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in the Post-Dispatch carried the story of our
Gift Shop to many who called or spoke to us
about the contents of the article.
Through the gift shop, approximately two
hundred of our families were able to provide
gifts for about 1,000 children, representing
an accumulation and distribution of over
5,000 gifts. In addition, the neediest among
our families received extra supplies of food
or complete Christmas meals...
CHURCH OF THE MASTER
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hapter
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hree
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uffer
the
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hildren
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Services of worship and Sunday school
have been held at the Church of the Master
since October. Of those persons involved
in the church, fourteen are now enrolled
in membership training classes that
extend over a period of three months and
conclude with the formal establishment of a
congregation of Methodist people...
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In May, after reminding the women
that the United Fund does not help nor
support any part of the Material Relief
Program... Kingdom House receives
its help from the Methodist Church
and most of that kind is done by the
Methodist Women...[Koeppe] closed
by reading a letter he had written the
staff advising them that after this month
unless more money is forthcoming a
part of Kingdom House will have to
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Site of the new building