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The Laymen’s Voice official news of the Fifth Episcopal District of the African Methodist Church George Jones.President Fifth District Lay Organization Published Monthly Editorial and Executive Offices 2225 S Street, Lincoln 3, Nebraska Rubie If'. Shakespeare, Managing Editor The Rt Rev. D. Ormonde Walker, Presiding Bishop George Jones, President Box 281 OSKALOOSA KANSAS Herbert L. Dudley. President Connecticut Laymen's League, Detroit. Michigan Conference Presidents Mrs A L. Cooke, Puget Sound Conference, Seattle Wash. Mrs. Georgia Marsnail, California Conference. 4210 Market Street, Oakland. Calif. C. A. Stafford, Southern California, <594 E. 45 Street, Los Angeles 31, Calif. Mrs. Elizabeth Twyman, Colorado Conference Dr J. Louis Ransom. Kansas Conference 2251 lopeka Blvd., Topeka, Kansas J J. Parks, Nebraska Conference 2044 N. fth Street. Kansas City, Kansas Joseph T. Anscel, North Missouri Conference. 106 Soutn Wintz, Macon, Missouri Clarence E. Owens. Southwest Missoiri Conference. 2134 E 27th St.. Kansas City. Mo Mrs. Odessa W. Farrell, Missouri Conference, 1901 Cora Ave.. St. Louis, Mo. SPECIAL WRITERS Mr P. G. Porter .....Olatha, Kansas Dr. J. Louis Ransom .Topeka, Kansas Mrs Ida M. Moton . Kansas Cit>. Missouri Mrs Ester Hearn Smith....Omana, Nebr. Mrs Wm M. Blount . Kansas City, Kansas; Mr R. J. Gardner. Cleveland. Ohio Mrs Camillia Leftridge. Los Angeles, Calii Mrs. Hattie Jefferson..... Cheyenne, Wyo. Mrs Thelma De Witte.Seattle. Wash Atty. F. L. Martin. .. St. Louis, Mo Your Lay Publication I hope the effort to organize our laymen in the support of a lay publication may be successful, to the end that Christianity may be more fully applied in our total living. One can almost sense the cry on the lips of the people of the world—people tired of strife, tired of deception, tired of hate, tired of hunger—people pleading for a Christian church in the twentieth century to meet realistically the issues of the day. Such a church needs men and women who will do more than vocally condemn the evil practices of our church; or ganized men and women who will ' take the offensive for Jesus Christ '> You should be glad that The Lay- ‘ men’s Voice is not a journal of re ligious romanticism, reveling m the good old days, but a crusading organ of vital, realistic Christ centered denomination. Congratulations—to laymen and , ministers who have supported this ] project of the Fifth District, but, much more support is needed. Re-! member this is your project to do,' with as your district desires. It is : also your responsibility to encour- . age and (enlist) additional sup- > 1 port throughout the conferences of the district. Call to United Christian Youth Action One of the most significant cur rent ventures in co-operative Christian youth work is the pro gram of the United Christian Youth Movement to enlist one million young people and their leaders in the cause of Christ and His church. The entire year of 1952 will be used to carry the call t o young people all over America. The purpose of the call is to help young people to get a clearer understanding of what it means ot be a Christian in times like these. These young people will be invited to enlist in a united program of Christian ac tion. The position and deep chal lenge of The Call are best re flected in the covenant with God which A. M. E. youth will have an opportunity to make their own beginning with Allen Jubilee: Week, February 3-10. “Believing that God’s power is my strength, because of my faith in Jesus Christ, I Join with other youth in a united effort to dem onstrate the significance and power of the Christian fellow ship.’* “For us there is no alternative but to serve God in every mo ment of our lives, to treat all men as brothers, to work toward the day when suffering and strife will be replaced with co-opera tion and love and when peace shall abide in place of war.” "We are not alone in this task. The strength of Christ is ours. Divine resources flow through us, and human fellowship sustains us as we give ourselves to the Church of Christ and its mission in the world.” Dr. F. D. Jordan Urges AME To Prepare For Unsegregated MEMPHIS, Term.—Dr. Fred erick D. Jordan, minister pf Los Angeles, Calif., delivered the ordi nation sermon at the annual Mem phis conference of the AME Church. Speaking at Avery Temple Church on the theme, “The Mean ing of Methodism,” Dr. Jordan urged his audience to get ready for an unsegregated society. He called upon the ministers to sup port the movement for better edu cational opportunities. He advised them to continue to file suits until the court calen dars became too crowded to handle the cases. He added: “When the unsegregated school room door at last comes open Ie1 us be sure that there is also the open church door . . Upon a motion by the Rev. Her old Nelson, leader of the confer ence, and with the approval of Bishop John H. Clayborn, the 13th Episcopal district voted to support Dr. Jordan for the bishopric at the General Conference of the AME Church to be held in Chicago next May. Mrs. Anna Harris Dies at Age 69 Mrs. Anna Harris, 69, of 2303 So. 8th, a resident of Lincoln for ’5 years, died here Wednesday. A native of Oklahoma; she came : 3 Lincoln in 1927. She was a i nember of the O.E.S. and the M.E. church. Surviving is her husband. Henry, of Lincoln. | Funeral services were held Sat St. Paul, St. Louis Elects Off if 'PCS The Laymen’s league of St. Paul A.M.E. church in their regular monthly meeting elected officers for the ensuing yeai. As follows: Mrs. J. E. Bell, president. Mrs. Beatrice Atkins, vice-president. Miss Celeste Smith, recording secretary. Mrs. Ardellia J. Bailey, correspondent sec'y. Mr. Edgar E. Cooper, financial secretary. Mr. J. D. Rodgers. treasurer. Mr. Joseph Clifford, chaplain. Mrs. Barbara Davis, reporter. Messcrgcrs. Bell Rodgers and Clifford were re-elected to their respective offices. Plans are being laid for a defi nite program of renovation of a committee room in the parish house and many constructive ideas have been introduced for the betterment oi the church. There is much organized Laymen can do constructively for the spiritual as well as the temporal. We were most happy to have as our guests and be host to the connectional body last August. It gave us a chance to greet old friends and make new ones in Methodism. We pray God’s blessing upon our connectional president, Atty.j H. E. Dudley, and officers whose program we are happy to support. May he continue o give inspira :ion to us and may- we all give :hanks to God foi our blessings >f His ever loving care. We shall ittempt to keep you informed of >ur porgress and successes. MRS. BARBARA BROOKS, Reporter, ^ 4463 Labadee Ave., St. _iOuis 15, Mo. \tteml Church n Work Clothes TULSA, Okla. (ANP) — Re ;ponding to a request of their ninister, members of the Tulsa V.M.E. church congregation last week attended church service1 dressed ' in their daily work clothes. Preaching on the subject, “The* oCmmon Touch,” the Rev Benja min Hill, pastor of the church, compared the different occupa tions represented among the con gregation ot various trees in the; forest. They all are different but their roots are entwined, he said. He called upon members of the church to forget all class distinc tions and think in terms of com-' non quality. The Rev. Mr. Hill is a graduate <f the University of Nebraska CHICAGO — The Rev. C. E. Baker Pearle, radio minister on the “Altar of the Air” program broadcast each Sunday morning on station WCFI here, has been named one of 26 religious lead ers whose “Prayer for the Day” •will be syndicated in 1*800 news papers throughout the nation and Canada. jrday at Quinn Chapel A.M.E. church with the Rev. J. B. Brooks cfficiating, assisted by the Rev. W. I. Monroe. Amaranth Chapter O.E.S., also held a service. Burial was in Wyuka. Our Sympathy We the Laymen of the Southern California are in deep sympathy with Mrs. Vassar Lee Freeman in the sudden passing of her hus band, Mr. Charles Freeman, January 2nd, with a heart attack. Mrs. Freeman went to High Point, N. C., to join the sister of the deceased, Mrs. Mary Love for the fu neral. Mrs. Freeman was accompanied by her sister from Los Angeles, Mrs. Alice Herndon. Coley W. Stafford, president Mable Norman, secretary Choice of the Church I_I Dr. Frederick D. Jordan Los Angeles, California The Choice of the Church for Bishop ... At this General Conference Way man Chapel AME Observed Laymen's Day FORT SCOTT, Kas.—Dr. J. Louis Ransom, M.D., president of the Laymen Leagues of the Kan sas Conference, his wife, Rev. Mrs. Polly Bland, evangelist, and Mr. Sammie Wilson, blind singer, all of Topeka, were guests of Way man Chapel AME Church and pastor and wife, Rev. and Mrs. M. C. Knight, according to schedule for “Laymen’s Day,” Sunday, Dec. 2. “Building” was the theme for the day. Dr. J. Louis Ransom, M.D., de livered the main address at the 3 o’clock service and program. His subject, “Rebuilding African Methodism in the AME Church.” Dr. Ransom, with the consent jand co-operation of the pastor and members, reorganized the Lay I-- - man League of the church. Of ficers elected: Mrs. Lida Wells, wife of the principal of Hawkins school and sponsor of the usher board of the church, was elected president; Mr. Vernon Smith, vice president; Dr. J. T. Lewis, M.D., secretary; Mrs. Doris Mack, as sistant secretary; Mrs. Corene Humes, treasurer and Mrs. Leota Wright, chaplain. Methodists Total Over 9 Million CHICAGO.—Membership in the Methodist church in the United States and its possessions passed the nine million mark in 1951. Rev. Albert C. Hoover, director of the church's statistical office, says the membership jumped from 8,935,647 in 1950 to 9,065,727 ;this year. The Woman’s Society of Chris tian Service reported a member ship of 1,630,666, a gain of 54,619. Dustin a Off the Truth O / The African Methodist Episco pal Church is a church of rising , sons out in the west where the sun sets: the sons of Allen rise. They can and are rising from ! every point of the compass. While we speak of suns, we must not overlook the stars. Astronomer': have recently reparted a new star ; one hundred and thirty-five mff ( lion miles in diameter. Some of these stars are seen, others are lost in the deep blue. While some stars to us are new. . there are old ones also: Arcturus and his sons still circle around the pole, Orion, with his blazing bands still climb the steep of the eastern sky; the sweet influ ences of Pleiades are still un i bound, signs and seasons are still upon the glittering belt of Maz zaroth. Yes, night marshals forth God’s host with their beacon-fires burning upon the plains of heaven, undimmed by time. Likewise in the constellation of human beings, there are the sons ' that shine on, others who go into j eclipse; some stars are changed : into suns, while others fall, but the stars are with us, like those ♦hat were with men from the guarded gates Eden, and from the blasted plains of Shinar, where ever men have chosen to rest or roam: whether in the crowded REV. L. S. GOOLSBY city, in solitude of the wilderness or upon the waste of ocean, the ' stars have kept company with men. The time is not far distant in I which additional men, and meas j ures, will be before the church in regards to them it seems, ,-We , are undecided now, what are we going to do?” In the church of Allen are many shining lights who will be a credit in the firma ment of African Methodism. L. S. Goolsby, of St. Louis. Kirkwood 22, is a delegate from the North Missouri Conference and Candidate for the Western Christian Recorder.
