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THE TAMPA TRIBUNE, Saturday, March 1 0, 1 979 3- Area Religion Guest Preacher Slated For Z'hills First Baptist PASCO Tf 1 Church News translators, will be shown in conjunction with the special service. The Rev. Louis Meyer, pastor, said all are welcome to attend. The Rev. Richard Barber of Jacksonville, member of the annuity board of Florida Baptist Convention, will preach at both the 11 a.m.

and 7:30 p.m. worship services in First Baptist Church, Zephyrills, Sunday. y', 7 fa I I 5 4 f' 'i V' Is i I vV I I to 3 if- i I 1 9 Erskine Holt outside the retreat's meeting hall. Photo by Mark Errington everyone is cordially invited to attend the concert. The Parenting Skills Workshop being held each Tuesday evening in the church's Fellowhip Hall is still accepting families.

Edna Hunt, Pasco County Schools social worker, is instructor and those interested should contact Bobbie Hooks at her office-788-1894. Girl Scouts To Be Honored First Christian Church of Zephyr-hills, which held its All Church Fellowship dinner for members and friends yesterday in Municipal Auditorium, will observe Girls Scouts Sunday at its 10:45 a.m. worship service tomorrow. Three troops of Girls Scouts, with Donna Trebour, Sue Trebour and Jacque bloom as leaders, are to be given special recognition. The church's "lawn party," more or less dormant during the winter months, has resumed activities and men of the congregation are meeting at 8 a.m.

each Friday to maintain the church grounds and plantings. Revival Services To Begin Temple Baptist Church, 1608 Fort King Road, Dade Cityfc will have Evangelist Robert L. Sumner, contributing editor of "Sword of The Lord," as featured speaker for a series of revival services beginning Sunday and continuing through the week. The Rev. Paul R.

Biagiotti, pastor, said hours of services are 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Sundays and at 7:30 daily on weekdays. The church's quiz team placed se-condd in the Florida Bible Quiz League competition, held March 3 at Hillsdale Baptist Church, Tampa, and is preparing to enter state competition in April. Becky Tillman, Rachael Tillman, Elizabeth Ault and Timothy Biagiotti won 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 7th place trophies in the district event, respectively.

Church To Hear Guest Speak The Rev. Chester Robison, representing Wycliffe Bible Translators, will be guest speaker at the 7:30 p.m. worship service of Christian and Missionary Alliance Church, 4th Ave. and 11th Zephyrhills, Sunday. A film, depicting work of the in Board The Corvilla etreat New Pastor To Speak Dr.

Patrick Shaffer, who arrived recently from Ripley, W. will preach his first sermon as pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Dade City at 11 a.m. Sunday. The new pastor is a graduate of West Virginia State, Charleston, W. and for five years prior to attending the Theological Seminary at Richmond, from which he earned the Doctor of Theology degree, he worked, with the federal Bureau of Prisons.

He will be formally installed as pastor in ceremonies scheduled for 7 p.m., March 18, in the church sanctuary. Musical Service Planned Steve Boalt, minister-at-large of Bibletown Community Church at Boca Raton and a composer-musician whose piano, trumpet and vocal talent has been published through Singspiration, will sing and present instrumental selections in conjunction with the 11 a.m. worship service of First Baptist Church, Dade City, Sunday. Singer Will Present Songs Gloria Elliott of Springfield, who has traveled in the United States, Canada and Europe, will sing at the 10:45 a.m., worship service of Calvary Assembly of God, Dade City, Sunday. The Ladies Study Group of Cal-, vary Assembly meets weekly at 12:30 p.m.

on Wednesdays at the church for a sack luncheon-study period. Topic for this week is "How To Study the Bible for Yourself." The church's men's study group holds a prayer breakfast and study at 7 a.m. each Wednesday at Peek's Restaurant, 406 S. 7th Dade City. Sacred Concert Scheduled First United Methodist Church, Zephyrhills, will present Steve Boalt, outstanding baritone soloist and trumpet player, in a sacred concert at 7 p.m.

Sunday in the church sanctuary. The Rev. Dan Gill, pastor, said SEE Communion Rites Scheduled Our Savior Lutheran Church, Zephyrhills, will observe holy communion at both the 8 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. worship services Sunday.

The Rev. Norman Springer, pastor, said mid-week Lenten services at 3:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. each Wednesday through the Holy Week will feature dialogue messages on The Lord's Prayer. A Ladies Guild breakfast at 9 a.m.

Thursday will precede the regu-' larly scheduled Bible Class at 10 a.m. Mid-Week Services Continue The Rev. Benedict Weigand, pastor, -said St Rita's Catholic Church, Dade City, will continue mid-week Lenten services at 7:30 p.m. each Wednesday, with emphasis on the Way of the Cross and study by the Prayer Group, through Holy Week. St.

Rita's Club, with George Henry as president, will sponsor a Fashion Show Dessert at noon Thursday in the church's Guadalupe Hall from Beall's Department Store are to be shown and tickets are $1.50. Bible Study To Continue A four-part Bible study into the Book of I Peter will continue Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Mid-State Federal Building, 612 S. 7th Dade City. The study is being conducted by Ron Lohr, pastor of the Tampa congregation of the Worldwide Church of God.

The pubic may.attend and admission is free, a spokesman said. Sermon On Friends Slated Asbury United Methodist Church, Dade City, will present the Rev. Edward H. Griffith speaking on "How to Win and Keep Friends" on Sunday at the 8:30 a.m. and 1 1 a.m.

services. A nursery will be available. Temple To Install Officers The Temple of the Holy Light of Spiritual Churches of Science and Revelation will install new officers Sunday. Licentiate Ron Joy will present a sermon entitled "Gardens of the Lord." The services are open to all. BASCO estants, each representing a Greek sorority or fraternity.

Winning teams in 5-legged torch races for sororities and 4-legged torch races for fraternities, scheduled to begin at .5:30 p.m. Sunday, will light the torch to officially kick off the remainder of Greek Week Events. Golf, track and field events, canoe races, swimming, volleyball, archery, tennis and a St. Patrick's Day parade starting at 10 a.m. March 17 are among activities on the agenda for Greek Week.

Lions Club of Zephyrhills, participating in a statewide program, will give away rolls of candy today. Harold Mains, Lion of the Year, will head the team of uniformed Lions handling the "goody" distribution. President Jim Coleman said donations and contributions will be the Lions Eyesight Conservation Fund and the Zephyrhills Bulldog Stadium Fund. The Community Today, Pan American Missions stretch all over the basically roadless Colombia, necessitating the use of planes for the missionaries. Holt proudly points out that more than a thousand Indians on the Amazon River have been converted to Christianity through the missions.

But Holt's mission work doesn't stop with Zephyrhills and Colombia. Pan American Missions also has non-. denominational churches known as "house groups" all over the United States. A house group consists of a small group of people who meet in 1 homes, to worship. House groups have no membership lists, but encourage people to come to the once or twice a week meetings whenever they wish.

Holt feels it is because of these somewhat unique principles that the house groups have had a great deal of success. "This thing is spreading very rapidly," he said. "It appeals to people who are a little bit afraid. They're not sold on church, but they feel comfortable in a home situation." Because of his missionary duties, Holt is only able to put in 100 days a year at Corvilla. The rest of the time is spent establishing house groups and making a once a year visit to Colombia.

When he is out of town, the ministerial duties fall on residents Ron and Jackie McCune. A late addition to the clergy, Holt originally started out to be a doctor. Those plans changed and he graduated from college with a degree in chemistry and went into research in that field. Several jobs in accounting and sales followed, until at the age of 27, Holt found himself a nightclub entertainer with the sole ambition of some day being a nightclub owner. "Then I felt the call of God to be a minister," he said.

"I quit my job and went to a seminary." After graduating, Holt became a pastor in an Assembly of God church, but left the church to be independent in 1949. "I found no great objection to the church but I found more light," he said. "I don't want to be limited in what God wants to give me." Holt is satisfied with his life and churches, but has no. big plans for expansion of the peaceful settlement known as Corvilla. Premise Guides "People live their lives in the home, not the church.

That's where the emphasis is. The real teaching is in the home, while Holiday Inns and schools are used for big meetings and for worship. We don't invest a lot of money in building." Erskine Holt was a Christian told me about this place and the minute I it, I knew. The Lord responded and the people responded and I was able to get it." Holt divided the land into lots and charged buyers the same thing he had paid. Although he said he made no particular effort to sell the lots, Holt had buyers' from all over the country.

Holt and his family started life at Corvilla in a trailer and are just now nearing of a regular home. A larger all-purpose building is slated for the future, while dormitories and guest trailers that house visitors during the camp meetings are already on the grounds. The settlement of Corvilla is th smaller of two corporations of which Holt is president. The other, Pan American Missions, has a home office in Portland, that is mainly as a clearing house for funds for work in the extensive missions in Colombia. Those missions include more than 100 churches, two airplanes and a radio station, all of which have been developed since Holt established the first mission back in 1959.

"It all started when I took a mission journey to Ghana and Nigeria and saw the mission set-ups and I felt there was a better way," Holt said. "I chose Colombia after I asked the Lord for direction. He told me not to shoot in all directions but to concentrate on one country and use it as a stepping stone." A Religious By KATHY HOYT Tribune Staff Writer ZEPHYRHILLS A small, wooden sign pointing the way off state Road 39 is the only clue to the traveler that he will find something called "Corvilla" if he ventures down the palmetto lined street. There-'s nothing there to indicate that Corvilla, a peaceful community of about 40 persons, is the realization of a dream of its founder: ordained minister, missionary and businessman Erskine Another sign down the dirt road says Corvilla is also a camp meeting ground. Holt will tell him that this transformation takes place about six times a year.

But the one thing neither Holt nor a sign can tell the visi- tor is the absolute feeling of tranquility that encompasses one at villa. That must be experienced personally. "Our mission is to have a place for people where they're not under stress," Holt said. "It's peaceful here and although our primary purpose is a camp meeting grounds we have the added refuge of being a place for people who want to come and stay." Corvilla was founded on a religious premise, but Holt makes it clear that no restrictions are put on the creeds of the people who live there. And although services are held on the premises, attendance is not mandatory.

"We don't demand that of people, they're free to come if they wish," Holt said. "We're non-denominational, we have Seventh Day Advent-ists here as well as Catholics." Today, Corvilla is comprised of modest homes, trailers and an all-purpose community building. Eight years ago when Holt first saw it, it was -pure palmettos. At that time Holt was the founder and pastor of the Christian Temple, a non-denominational church in, Tampa. "One day I was just going north through Zephyrhills and I felt that if I ever moved out of Tampa, I would like to live here," Holt said.

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