Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-11-17

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Historical sket- 4
ches of the pastRev. C. Adam Kress
fifty years wereFirst Appointed Pc, Pas ).
read. Twenty 'o " ''e
seven members of the Church who
had helped in the growth were
present.
Saturdays devotions were led
by the Rev. Walker Mayfield, Miss
Kelley and the Rev. H. B. Bremen.
Sunday afternoon the Rev. Mark
Shockey conducted the devotions
and in the evening service was con-
Quoted by the president of the
Young Peoples Missionary Society,
Kenneth Poole. At each service
music both vocal and instrumental,
took predominant part.
Three of the original sixteen
charter members of the Society
are still living. Mrs. Elizabeth
Boswell, Mrs, Luther Poole and
Oscar Leizear. Mrs. Poole and Mr..
Leizear are both active in the
Church and Sunday School, but
Mrs. Boswelps poor health re-
striets her activities. s.
The present pastor, Rev. l.. H.
Kelley, is the grandson of Mr.. and
Mrs. Louis ,,Duvall, two active
members of the original society
Rev.. Kelley was unable to preside
at any of the services common
ating the anniversary. While work.
ing on his home recently he slipped
and fell from the roof, requiring
Decentralization. Although badly
bruised and shocked, he was able
to attend the services. q
The first tent meeting Of this
Society was held in the summer
of 1899 on the Colesville Pike at
Cloverly. The Rev.; A. G. Miller
was instrumental in organizing the
group of interested people, and
served on the circuit until the
fall of 1900. The second pastor,
the Rev. C. A. Kress, served for
two years and was able to return
some of his experiences during
those early years.
For the first few years services
were held by the pastors only
every two weeks as each pastor
served four Societies with a round
trip circuit being about 80 miles
on mud roads with horse and bug
gy. During those early years the
present pastor became a member
of the church and entered the
ministry.
To the untiring efforts of the
Rev. A. Sergeant, a preacher from
Wilmington, Delaware, who pur-
chased farm near Spencerville
goes much of the. credit for the
erection of the church. A lot from
his. farm was donated on which
to erect the church and in addition
to financing the building, the Rev.
Sergeant helped with his labor and
encouragement to erect the build
ing.
A parsonage was built in 1918
and the Rev. w. H. Van Ness was
the first pastor to live there. In
1888 the plans for the rooms of
the Sunday School were perfected
and construction was started i'm
mediately. During each pastors
service the Society has grown
until now the, enrolment of the
Sunday School !, has outgrown the
Accommodations and classes are held
in neighboring homes and in the
church basement. ,NS,,'s
Active \ organizations in the
Society are the Woman's Mission
Society, the Young Peoples, Mis-
sionhry Work and the children,s
Young Peoples Missionary Work.
Thanksgiving Dance
A Thanksgiving Dance will be
held in the Sherwood (Sandy
Spring. Gymnasium on Wednes-
day, November %, $3.50 to ~ P. M.
Music will be furnished by Nat Lie.
Germans Orchestra. The Sophie
mores are looking for a nice
crowd.
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