The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-03
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0Sb1lIll1lh 4LLuL oAdy CNIAAiAB "V 7:lS a mid-week series of church home nights will be held at the First Methodist church running into the Lenten period. Each evening the discussion subject will be one of the Ten Commandments. A re- lated subject will also be discussed each evening by lay speaker.
 Rev. Dr. John J. Snavely, pastor will lead the 3:45 morning devo- tions over WATR tomorrow and Wednesday.
 Sunday afternoon January 16, the annual district conference will be held in the Seymour Methodist church beginning at 2:30 p. m. The evening meeting will be addressed by Dr. Liston Pope of Yale and Bishop Francis J. Mcconnell.
 The calendar of events this week at the First Methodist church fol- lows:
 Tuesday, January 4th-
 2:90 D. m.-W. c. T. U. meeting.
 6:O0 D. m.-Girl Scouts.
 Wednesday, January 5th--
 7:l5 D. m.-Mothers' Club meet
 ing.
 Thursday, January 6th-
 5:30 D. m. - Junior Choir re-
 hearsal.
 7:45 D. m.-Church Home Night.
 Subject: The First Command
 ment Thou Shalt Have No
 Other Gods Before Me-" Friday, January 7th-
 6s0A
 hearsal.
 Pat Stanton showed a natural color film Here Is Ireland" at the Second Congregational church forum last night. A year in the making, the film took almost two hours to run and covered journey of 5000 miles through the Emerald Isle.
 Getting away from conventional scenes, much of the film deals with Inc effect of modern progress on the life of the Irish. However, rome of the beautiful or historical spots on the island is overlooked. The strong religious feeling is captured in some very stirring cere- monies. One of the best is a shot of the Corpus Christi procession in the city of Cork, in which every able bodied man in the town is seen maching to the high altar erected ila the center of the town. .. =.
 No one believes more firmly than I do that the Church of Christ must play leading role, must be determining factor in the making If the terms Uf peace, but I have ..h hope that the church can play it's proper role in the world of af- .airS unless ws can buiIu On the personal faith of its members, {" stated Rev. Dr. John c. Walker, Second Congregational church pas tor, yesterday morning ja his ser :aon, ~The Gospel of Power"
 Dr. walker said in part:
 We can do great things for God in our day and generation, it is my belief that the Church Of Christ can determine in large measure tre trends of history for the next two or tn generations but We shall rot be able to wield any great in- fiuerCe III the community or in tie worlG at large unless we have the courage of our Individual con- victionS, a warm personal faith in our own hearts, willingness to make some genuine sacrifices for the causes we espouse.
 Something heard in 8 little de- votional pamphlet recently gave me uause. The writer, one Dr. Cot ton. president of Presbyterian seminary in chicago. suggests that for there are three main sources of weakness in these days. He says that many are confused in their minds, divided in thier royalties. fearful in conscience. As I cast this over in my mind I became more and more certain that the Dr. Cot ton has indeed put his finger on Three basic weaknesses. am all too sure that he knows whereof he speaks and that he speaks to the present condition of some within as veil as great multitudes without the Christian churches.
 Those of us who are adults have lived through two decades when a eat many seemed to think that the highest praise must always be giv- m to the man with an open mind. 4 great E:eny went on the assun1p- ton that all standards must be questioned, all traditions must be criticized, every conviction, every tenet Of faith must be open to challenge. All very well unless you carry this business to an extreme