# Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1958_S68
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68 Proceedings of the Forty-fifth Convention

Baptized during biennium
Communions, average per communicant _
Total offerings, excluding tuition, 56 _____ ------ $ 217.62 |
Total offerings, excluding tuition, 57 = 237.76

Some day we hope we can move this congregation a little
closer to the town, Pine Hill. We do have two teachers at prese!
on our field from this congregation. S. L. Gartes

Messiah, Bashi, Ala.

Pastor: S. L. Gailes Teacher: Mr. Samuel Purnell
Baptized souls iene cece cee cece eee eee 68
Communicants __.. _ _ 28
Christian day school enrollment .. - 21
Baptized during biennium __._.. _- 1
Confirmed during biennium _. _ _— 3
Communions, average per communicant 5.1
Total offerings, excluding tuition, ’57 $ 395.74

We are happy to be in our new chapel-school. We have hads
our ups and downs since the loss of our church by fire, but all
has turned out for the better. The people now seem to work 4
harder. We are trying to pay for our chapel-school. The people 4
went all out to help get it back. We had our pastoral conference a
here recently, and all the pastors liked our new church-school very
much. They think it would have a value of $6,000, but with the#
help of the members’ labor, it cost us about $2,500. Our Super- 4
intendent went all out with us through the mud and rain to 4
assist us. He built our entire altar set and gave us our steeple. 3
We hope through this new building which God has given us, joy -@
will cause us to branch out to Thomasville and toward the state a
of Mississippi. q

The congregation has given several teachers. At present we 4
have one teaching in Selma. We have two students there now, and 4
we hope that one will become a minister. We plan to send three 4
students to Selma this September. We hope that when our debt E
is paid we will be able to raise our budget $50. Thanks to the Mis- -
sionary Board, which has been so good to us. S. L, Games

Oak Hill-Rosebud-Hamburg-Ackerville Circuit

Pastor: M. Clark Teachers: Oak Hill—Mrs. D. Paries
Rosebud — Miss W. Jackson
Hamburg — Miss J. McBride

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259 $ 622.70 $ 958.76
Rosebud _... 62 39

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8 9 285 540.84 454.36
Hamburg ... 39 26 1 1 18 4 152 151.52 178.67
Ackerville . 15 7 —- — 5 — 2 16 71.21 20.94

During the past two years, St. Paul’s Congregation in Oak Hill
has been busy trying to raise funds for a much needed chapel and

school room building. We hope to have this erected in the near
future.

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