The Coral Gables Times

UP, UP, UP go the hopes of the congregation at the First Methodist Church of South Miami. With almost half of the required $250,000 already promised in subscriptions, they believe construction on their new sanctuary will get underway within the year. Campaign workers have so far obtained $110,000 in promised donations.

Lack Of Room Keeps Them Away A 1948 Dream of Sanctuary To Come True for Church

By RAYMOND LANG Times Staffer If it were possible for a church to be a baseball player, the First Methodist Church of South Miami would be walloping the ball at a torrid .440 pace. A church, however, is an organization of members. And in this case, they have raised 44 per cent of the $250,000 needed for a sanctuary. General chairman Warren Smyth announced at a "Day of Destiny" banquet Friday night that workers have gotten subscriptions totaling $110,000. Campaign workers will be collecting the remainder in subscriptions — covering 150 weeks — starting June 1. Construction of the sanctuary is expected within the year. The Rev. Ralph B. Huston pointed out recently the need for a sanctuary at his church on Red Road and Ponce de Leon Boulevard. "In four years, our congregation has increased from 1,127 to 1,659. Our present congregation room seats 300 persons. "We double our sermons and still feel the pressure." How do congregations members attend church if there is no room for them? "They don't!" said Rev. Huston. "With what we have, we discourage them." Planning a sanctuary is a step-by-step procedure. "Even when we moved here in 1948, a sanctuary was conceived in the master plan," said the minister. "We're just completing what was conceived then. "A year ago, a building committee was started, and from that start, a total master plan was conceived. "And then the question was which of the units should be built first, the sanctuary or the Sunday school." Rev. Huston said the congregation decided two months ago the sanctuary should come first after weighing several factors. "First of all," said Rev. Huston, "the present chapel was built to accommodate one-fourth of our present membership. "Second, we recognized that it is the people who come to the church that are the ones who pay for the buildings — not the children in Sunday school. Ed Harris is building committee chairman. Members are R. Fain Howell, George Gibbons, Stanley Dodd, Dr. H. Winter Griffith. John Weatherford, Warren Smyth, The Rev. Huston and Mrs. Richard Lane. William Arthur is architectural consultant. Just how important is a church's building committee? It took no time for Rev. Huston to answer. "They're it."

Many Area Residents Are Working in Drive

Here is a list of area residents working in the campaign drive at the First Methodist Church of South Miami. They are listed as majors, captains and workers. Some teams are incomplete. Majors: Jeanette Lane, Wayne Swinney, John Cronin, Dr. David Hallstrand. Captains Walter Davis, C. H. Duteil, Chester Erwin, Phillip Fink, James Henderson. Captain: Mrs. William Arthur; co-captain, Mrs. L. N. Moore; workers, Mrs. Lilian Baldwin, Mrs. Ross C. Beiler, Mrs. Francis Apple. Captain: Mrs. Edward Harris, co-captain, Mrs. O. Clare Wallace; workers, Mrs. Doris Waldorf, Miss Jeanne Cummins, Mrs. C. J. Drinkuth. Captain: Mrs. Rosemary Parish; co-captain, Mrs. Arthur Kempton; worker, Mrs. Roger Brown. Captain: Mrs. J. D. Rains; workers, Mrs. Rowland Holmberg, Miss Pamma Kane, Mrs. Louella Miller. Captain: Mrs. Claude Roberts; co-captain, Mrs. William Pogue; workers, Mrs. O. H. Tompkins, Mrs. C. G. Rabert. Captain: Mrs. W. J. Schmeisser; co-captain, Mrs. Ruth Willougby; workers, Mrs. J. B. Gartrell, Mrs. B. F. Rogers Jr., Mrs. Stanley Dodd. Captain: Paul Anderson; co-captain, Dorian Cowan; workers, C. H. Cowles, E. J. Cowles, C. O. Congdon. Captain: George Gibbons; workers, Roland J. Carlon, Dr. R. L. Cherry Jr. Captain: James Hall; co-captain, Henry Houghton; worker, Ray Hill. Captain: Lawrence Hedges; co-captain, Arthur Lehman; workers, E. E. Fischer, J. B. Gartrell, Robert Gillen. Captain: Dr. Tom Jones; co-captain, Charles Douglas; workers, Glenn Draper, J. Dupree, Stanley Dulimba. Captain: Richard Lane, co-captain, Jack Raudenbusch. Captain: Wallace McMurray; workers, Robert E. Hilson, Lt. Col. W. H. Hoover, Robert N. Jackson. Captain: Douglas Quillen; co-captain, Karl Leib; worker, Willard Mahaffey. Captain: Fred Reichert; co-captain, John North; workers, R. M. Whitacre, William Zacke, J. T. Patterson. Captain: O. Clare Wallace; co-captain, Leo LeJoie. Captain: Don Sigler; worker, T. L. McAlister. Captain: Don Swanson; worker, T. L. McAlister. Captain: M. F. Williams; co-captain, Sam Wood; workers, J. W. Kennedy, Arthur Kempton Jr., C. V. Trostel.

Catholic Dance Slated Sunday

Senior Catholic Youth Organization at St. Theresa's Church, Coral Gables, announces its mid-Spring dance Sunday, from 8 p.m. to midnight at the Pan Air Recreation Club, 4690 NW 9th St. Dancing with orchestra music, entertainment and refreshments is the program.

WARREN SMYTH

CORAL TERRACE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

7355 CORAL WAY Rev. Robert Jones, Pastor Church Services 9:30 A.M. Sunday School 10:45 A.M.

WALTER H. JACK J. PAUL H. Combs Funeral Home INC. Serving Faithfully since 1896

Northeast Chapel 1539 N.E. 2nd Ave. Paul H. Combs, Sr., Mgr. Coral Gables Chapel 1661 S.W. Douglas Rd. (37th Ave.) Glen H. Spencer, Mgr. PHONE FR 3-2101 DADE COUNTY'S OLDEST FUNERAL SERVICE

CORAL GABLES CHURCH OF CHRIST

DAVID FAIRCHILD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Cor. S.W. 54th St. & 57th Ave. — BIBLE CLASSES 10 A.M. & WED. 7:30 P.M.—WORSHIP 11 A.M. - 6 P.M. RAFORD PETTY, Evangelist, CALL MO 6-9864 "WE BELIEVE THERE IS A NEW TESTAMENT PATTERN FOR ALL WORK AND WORSHIP"

Art Berkowitz Bar Mitzvah Will Be Held on Saturday

Rabbi Morris A. Skop and Cantor Herman K. Gottlieb will officiate at the Bar Mitzvah of Arthur Lee Berkowitz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Al Berkowitz, Saturday at Temple Judea at 10:30 a.m. Arthur has been a student in the Hebrew School of the Temple for the past four years and will graduate on May 19. He has been a student in the Sunday School for the past seven years. He is an honor student in the Seventh Grade at Ponce De Leon Jr. High School. Out of town guests for the occasion will be his aunts and uncles, Mr. and Mrs. David Lazarus, Mrs. Gilbert Shapiro, Mrs. Sadie Singer, Mrs. Arthur Rubinstein, and a nephew, Master Stephen Grant of Silver Spring, Md.; Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Zanoff, friends of Chevy Chase, Md. Also present will be the paternal Grandfather, Philip Berkowitz, of Miami. Mrs. Berkowitz, mother of the Bar Mitzvah, is president of the PTA of the temple.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH SERVICES

Sunday Services 9:30 and 11:00 A.M. Sunday School 9:30 and 11:00 A.M. Wednesday Testimony Meeting 8:00 P.M. First Church of Christ, Scientist Coral Gables 410 Andalusia Avenue Free Public Reading Room Weekdays: 9 A.M. to 6 P.M. except Monday and Friday 9 A.M. to 9 P.M. Sunday: Reading only 2:00 to 4:30 P.M. 400 Andalusia Avenue

Let CHRIST Transform Your AFFECTIONS Transfer Your LOYALTIES Translate Your INTENTIONS ATTEND HERE SUNDAY

WORSHIP 8:30 and 11:00 A.M. Message By DR. COLEMAN "WHY THE LORDS SUPPER" 7:45 P.M. "HOW ARE THINGS AT HOME" 9:30 A.M. Bible School 5:45 P.M., Fellowship Supper 6:30 P.M. Training Union and New Member Fellowship Wednesday, 7:30 P.M. Prayer Service University BAPTIST CHURCH RIVIERA DR. & SEGOVIA ST. Coral Gables T. Rupert Coleman, Ph.D., Pastor

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