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work at once, making studies, validating the need for a church, securing comity consent from other denominations for us to establish a church. Our City Work Department, in cooperation with the Conference, agreed to provide the initial current expense budget. Our Church Building Department provided financing for the purchase of a parsonage. First Church made available from its capital funds the purchase price of a site. An able, young minister and his family took up their residence and shortly thereafter initiated a systematic canvass of the community.
Response was enthusiastic. The new minister started a church school, using every room in the parsonage. He began a service of worships in the parsonage living-room, until it was outgrown, and then the service was moved to the spacious garage to which was shortly added the driveway.
Success of the venture warranted the next big step. With the help of our Division of CHurch Extension and Evangelism, a parish visitation campaign was conducted, resulting in the enlistment of a sizeable number of additional people. An adequate place of meeting had now become a necessity. An architect was employed, plans were developed and advice sought on financing. The services of the Department of Church Finance Advisory Service were requested. The head of our Church Finance Department personally assisted in training the canvass teams during the week preceding Canvass Sunday. 
On that Sunday morning the worship service was help in the patio of the parsonage, with a canvas awning overhead to keep out the direct rays of the sun. During this hour the men who were to act as canvassers Sunday afternoon were commissioned in a service that will long remain in the memory of the church. In the afternoon, calls were made on the church members and friends of the church. The goal was $15,000 to erect a chapel and a multi-purpose building, estimated to cost $55,000. It was hoped that $40,000 of this amount could be financed through the Board of Home Missions.
When the canvassers had completed the assigned calls, this church, with 110 members at that time, raised $20,500. In addition, that canvasser brought in 84 prospects for the church and fifty of the church school. In time enough of the prospects became members almost
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work at once, making studies, validating the need for a church, securing comity consent from other denominations for us to establish a church. Our City Work Department, in cooperation with the Conference, agreed to provide the initial current expense budget. Our Church Building Department provided financing for the purchase of a parsonage. First Church made available from its capital funds the purchase price of a site. An able, young minister and his family took up their residence and shortly thereafter initiated a systematic canvass of the community. Response was enthusiastic. The new minister started a church school, using every room in the parsonage. He began a service of worships in the parsonage living-room, until it was outgrown, and then the service was moved to the spacious garage to which was shortly added the driveway. Success of the venture warranted the next big step. With the help of our Division of CHurch Extension and Evangelism, a parish visitation campaign was conducted, resulting in the enlistment of a sizeable number of additional people. An adequate place of meeting had now become a necessity. An architect was employed, plans were developed and advice sought on financing. The services of the Department of Church Finance Advisory Service were requested. The head of our Church Finance Department personally assisted in training the canvass teams during the week preceding Canvass Sunday. On that Sunday morning the worship service was help in the patio of the parsonage, with a canvas awning overhead to keep out the direct rays of the sun. During this hour the men who were to act as canvassers Sunday afternoon were commissioned in a service that will long remain in the memory of the church. In the afternoon, calls were made on the church members and friends of the church. The goal was $15,000 to erect a chapel and a multi-purpose building, estimated to cost $55,000. It was hoped that $40,000 of this amount could be financed through the Board of Home Missions. When the canvassers had completed the assigned calls, this church, with 110 members at that time, raised $20,500. In addition, that canvasser brought in 84 prospects for the church and fifty of the church school. In time enough of the prospects became members almost [photograph]