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Denominational Life and Work - Force and Field
Thursday May 29, 1919 - The World and Way Pg 11
Contributed by Christine Walters

Kansas City and Vicinity
At the conference both president and vice-president were absent, being at the convention at Denver. Secretary Settle called meeting to order. Dr. Armstrong elected mod. pro tem. We gladly welcomed Brother O.P. Bishop back to the conference. He is looking well, but shows that he has been living the "strenuous life." He spoke to us, by special request, and much to our delight. Surely the overseas men have had great experiences. The body thanked Brother Bishop for his address.
Notice well now! We meet next Monday. We hope Dr. Gaebelein of New York City will be the speacker.

Independence Avenue - W.E. Gwatkin, pastor. Good services. Special activities inaugurated for completing the building. Congregations good.

Beaumont - Revival meting under way with C.J. Jones as preacher. Began May 21. Five additions, one conversion to date. One hundred and two in Sunday School; offering $20. Work improving satisfactorily - R.W. Settle

Mt. Washington - John R. Pennington, pastor. Good services. Increase on Sunday school attendance. Church sent pastor to Southern Baptist Convention at Atlanta.

Roanoke - 40th and Wyoming. O. P. Joyce pastor. Two good services and two good additions.

Maywood - Alvin G. Hause, pastor. A great day in our Bible school Sunday. One hundred and forty four present, 21 new pupils, $144 pledged for a new Sunday school room. Room to be built Decoration Day by our men of the church. Fifteen men in Men's Bible Class, which pledged $50 for the much needed room.

Tabernacle - R.F. Jaudon, pastor. A.C. Gaebelein of New York in meetings with us this week. Great messages. Big audiences.

Oakwood - Large congregations at both hours; 112 in Sunday school and increased interest among our young people.
Rev. J.C. Wetterhan has accepted a call to Stanberry and has begun his work there.

West Side Branch - First Church - Pastor at Denver. Brother Waggoner of the First Church spoke in the morning. At the evening hour Fred Roberts spoke. Good services.

Leeds - T.P. Stafford, pastor. The pastor had the pleasure of handing 18 persons of the Sunday school diplomas for the Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. This work has been rejoyed so much by those who have done it that they have demanded more of it and now there is a second class at work. The church voted to enter the June campaign for $50,000.,

Marlborough Church - Rev. Rainwater, pastor. Sunday school attendance 228. Morning worship 110. Evening worship cut down on account of rain.

Edgerton Place Church, Kansas City, Kansas - James Marion Powell, Pastor. Good services at both hours. Ottawa University Gospel Team in charge of morning service. Patriotic service in the evening, welcoming home all our boys who wore the uniform. The outlook in this church is very encouraging. Six additions to church during the first month of the present pastorate.

Blue Springs MO - W.D. Lyerle pastor. We had an all day meeting Saturday, this being the occasion for the annual roll call. At 11 Rev. R.F. Jaudon of the Tabernacle Baptist Church, Kansas City preached from a text found in Gal. 1:8-9. Brother Jaudon delivered a great sermon, as he always does. At noon a sumptuous dinner wsa served on the lawn and while "all did eat and were filled" they must have taken u 12 baskets full of the fragments. At 2 oclock there was a roll call and about 100 responded. At 2:30 Dr. O.P. Bishop of the Bales Avenue Church delivered a fine address and his experiences while in France. There were four additions to the church. Altogether we had an enjoyable time and we were delighted to have many friends and visitors from Kansas City, Independence and elsewhere with us.. Come Again.