintanceshir we are getting over our formal introduction and acquaintance pc riod and are beginning to feel that which time alone could ever make us feel, that we are welded into unity of regard and affection. The impact of our church on the life of this community suffers no diminu. ton. In more intimate and telling ways our work Is being felt 4IJa att.y NUhiIn fn1nf h.. CT with our sister churches and In concert with the life at large our budget has been reduced affecting vltally the lot of every compensat- ed worker, still. we are paying our way. Our chief economic. failure in the loyal support of those who still are giving sacrificially to our work and maintenance as much as to one or two items in our invest cd funds. which owing to circum- stances for which no one Is to blame, have saddled upon us tenn porarily a dead weight rather than affording us their former and we hope soon to be reclaimed assist ance. In days when the acid test is being applied to every superfiuS ous agency and institution you still are on record as maintaining your belief through your gifts In the vital worth and effective function ing of your church.
 "You will be interested to know of three specific ways in which We are attempting to meet the most needy parishioners whose are feel ing most acutely the brunt Of these times. ..
 The following officers were elect ed: Clerk, George o. Allen: treas- urer of the church, Orton P. Camp; treasurer of benevolences, Alfred F. Meyerhans: historian. Mrs Pierre c. Cowles: standing commit. tee, Mrs James R. Sheldon. Edward Tracy, Mrs Frederick E. Webster Mrs Aaron A. Benedict, Harold White, and Earl Smithies: commit. tee on everyman canvass. Alfred
 F. Meyerhans. chairman, Walter G. Green, stephen Crane, Harley w. Tripp, Arthur T. Crane. Mrs Harry Coe. Mrs George A. Baron. Ian, Mrs Adolph Raymond: church ushers, Leroy Gibbs, chairman, Walter M. Boyd. John Mcdonald, Joseph H. Roberts. Louis Wensel. Alfred C. Dreher, A. Earl Smithies, IAomes R. Allen. and Harold II, Post; delegates to the Congrega- tional Union of Waterbury. Fdson w. Hitchcock, Rev MT Lowell and MT Post: and church school officers, Rev John R. Coombs. superintend. ent; Miss r. Poole, secretary. and Miss Helen c. Banks, treasurer The election .of the deacons was postponed.
 The following members were ap- pointed by the church to assist tLc ministers in various ways as desig' hated by tho minister's: Mrs Henry Mcclure, MT and Mrs Walton B Smith, Mrs Orton Camp. Henry