Top - This Spacious Lounge . . . is located immediately at the entrance of the new First Christian educational unit. Its green-blue carpeting is complemented by furnishings in matching greens and blues, and accented with lamps of a burnt orange hue.…
Installing A Panel . . . of stained glass in the window on the south wall of First Christian Church's new sanctuary are Mark Novotny and Carl Monto. Both are from La Manna Studios in Nutley, N.J., which designed the window.
Above is the First Christian church which has undergone complete remodeling, costing more than $28,000. The entire interior of the church has been redecorated and an addition housing fifteen bible school rooms has been erected at the north end of the…
Picking Out Hymns . . . for Sunday's dedication service are the Rev. Richard D. Hogan, pastor of the First Christian Church, and organist Berneil Hanson. Some of the pipes from the 1,800-pipe Wicks Organ in the sanctuary can be seen in the…
Late in the fall of 1914 a small, independent religious group was sharing with other denominational bodies the Union City mission as a place to worship.
The group invited Rev. R.W. Leisher, Cincinnati, O., to conduct a series of evangelistic…
Looking Over Music . . . are the Rev. David F. Hall, Harry Elliot, sixth grade student and a member of the church orchestra, Norris Teague, and Mrs. Vera Durick, a senior member of the First Nazarene instrumental group.
First Church of the Nazarene . . . and its adjoining properties extend a half of the block west from the church proper. Building plans are now underway to replace the church itself with a new edifice and ample Christian Education facilities. Many of…
Construction of the new sanctuary of First Church of the Nazarene, Twenty-sixth Street and Avenue A, is well under way. A construction crane this week put arches and purlins in place which will support the roof. The Rev. A.D. Foster, pastor of the…
Snow, especially on the roof of the new First Church of the Nazarene sanctuary, is slowing its completion. Even so, an early spring completion is still their goal. As soon as the roof of the structure is again free of snow, volunteers of the…
Standing At The Entrance . . . of the new sanctuary of First Church of the Nazarene at Twenty-sixth Street and Avenue A, is the Rev. A.D. Foster. The pastor and his family, the members and visitors will enter the church Sunday in units to worship…
Adjusting Crosses . . . that adorn the wall behind the pulpit of First Church of the Nazarene chapel is the Rev. A.D. Foster, designer and builder of the religious symbol wall piece. With him is Ms. Donna Mower, church secretary.
Rev. George Rice, who came to Council Bluffs (then Kanesville) in 1851, and William Simpson, a Methodist missionary, who was succeeded by Rev. Moses F. Shinn, owned jointly the first non-Mormon church and school building.
It was a hewn log house at…