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$200,000 Addition, Gym Planned At Holy Family
This New Addition . . . is being planned at Holy Family School. The four-room addition is at the left and a connecting gymnasium at the right.
1st Baptist Phase Two Projects Begins - After Five Years
Rolling Out The Red Carpet . . . are left to right, Gary Hastings and Richard Hastings. The men, employees at a Council Bluffs carpeting company, rolled out the carpeting on the sidewalk in front of First Baptist Church to cut it in the right…
1st Nazarene Evening Service Features A 25-Piece Orchestra - Directed By Retired Major
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.
Agape? It's A Coffee House - At First Christian Church
Bob Matter . . . strums his guitar at the Agape coffee house. His solo was part of entertainment which included testimonials from young people about how they found Christ. Anyone in the audience was invited to perform or to testify.
Bell-Airs Choir Tolls A Message
Holding A Rehearsal . . . for a choral program are these nine members of the Grace Church's Bell-Air Choir. Pictured are David Rooney, May Kay Zach, Laura Allen, Trip Allen, Matt Crowl, Mary Ann Knott, Colleen Lyon, Tracy Ronfeldt and Troy Ronfeldt.
Break Ground For Church Structure
Breaking Ground . . . for the new First Presbyterian building is Miss Margaret Nicoll, second from right, a member of the church for over 60 years. Church group representatives are: Harry Crowl, Joe W. Smith, Miss Betty Kulisek, Mrs. Clinton Gross…
Church Marks 125th Year
Reminiscing As They Look At An Old Picture . . . of First United Presbyterian Church are Harry C. Crowl, longtime member; the Rev. Robert C. Bowman, the Rev. Dr. Howard Dooley, both former pastors, and the Rev. H. David McCalmont, current pastor.
Church Project
An arched roof section of the new First Christian Church educational unit is hoisted into place by a crane Friday. The roof ties into an arch at the front entrance. Each pre-cast, barrel vaulted section weighs 32,000 pounds. The $350,000 project,…
Church Sees Century Of Heartaches, Joys - First Baptist Centennial
The Present First Baptist Church . . . was dedicated in 1924 and stands at Sixth St. and First Ave.
Church To Dedicate Educational Unit
New Educational Unit - This buff-brick educational unit will be dedicated by the First Presbyterian Church next Sunday, Sept. 18. It will be open for public inspection from 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. The new unit, costing about $225,000, faces on Willow…
Congregational Church Installs New Pipe Organ
Getting The Feel . . . of the new pipe organ at First Congregational Church is Mrs. T.A. Sheil, church organist, as the Rev. Harold Davenport watches over her shoulder.
Cornerstone Laying Ceremony Is Sunday - $350,000 Plant
Admiring Stone . . . to be placed in the corner of the Educational Unit at First Christian Church are Mrs. Wilbur Hummel, Richard D. Hogan, pastor, and David Peterson.
Dedication At Grace:
The Rev. Dr. Kenneth L Hubler, right, accepts keys to the new Christian Education building at Grace United Presbyterian Church from Dennis Nelson, chairman of the building committee. At left is Everett Warford, building committee member and…
Dedication Of New Annex Set - Grace United Presbyterian Unit About Complete
Educational Unit . . . at Grace United Presbyterian Church is nearing completion and will be dedicated Sunday, Aug. 27. The new addition is attached to the west end of the church, facing East Pierce St.
First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church, Council Bluffs, IA
circa 1929
circa 1929
First Baptist Church Will Be Re-dedicated
Growth Of First Baptist Church . . . shows in the spacious extension of its overall plant through the past 50-year period. The sanctuary was built in 1024 and the annex was dedicated in 1965. Fond memories of its growth and strength will be shared in…
First Baptist Looks Back And To The Future
First Baptist Church . . . building is 60 years old. the First Baptist congregation has worshipped on the same downtown corner for the past 128 years and hope to remain there.
First Christian Church
Testing The Soil . . . for Sunday's groundbreaking of the new First Christian Church, Sixth and Mynster streets, are the Rev. Richard D. Hogan, Judd Gillespie, church treasurer; Wayne Burgeson, chairman of the board; Marie Campbell, building…