7/29/2019 5/17/63 re 50th Anniversary of Maple CRC,Holland, MI

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MAY 17, 1963 THE HOLLAND, MICHIGAN, EVENING SENTINEL P A G E N I N E

FundManyAdven-hurch contributed las t Sa tur-to the denomination's Disas-Famine Relief fund whichear njade possible a dis tr ibu-supplies to tal ing $2,298.745

Mrs. A r t h u r Miles, St.,29 coun-benefited last year f rom theAdven-Welfa re Services , w i t h w h ic h

pounds of surplus foodsand distri-with Korea and Ka tangain the Congo receivingand 10,356,009 respec-$191,-given out a s needed inMuch of this was inof vi tamins, though pre-medicines also played anin disaster-ridden

and bedding ga theredAdventistand friends of the churchNorth America made it pos-Wat-Calif., to ship 493,515materials.in last year's re-according to the re-

Iran des troyedlast September.

Teacher at Moody BibleInstitute to Preach Here

R e v . Philip R. NewellTh e R ev . Philip. R. Newell , Bibleteacher from the extension sta f f ofMoody Bible Ins titute, Chicago,will be the speaker a t the Imma n -uel Baptis t church Sunday a t bothservices, 10:45 a .m. and 7 p.m .Dean of s tudent a ffa irs at M oodyfor five years , Mr. Newell servedas- a counselo r to more than 1,000students f rom all parts of theworld. He is author of the popula rMB I correspondence school course"Six Days of Cr ea t ion" and of"Daniel," an expositor work . Heis a g r a dua te of the Univers ity ofMichigan.Cornier, Sculptor DiesL O N D O N ( UP I ) - Cyril Saun-ders Spackman, 75 . Ohio-bornpainter, sculptor an d etcher , diceThursday at his home.

List Activit iesFor SundayA t Rose ParkT he Ro'e Park R e f o r m e dChurch congrega tion invites fr iendsvis iting in the city to w or s h ip w i ththem Sunday. Services will be held

9 : 3 0 a.m. and 7 p.m. The churchis located on Rose Park Dr., inRose Park subdivision.Th e A d u l t choir will s ing "TheCrea tion." The church observeeach third Sunday as missionar;offering Sunday. Units of suppor

artistic arrangement by Mrs. Nelsontitled "The Isles of Greece" shares the W.A. Butler trophyMrs. Paul- Mcllwain for best tulip arrangements at theshow in Woman's Literary Club.

AWARDSAn artistic arrangement by Mrs. Paul Mc-on a Spanish theme won three awards at this year'sri-Color award for highest score, the sweep-award for the most blue ribbons, and shared in the Butlerwith Ms Nelson Clark for best tulip arrangement. It isof Flowers."

WINNERMrs. Stuart Padnos' arrangement titledHie Phyllis Watkinsfor the most outstanding artistic tulip arrangement atflower show, sponsored by Holland Garden Club.

in missionaries stationed infields are a great blessing to thchurch, -Japan, Kuw a i t . Ca na daKentucky and Ta iwan. The RevCharles Vander Beek will preac lon the subjec t, "Life Must HaveSpiritual Founda tions ."Sunday has been des igna tecSpiritual Founda tions Sunday, inconjunc tion with Michigan WeekMrs. Gary Windemuller will breceived by transfer of church letter into the fellowship of thechurch.The Church School meets at 1a .m. with classes for all age;roups.Afternoon activities this weekwill not inc lude Intermediate choirbut the Children's Fellowship wil.meet at 2:15. The Junior and "Senior Reformed Church Youth Felowship groups will meet at 6 p.mTh e deaconc of the church wilthe guest panelis ts fo r theSenior High.In the evening service the Y oungPeoples choir will render, "BeThou Exalted." Th e sermon is en-titled "Lord What Should He D o? 'The Koinonia will meet at 8:30.The church will hold their f irs tAscension Da y service Thursdayevening in the sanctuary at 7:30p.m. The pastor will speak on"Jesus Christ did Ascend."

Spe c ia l Music, S e r m o nTopic s for Su n da y L is te d"Faith o f O u r Fathers" will beth e Rev. Edwin Mulder 's topicSunday at the 9 a.m. and 11:15a.m. services in Christ Memoria lReformed Church.Guest soloist for the 9 a.m. ser-vice is James Nienhuis and at thelater service the Senior choir willsing "Send Forth Th y Spirit."Sunday school is at 10:15a.m.At the 7 p.m. service Rev. Mul-der will continue his series ofsermons for teenagers , speakingon "Teenagers and Marriage.''Special music will be provided bya group of children from the Sun-day School.Thursday evening a t 7-30 p.m.there will be an Ascension Dayservice.

'Purpose for Believers ' IsS u b j e c t of R e v . S. Bl auwTh e morning sermon, "Purposefor Believers," by the Rev. Stuart

Blauw of Fourth Reformed Churchwill be the last in the series ofChrist's appearances a fter theresurrection. Th e series w as enti-tled "The Christ We Know . "Th e subjec t for the evening serv-ice is "The Inescapable God." Sen-ior seminarian , Adrian Van Wyk,will assist in this service.Junior Chris tian Endeavor meetsat 2 p.m. on Sunday a fternoon. Thetwo Reformed Church Youth Fel-lowship Groups meet at 6 p.m.

DAKCING STALLION Thisartistic arrangement by Mrs.Leonard Dick with a whitehorse in foreground won asecond place ribbon at thef lower show in the Woman'sLiterary Club.

MILES OF TULIPS Thistulip arrangement by Mrs.Erna Ladewig won a blue rib-bon at the flower show, spon-sored by Holland GardenClub, iA the Woman's Liter-ary Club.

FIELDS OF LETDEXMs.Nelson Clark's artistic ar-rangement of tulips wo n ablue ribbon in class 503 of theflower show at the Woman'sLiterary club. It was a massarrangement using tulips only.

Maple A v e n u e C h ri s ti a n Ref o rm ed ChurchMaple Avenue Church PlansAnniversary Celebration

Tw o evening programs nextweek will highlight the 50th anni-versa ry celebra tion of the MapleA v e n u e Ch r i s t i a n R e fo r m edchurch.Former pastors and a specialanniversa ry book will help theloca l congrega tion commemora teits 50th birthday as an organizedchurch. The consis tory has s tipu-la ted the coming week as "Anni-versa ry Week," with this Sunday'sservices setting the keynote. Th epresent pas tor , the Rev.GeorgeGritter , and a former pas tor , theR e v . John A. De Kr uy te r , willhave charge of the services.On Wednesday, a congrega tiona lsupper will be held in the CivicCenter . Highlighting the programwill be an i l lus tra ted his tory ofthe church to be given by anotherformer pas tor , the Rev.GarethK o k . Th e anniversa ry book willalso be distributed at th is time.Coinciding with Ascension Dayservices on Thursday night, thecongrega tion will aga in ga ther fora spec ia l program with the Rev.De Kruyter in charge of the ser-m o n . Then on the la s t Sunday,Ma y 26, Rev. Gritter and the Rev.Kok will be in charge of the ser-vices.On May 22, 1913 the MapleAvenue Chris tian R eformed churchwa s officially organized. Class isHolland granted the petition -toorganize a c h u r c h in the westernpart of the c ity when the motherchurch, Fourteenth Street Chris tianReformed, could no longer accom-moda te the members. A b o u t 50families end some individua ls re-ported their willingness to organ-i z e . The firs t consis tory was madeup of Matthew Notier , Frank Bol-huis, John D. Klomparens, H er m a nSteggerda , as elders and H er m a nVan Fa a se n , Gerrit Vander Hill ,George Steffens and Albert Oelenas deacons.On June 9 , 1913, the congrega tionvoted to purchase the Fourth Re-formed church building which wassubsequently moved to the presentMaple A v e n u e site. The Rev. Wil-.iam D. Vander Werp b e c a me thefirs t minis ter of the church andremained until 1916 During hisstay , the congrega tion grew to103 families . The Rev. John P.Bat tema w as orda ined as M a p leAvenue's second pastor in Augustof 1917. In 1918, an annex was con-s truc ted to the church build ing toaccommodate the larger group.Following Rev. Battema's de ->arture in February of 1920, theHev. Daniel Zwier wa s ins ta lledon May 18, 1920.In 1936, the congrega tion approv-ed the construc tion of a parishhouse fo r catechism an d Sundayschool classes. On May 22, 1938,the congregation celebrated its25th annive rsary. By 1940 statisticsshowed tha t the num ber of familieshad increased to 188 w i th 42 9 com-m un ic a n t members and 267 adultmembers by baptism m a ki n g aota l of 766 members.Afte r over 25 years as minis terof M a ple Avenue , the R ev . Zwieraccepted a call to Can ada in 1945.Th e Rev. Gareth Ko k becameMaple Avenue's four th minis terate in 1940.On March 16, the congergationapproved the erection of a newchurch building when 60 per centof the funds had been ra ised,f inal ly three years later on May14, 1951, the congregation decidedo proceed with its buildin g plans .During the interim period the ser-vices were held in the Hollandtorstian High School gyrn. The

last service w as held in the oldbuild ing on J une 10, 1951.Th e corners tone lay ing cere-mony for the new c h u r c h was heldon O c t . 9, 1951 and the f irs t churchservice in the new church was heldon A u g . 24 . 1952.R e v . Ko k accepted the ca ll toMinnesota in 1954 a fter servingMaple A v e . for about eight years.His place \vas taken by the R ev .John A . De K r u y t e r who was in-stalled on N ov . 21, 1954.Afte r serving Maple Avenue fo rabout six years, th e Rev. DeK r u y t e r accepted a call to Iowala te in 1960. Fina lly, a fter beingwithout a pastor of its own fo ra l m o s t a year and a ha lf , the pre-

sent pastor, the Rev. GeorgeGritter , w as ins ta lled as M a p leA v e n u e ' s s ixth pas tor on May 27 ,1 9 6 2 .Three sons of the congrega tion,George Vander Hill , Gilbert Holke-boer and Lloyd Wolters have en -tered the gospel minis try.Th e M a p le Avenue c h u r c h c on -tr ibutes ta the support of the Rev.Holkeboer as miss ionary in Nigeriaand the Rev. Scott Redhouse asmiss ionary in New Mexaco. I thas a lso been ac tive in miss ionarywork in the Bravo area. The mis-sion soc iety of the church a lsocarries on an ac tive pro gramamong the m igr a n t s in the Hol-land a r ea du r ing th e s um m erm o n t h s .Calvin Church ListsSunday Subjects

Th e Calvin Chris tian ReformedChurch loca ted a t the corner ofL a ke w o o d Blvd. and Beach St. willmeet for public worship a t 9 :30a.m. and 7 p.m. S unda y . Th e ser-vices will be conduc ted by the pas-tor o f ' th e c h u r c h , the Rev. Gar-rett H. Stoutmeyer .At the 9 :30 a.m. service Rev.Stoutmeyer has chosen as histh em e "Jesus Chris t Grea terThan Aaron!" The sermon wil lconsider the Fifth Lord's Day ofthe Heidelberg Ca techism. TheCalvin Ladies Sextet will s ing theanthem.Th e Sunday School wil l m eet at11 a.m.The lesson "How the Is-raelites Worshipped" will be s tud-ied by the pupils.Th e 7 p.m. service will haveMrs . George Prins as the guestsoloist. Th e pastor has chosen asth e theme for the message "TheRainbow R o u n d the Throne."Divorce GrantedGR A ND H A V E N Carol Chris-tiansen, Grand Haven, was award-ed a j udgm en t of divorce fromRoger Chris tiansen in Ottawa c ircuit court Wednesday. Mrs. Chris-tianson was given custody of thecouple's son and Mr. Chris tiansenwas g iven custody of their daugh-ter.

Th eChurch o f Christmeets at the

Woman's LiteraryClub Building

H D. Overby, minister10 :0 0 AM. Bible School11:00 A.M. Morning Worsh i p

7:00 P.M. Evening Worsh i pPhone 3 9 6 - 3 4 8 5

The Mission Industrial S t o r eDep a r t ment o f Bo a r d o f E va ngel ism of Gr a nd Rapidi

C h r i s t i a n Refo r med C h ur c h es.A self supporting Charitable Or ga ni za t i o n.

OUR ST O R E ISIN NEED OF . . . Used Clothing Furniture AnyHousehold

Goods for REHABILITATION P UR P O SE SHolland an d Zeeland Residents PhoneEX.6-8494 for 24 HOUR S E RVI C E .

Wesleyan Methodist ChurchW. 17th at Pn* f. G. Bailey, Pastor

10:00 A.M.Morning Worship11:15 A.M.Sunday School

6:00 P.M.Youth Fellowship7:00 P.M.Evening Worship

W ed n esd ay 7:15 P.MBible St ud y and Prayer

Hope CollegeShares inFord G ran tHolland College is a m ong 10 col-leges and un ivers ities in the United

States sharing :- grants totaling$250,000 given by the Ford MotorCom pa ny F und . - Th i s completes a$1,000,000 program of g r a n t s ap-proved by the Ford Fund in 1959to extend over a four-year period.Grants a re to be used a t thedisc retion of the univers ity or col-lege president as a source of fundsfor any special projec t or otherac tivity for which there is nobudgetary provis ion.Other rec ipients a re College ofthe Holy Cross , Worces ter , Mass .Emory Univers ity, Atlanta , Ga .LaSal le College, Philadelphia , Pa.L e h i g h Univers ity, Bethlehem,Pa.; M o n m o u t h C o l l e g e , Mon-m ou th . 111.; Oberlin College. O ber -l in , Ohio , Ohio Wesleyan Univer-sity, Delaware, Ohio; University ofSouthern C a lifornia , Los Angeles ,Ca lif . , and Southwestern a t Mem-phis , Memphis , Tenn.Th e fund is a non-profit corpor-ation opera ted for educa tion, char-itable and scientific purposes aridis supported by contributions fromFord M oto r Co. I t is in no wayre lated to the Ford Founda tion.

Bernard Masterson DiesCHICAGO ( U P I ) - Ber na r d J.Masterson, 50, former star quar-terback for the Univers ity of Ne -braska and the Chicago Bearsprofess iona l football team, diedTh ur s da y af ter suf fe r ing a hearta ttack .

Grace Church(Episcopal)

The R e v . Wlliam C W o r n e rR e ct or

SUNDAY SE R V ICE S7:30 - 9:00 - 11:00 A.M.W E D N E S D A Y

9:00 A.M.A S C E N S I O N DAY( Thursday )

9:00 A.M.Church open dai ly

V i s i to r s a l w a y s w el c o me

Subjects, Special MusicAnnounced for Sixth"The Tragic End of a Rebell iousSon" is the sermon subjec t chosenby the R e v . Henry A. M o u v v , pas-tor of Sixth R e f o r m e d Church forthe 9 :30 a .m. service Sunday . Th eSenior choir wil l s ing "Tu r n YeEven to Me" and "The L or d ' sPrayer."In the evening at 7 R ev . Mouwwil l p r e a c h on "A Preacher'sComplain t . " This is the last ina series of sermons on Jonah. Thechoir numbers wi l l be "Tis M a r -velous and Wonder ful ," and "IA m No t W or th y . " Sunday Schoolis at 11 a . m .

Third Church HostsDr. Henry Ten ClayDr. Henry Ten Clay, dean ofWestern Theologica l Seminary , wil lbe the gues t minister at the Th i r dReformed Church Sunday . He wi l lspeak in the morning on the sub-jec t. "His Ascension Our As-s u r a nc e "Th e Chancel choir will sing thea n th em , "0 For a ThousandTongues to Sing." The eveningsermon is entitled. "Our Lord'sAbiding Presence." Th e Chancelchoir will pr es en t an Ascensiontidec a n t a t a , "Praise to the R isenLord." by Louie White .Sunday School will meet at 11:20.All Youth Fellowship groups wil lmeet a t 7 p m . The Juniors andthe J un io r Highs wil l view thef i lm, "El i j a h , a Fearless Proph-The Senior High Fellowship willhave their gues t speaker , HenningVon Jagow, exchange s tudentfrom Germany.

IHanover ParkChoir to SingA t TrinityTh e morning and evening serv-ices Sunday a t Trinity ReformedChurch wil l be conduc ted by thepastor, th e R ev . G or don L . V a nOostenburg . At the O : . " " a.m. serv-ice his sermon topic will be "TheChrist ian F uner a l . " His 7 p.m.sermon topic wil l be "The Wortho f a Soul "Th e Senior choir wil l render thea n th em in the m or n ing en t i t l ed"O nw a r d , Ye Peoples!"At the evening service the H ighSchool choir of H a nover Park,N. J. wil l r ender tw o a n th em s .Following th e evening service theywil l r ender a program to the you thof the church in formally in TerKeu r s l auditor ium.Th e Sunday School sess ion meetsat 10:45 a.m. on Sunday .On Th ur s da y even ing . May 23 ,First Reformed Church and Trin-i ty Reformed Church wi l l c om binein an Ascension Da y service atTrinity Reformed Chur ch a t 7 :30p.m. The publ ic is invited.

The Church ofJ esu s Christ

161 W est 10 t h S t .Pastor C. L. B a i n e

Sunday School _ 10 AMM o rning Serv ice 11 A.M.Evening Serv ice 7P.M.Bible Study . . Thurs. 7:30 P.M.Young Peoples. Sat. 7:30 P .M.

o ASSEMBLY OF GOD104 C L O V E P AVENUE.Hilland. MictvI 9:45 A.M.Sunday Sch o o l| 11:00 A.M.Morning WorshipI 6:00P.M.Christ's A mb assad o r ' s ServiceI 7:00P.M.Evening Worshipj 7:30 A.M.Wednesday, Bible Studyp ^ WMMBBMBMBMBBBMBBBMBBB BB! For Transportation to Church Phone EX 4-4121{ Rev. David Krist, pastor. Phone EX 4-4167

Drive- In VespersOPENS IT'S 9TH S E A S O N

Sunday-May 19-7P.M.Belvedere Hillside9 Miles S o u t h of Holland o n U.S . 31

Joh n De Vries, Living Object LessonsFenni and Adelaide, sisters singT o m a n d Phil, junior cornet ists

Di r ec t ed b y Gilbert Va n W y n e n"Your car is Your reserved seat"

The ReformedChurches Invite YouWo r sh i p 9:30 A.M. & 7:00 P.M.

S u n d a y School ' 11:00 A.M.R e v . Elten Van Pernis

BETHEL 18th a n d V a n Ra a l t e A v e .Wo r sh i p 9:30 A.M. & 7:00 P.M.

S u n d a y S c h o o l 11:00 A.M.R e v . J o h n L. Van H o r n

CALVARY 8than d Gr a ndvi ewWo r sh i p 10:00 A.M. & 7:00 P.M.

S u n d a y S c h o o l 11:20 A.M.

CENTRAL PARKWo r sh i p 10:00 & 7:00 P.M.

Sun d ay School 11:30 A.M.R e v . H e n ry Va n Raalte

CHRIST MEMORIAL'24th S t . & Gr o a fsc h a p Rd .

Wo r sh i p 9:00 A.M.; 11:15 A.M. & 7:00 P.M.Sun d ay School 10:15 A.M.R e v . Edwin Mulder

TRINITY 20th and CentralA v e .Wo r sh i p 9:30 A>,. & 7:00 P.M.

Sun d ay S c h o o l 10:45 A.M.R e v . G ord on L Van Oo st enbur g

Rev. Kennet h Va n Wyk, Asso c i a t e Pastor

FOURTH15th S t a nd Wash.

B lvd .Wo r sh i p 9:30 A.M. & 7:00 P.M.S unda y School 11:00 A.M.R e v . S t ew a r t Bl a uw

(Morning S er v i c e B road cas t WHTC)

HOPE 77 West 11th St.Wo r sh i p 9:30 A.M. & 11 A.M.

7:00 P.M. S c h o o l For Christian LvingR e v . Wlliam C. Hillegonds

(Morning Service. Broadcost WHTC 11:15 A.M.)

MAPLEWOOD 34th an dCo lumbia Ave.Wo r sh i p 10:00 A.M. & 7:00 P.M.

Sun d ay School 11:30 A.M.R e v . Wm. A. Swets

ROSE PARK Rose Park Drivean d 142ndAve.Wo r sh i p 9:30 A.M. & 7:00 P.M-Church School 11:00 A.M.

Rev. C h a r l es Va nder Beek

bXI H 12thand Lincoln Ave.Wo r sh i p 9:30 A.M. & 7:00 P.M.

Sun d ay School 11:00 A.M.Rev. Henr y A. M o uw

THIRD 12th an d Pine AY*.Wo r sh i p 10:00 A.M. & 7:00 P.M.

S u n d a y S c h o o l 11:30 A.M.R e v . Russel W . V a n d e B u n t e , Minister

FIRST S t a t e an d26th S t r eet sWo r sh i p 9:30 A.M. * 7:00 P.M.

Sun d ay School 11:00 A.M.Rt v . Ber na r d R Bruniting

N E W S P A P E R !