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Friday, November EDWARDSVILL6 INTBLLIGENCM New Educational Building The first Christian Church of a i will dvdicate a ed- a i a building, above, on LeClaire Church Officers Named LoCUiirc Christian Church, (jarfioltl at Sheridan, elected elders, deacons, deaconesses and other officers Nov. 2. Klei'trd vklers were a Ellsworth. Chuck Elston. Elliott French.

Allen Harold Kasl. Roy Olive. Tom Schmid and Don VanArsdale. Deacons elected were Delbert Boyle. Ron Cornwell, Rex Hunierifkhouse.

Roy Long. Earl Laiifi. Bill Rickartl. Coleman Surtoris. Carl Seaton.

Carl Skacas and Terry Tyner. Deaconesses are Alma Batke. Wilma Boyle. Twila Ellsworth, Ann Slemmer. Seaton, Earlcnc Shaw.

Grace Skaggs, Nancy Mercer Shirley Orman. Joyce Corscre. Shirley Riek- ard. Norma Kaiser and Isabel Biekell. Also elected were: church clerk.

Delbert Boyle: treasurer, Ami Slemmer: organist, Nancy Mercer: pianist. Dorothy Or- assistant pianist and assistant choir director Nancy Mercer. Allen Johnson was elected superintendent of the Bible school, with Ron Cornwell chosen assistant. Other Bible school officers are Connie Long, Wil- Boyle. Rex Humerickliouse, Kathy Schmid.

Dorothy Orman. Pam Davis. Doris Elston. Shirley Long, Nancy Mercer, Joyce Cornwell and Isabel Bie- kell. 'Belt of Truth' McKcndree College president Julian K.

in Lebanon will speak at 8:. ,0 and 10:30 a.m. Sunday at the St. John's United Methodist Church. Murphy's topic is taken from a text in Kphosiatis and is entitled: "Fasten on the Belt of Truth Murphy ca'me to McKtvidri't 1 in June, 1975, from Western New England Collcse in Springfield, Mass.

Christian Science Reading Room NEW LOCATION AT 128 N. MAIN ST. OPEN Daily except Sundays and legal holidays 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Evenings 6 to 8 p.m.

on Fridays Science and Health With Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy may be read, borrowed or purchased. Nov. IB. Refreshments will be served from 2 to 3 p.m., and visitors may tour the new build- ing then. A dedication service will be held at 3 p.m.

in the church next door. The public is invited. Pastor of the church Is the Rev. Ralph Bureman. (I Photo) Religion in the News Catholic Attendance Down 21 By George W.

Cornell New York A A lot of people who used to go to church regularly now are sleeping through Sunday imornings. particularly among Roman Catholics, and a recently completed study indicates some unexpected reasons for it. The final analysis of the data, which finds a 21 per cent decline in Catholic' Mass attend- New Minister at Church of Christ Frank Kruehar is now associated with the Church of Christ in Edwardsville, 1201 N. Second I as a minister. Kruehar began preaching at the church in May." He and his wife, Joyce, and baby daughter, Heather, moved to 417 Hillsboro from St.

Louis in July. Kruehar, 22, is the church's first full-time minister. Originally from Arkansas, he has lived in St. Louis since childhood. He attended Florida College for four years, majoring in Bible and religious studies.

He is now taking graduate courses in a denominational seminary in St. Louis, concentrating on Old Testament languages. Kruehar preached at the Edwardsville church during the summer between his sophomore uncl junior years in college. ance in the last decade, indicates the biggest reason for it is the continuation of the church's prohibition of contraception. The report, based on information gathered by the National Opinion Research Center in Chicago, blames the maintenance of that ban for 48 percent of the drop in Catholic church participation.

Another 26 per cent of the drop was blamed on a church's refusal to allow divorce and remarriage, while another 26 per cent was atttrib- uted to changing attitudes "toward the Pope as head of the church." The study involved "full probability samples," says William C. McCready, a research team member who wrote the final report, and is -more accurate than methods used by most polling organizations. He says it also wa-s designed to elicit information to get at underlying reasons why so many have quit attending Mass and behind'what he terms the "upfront reasons" that don't reveal the roots of their motivation. While the expected surface reasons turned up such as loss of interest or lack of desire or ability to get to church-the report found that other lay behind the surface explanations --the birch control, divorce and papacy issues. "These are not things that answer in response to questions about why they aren't going to Mass," McCready says, but responses about their attitudes on the church's position on the other matters brought out that they are the underlying cause.

SAUSAGE SUPPER Si. Paul Lutheran Church HAMEL, ILL. Sponsored by St. Paul's Men's Club SUNDAY, NOV. 9, 1975 SERVING BEGINS AT 3:30 P.M.

ADULTS $3.50 CHILDREN $1.50 Advance orders taken for Pork, Blood, Liver Sausage; Ribs, lard and Back Bones. Call 633-2328 or 633-2413. Everyone Welcome. Poet Masten to Be at SIU-E Ric Masten, poet-philosopher and troubador, will appear in concert at 7 p.m. Nov.

IS and 17 at the Religious Center at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. Masten. of Big Sur, will also appear at 10:45 a.m. N'nv. 16 at First Unitarian Church, Third and Alby streets, Alton.

Masten earns his living performing his poems in the oral tradition--either spoken or sung. ST. BONIFACE MOSTACCIOLI SPAGHETTI and MEATBALL A.M. niuiirD ALL YOU TO 7:00 ill IIII til CANE ATI Includes Salad, Dessert, Beverage St Boniface Hall Edwardsville SUNDAY, NOV. 9,1975 Adults Carry-Outs Children under 12 $1.50 BENEFIT OF ST.

BONIFACE YOUTH PROGRAM IN OBSERVANCE OF TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1975 The Edwardsville Auto Dealers Sales, Service and Parts Departments will Be Closed. BUTLER CHEVROLET BOB KINSEY MOTORS, ING. CASSENS SONS KNOWLES FORD MINDRUP CONTINENTAL MOTORS Members Wvfng More Contributions Fall Behind Inflation By George W. Cornell i AP Religion Writer New York (AP) 'members are giving more than ever to es. But because more of the burden is falling on smaller numbers, the increase hasn't kept up with the pace of inflation.

This, in turn, has required trimming denominational grams in order to pay the higher costs. These were among factors that turned up this week in the annual survey of church giving issued by the and research departments' of the National Council of' Churches. The survey rf 44 national' Protestant church bodies that total contribution's last year rose 8.1 per cent to $5.27 but the dollar in that; period lost 11 per cent of its value. This meant that despite the income boost the churches had less purchasing-power to maintain their operations. Nevertheless, the increased income came from slightly smaller numbers, whose per giving rose to a record- breaking average of $116.77 each.

year, it was $106.43. Overall, religious affiliation in the United States inched downward last year by about one-half of a per cent, the first such overfall drop In 'modern times. It brought U.S. membership down to a total of 131,245,139, or 61.9 per cent of the population. That includes Protestants, Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodoxy and Judaism.

Their contributions total $10.8 billion annually, according to the latest inclusive figures. However, since separate, national data is not assembled by Judaism, Orthodoxy or Roman Catholicism, this week's report based its analysis on figures from 44 Protestant bod- BAPTIST CONCERT SET The Southern Illinois University Chamber Orchestra will present a concert Nov. 9 at tha First Baptist Church, 534 St. Louis Street, Edwards ville. Program selections include works by Monteverdi, Hendel, Telemann, and Haydn.

John Kendall will conduct. ieg totaling 49 million members. Of the $5.27 billion contributed, the bulk of it, per cent or $4.2 billion, was kept in home congregations to meet local expenses, while the other 20.3 per cent or $1.07 billion, was passed along to support denominational missions, education and service programs. The share allotted to national church work was up by seven- tenths of one per -cent from the 19.6 per cent of the year before, suggesting a slight resurgence of concern for the churches' general programs. Previously, the trend had been toward limiting outlays to the local scene, where most of the 'money is still concentrated.

Of the 10 larger, mainline denominations, in nine of them slipped last year by about 1 per cent, but the remaining members contributed' 7.7 per cent more money than had the larger numbers the year before. Only Southern Baptists among the 10 larger bodies had both a rise in membership, up 1.8 per cent to 12.5 million members, with an accompanying, even larger rise in contributions, up 11.4 per cent. Churches where tithing is practiced had the highest per capita contributions. As in recent years, the Seventh-day Adventists topped the list, with umem'bei's giving an -average $486.48 each. Long, an Episcopal notes that'each grant request must be specifically recommended by local churches in the region where it originates.

It then is screened by a Council committee in Geneva, and afterward either approved or re ected by church representatives on the Council's interim policy-making group, the executive committee. He adds: "The program has done more for Christianity in Africa than anything missionaries "have done in 100 years. It has shown the churches really care about human suffering, and are ready to deal with as local church people see it." The program is financed outside the Council's regular budgets. Only contributions specifically designated for it go into it; Most support'has come from British and European churches, as well as governments of Norway; Sweden and the Netherlands: Provisions covering the church grants specifically prohibit their use for "purchasing arms or any military activity." Most of the grants are desig- nated for specific purposes, such as medical supplies, food and primary schools for liberation groups living in backlands and opposing colonial regimes. YONAKA Hear Rev.

Harold Cameron at Calvary Baptist Church 1255th Avenue NOV. 9 16 If a man is too busy to worship God on Sunday, he has more business than God intended he should bave. LeClaire Christian Church GARFIELD SHERIDAN EDWARDSVILLE, ILL. Bible School 9:00 A.M. Worship Hour 10:00 A.M.

Children Worship 10 A.M. Evening Worship 7:00 P.M. Evening youth activities 6:00 P.M. CHARLES ELSTON, MINISTER LIFE IN THE SPIRIT SEMINAR To Be Held At OLD ST. MARY'S CHURCH 300 Park Street Sunday nights, 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 2 thru Dae. 14 Conducted by Sister Mary Ann Wachtel S.F.C.C. $5.00 Registration Fee FOR A NEW CAR, SEE THE DODGE BOYS AT CASSENS SONS, INC. 121 Hillsboro Ave.

Edwardsville. III. JOIN OUR MONEY MAKING at First Federal 1976 CHRISTMAS CLUB Types of Clubs Available Per Week: You Pay In! $1,000.00 500.00 5.00 250.09 150.00 1.00 50.00 You Receive: $1,020.00 510.00 255.00 153.00 102.00 51.00 This is the amount you will receive if your weekly payments are made on time or in advance. Everyone gives something for Christmas Club Accounts, but we ask you to compare FIRST FEDERAL'S money-making clubs with others. FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN Si Louis Street Edwardsville, III.

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