Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-11-16
CHURCH NEWS
over State
BY North Carolina Council of
Churches, Durham
Collect Overseas Material

lStCfS oil inc churches OF Fayetteville
and surrounding comm ,nitics, meet
'nc in SPECIAL session this week,
NntCd unanimously to form church
world service organization for the
purpose Of collecting material goods
for overseas relief and reconstruc-
ten. The organization will be rep
rcsentativc Of all churches Of Cum
bcr1ani Cuuuty.
The need Tor such an organization
was intro duccd by Rev. Ernest j.
hrncld. executive secretary of the
North Carolina Council of Churches,
VINO presented the need for material
aid such aS Sh mes. clothing. bedding
and canned foods as milk, fish and
meat. This local organization will
BE- considered Il cooperating unit OF
the national organization. Church
World Service. incorporated, which
vas recently farrned Ivy th> majo,
Protestant UNCONVENTIONAL bodies OF
the United States
All goods collected in "a cCn:inuo,,.
program will he shipped to the ncar-
est overseas warehouse. which is i'm
New Windsor, Maryland.
Program OF Serial Action
Eurlin-tCn Tho North Carolina
Eir@inia Congregational Christian
.'rntcrcncc. meeting in annual SEES
*i'n this week. adopted broad
program of social action inclucim.
The endorsement of the overseas re-
+ li2i program Of Church World Ser
Vice, Incorporated, the intention OF
wor!tinE actively fer The promotion
of Inc Coed Health program as out
| lined recently for Governor Cherry
and the expression Of a real desire
| TO work for the alienation of ten
Sicns in the field of race relations.
In its endorsement of the Church
/ World Service program the con-
vcnticn urged every local church e
share in the movement tC collcc:
material supplies for the starving
peoples abroad. In connection with
the North Carolina Good Health
program the convention expressed
concern over the dcplorable copdi-
tons found in our State due TO th'
shortage Of hospitals. nurses and
doctors.
The Convention recognized ihai
The current poStW:r social and po-
lit!cal reaction j.: accompanied by
revival of racial frenzy of ala.In:n
proportions. Said the report Of the
t'IllOlIS
Tins GcnUnic spirit may b. character
ixcd by on shameful cpith"t-'Bil-
boi$m Biboisn battcns on Socia!
unrest, class tension, and Red Scares.
II is the inferno out of which springs
cXtra-!egal tcrroriZin3 gangs lik"
the Klansmcn and the Columb:any.
~ he witness Of The church" said
the committee, must begin al home;
lis first obligation is 10 renounce IA
; cial caste within its own fellowship.
;; II is easy for the Ch!rch to maGniry
the RACIAL mctc IN the life of the
. State; it is hard for ncr to see the
racial beam in her own bedy. Bu,
let us remember the injunction >f
Jesus: Cast out first the beam out
of thine own eye, and then shalt thou
sec clearly To cast out The mole out
Of thy brothers eye
Cooperate In Library Program
China Grovc-Thc ministerial as
Sociaticn of this toxin was called up
on this week by the school officials
to assist in the selection of suitable
religious books for high school lib
larry use. In making the request for
such help from the religious lead
crs, the school principal indicated the
need for such books to be assigned
by teachers for parallel reading
Such books will include fiction ns
well as good studies of the life ri
Christ. A special committee was
created by the ministerial aSSocia-
ton. and the State Council of
Churches was asked to make Sug-
gcstions. Rev. John A. Kicks heads
The Ministerial Association com
mittcc for the purpose of serving
the public schools i'll this relation
ship.
To Dedicate College Place
Grccnsboro-Both Methodist con-
fcrcnccS in Moth Carolina will share
the Joy and satisfaction of the mem
5crs of College Plac" Methodist
church in the dedication next Sun
day, November n. Of the church
cdificc erected in faith i'll 1919 near
the Woman'S College campus in
Greensboro Ia minister "a the spirit
ual welfare of students in that grca'
institution. Bishop Clare Purcell
will preach and dedicate the church
al IL a. M, and DR.. II. G. Smith
superintendent of the Durham dis
trict will preach al the evening hour.
\ series of special Sunday services
preceding the day Of dedication has
brought Dr.. G.. Ray Jordan. Dr.. w.
a. Lambeth. and Rev. r. NJ. Court
ncy. all former pastors. back 10 the
pulpit of the church. The church
is now debt free.