The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1926, Page 186

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THE LUTHERAN PIONEER.

$22,000 and $25,000. All the money was in at
the time of the dedication with the exception of
about $3,000. Various individuals, congregations,
and organizations within congregations, in different
parts of the country, have remembered us and sent
bricks and mortar direct to us for our chapel. We
should like to mention all the names of the kind
givers, together with the amounts given, but that
would take too much space. Complete lists, how-
ever, will be placed in the hands of the Director
of Negro Missions and of Rev. E. G. Jehn, the local
treasurer. The following is a condensed report of
the direct donations received by the undersigned :—

RECEIPTS.
From St. Philip’s (our own congrega-
tion)
From outside friends

$1130.27
EXPENDITURES.

Supplies and equipment for St. Philip’s $452.13

To the local treasurer, Rev. E.G. Jehn 597.50

$1049.63

On hand, November 1 .......... 80.64
$1130.27

We must buy more chairs and more hymn-books
and other equipment. The balance on hand, $80.64,
will be very useful.

Future Outlook.

The dimensions of our little building ae
27 by 57 feet. It is a neat and attractive brick
structure. It consists of basement, church audi-
torium, and, above that, the parsonage. The
auditorium comfortably seats 140, but we can
crowd in 175, as was the case when we had our
first funeral in the building, November’ 5. Our
average attendance so far has been sixty-seven at
the morning and forty-five at the evening services.

We pray the Lord to bless the work of our
hands in this place, where He has been pleased to
record His name. Dear readers, pray that this
little plant may grow into a healthy tree.

M. N. Carter,
6400 St. Lawrence Ave., Chicago, Ill.

Our Colored Mission in Buffalo. -

We bring below that part of Pastor Wind’s
annual report which refers to the Colored Mission
work carried on by our brethren in Buffalo: —

“This is a new activity of Institutional Mis-

sions. It is reckoned as an activity of Institutional
Missions because it so happened that the work was

begun through contact made in Institutional Mis-
sion work. It is also at present being carried on
by the institutional missionaries.

“Tt was clearly the will of our Lord that our
Church engage in Colored Mission work in Buffalo.
The story of its beginning, although too long to
recount at this time, clearly shows the directing
hand of God. It is a misson begun without the
usual nucleus of Lutherans with which other
parish-missions begin. Yet God has blessed it be-
yond expectation, so that to-day prospects are
bright for the eventual formation of a congregation
of colored Lutherans in our city. In this work in
the past year 173 visits were made to homes of
colored people residing in the Cold Spring section,
in which our mission is located. ‘Thirty-eight ser-
vices, thirty-eight Sunday-school sessions, twenty-
five Bible classes, five ladies’ aid meetings, and two
girls’ club meetings were conducted. Besides these
activities special services were held on holidays,
and social activities, consisting of a Strawberry
Festival, a Sunday-school picnic, a garden party,
and other socials, were conducted. The average
attendance at church services was about eighteen.
The total enrolment in the Sunday-school is forty,
with an average attendance of fifteen to eighteen.
The ladies’ aid society numbers thirty-eight mem-
bers, most of whom are active. In the coming
winter a confirmation class will be conducted, for
which seven children have pledged their attendance.
An adult class wil) also be formed, for which we
have a number of prospects. Services and Sunday-
school in the past year were conducted by pastors
of Buffalo; Pastor Mueller particularly took
charge of many services. Services and Sunday-
school during the summer months were under the
supervision of Student Ralph Burow. During the
coming winter services and classes will be con-
ducted by the superintendent.

All expenses for this mission were defrayed
by special contributions made by the congregations
of Buffalo for the purpose. The treasury of In-
stitutional Missions has not been burdened with
any expense on account of Colored Missons.”

A Missionary Itinerary.

One of the duties of Rev. Martin Dorpat, who
was called into our Colored Missions last summer,
is to get in touch with former students of Immanuel
Lutheran College and use them as possible nuclei
for new stations. Below we bring some excerpts