Show T 2 f V I iH I P k i t 1 tin t w i s. s h h The Community Baptist Church and Parsonage at Moab Utah Community Baptist Church To Ob Observe serve Anniversary With Special Services The C Community mm Baptist Church at Moab will this coming week observe its it's Golden Colden Anniversary of Pt 4 ills ill's s 's founding foun with special services s. The first of th c will wll willbe be be- bea a fine performance on Thursday ei eve e. e Sundays Sunday's sp special cial services sel will wUl feature special speakers yet et to jo i be eanno ean announced anno an an- no and and- andon on March 7 the birthday date dat will vilI be a Jub Jubilee lee banquet lM More re details will be had on these next week v Following ds a brief history of the church 04 a compiled b by Rev together with a number of helpers who had Information Information In In- formation to otter offer BRIEF HISTORY It lot was was' wason on Wednesday March 7 1905 at a special meeting held in the till tid school building that thata a small group of bf people discus discus- sed th the bul building ding DC of a Baptist Chapel for Moab Following a unanimous vote In favor of the motion made mad by Mary Louise Goodman and seconded by Annie Green that such a chapel be established established es committees were appointed appointed ap pointed and the work for funds eras r-a s star m l im Of the nine charter members Mr II Helen lerr B. B Kirk of hI Salt Lake Ctt City and Moab is the only one one who is still stUl living During the months which fol followed followed followed lowed the othe founders were able to buy with funds collected and help from the Home Mission fission l Society So clety a four room from the F B B. Hammond family according ac cording to early members of nf the church This building stood I where the parsonage of the Com Corn Baptist Church is now Pastors Pastors' Pas tOTs tOTs' families lived d in an apartment in tt the e same building build ing Through the yea years remodeling remodel ing mg finally resulted in a nice chapel to seat leat 75 people and on August 28 1910 the First Baptist Church of ot Moab was was dedicated There were forty people pres ent It was on Nov 25 1916 that work rork was begun on a new church building and ami It was dedicated on on Feb 24 1918 Cost was and at lit the time of dedi cation the building was free tree of oj debt with in 10 the treas treas- UT ury This balance was us used to build a garage The parsonage was then remodeled in n the fall fail of 1917 In 1923 Rev Whipple who was then the pastor assembled a radio set let for lot the Church and people pro peo pIe enjoyed d listening to It after alter business meetings In 1924 views were purchased pur chased f for f use d dUring the summer summet sum mer met for lectures and sermons s R ReV Re W W. wE E. E Parks arrived In 1930 and it was wa was to him the Church looked loot ed for leadership through the depression n years when it k was struggling so ao hard haT financially and until hiS his resignation nation in n th the spring t of t 1946 Many improvements were added to the Church during these years Beginning in 1946 the youth membership of the Ch Church advanced ad and ami In 1948 1943 a program was started to build a social hall hallwhich hallwhich which upon completion was named Bethany Hall Because of community support 01 the h he e churchs church's name was changed to Community Baptist Church |