St. Paul recorder., 1955-06-17
Twin City
Church NgUs
PILGRIM BAPTIST CHURCH

at fliRrin EdpIISL Churcn on sun
day, June 18th with Rev. T. ].
Jemison, secretary of the National
Baptist Convention and pastor of
the largest Baptist church in
Baton Rouge, La, as guest
speaker.
Morning prayer was offered by
Rev. Moses A. Knott Jr., and fol-
lowing the choral response, the
I Choral Group sang. How Beau
tiful Upon Mountains.
Guest at the service was Mayor
Joseph f. Dillon. Escorted to the
! rostrIm by " ". Galloway. the
Mayor praised the work of the
church in It's 92 years of exis-
tence and offered his congratula-
tons. Mayor Dillon expressed his
confidence in the community lead
ership of the pastor by announc-
| ing that Rev. Massey will be ap-
pointed to the City Planning
board
The Best Church" was the
subject Of Rev. Jemison's stirring
message for the morning service.
Just before the sermon, the Oldest
members of the church were hon
ored. Mr.. and Mrs. George Wills
united with Pilgrim in 1898; Mrs.
Emma Mosby, 1886, Mrs. Jim Lu
Chapman, 1898 and Mrs. Ida Mae
Murphy ????, Mrs. Carrie John
son Is Pilgrims oldest member,
chronologically She Is "a.
Registered visitors introduced
al kxT n
Robbis were, Mrs. Ada Sutherlin
and Miss Belva Willis of Sedalia,
Mo; Mrs. Della Vernell, Mrs. Del
Ia Mack. Roy ID. Hill and Mr.. and
Mrs. James III. Coleman, all of st.
Paul. Also Miss Jane Carpenter,
Minneapolis; James A. Porter,
| Okmulgee, Okla, Charles Rogers,
| Sioux City Iowa, and the Mines.
Hannah Black and Virginia Black
Duluth. MINI.
It was noted that Mrs. Eliza
beth Tarver is a patient at Miller
hospital and Joseph Black is also
confined to Miller.
Daily Vacation Church school
was discussed by Rev. Massey
during the children's story period.
II is scheduled for June 20-July 1.
Parents should plan to enroll chill
dren and see that they attend
regularly. This Is a community
church school and children were
asked TO take care of their build
ing and to see that other children
also were careful in their use of
the facilities.
The Gospel Shorus sang What
A Friend We Have In Jesus" with
w. r. Smith as soloist. God In
This Place" was rendered by the
! Senior Choir with Mrs. Rose
Marie Cook as soloist. Following
the Doxology, dedicatory prayer
was given by Trustee S. l.. Ran
som.
Al $3.50 p. m, the annual meet
/ ing of the Minn,- So. Dakota
State Baptist s. S. and BTU. was
held in Fellowship hall. The L.
w. Harris Memorial Service was
held at s p. m.
Sunday, June 10, Is National
Baptist Jubilee Day. Rev. Massey
win speak on the subject, ITO
Whom Much Is Given" at the IL
a. m. service. At 8 p. m. the
church school will hold its Chill
dren's Day Exercises, The Mis-
sionary Society will hold its ser
vice at s p. m.
ST. JAMES ANIE CHURCH
Sunday. June 18th, Sunday
school opened at 9:30 a. m. with
Miss Wilma Winston presiding.
The subject of our lesson was
young King JOSIAH III Chron.
3i:1-12. Sunday school was well
attended, beautifully taught and
discussed
The eleven O'clock service open
ed with the Senior Choir, under
the leadership of Mrs. f.. NJ. Berry
furnishing the music Our pastor.
Rev. T., NJ. Berry, in his morning
message on Fear, Psalms 3i:4,
stated that people fear everything
but God and the only way TO
overcome fear Is to take God with
you.
Our visitors for the morning
were Mr.. Wright of the NAACP.
who gave a brief talk and inform
us that this is NAACP Week and
month, and Mr. Jesse James of
Kansas City, Kans, Visitors are
alweys welcome at ST. James,
The program sponsored by the
Willing Workers club in our eve
ming service was tremendous
success both spiritually and finan-
cially.
Next Sunday, June 10, during
be held for our building fund at
our IL a, m. service rally will
which time beautiful gift will be
given away. The public is cordially
invited. Mrs. c. May and Mrs.
f, NJ. Berry, reporters.
BORDER CHURCH NEWS
Rejoice in the Lord, O We
righteous. for praise is comely for
the upright. He fashioneth their
hearts alike: He considereth all
their works" The eyes of the
Christian world have been opened
to the great works of our dear
Rev. Charles NJ. Sexton.
Last week at Hamline Univer-
city. Rev. Sexton became the first
Negro 10 be appointed as one OF
the representatives of the Mime
sofa Conference TO the general
conference to be held here next
wear. The sincerity and perfection
OF Rev. Sections work since his
appointment to Border five years
ago has prompted ministers and
Law people OF the Minnesota con-
ference to follow Rev. Sections
work with keen eyes. AS one min
tnster. who withdrew as candidate
so Rev. Sexton could carry his
vote said. and quote: we did
not elect Rev. Sexton because he
is a Negro, but because his life
and works have been shining
example OF true Christian. We
are sure he Is the best man for
the job"
We at Border are proud and
happy that God has blessed YOU
with this great honor,
Rev. Sections morning message
Sunday, June IL. was taken from,
the scripture I Peter. subject.