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r-'. Firsf Methodist Church Five to "Operation I will be held wuit house live churches of different denominations (ruin 1-4 p.m. Sunday. The munfnii.il a m. held in conjunction wim ii 1 Lake diaries (..

Celt bralion on licnUige Sunday, is io belter understanding among lite various faiths and to sinnulau 1 will among congregations. 01 all houses of First Baptist Church wn churches open house Sunday The participating churches, whicn represent aii faiths in the city, were selected because of their geographical location which will allord all visitors liio opportunity lu I'jur the tules within tne allocated time. Each churcn will have guides und narrators, in appropriate places, describing the laiui, liie smions ol tne building. articles ol fziii.li and other of interest. rvligiuu.i ceremonies will be carried on during the informal tour, and there will be no proselytizing, registration or distribution of literature, The program is under the auspices of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine of the Diocese of Lafayette and is under the chairmanship of Paul Terranova Jr.

of St. Henry Catholic Church. The churches in the tour are listed below with the address, individual pastor and a description of the birth and growth of each in the city. Methodist 728 Broad St. The Rev.

George W. Pome- my js the present 38fh pastor of the church, whose organi- dates back to Nov. 10, 1H71. The Rev. Hubert A.

Gibbs is aysociale pastor. The church was organized at a Quarterly Conference and was a part of the Opelousas District In 1874, the first building was constructed under the leadership of the Rev. Robert A. and was situated on the southeast corner of Broad and Bilbo streets. were about 20 by 40 feet.

A second building was completed in 1900 under the leadership of the Rev. R. W. Tucker and was dedicated by Bishop Galloway. The first services in the present building, constructed under the management of Dr.

R. H. were on Aug. 12. 1928.

Additions of an educational unit and a fellowship hatl were mode in 1953, and the Mayo Children's Building was added in 1981, all under the oaslorate nf the Rev. Carl F. Lueg Sr. The children's building was in memory of A. M.

Mayo, who fTvod i's Sunday School superintendent from 1892-1944. f'Vom U'e or'K'inM list of 10 members in 1871, the member- shin of the church has grown t'i approximately 2,100. And f-om the by 40 feet first construction, the builrting is large that the fellowship hall 1 alone could hold on display that firit construction. Baptist 830 Hodges St. January 25, 1880, marks the organization of this church with its first pastor, the Rev.

A. P. Schofleld, and a membership of 18. Worship services were conducted in the old parish courthouse, a two story frame structure that stood on the site of the present courthouse, At the end of a year, contract was let for a building on the corner of Ryan and Iris streets for a cost of $3,000. The church, with the West Lake, Vinton and Vincent Settlement, organized the Carey Baptist Association in 1892, named in commemoration of the Centennial of William Carey, father of the modern missionary movement.

With the growth of the city and of the church, it was necessary to sell the Ryan Street property and a new lot for a larger church was purchased at the corner of Hodges and Pujo $30,000 sanctuary was laid Feb. 12, 1908, and the church has remained at this location. Dedication Day for the newly completed brick building was April 24, 1910, following the historic Lake Charles fire which burned the parish courthouse and much of the business section of the city. In August of 1955, the sanctuary was demolished to make way for the new and present sanctuary, built at a cost of $800,000 and planned by its pastor, the Rev. Paul Roberts, who served the congregation from 1951 to 1959.

Twenty two different pas-! tors have served the church since its founding in 1880. The present pastor, the Rev. Dr. H. Van Eaton, has served since May 17.

1964. Under his leadership, the church received an increase of 257 members last year, as compared to the six new members received in the first year of the church's history. The present membership is 3,187 and the budget calls for $5,657 per week, more than the entire construction cost of the original church. Bob F. Evans is minister of education; Dick Robertson, minister of music; the Rev.

Lloyd Bragg, minister of visitation; MacArthur Weaver, director of recreation, and Mrs. Joe Carlock church hostess and nursery co-ordinator. 'Church Reforms Itself is 10th topic in series Efforts ol Roman Catholic officials to reiortn the church from within during the 16th Century will be discussed Monday night at a lecture sponsored by Calcasieu Council 1207 of the Knights of Columbus. The Rev. Richard Chachere, assistant pastor of Our Lady Queen of Heaven Church, will New California college plans fall opening SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif.

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His topic, "The Church Reforms Itself," will be centered around the Council of Trent and other reform movements. The lecture is scheduled for 7:30 p.m., at the council hall at 414 Iris according to Van Andrus, council public relations chairman. The lecture is open to the public, and there is no admission charge, Andrus said. Father Chachere, who has been assigned to Our Lady Queen of Ileaven Church for nearly a year, is a native of Opelousas, but spent most of his life in Lafayette. lie attended Marmon Military Academy in Aurora.

Ill, and Georgetown University in higton, D.C. His theological training was obtained at Immaculata Seminary in Lafayette, Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans, and the Gregorian University jn Rome. He received the master of theology degree from the latter institution. Father Chachere was gained in Rome Dec. IB, In addition to his duties Our Lady Queen of Heaven assistant, Father Chachere is chaplain of Lake Charles ity Hospital, and is a member of the board of directors of the Cameron Unit of (ha National Society for Crippled gWbw Adults.

The lectors is the foth in a series of 13 being by lecture serjes li. REV. RICHARD CHACHBRE Tells of reforms stt eiiMp, es, cauflcil Cathojic Former MSC professor named director of ARKADBLPHJA-Ed erty, former Jewish 713 Hodges St. In the year 1879, two men of the Jewish faith, Leopold Kaufman and David Bloch, arrived to make their home in Lake Charles, a 12-year-old city with a population of 100. By 1894 there were approximately 17 Jewish families here.

To encourage the growth of Judaism in the city and because of the necessity of a burial ground, the 17 families organized and chartered the Lake Charles Hebrew Benevolent Association in 1894. From this origin grew Temple Sinai. Leading the congregation of approximately 75 families is Rabbi John Rosenblatt. In the early years of the congregation, no rabbi was availa- ale and religious services were conducted by laymen and were held in the Masonic Temple which is located next to the present site of the Jewish Temple. In the early 1900s, a 50-foot lot on Hodges Street was purchased by the corporation from Lake Charles Masonic Lodge No.

165 for the erection of a temple for Jewish worship. In 1904, the sanctuary of the present Temple Sinai was erected and dedicated to the worship and service of God, The Rabbi Warsaw was the first rabbi and he performed the first wedding in the temple in 1904. In 1907 the charter of the Congregation of Temple Sinai was filed with Leopold Kaufman as president; J. Frank, vice president; Henry Meyer, secretary, and A. Levy, treasurer.

The temple has operated under this charter since then. Be Temple Sinai Sisterhood, the women auxiliary, was organized in 1916. In li)29, the lot adjoining the present one was donated by Mr. and Mrs. nold Kaufman and dedicated for the future growth of the use of worship.

ID 1854, the eocjal god eduoa- room was enlarged and a kitchen provided, During 1, the WJdJng was enlarged sod building of classroom library and a Hodges Street between Pujo and Kirby streets; the first pastor was "the Rev. E. W. Hunter, and the first service of church was on July 19, 1885. Oct.

18, 1885 is recorded as day of the first celebration of the Holy Eucharist and also the baptism of an "Ellen Cline Kirkman." Prior to this, on May 3, 1885, A. C. Gordon, Dr. W. A.

Knapp, Dr. J. E. Goodleth and B. V.

M. Hutchinson, along with several others organized an Episcopal Sunday School in the courthouse in Lake Charles. In July of that year, they held classes in the Knights of Pithias Hall, and in October they moved to the Masonic Hall. With the arrival of the Rev. J.

H. Spearing, the present property was purchased, and in 1896 the Parish of the Good Shepherd was admitted into the union with the Diocese of Louisiana. The year also marked the laying of the cornerstone of the present church by Bishop Sessums, and the first service in the new building was Feb. 28, 1897. During the hurricane of 1918, the building was badly damaged and rebuilt.

Rector at this time was the Rev. Caleb B. K. Weed, who served from 1910-1920. George Law, a member of the Vestry, lamented the lack of funds which prevented the building of a bell tower for the church; he remedied this 55 years later with the erection of the present Bell Tower.

Under the Rev. Robert L. Crandall who became rector in 1952 and served until 1965, the Episcopal Day School was started and the buildings for this erected. The present curate and chaplain of the day school is the Rev. James F.

Reed. The present rector is the Rev. Richard R. Cook. Catholic Bilbo at Kirby The first church in Lake Charles was a small mission chapel built in 1857.

Twelve years later, it became a parish, with resident priest. Its first pastor was the Rev. Magniny with the Rev. Etlenne Badoil as assistant pastor. The first Immaculata Conception Church was built by the Rev.

Michael Kelly in 1870 and the budding was remodeled, anjj finished in 1888, ji gUfc time the Rev. E. J. pastor. The present edifice was constructed in 1913 during the pastorate of the late Bight Rev.

Msgr. Hubert Cramers, io place the old church that we? destroyed by tlie 1910 fire- Later, the marble altars vert installed, but otherwise, the church remained, unfinished 00 the interior for rapy 1 cause of the period of and Curing ite Temple Sinai Church of Goocf Shepherd Immaculate Conception ero, the pro chum was.