The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1933, Page 3

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to come to services if we simply knock at their
doors and tell them to come. Conversations, re-
peated conversations, perhaps long conversations,
will be necessary. A friendly invitation may bring
some people to your services, but in most cases more
effort will have to be put forth.

Such neighborhood work done by our members
and their pastors is the finest and most economical
Home Mission work that we can do. It costs noth-
ing in money, only a little effort.

Let us all look about us for “Schuylers,”’ and
having found them, let us do our utmost to exploit
them for the Lerd and His cause. F. J. L.

Our Colored Mission in Omaha.

Pastor Geo. V. Weber, who has been working
among the colored population of Omaha besides
caring for his own congregation and conducting
services regularly at the County Home, is quite
enthusiastic concerning the outlook. A visit to
Omaha by one of the members of the Board for
Colored Missions had to be postponed, on account
of present financial conditions, until prospects will
be more favorable.

Our white congregations in Omaha are also
showing a commendable interest in the enterprise.
Several months ago one of our white congregations
invited the colored brethren to their mission service.
Some time after this another congregation invited
our colored members to their morning service, in
which Pastor Weber preached the sermon. In this
way Pastor Weber is given an opportunity to show
the white congregations what he is accomplishing,
and it gives our colored people an idea of what our
white congregations are and convinces them that
they are taking a real interest in their welfare.

Pastor Weber writes that on the same Sunday
on which his colored people attended the morning
service of the white brethren, he had another service
in the evening with his people, in which five who
had not been able to come to the morning service
were present. After the regular services on Sunday
evenings, which’ are ordinarily held in the homes
of the members, the Catechism is studied, and
Pastor Weber reports that this study is greatly
enjoyed by his people.

The missionary reports that he expects his
colored people to receive another invitation to a
white church in the near future, when they will
be given an opportunity to see the picture “The
Call of the Ages.” This will enable them to see

our Church in action and enable them to learn
much of the Lutheran Church from the practical
side.

Pastor Weber has also succeeded in enlisting the
special interest of the various ladies’ aids of our
churches in Omaha in his colored work, and he be-
lieves much good will come from this for his.
mission. F. J.L.

Eastern Field Notes.

Another colored worker has recently observed:
an anniversary. iss Addie McTier has taught in.
our schools for twenty years. She now has charge:
of the upper grades of Grace-Luther Memorial
School in Greensboro, N. C.—St. Philip’s, Chicago,
and Trinity, Springfield, Illinois, recently cele-
brated their annual mission-festivals. The atten-
dances and offerings were quite satisfactory. We
rejoice to see that our colored Lutherans are ob-
serving these mission-festivals in greater number
every year. The Bible class of Trinity, Springfield,
contributed $25 to the missionary offering. — There
have been acquisitions in various parts of the field:
St. Philip’s, Chicago, received eight adults by con-
firmation, and a new class of adults has been or-
ganized, to be confirmed Easter. Grace, St. Louis,
received twelve children by Baptism. Baltimore
received two by Baptism and two by confirmation.
Conover, North Carolina, received one by confirma-
tion, and so did Catawba, North Carolina. Atlanta
received one new member by Baptism. — In Char-
lotte, North Carolina, pastors of the Concordia Con-
ference held a number of special services during the
first week in October last. At the same time a can-
vass was made by these pastors of the neighborhood
in which our church is situated, with the result that
fifty-eight persons who had never been at a Lu-
theran service were induced to attend. — The ladies’
aids in our colored congregations are quite active.
Thus the ladies’ aid of St. Philip’s, St. Louis, pays
the subscriptions for the Missionary Lutheran for
all its members. In this way a copy of the paper
is brought into each home. A most desirable
thing! —In Atlanta Mr. Eugene Turk, a blind
member of the church, has presented to his congre-
gation a beautiful cabinet for the Communion ser-
vice. The cabinet was made by the donor. —'The
fifty-two communicant members of our Cleveland
colored church have adopted a budget for 1933
amounting to $700. This is a respectable budget
for the small congregation, many of whose members
are not wage-earners.