The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-07-26
PASCAG0ULA BAPTISTS
TO DECIDE ON ADDITION
FOR CHURCH BUILDING
Plans To BE Presented To Membership AT Meeting To
Be Held Sunday
Morning

} Proposed plans which would con-
plete the construction OF the FIRST
Baptist Church az PaScMRoula viii
be submitted 70 the members Of the
church ~ a u1eeftnn TO be held
Sunday morning ~ II O'Clock IN the
church Plans snd specifications
for buikting the new addition have
been drawn by J. W.. McCleskey.
Paxcagoula architect
The meeting win take the place Of
the regular sunday morning ser
vice Of the church. AT that tine
plans VII be submitted for raising
the necessary finances for tne build
ting program which viii complete
the structure built In January,
1857.
The new addition sin conform
with the original part OF the
church in architecture and con-
struction II vii be Of brick and
steel. It w1n extend westward from
the present structure and viii front
on North PaScagoCla street. Ii viii
be approximately 90 feet VIDE and
70 feet long. II will be three stories
high The first. or ground. floor
viii contain the Adult Sunday
school class rooms. and viii be built
so that 1t can be used as an as
sembfy room 20 scat $50 persons
The second. or main floor. viii
be useo for the regular church yer
vices and VIII seal 500 persons and
win have 8 balcony 70 accommo-
date about 200 people. In all. the
new addition viii take care OF about
1000 persons. When completed. the
new addition viii make the church
The largest in the city Of Pascagoula
and one Of TIE largest on the en-
tire Gulf Coast
Included in the new addition also
viii be nine class rooms. q bapfistry,
choir loft and organ chamber for
the pipe organ. which the church
hopes 70 secure in the near future.
The entire congregation OF the
church viii be called upon Sunday
to officially act upon the proposed
addition It is expected that It
will have the unanimous approval
OF those attending. The preliminary
plans have been approved by the
architectural department OF the
Baptist Convention at
Tenn.
The present building is "A by 70
feet and is three stories high. II
houses the Sunday School and edu-
cational departments Of the church.
At the present, the adults use the
present assembly room. 40 by so feet,
on the ground floor. This space is
not sufficiently large 10 accommo-
date half CT the present members
of the church.
Today the FIRST Baptist Church
mas a full graded Sunday School de-
Dartment composed OF 80 classes.
There are two standard departments,
and B~eginners, which have
an enrolment Of 600. with an aver
age attendance Of 800.
1t also has q fun graded B 7. o..
an enrolment which has
doubled in the past year and now
reaches about 200.
There Is an active brotherhood or
organization which meets monthly
the church. This department has
q membership Of rs.
The Woman's Missionary Society
Is q very active organization within
the church. 1t is composed OF eight
Circles and has an active member
ship of lis. The Missionary So
riety also sponsors the Young Wo-
mems Auxiliary; Girls Auxiliary
Royal Ambassadors and the Sun
Beam Band.
The FIRST Baptist Church has n
the largest memberships Of any
church IN Pascagoula. With its
highly active membership, It has
taken 9 place Of prominence in the
life Of the city.