The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-27
Mola Opens Fierce Drive Around Bilbao
FIRST METHODIST COMMUNITY
FELLOWSHIP BANQUET WILL
BE- HELD FRIDAY EVENING
Marks Close of Week of
Dual A Activity For
Local Congregation

MethodistS reached the S25OO
mark early today in their drive
for $4,000 with which to save
their 100000 church property
from foreclosure, with indications
that solicitors would be able to
report $4,000 cash in hand to-
night.
The campaign for cash pay
mentS will end Friday night with
a community fellowship banquet,
and if the goal is reached the
church will be able through COM
promise agreements with creditors
to reduce its Indebtedness from
approximately $4,000 to $4,000.
1--WE are faced both with a
grave crisis and Il golden oppor-
tunity," DR.. Gilbert X. Combs,
pastor, who negotiated the debt
refunding program, said today,
and | believe we will meet the
crisis successfully and seize the
opportunity.
Tonight will be young peoples
night in the. revival in prOgraSS
at the church. The Rev. Bob l..
Pool, of Louisville, financial sec
rotary of the board of church eX-
tension, will preach on the sub
ject, love is the Theme" The
banquet Friday evening will be
attended by friends of the congre-
CATION as well rs members. FL
nal reports on the financial cam
paign will be made at that time.
"The most daring statement
.Jesul ever made was the one in
which he said, upon this rock Will
| bui d my church, for the rock
to which he referred was human
ity." the Rev. Mr.. Pool said asst
night in sermon on the topic,
1.-THE Ideal Church"
"The rise or fall of His king
dom was left with people, and we
all know that humans are weak in
their own right. Jesus didnr or
ganize the church, but He gave
the church it's heart and He is the
head of the universal church. |
was disappointed when / first
learned that Jesus didn't found
the Methodist church, but | soon
came to realization that this
was unimportant; that the SUI
preme question is not wether the
kingdom of God shall be brought
in by MethodiSts or BaptiStS or
Presbyterians or any other group
or denomination, but whether all
these people working together
shall accomplish that objective.
The church of my dreams is one
whose members are willing to go
all the way in Sacriticial giving, IN
compassion and in all the other
attributes of Christianity. The
church, after all, isn't group Of
saints, but congregation of SER
ious-minded people banded to-
gether to held advance the inter-
estS of the kingdom, to held SIN
full people to become less sinful,
and to help good people to be-
come better. The chief hope OF
the church is to bring up children
in the nurture and admonitlon oil
the Lord, for it has been shown
that S5 per cent Of the church
membership is recruited from
families whose young folk are
reared in religious atmosphere
at home and who are grounded IN
religious principles in the church
school,"
Touching on the financial cam
paign in progress this week, the
Rev. Mr.. Pool referred to the sac
rifcial giving of parents to their
children.
"Parents labor and sacrifice to
give their children all they need
or want" he pointed out. "As
tiny tots they first ask for a pen
nv. and later the requests are for
a nickel or dime. And then their
needs are represented by dollars,
and finally when they are being
educated they require many dol
lars. But frequently one of these
children dies-and after that the
expense of rearing this child
stops. But no parents wants 1t to
stop. And so it is with the church.
While it is a live institution it
costs something, but after it is
permitted to die it costs nothing.
No one should want dead church
even though a live one costs
something in time and effort and
money!"