Article August 26, 1916 Issue

Among the Churches

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PORT CLINTON, OHIO.—Our society has completed the erection of a small chapel at the rear of the lot, corner of Second and Fulton Streets, the building facing on Fulton Street. It is the purpose of the society to have the building moved off the lot eventually, so as to erect a church. The little chapel, 22 by 34 feet, with a vestibule, has been well built, and has a seating capacity of about one hundred. This society had its start when a few neighbors met in a little study to read the Lesson-Sermon according to the Church Manual. Soon others asked to join them, and they moved out into the large living-room. Then others requested the privilege of having the meetings held in their homes, so for two years they met a month at a time in three homes. Finally it was seen that more public meetings should be held, and thus it was that they were led to organize into a Christian Science Society. The charter membership was eighteen, eleven of whom had already joined The Mother Church. It was then recognized that, owing to real-estate conditions, if they were ever to have a church in the center of the town, in the best residential district, it would be wise to secure the land for it. Accordingly a beautiful lot, 50 by 100 feet, was purchased for fifteen hundred dollars. The chapel was completed and occupied Sunday, June 18, with an attendance of fifty.—Correspondence.

SIOUX CITY, IOWA.—Growth of Church of Christ, Scientist, has made necessary the movement of that body from City Hall to new quarters on the fourth floor of the Motor Mart Building, where the first services were held last Sunday [May 14]. In spite of the fact that the day was rainy, more persons attended than could have been accommodated in the old quarters. A seating capacity of nearly three hundred has been provided for. This month marks the fourth year of Second Church in Sioux City.

The Sioux City Tribune.

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