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Accession #BC2016/3
TopicHuntington City Church of the Brethren: Historical Records
TitleHuntington City Church of the Brethren
LocationIS, COB Filing Cabinets, South Central Indiana District, Alphabetical order by congregation
CitationHuntington City Church of the Brethren, BC2016/3, Archives and Brethren Historical Collection, Funderburg Library, Manchester University, North Manchester, Indiana.
AccessResearchers are responsible for determining copyright status of archived materials where this is relevant to their intended use of the materials.
ProvenanceWanda Wolf, member of Huntington City Church of the Brethren
Scope and Content

Older church records; council meetings 1911 - 1959, class meetings, women's meetings, financial ledgers.

Contractors agreements/proposals for building maintenance.

Equity Board of Middle Indiana, Secretary Book, circa 1921 - 1946, that includes financial statistics for congregations donating money to the Welfare Home, Home Missions, Christian Education, and the District Treasury, as well as Membership Records in annual "Reports From Churches."

"A District News Letter," September, 1945, Volume 23, No. 12.

"Minutes of District Meeting, Church of the Brethren of Middle Indiana," held in the Huntington Church, 13 October 1945.

"Minutes of District Meeting, Church of the Brethren of Middle Indiana," held in the Manchester Church, 9 October 1943.

"Guide Lines," the District Newsletter, 1963 - 1970 - various issues. Some highlights include:

- July 1964 - Thomas Wilson, Pastor of First Church of the Brethren, Chicago, will address District Rally.

- April 1965 - Percent population members of a church or synagogue throughout the state of Indiana.

- July 1965 - Palm Sunday tornado destroys the Kokomo Church of the Brethren.  Several Northern Indiana Brethren were killed. Other tornadoes cites in Indiana, Iowa, and Nigeria.

- April 1966 - Construction delayed on Timbercrest Home.

- January 1967 - Construction on the TImbercrest Home has begun. 

- October 1967 - First Nigerian, Hyedima Bwala enrolls at Manchester College.

- April 1968 - "Timbercrest is a Dream Come True."

- October 1968 - William Smith joins staff at Manchester College as Director of Program and Volunteer Service."

- January 1969 - Phyllis Carter licensed to preach and installed as pastor of the Bethel Center Church of the Brethren.

- January 1971 - Phyllis Carter is ordained.

Church Board Minutes 1936 - 1942.

Fellowship Guild 1945 - 1975.

Excelsior Class 1917 - 1949, including class rolls (two books).

Men's Organization 1935 - 1943 (The Brotherhood Organization is written lightly on the top of the notebook).

Building Committee materials for new church addition, 1957 - 1958. Fundraising, research, contracts, bills, correspondence, architectural plans.




Date of Accession06 October 2016
Archivist NoteDescription prepared 6 October 2016 by Jeanine M. Wine.
 


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