AMERICAN BAPTIST CHURCH OPENS DOORS TO $1 MILLION BUILDING.Byline: Holly Edwards Staff Writer LAKE VIEW TERRACE - Hundreds of worshippers sang, danced, clapped their hands and prayed Saturday in a jubilant service marking the opening of American Baptist American Baptist may refer to:
Church leaders hope to help the congregation and community with more workshops in family communication and career skills, tutoring programs for young people, visits to the elderly, and eventually a substance abuse program for alcoholics and drug addicts. Pastors urged the congregation to use the new church facility to help the most troubled members of the community. ``Dopeheads are going to start staggering through the door, folks smelling like alcohol are going to be bubbling See DOM. over in here, and don't you run 'em out,'' said Pastor E.V. Hill II, a guest speaker from Calvary Temple Pentecostal Holiness Church in North Hollywood. ``We have to win the war against the temptations of the flesh with the spirit.'' Since 1962, the church has been housed in a small brown building on Foothill Boulevard The following streets are named Foothill Boulevard:
It took a small, dedicated group of church volunteers 18 years to raise enough money for the new facility, and another two years to get the project completed. The spacious new building - known as the minifaith dome by the parishioners - features plush maroon maroon, term for a fugitive slave in the 17th and 18th cent. in the West Indies and Guiana, or for a descendant of such slaves. They were called marron by the French and cimarrón by the Spanish. carpet, stained glass windows Stained Glass Windows was an early broadcast television program, broadcast on early Sunday evenings on the ABC network. The program was a religious broadcast, hosted by the Reverend Everett Parker. The program ran from September 26, 1948 until October 16, 1949. , a wooden altar altar, table or platform for the performance of religious sacrifice. In its simplest form the altar is a small pile, with a square or circular surface, made of stone or wood. Its features vary according to its purpose. , cushioned pews and an open-air ceiling with wooden beams. Debra Wright, a member of the church building committee, said the new facility and expanded programs will enable the church to pursue its mission of helping people improve their lives. ``We want people to reach their potential, both physically and spiritually,'' she said. ``We also have a great focus on young people, and want to help them build self-confidence and feel good about themselves.'' State Sen. Richard Alarcon, D-Van Nuys, told the congregation during the ceremony that the new church and expanded outreach programs would help unite and heal the community. ``The true work is not in the bricks and mortar A store (shop, supermarket, department store, etc.) in the real world. Contrast with clicks and mortar. , but in the hearts and souls of those in this church,'' Alarcon said. ``As you open your doors to a new beginning, I'm confident you'll continue to flourish and help our community's tremendous needs.'' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: American Baptist Church parishioners march from their old building to a brand new one. Gus Ruelas/Staff Photographer |
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