Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-09-09
To Break Ground For New Falls Church

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Columbia Falls Christian church
members will be groundbreaking
ceremony for new church build
ing, Sunday. The two o'clock service
is to be held at their present loca-
ton, 706 Second Avenue West. Local
minister is Pastor Tom Shelton, who
has been here since July /, 1852.
Participating in the Sunday cere-
m0ny will be the Rev. o. D. Harris,
Central Christian church pastor,
Kalispell. Reverend Harris has been
active in helping plan for the new
Columbia Falls church, and with
Kalispen church members, has Co
operated Fundamentally.
CHOIR TO SING
Anthem, Lift Up Your Heads"
will be sung by the Columbia Falls
church choir, at the groundbreaking
ceremony. Choir members are Mrs.
Sam Bears, Grace Marie Dewitt,
Mrs. George Hanson, Peggy 10 Reid,
Mrs. Leo Renfrow, and Mrs. Leslie
label. sopranos; Marjorie Dewitt,
Garland Grady, Mrs. Gene Lance,
Mrs. AL Reid and Mrs. Bob Sned-
don, altos; Allen label and Pastor
Shelton, tenors; and David Baker,
bass. Pianist is Mrs. Clark Grady,
former organist at Central Christian
church, Great Falls.
BUILDING COMMITTEE
Building committee chairman is
Leo Renfrow, with Leslie label, Pat
Kelly and Gene Lance, committee
members.
To take part in the ceremony will
be Mr.. Renfrow as building commit
tee chairman; George Hanson, chair
man, official board; Mrs. Tom Shell
ton, Sunday School superintendent;
Mrs. George Hanson, Christian Won
ems fellowship president; and Grace
Marie Dewitt, Christian Youth fel.
lowship president.
n BY 70 CHURCH
Present plans for the q by Il
church include sanctuary and foul
Sunday school classrooms. The pres
ent church building will be used a!
combination fellowship hall, class
rooms and continue as parsonage
Parsonage is upstairs apartment
The building is former residence 0
Mr.. and Mrs. C. B. Cobb.
Definite date construction will star
has not been set, but is to be thi
fall Volunteer labor, including
workers from various Montana Chris
tian churches, will be used. A l0al
of $1,000 from the Board of Churc
Extension has been received. Loca
aim was to raise 5000, which ha
nearly been obtained.
SIN the future" will be erecti0
!, of fellowship and educational hal
SIGNALLING
i Pastor Shelton has been usin
!, Touring Gods Highways" as gel
? eral sermon theme. Topic for SUI
days ILLS worship service will b
: Signalling" Sunday school begir
at 10 a. m.
He also conducts services in Whit
: fish each Sunday. These start
10. 10 a. M, with Sunday school thel
at $50 a. m. First services in Il
26 by 50 #. Whitefish Christie
: church were held this spring. San
!; tuary and other interior of the churt
= is nearly completed at this time.
: SLATE MEETINGS
). Official board of the Columb
= Falls church is scheduled to met
~ Friday, 3 p. M, at the church.
y Scheduled for Sunday, $50 p. n
q here, is Christian Youth Fellowsh
- meeting. Business includes elect
II of officers. Now in office are Ora
), Marie Dewitt, president; Peggy
Reid, vice president; and Marjol
y Dewitt, secretary-treasurer.
y Indian Americans" is to be pl
~ gram topic led by Mrs. Leo Renfr
a. when the Christian W0men's fe10
IL ship meets next Tuesday. Meet
- will open with a 1880 dessert at
IS church. Co-hoStesses are Mrs. Les
~ label and Mrs. Tom Shelton.