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Show Mary-Martha Mission Society Opens Season With Meeting The Mary-Martha Mission Society of the Community Baptist Church met for the first fall meeting on the evening ev-ening of Sept. 12, in the Fellowship Fel-lowship Hall. President, Mrs. Warren Ivy presided, with Mrs. Lester Taylor leading in the opening prayer. Following the regular business busi-ness meeting, Program Chairman Chair-man Mrs. Cecil Shaffer gate ' a devotional meditation, "In Quietness and Confidence," ' using scripture portions from the Psalms. Mrs. Emil Balla reported op. the American Baptist Convention Con-vention held in Denver. Convention Con-vention theme was, "New Dimensions of Faithfulness." Items of special inerest were: The name of the American Baptist Convention was chan-; chan-; ged to American Baptist Churches; the national Love Gift Offering for missions for 1971 was 0696,099.66; the new evangelistic thrust Key '73 (Christ is the Key) will have (43 denominations participat ing. Mrs. Lester Taylor reported report-ed on the House Party held in Salt Lake City. The mission mis-sion theme for the new year is "Build Bridges Not Walls." Speaker was Mrs. Ruth Dexter, Dex-ter, missionary on leave from India. Mrs. Skinner spoke on her trip to the Holy Land. Mrs. Robert Ritchie reported re-ported on the Area II meeting meet-ing held in Grand Junction. Missionary speaker was Mr. Botemiller who has served in the educational field in the Congo, now called Zaire. Rev. Pipe is the new Area Minister, who also spoke during the meeting. The Mo-ab Mo-ab Community Baptist Church Chur-ch was recently accepted into in-to the Rocky Mountain Region, Re-gion, and was. welcomed info the fellowship at ene of the services. Eight members of the church were present. Mrs. A. L. Holloway read a letter from missionary Johanna Jo-hanna Hodges of Haiti. After the closing prayer, led by Mrs. Ernest Lessley, the officers of the society served refreshments to the twenty-two in attendance. Two attending for the first time were Mrs. Don Grant and Mrs. Roy Struble. |
