The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 230, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 5, 1955 Page: 7 of 12
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1317 M. MAIN
[ORIAL Bap-
Church Will
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only a fraction being equal to om II month*. / purchased from the A
acre of aquare footage. There art Walter P. Moore of Houston wa* ln£ company in Detr
40,000 aquare feet in the blulding. the structural engineer for the Dedication aervicei
A contemporary Georgian archl- buUding and Dale Cooper, also of Jpcated on
tectural style hu been followed Houston, was mechanical engineer. M *•« P «*
throughout the exterior and inter- JPr&ett CtmstrucUon company of ———■
lor. The exterior Is of red brick. Baytow.. was contractor for the Brighten up you
with trim of Indiana limestone, construction work. pim, earrings and bu<
Construction is of reinforced con- winter and summer air condl- tog them to gasMlrn
crete with a atructurai steel frame, tloning for the entire plant was minutes and then i
Porte cochercs have been built Installed by Harper, electrical work with a flannel cloth,
on each side of the main building |TTfiwaair-rv-ir-r^Bi-T;r.aiTa-iiatia’'ir,'Wiam——■—aamaaai
with drcle drives providing en-
trance and exit to cars.
The sky-piercing steeple reaches
128 feet above ground and outside
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<m7W wi.t
Sterling stmt'
which will f
a dedication
men by Dr. Kyle I
Tates, pastor el 1
the Second BapONtl
church, Houston. I
Sunday morning I
marta* it t» ami
building wlU bo at
11 am. with the |
night service set *
for 7:80 pm. The
Rev. A. I* Jordan
10 pastor. ,,
By SUB JONES
» Sun Church Editor
There's no doubt that the new
plant for Memorial Baptist church
will far aurpaaa any building of
any church of any denomination
any place in Baytown.
The building is modern, conven-
ient and practical in most every
detail and the members of Mem-
orial and Architect Ben F. Green-
wood of Houston are to be com-
mended on their achievement.
A total cost figure arrived at
equals 1778,000 for the plant com-
pleted so far and an estimated
coat of $850,000 for the three
additional future wings that some
dav will add balance to the tmlld-
Jng and beauty to the city of Bay San'^bulldTng^to1 tta dtTiri
height Is greater than that of a
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COMPLETED SANCTUARY
Step By Step Memorial Achieves Its Goal
town.
Of all the features of the struc-
ture, there are two that are out-
standing to this writer. Church
people, and especially Baptists,
spend s lot of time at church for
eating functions. ,
This phase has been carefully
planned for to a large dining and
visual education area and up-to-
date kitchen facilities. Steam tab-
le*. cooking equipment, refrigera-
tion capacity and work area will
10-story building.
Memorial's steeple Is similar to
that In the Old North church In
Boston where Paul Revere warned
the people of the arrival of the
British. TTie steeple and the front
of the building Is Illuminated at
night by flood lights situated along
the sidewalks.
Color scheme of the Interior Is
a light gray and off white with
the mahogany and white pews
BUILDING LEFT BEHIND
FIRST CHURCH BUILDING
Communion
Observance
At St. Mali's
SUNDAY IS DAY FOR REVIVAL
STARTS IN AREA CHURCHES
Holy Communion will be ob-
served at all services Sunday at
St. Mark's Methodist church. At
the 8:45 and 10:55 a.m. services
the pastor, Dr. Wayne H. Mc-
Cleskey, will preach on the topic,
"The Supper That Love Made."
The choir will sing the anthem
"Come To The Saviour Now" by
Maker.
The night service will be spon-
sored by the Fellowship class and
will begin at 7 p m. The music
will be led by J. H. Martin; C. M.
Massey will preside; W. B. Patter-
son Will give the evening prayer;
Mrs. W. D. Broyles will read the
scripture and W. T. Porter will
give the benediction.
The sermon, which will be given
by the pastor, will be on the theme,
“Life—Not By Bread Alone." The
class will sing the hymn, "Living
For Jesue,” as a special.
Sunday will be the day that
many Baptist churches have been
planning for during the past
months; the day that the simul-
taneous revival effort will begin
throughout Texas and other states
In the Southern Baptist conven-
tion.
Baytown churches which will
be In revivals next week are Me-
morial, Wooster, Baptist Temple,
Cedar Bayou and Stewart Heights.
Area churches Included will be
Mont Belvleu, First and Second In
Highlands and Deer Park.
Central and First of Baytown
will begin their meetings March 13.
Dr. Joseph Weldon Bailey of
Dallas will be the guest preacher
Along with this kitchen ta ban-
quet area for 200 guests. Two dif-
ferent eating parties can be cared
for at the same time by means
of room arrangement and folding
doors.
In this banquet room Is a stage
with draw curtains snd facilities
for placing scenery and apeclal
lighting equipment.
The other outstanding feature be-
sides the kitchen and banquet area,
Is the excellent and simple light-
lng arrangements. The auditorium,
banquet area, stage baptistry, and
choir loft can be controlled by
light dimmers, adding to the wor-
ship, baptismal, music and enter-
tainment programs of the church.
Lights In the auditorium area can
be dimmed from an usher’s switch-
board, from a special arrange-
ment to the pulpit stand and from
the baptistry. No phase of lighting
in the worship center has been
overlooked.
This system will alleviate any
need for seemlnglv long and drawn
out periods of waiting that often
arise In a church when lighting
changes need to be made during
a service.
Office space Is provided at the
front of the auditorium wing. After
entering through the main entrance
the off'ce space is to the right
where the church office, secretary’s
office, educational director’s office
The pews art one-pleced ply-
wood construction with mahogany
fronts and white backs and the
ends white trimmed to mahogany,
They cost an estimated $84,00(1.
A seating capacity of approximat-
ely 1,800 It provided In the auditor-
ium. The balcony will seat 400 and
the choir loft 4$. When the future
wings are added and partitions In
the balcony removed, the audi-
torium will seat about 1,500.
Windows are handmade with
. rose glaring on the pains.
Hie celling Is of acoustical plas-
ter that la rubbery Is substance
and gives to tht touch. Concealed
lighting '« shown from an al-ove
around the celling and the celling
proper.
Maroon carpeting covers the
aisles and platform and maroon
drape* hang from the baptistry.
Organ chambers and public add-
ress amplifiers are on either side
and above the choir loft.
The Rev. A. L. Jordan, pastor,
Our Sincere
Best Wishes to the
Memorial
Baptist
Church
for Your Beauti
New Home.
Congratulatioi
All of the Mei
John M. Kilaore
READY MIXED CONCRETE
2103 Market
Dial 8118
and mimeographing and storage
room Is located. In this area Is a
fireproof vault for Important files
Classrooms and departmental
The Rev. Jimmy Gray, pastor Visiting preachers and singers as
at Baptist Temple, has announced well as local pastors will have
that his church will have a two- three meetings for discussion and
week meeting, March 6-20 with make plans the work,
services at 10 a.m- and 7:80 p.m. March 8 the men will be break -
The Rev. Olen E. Waldrip of fast guests at Memorial church, spaces are located ta the east wing
Groesbeck and a former army March 11 at Baptist Temple and with some In the balcony area
chaplain will be guest speaker. March 18 at Central church. All the auditorium. Many places now
Wooster will have Dr, David ?e*chT ot Diatrlct 4 wil1 con‘ used for c,assp* wl" be used ,or
Gardner of Dallas as its evangelist
and Fritz Smith as singer. Dr.
Gardner is the former editor of
the Baptist Standard and Smith
is education-music director at
First church, Galena Park. The
pastor Is the Rev. Fletcher Erwin.
Services will be March 6-20 at 10
a.m. and 7:30 p.m.
The Rev. C. B. Stephenson of
vene at South Main Bap t i f ( offices and additional seating capa-
church, Houston, at 12:30 p.m. city when the overall plant Is com
March 14 for a luncheon. pleted.
at Memorial’s meeting which will Houston will be the preacher for
get underway with the opening of ®erv*oes at Cedar Bayou church,
the new sanctuary on West Sterl- Services will be March 7-20 at 10
lng. W. A- Cox of Palestine will 8-m- an<* P-m- with 7 p.m.
direct the music. Services will be p™yef *erv ce*. Barney Webber,
at 10 am. and 7:30 p.m. with cfn,rch mu!lc director, will have
prayer meetings beginning at 7
p.m. The Rev. A. L Jordan is
pastor.
Our Bait Wi$hei to All the Member*
MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH
WE’RE PROUD OF THE PART WE HAD
IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF YOUR
NEW CHURCH BUILDING
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PROUDLY WE SAY
"INSULATED BY
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When Talking About the
Beautiful New
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charge of music. The Rev. E. R.
Burns is pastor.
Directing the March 6-20 meet-
ing at Stewart Heights will be the
Rev. H. P. Shaw of Dallas. W. C.
Herring of the church will direct
music. Services will be at 10 a.m.
and 7:30 p.m. The Rev. Clifton
Smith is pastor.
Central Baptist's revival will be
March 13-20 with the Rev. Paul
Cullen of Houston as evangelist.
Musician will be C. L. Martin of
Tyler. The Rev. John Osteen, an-
nounces services at 10 am. and
7:30 p.m. with prayer services at
7 p.m.
Preaching at First church will
be the Rev. E. R. Couch, pastor,
and directing music will be Wade
DuBose, education-music director
of the church. The meeting will
continue March 13-20 at 10 a.m.
and 7:30 p.m.
The Rev. Davis "Harrell will
preach at Mont Belvieu’s services.
The Rev. Harrell is a brother to
the church pastor, the Rev. Buford
Harrell.
In Highlands the Rev. Harvey L
White of Dallas will preach at the
First church where the Rev. Den-
nis Barnes Is.pastor; at Second
church Dr. Charles Pitts, also of
Dallas, will preach. The Rev. A. J.
Martin is pastor at Second.
The H. G. Starkey It to be
evangelist at Deer Park.
' Dr. Bailey will direct the cam-
paign from the assoclational level.
'Man' Is Subject
Of Lesson-Sermon
Man’s God-given dominion over
fear, disease, and discord will be
brought out at Baytown Christ-
ian Science services Sunday.
The scriptural aelections In the
lesson-sermon entitled “Man” will
Indude the following from Psslma
iili, 4): "What is man, that thou
art mindful of him? and the son
of man, that thou vlsitest him?
. . . Thou madest him to have
dominion over the works of- thy
hands; thou hast put all things
under his feet.”
From "Science and Health with
Key to the Scriptures" by Mary
Baker Eddy the following pas-
sage wULJbe Jinong -those read
(228:14-18): “The enslavement-of
man—is- not legitimate^ It will
cease when man enters Into h#
heritage of freedom, hit God-
given dominion over the material
“Truly Magnificent”
IS THE BEST WAY TO
DESCRIBE THE NEW
Memorial
Baptist Church
★ ★ ★
ALL CATHEDRAL GLASS, AND
ART GLASS WINDOWS, PROUDLY
INSTALLED BY
- of Almighty God.”
The golden text is from Eccle-
siastes (7:29): “Lo. this Olriv Have
The
Memorial
Baptist
Church
Is a Beautiful
Place of Worship
That Will Serve
Mankind for
Years to Comes
Tri-Cities Sheet
---the proud home
of the
MEMORIAL
BAPTIST CHURCH
and we are happy
that our own location
is close enough, to
offer the congregation
the unrestricted use
of our large parking lot.
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Hartman, Fred. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 230, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 5, 1955, newspaper, March 5, 1955; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1042207/m1/7/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.