Christian Chronicle (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, October 5, 1962 Page: 2 of 14
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WARREN. Mich — The Van
Dyke Church of Christ at 7256
Nine Mile Road in Warren, has
secured the services of Ray ^1-
len Dillard as their evangelist.
He follows Connie Wyatt who
served that congregation for
many years before beginning a
new wort in his native state of
Kentucky.
Dillard comes to Michigan
after serving five years with the
Southeast Church of Christ in
Washington, D. C. He has pre-
viously been associated with
congregations in Dayton, Ohio;
Toronto, Canada; Nashville,
Tenn.; Montgomery and Ramer,
Ala.
Dillard, now 42, began preach-
ing with his home congregation
of Highland Avenue in Mont-
gomery, Ala. in 1®39 while still
a senior in high school. He as-
sumed full-time work after grad-
uating from David Lipacomb
College in Nashville, Tenn.
Later, while working with the
Pennsylvania Avenue Church of
Christ in Nashville, he received
both a B. A. and M. A. Degree
from Peabody College.
While with the Riverdale
church in Dayton, Ohio, he mar-
ried an elder’s daughter, Jeanie
Blume. They now have- four
children: David Allen, age 7;
Jon Allen, age 5; Connie Lee,
age 3, and Kristie Lee, age 20
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May is the brother jof Paul
Dillard whose tragic death in
Abilene, Tex., was reported in
the Chronicle four years ago.
The Van Dyke Church of
Christ win conduct a gospel
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Dean Thoroman to
Fenton, OpSfl
considered. Congregations in
the area are urged to lend
strong moral support to this
small band of Christians. This
lovely village is in the heart of
many lakes and it attracts many
visitors to the area’s excellent
recreational facilities. Members
of the church visiting in the
area are cordially invited to
main street.
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J. B. Hardeman
Slated Speaker
At Plymouth
PLYMOUTH, Mich. — A faH
series of special services is
conducted each year by the
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of the advertising has also been
that done in area news-
papers. This item has been fig-
ured for a larger share of the
overall cost than ever before,
and wjU involve 167 column
inches of newspaper space.
In addition io these items,
the campaign has involved
both the novel and challeng-
ing, as well as the tried and
proven. Bulletin inserts and
eye-level streamers have come
from Arthur Davenport Asso. A
special letter has been sent to
each family in the congre-
gation. Two series of cards and
personal letters have been sent
to prospects.
Jack Gray, regular minister
for the congregation^ reports
that the most remarkable fea-
tures of the preparation have
been 1) the full participation of
members; and 2) the active
nes
part the eiders have taken in
the preparation.
Men, from the congregation
have donated their time to build
the large permanent signs on
the church grounds, with steel
frames and set in concrete.
They have also built a large
metal screen on the tower for
the slide projector. Material
and labor has been donated on
the stakes for the yard sign*.
Eleven men made announce-
ments at other congregations.
Two couples will welcome visi-
tors to each night service.
In addition to the regular
planning done by the elders,
Joe Sandefer has taken charge
of those who will welcome each
night Guy Lawrence Is over-
seeing the group of announcer*.
Delbert Gowin has secured
volunteers and seen to the plac-
ing of car-top signs. Elmer
Nicholson has been in charge
of the placing and installation
of yard signs. Clarence Huskey
will lead the singing for the
night services of the meeting on
a donated basis. William
Mitchell, Jr. of Court Street ha*
been secured to direct the sing-
ing tor the day services. With
the planning and preparation
that ha* gone into this effort,
it’s success is almoet assured.
Surely the days of this kind of
a meeting are not over. In
reality, they are just beginning.
The Bristol Road congrega-
tion extends a cordial invitation
to all their fellow Christians in
this area to join with them in
this undertaking*for Christ. You
are sure to enjoy the warm
fellowship and the hearty wd-
come you will receive in their
services. Remember the dates,
October 7-14. Services each
morning at 10:00 and each eve-
ning at 7:30.
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Hall in Meeting
At St. Clair Shores
ST. CLAIR SHORES, Mich —
Maurice Hall, assistant to the
president of Michigan Christian :
College, wm fire evmgettst fa ™
series of gospel meetings with
the St. Clair Shores eongroga-
tion^ept. 24-».
the theme!4B"Then4Selin2ttN-,
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assisting the Fenton church. .
The Bristol B**d Church of
Christ ha* *upported the Fen-
ton work almost fam its be-
ginntog. Tbsrosnaa wffl he work-
ing stoder fae spaassnhip st the
Small Group Warks
In Gaylord, Mick.
GAYLORD, Mich. - The
Church Of Christ at Gaylord i*
now permanently located on Old
27, one mile south ofx Gaylord,
near the 65th parallel, halfway
between the equator and the
northpole.
On September 1 a date **•
closed for tte* .
new model bouse
acres of ground where they hope
to build a church edifice when
the demand is evident from the
growth of the congregation. At
present a large living room will
serve as the meeting place, seat- ^Hardeman la a
tog some« people. knSwn evangelist ar
L. E. King of the Flat Rock “
congregation came here in mid-
May and Is working with the
Ed Wohlfeil family faithfully
trying to establish the Lord’s
church in this city. This church
will need th* hefa of others,
ritual and financial, a*
me worker must be ob-
Of thi*
FENTON, Mich.—The Fenton
Church of Christ will have a
new minister beginning on or
about October 7. Dean Thoro-
man, his wifo Del, and their
three children will be moving
to this growing community just
south of Flint and they will be-
gin a new ministry with the
Fenton congregation
Thoroman ha* resigned as as-
’ sociate minister of the Zimmer-
man Street eoagrogattoa to Flint 1
after three years of work there.
He has been teaching in the
publie school aystom for Marly
six years while serving congre-
gations to a peri time capacity.
For at least the remainder of
the current school year he Aall
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gregatlM and they will etoe be
giving seme Amo rial support
for IfM. This FMnt church and
its elders are well known for
their food work and ‘ ‘
Fenton has started,
on Ito way to eea
major remodeling am
fam fob «B ito meeting place
Plans fof-tbe fisture inetade the
complefitti^Qf Ibis project. A
series of meetings is also being
engaged as the speaker for
these services. Song directing
will be by George Bradshaw
'and George Pierce. Services
begin each evening at 7:30 and
at 10:45 Sunday mornings.
Vinewood take* this means of announcing to its
friends and to the friends of Brother Nichols, that
■ he will assist us in our meeting of October 21 -28.
1 A worm Christian reception will be accorded oil.
L Pleast Out us in contact with your acquaintances
| :whd art within reach of Vinewood. TA 6-6981
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Plymouth church of Christ, MSI
3BUaritfltB 3trwt. The date this ■
year is September 30th-October
10. Sunday meetings are 0:45
a.m., 11:00 a.m. and 0:30 p.m.
_ with Sunday school at 10 a.m.
property with • 'Week day services are 7;30
,seu™ d p.m. John B. Hardeman is the
. u— speaker and the congregational
singing will be directed by Billy
Nicks, one of the ministers of
the church.
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For a number of years
made his bom* to Obion, Tenn.,
and conducted meetings in dif-
ferent parts of the country. Be-
fore that be spent about 30 years
as minister of the church in
I. Mayfield, Ky. Much of this time
he was also tescher and super-
intendent of schools. This is not
his first visit to Plymouth.
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Work | Speaker For Bristol Road Seri
FLINT, Mich —The congre- |
gation that meets at 1477 E.
Bristol Road in Flint i* rapidly
becoming known in this area
as one that spares neither ef-
fort nor expense in making
Gospel meetings a real success. '
They have, been leaders in
using a number of methods of
advertising not used before by
the Lord’s people in the North.
For several months they have
been preparing for their next
evangelistic series. - - ~ -
The meeting will begin Sun-
day, October 7, and continue
through October 14, with serv-
ices at 10:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.
daily. C. E. McGaughey of
Oklahoma City, has been cho-
sen as the speaker. He is being
presented as “Dean of New
Testament Evangelists". Great
stress is being placed upon the
simplicity of his lessons, bis
success in past campaigns, and
his ability to move people with
the Gospel Story. This has
caused members of th* church
espeeteiiy to be very anxious
for the meeting to begin.
A* to their past efforts at
Bristol Road, the advertising
for the meeting has been ex-
tensive. Bumper strips were
placed on all of the members’
cars three weeks in advance.
Two weeks before the meeting,
more than 30 members instal-
led car-top signs on their cars;
and 100 families accepted stake-
out signs in the yards of their
homes. A large 6 X> 12 foot
double faced sign has been
erected on the church property.
This sign features, along with
copy idxnit the meeting, hand
painted portraits of brother Mc-
Gaughey (2 X 3) done by El-
wood Summers of Dearborn.
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meeting a Continuous f
Projector te being, used which
shows 6X0 foot advertisements
about the meeting on the tower
of the church building. The
projector is operated all night
on a timer. The slides hsve
been specially produced by
Richard Robinson of the South
Oakland congregation.
3000 special folders were used
for advance advertising. A copy
, . - was delivered personally by
educator. leaders to every family
r» «* ■« fa the congregation. On Sep-
tember 30 these folders were
handed out to everyone attend-
ing the services of eleven oth^r
congregations in the Flint area,
along with an announcement
made by one of the men from
the Bristol Road congregation.
One of the special features
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Nichols, James W. & Warren, Will Ed. Christian Chronicle (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, October 5, 1962, newspaper, October 5, 1962; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1312985/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.