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Show a I Community Church celebrates 100 years One hundred years ago, Nov. 15, young Emily Clapp, who had never before been west of the Hudson River, opened the door of her liny classroom in Provo. Her mission school was sponsored by the New West Education Commission, Com-mission, Boston, Mass. It was located in the Daniels' house at the corner of 200 East and 200 South. That one room school was the beginning of what is now the Community Congregational Church located at 200 N. and University Avenue in Provo. The church will celebate its 100 years in Provo Nov. 15-20. A centennial banquet will be held, Tuesday, Nov. 15, at the Provo Excelsior Hotel. Fred Ray, Alice Corleissen, Provo, and Ruth Berry, Salt Lake City, have been invited to share reminiscences from the early days of the church. Herma R.H. Shaffer will . be honored posthumously for her unique contribution to the : church opening it to the wider community with a well-baby clinic and an immunization clinic which served the public for 30 years. Dr. Sam F. Brewster will be the master of ceremonies. On Wednesday, Nov. 16, at 7 p.m., Dr. Frederick S. Buchanan and Thomas J. Loveridge, Department of Educational STudies, University of Utah, will present a program entitled "Crusaders in the West." Buchanan will speak on ' The Beginnings of the Congregational Church in Utah." Loveridge will address the "Contributions of the Congregalionalists to the Development of Schooling in Utah." On that night the Community Church will formally turn its archives ar-chives over to the special collections collec-tions department of the University of Utah. The Women's Fellowship of the church will hold its annual bazaar Friday, Nov. 18, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. as part of the centennial celebration. Lunch will be served from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The celebration will culminate with a worship-celebration Sunday, Nov. 20, at 2 p.m. Rev. Dr. Clyde H. Miller, Jr., Denver, Colorado, conference minister of the Rocky Mountain Conference United Church of Christ, will be the guest speaker. A covered dish dinner will be held at noon in honor of Miller. All the events except the banquet will be held in the church building. The public is invited to attend all the activities. There will be no charge for any of the programs other than the banquet and the bazaar luncheon. |
