The Nazarene Church in Howell had the 50th Anniversary book published
in 1980.
The Howell Church of the Nazarene found its real beginning in a tent meeting on July 4, 1930.
The charter members were: Alfred Alizon, John Cook, John
Frederickson, Mrs. Edith Frederickson, Eva Mae Frederickson (Pardee),
Rosamond Frederickson (Street), Stanley Frederickson, Doris Jubb
(Ferrett), Mrs. Jean Snyder, Percy Snyder, Myron L. Tyndall, J.B.
Knoop, Mrs. Genevieve VanBlaricum, Mrs. Louise VanBlaricum, Mrs.
Nellie Lawrence, Alfred Pierson, Mrs. Alfred Pierson, Mrs. Nora
Schafer, Mrs. Sarah Woodard, and Gertrude Zeeb.
The organizational meeting took place on October 31, 1980. The
chairman of the Board of Trustees was John Cook; chairman of the Board
of Stewards was Alfred Pierson, and the chairman of the Church School
Board was AlfredAlizon. Myron Tyndall was the first treasurer and
Doris Jubb was the first secretary.
Services were held in the Parish Hall (across from the Post Office)
for quite a number of months. Much property has been purchased during
the pastorates of nine pastors and the necessary building has been
done.
At the end of our first fifty years, the church board and church are
endeavoring to determine God�s will for future expansion to
accommodate the church congregation. Your prayers will be appreciated
as these decisions must be made.
Our church has had many faithful workers throughout its history. Space
does not allow us to name all of them.
Can you imagine what our church would have looked like had we not had
such faithful maintenance committees and not had our people such as
Clyde Grain, Dayton Whittum Ronald Wellman, Ronald Sharpe, Orville
Coffey, Sam Olrich, John Nichols, Fred Love William Ferrett, and the
many others.
Could our church have been a beautiful and clean place to worship
without the faithful custodians including Harold Shippy, Lindsy Scott,
Robert Gallup, William Ferrett, Wilbur and Rosamond Street, Eugene
D�Angelo, Richard Coleman, and others?
Could we have survived without good secretaries such as Doris Ferrett,
Treva Bradley., Ruth Grain, Nieta Wiseman, and Linda Ketchum?
Would our music portions of the church service have been as lovely
without the musicians such as Arloa Vincent, Freida Collins, Nellie
Grain, June Frederickson, Ruth Grain, Elizabeth Hoornstra, June
Liddell, Naomi Schultheis, June Franklin, Ruth Rawlings, Velma Curdy,
Janice Wakeman, Ruth Gearhart, Evangeline Street, and others?
Would our books have been well kept without such people as John
Frederickson, Rodney Street, Alfred Alizon, Stanley Cornell, Clyde
Crain, and Bill Neathnmer?
CHURCH PASTORS MINISTER OF VISITATION
1930�33 Rev. G.E. Ling
1974�80 Rev, C.L. Elston
1933�46 Rev. W.W. Clay 1979�80 Rev. R.N. Raycroft
1946�49 Rev. J.E. VanAllen 1980�Rev. George Cook
1949�52 Rev. Paul Hoornstra
1952�56 Rev. R.C. Johnson
1956�63 Rev. William Varian
1963�69 Rev. R.N. Raycroft
MINISTER OF YOUTH
1969�75 Rev. Harold Harris
1971�72 Larry Shupe
1975� Rev. Ronald Ketchum
1972�74 Wayne Brown
ASSOCIATE PASTOR
1978�80 Jack Schmitt
1968�70 Rev. Maynard Richards
1980� Tom Humphreys
DEDICATION DATES ..... EXPANSION AND GROWTH
November 5, 1944 1950
Original Church Building
January 18, 1959
Present Church Building
January 6, 1974
Christian Education Unit
1954
Present Parsonage Completed
336 Michigan Avenue for Parsonage Open House held
Dec. 18, 1950
1952 French property � 422 McCarthy
for construction of Parsonage
1966 Eager house � moved in 1969 Parking area
1968 Turner house
Parsonage #2
1969 E.U.B. Church
Parking area
1970 Pettibone property (also known as Hilton or
Chubb property)
Space used for Education Unit
1971 Mink property � corner of Crane and Fleming Streets
Parking area
MUSIC DIRECTORS
Harold Lawrence
Milton Hoose
LaVerne Sheffield
Ronald Angles
Jim Ewers
June Liddell
Rod Bushey
Jim Ewers
Our first church pianist was Doris (Jubb)
Our first �chorister� was Percy Snyder.
Anthemaires was organized in 1950 with seven voices.
Our church bought the Baldwin Organ in April of 1951
Mrs. Elisabeth Hoornetra was our first organist. George Bennard and
Harold Lillenas were with us in 1950.
Rev.W.W. Clay formed a choir and used people ten years old and older.
We had a Quintet when Brother Clay was here. Two members were Rev.
Clay and George Bergin. Do you remember who the other members were?
Orville Coffey, Bessie Wainwright, Ruth Bergin, Fred Love and others
directed the choir which we had no music directors.
INTERESTING FIRST AND NEAR FIRST FACTS AND HAPPENINGS
Mrs. Edith Frederickson taught all the children in one class in 1930.
Treva Bradley was the first paid office secretary.
John Cook, the first chairman of the board, was also the first
custodian, unpaid.
The first church bulletin was prepared by Rev. Clay and typed by Doris
(Jubb) Ferrett in 1938.
In 1949, the church tried to purchase the Chubb property, where the
education unit now stands, but it was unavailable.
Emma (Alizon) Shippy was the librarian in 1939.. We had 120 books,
with 26 being on missions.
Early baptismal services were held at Lake Chemung. In more recent
years, they have been held at Sandy Bottom Lake at the Campgrounds. A
unanimous vote of 134 was given on March 30, 1958, to build our
present sanctuary and church building. Rev. Varian drove the dump
truck when our present church was being erected.
Our first Newsletter was sent on March 13, 1968.
The tape ministry was approved by the church board in 1977.
While Rev. Johnson was pastor, the church board voted to have all the
offerings from every department on the last Sunday of November become
a part of the Thanksgiving Offering.
The early Junior Church services began under the ministry of Rev. Clay
in the basement of the church. The services were held on Sunday
afternoon.. This happened about 1933.
INTERESTING BITS OF KNOWLEDGE �� CONTINUED
Rev. Hoornstra prepared a bulletin for November 5, 1.950, with these
words:
The Pastor�s Paragraphs: Pray and Fast This Week�s Announcements:
Revival
Our first parsonage was rented and Rev. G.E. Ling and family lived
there.
Mrs. Clay announced in 1940 that our prayer and fasting league had
been formed with the women having 17 and the men 7 members.
Lewis Gearhart reported in 1953 that 53 services had been held at Camp
Brighton.
Doris Ferrett ordered the first Sunday School supplies in 1930 and
continues to do so in 1980. This might be a first or most times for
Guiness Book of Records.
Rev. Ketchum organized and directed the first church board retreat
that met in September of 1980. Both Rev. Clay and Rev. VanAllen were
pastors during World War II and during gas and tire rationing.
Pev. Harris was our first pastor to become a missionary.
Robert Curdy faithfully dared for Herald of Holiness and Come Ye Apart
subscriptions for many years. He reported 76 subscriptions in May of
1950. Robert is a �pastor� at a convalescent hone with a local
preacher�s license.
Rev. Raycroft preached holiness and missionary giving. He asked us to
give a week�s wages for Thanksgiving and Easter offerings.
Eva (Frederickson) Pardee was our first Sunday School secretary.
One of our first male cooks to help prepare ( dinners for special
events was Harold Shippy.
George Bergin operated our first P.A.
AMAZING OR FANTASTIC MONEY FACTS
Church Board Meeting on August 24, 1938: It was moved by M.L. Tyndall,
supported, and carried that the Pastor�s salary be set at $27.50 per
week.
In the early 1940�s, Harold Shippy worked as custodian for $5.00 a
week. Later, Lindsy Scott worked as custodian for $25.00 per week.
Harold Lawrence began as Music Director with a salary of $5.00 a week.
In 1938�39, Penny a Meal Banks were purchased for $15.11 to use for
building fund. That year, $300.48 was brought in those banks and the
building pledges brought in were $149.40.
In June of 1938, with a Sunday School attendance of 183, the offering
was $7.43.
In 1939, a shower was to be held for John and Rachel Nichols. Mrs.
Curdy learned that the young people planned to rent the Parish Hall.
She told them that they could use the Curdy home if they would take up
an offering for rent and give it into the building fund. $3.08 was
given.
Rev. Clay�s salary in 1941�42 was $2,020.00. The building pledges were
$881.45. At that time the outside of the structure of the church was
corn� completed.
In 1943, Rev. Clay�s report said it had been a trying year with the
war and gas rationing. Giving for foreign missions doubled, heavy
giving was made for the building of the original church, and all
budgets were paid in full. We had 31 stars on our service flag.
In 1945, total indebtedness of the church was paid off. All budgets
were paid in full.
In 1949, we purchased the E.U.B. Church for $11,910.00. In 1960, it
was voted to name the �old� church building �Fellowship Hall�.
That same year, the church board decided we should build a kitchen in
the annex.
In 1940, the board passed a motion that the church seats be placed far
enough apart to permit kneeling.
In 1938, the rent for the apartments above the living quarters of the
Pastor was $45.00.
The first Evangelist was Rev. Clayton Kidd and he stayed with Mr. and
Mrs. Hugh Albright in Argentine.
Dr. E.W. Martin was one of the earliest Evangelists during Rev. C.E.
Ling�s ministry.
October 29, 1939 � A motion was passed to name the church Tyndall
Memorial Church of the Nazarene, after the death of Brother Tyndall,
in honor of his faithful service and life which he has given to us.
NOTES OF INTEREST
In 1960 it was voted to name the "old" church building "Fellowship
Hall."
That same year, the church board decided we should build a kitchen in
the annex.
In 1940 the board passed a motion that the church seats be placed far
enough apart to permit kneeling.
In 1938 the rent for the apartments above the living quarters of the
Pastor was $45.00.
The first Evangelist was Rev. Clayton Kidd and he stayed with Mr. and
Mrs. Hugh Albright in Argentine.
Dr. E. W. Martin was one of the earliest Evangelists during Rev. C. E.
Ling's ministry.
October 29, 1939 A motion was passed to name the church Tyndall
Memorial Church of the Nazarene, after the death of Brother Tyndall,
in honor of his faithful service and life which he has given to us.
A Revival, perhaps the most outstanding in the history of the church,
began on March 9, 1952. At a special hoard meeting on March 24, it was
decided to extend the revival through March 31, Easter Sunday day
noon, as Sister Fairy Chusim felt �t was the will of God for her to
continue the services for additional time. It was during this revival
that many learned the value of praying and fasting.
The street between the church and parsonage, which was given to us for
parking by the City of Howell, was paved in 1977.
Rev. Ketchum was recommended to the church as a �Man of Prayer�. He
began the Hour of Power on the first Saturday night he was here and he
was the only person present, except the Lord was there He continues to
have the Hour of Power with as many as twenty or more present. His
most earnest announcement each Sunday is �attend the Hour of Power�.
Could we take heed?
THE CHURCH AND ITS PEOPLE
Our church has made a habit of paying all budgets in full. We have,
with dedication attempted to accept the challenges of the denomination
and the district.
Our church has led all churches on the district for the past three
years with the greatest number of Herald Of Holiness subscriptions.
This past year we had a total of 313 subscriptions. Ruth Bergin has
done a wonderful piece of work as campaign manager of our church
during this period of time.
We are pleased to have two young men at Olivet Nazarene College,
preparing for the ministry. Both Jay Kendall and Ron Sharpe, Jr., are
currently enrolled there during our fiftieth year as a church.
The following men from our church have gone into the ministry. Those
who have pastored or are currently pastoring churches are:
Vernon Frederickson,
Harold Lawrence,
George Smith,
Milton Hoose,
Kenneth Hauser,
Donald Smith,
Gerald Street,
Ron Wencel,
Terry VanBlaricurn,
Jerry Cram,
Tom Hauser,
Jon Martin,
John Denby
Donald N. Smith.
Rev. P.L. Liddell, a church member, is a full time
evangelist.
The Eastern Michigan District Center and Campgrounds are located at
Howell. The people who have made their homes there have made
tremendous contributions throughout the years. We appreciate them.
Could we have had �quiet� church services without the services of
Beatrice Kendall,
Rosamond Street
Emma Shippy,
Doris Coddington
Pat Kline
in our nursery throughout the years?
On October 26, 1980, our church will celebrate our 50th Anniversary
with a crowd of people enjoying the occasion. Some of them attended
the tent meeting fifty years ago, some, thanks to God, are new to our
church in 1980. God is still saving lost souls and giving to them the
blessing of entire sanctification.
we are celebrating God's blessing upon this church over the past fifty
years. We rejoice in the faithfulness of God to us, and to the
church. The pastors and people have worked together in an effort to
build and advance the kingdom of God.
In attempting to summarize fifty years, names have been omitted for
lack of complete records in some cases, but not intentionally, You
may write some things on the "note" page you wish had not been
listed.
We never found out who all had been baptized in our church baptistery
besides Doris (Jubb) Ferrett and George Bergin, Were you one?
We haven't learned who had the privilege of being the first couple to
be married in any of our edifices, who had the first baby born to a
member of our church and many other interesting facts.
HOWELL NAZARENE SUNDAY SCHOOL
The most effective outreach program has always been the Sunday School.
Our leadership in this area has proved dedicated and efficient. Our
Sunday School Superintendents have been:
1931�1938.......John Frederickson
1954�1956.......Vernon Frederickson
1938�1947.......Mark Curdy..... 1956�1965...Fred Love
1947�1951.......Lewis Gearhart..1965�1967....Don Smith
1951�1953.......Thomas Sharpe 1967�1974...June Liddell
1953�1954.......Lewis Gearhart 1974�1975...Jim Ewers
1975�1976.......June Liddell
1976�1978.......Ruth Rawlings,
Christian Ed Director
1978�Esther Sharpe,
Chin. Board of Christian Life
These enthusiastic leaders along with the dedicated teachers have had
great influence on the lives of hundreds. Visitation programs have
been sponsored, and many different ones participated, giving of their
time and prayers in concern. Some will be remembered for their
consistent efforts.
Mrs. BessieAlizon, and Lewis and Ruth Gearhart.
Lewis and Ruth had a growing concern for the home�bound, and
terminated other areas of responsibility to promote and visit for the
Home Department. Very active in this program now are Harold and Ruth
House, Margaretta Wellman and Wilbur Street.
In the old days contests played an important part in the increase in
attendance. One contest that was a lot of fun was �Fill the Pew
Sunday�. Another one that really worked was the �Seven Churches
Contest� in 1949 when Rev. VanAllen was our Pastor and Lewis Gearhart
the Superintendent.
October average attendance was 416 and November average was 419.
Regular attendance always increased after a successful contest. At one
time, Mary (Woodard) Zimkievicz agreed to pay 1/2 of the cost for new
chairs for her classes so they would have chairs to sit on.
We have broken a previous record ten times in our history:
10�30�32 with 62
4�18�37 with 192
10� 9�49 with 523
12�02�34 with 118
3�13�38 with 307
6�30�63 with 525
11�24�35 with 189
4� 7�40 with 338
10�26�69 with 527
4�24�49 with 419
In January, 1939, Rev. W.W. Clay went to Kansas City to participate in
the planning program to start the Boys and Girls Clubs (the
forerunners of our current Caravan program). Howell organized the
first clubs in the United States, the girls in March, 1939, with Mrs.
BessieAlizon as Guide, and the boys in July, 1939, with Ervin Gillett
as Guide.
In 1940, the records show that we paid Brother Clay 2� per mile to
pick up boys and girls for the Club Meetings. The Sunday School has
always participated in the over�all emphasis: the Building Fund
profited by the bushel of pennies, totaling $185.00, when Brother Mark
Curdy was Superintendent; the Missionary program was supported in two
ways � first during the general opening on the first Sunday. of the
month, a special emphasis was tithing and second, the entire last
Sunday�s offering applied on the General Budget, as did all birthday
offerings. All of these have been discontinued.
For 16 1/2 years Lewis and Ruth Gearhart held services at Camp
Brighton, enlisting the assistance of singers and speakers for the
Thursday night services, with Alice and Paul Glenn.accoinpanying them
on Sunday night with Alice teaching the Sunday School lesson.
Emphasis on the Senior Adult Ministries for those over.55 has begun in
recent years, with Rev. C.L. Elston and Norma and Ken Kendall
participating, and is now progressing under the leadership of Orville
and Juliana Coffey.
HOWELL NAZARENE WORLD MISSION SOCIETY
We are committed to the task of promoting the interests of World
Missions:
1. to pray for the missionary work of the
church
2. to study the salvation needs of the world
and to promote a wider knowledge of the mission
fields
of the Church of the Nazarene.
3. to inspire and challenge the youth to
keep willing hearts to answer God�s call to the
mission
field.
4. to help raise funds to carry on the
missionary work of the church.
We have five chapters locally.
The Flora Wilson
Chapter was organized, first, and this includes
all of the adult Ladies; then the men organized the
Stanley Wilson Chapter;
then the Teen,
Junior and Primary Chapters
were originate young ladies�
Ruth Rawlings
Chapter is meeting with the Flora Wilson Chapter this
year.
The chapters meet monthly. Throughout the year we try and have a
missionary on furlough speak to us on two different occasions. It is
our pleasure to have Mrs. N.M. McGuire, who served as District NUNS
Presdent� for 12 years, live in Howell during her retirement years
and attend our church.
Helen Arnold has served as NUNS Treasurer for more years than any
other, and we are grateful for her dedication and accuracy. We were an
Award Society again That year, and also received the 17th Certificate
for giving over 10% for foreign Missions.
Those who have served as President over the past 50 years are:
1931�33 Gertrude Zeeh
1948�52 BessieAlizon
1969�71 Laura Richards
1933�35 Ruth Gearhart
1952�57 Eunice Johnson
1971�75 Doris Harris
1935�46 Lillian Clay
1957�60 Agnes Whittun
1975�76 Glenn
1946�47 BessieAlizon
1960�64 Loleta Smith .
1976�78 Imogene Elston
1947�48 Freida Collins
1964�69 Vera Raycroft
1978�Doris Ferrett
Eight different ladies have served as Box Work Secretary over the last 50 years to pack and mail supplies to missionary hospitals, Bible schools, and for the personal needs of the missionaries. Of the secretaries, Agnes Whittum and Rachel Nichols have given the most years of service. A few of the projects have been:
portable sewing machines for Mrs. Shirley Thorpe, Africa,
Ruth Rawlings, Japan, and Patricia l3uffett,
New Guinea; suits for Rev. William Fowler
and Rev. Glenn Grose;
an organ for Trinidad;
a desk for school in Lebanon;
a well in India;
food to Scotland� during World War II;
leather jacket to Rev. Ira Taylor,
blue rnyliuin jacket for Mrs. Taylor,
as well as the first instant pudding she ever had.
We have had personal showers or food poundings for missionaries on furlough. The official Box Work �LINKS� is an annual project, starting way back in the 1930�s with a quilt �tied off� in the parsonage living room, a house on the corner of Brooks and McCarthy where our sanctuary is today (1980). During the last decade.
Mrs. Adelaide Gillettis the one who has pieced and prepared quilts for �tying off�. Over the years, hundreds of quilts have been sent for mission work. Each July an offering for the World Mission Radio broadcast is taken. This takes the Gospel to areas where we do not have a work, as yet.
In February and September we bring our Alabaster Boxes, and this money
is used to build churches, parsonages, missionary homes, schools and
hospitals. Our September offering is in excess of $1,400.00.
The Easter Offering is one of our greatest avenues of going into all the world to preach the Gospel. In November we join Nazarenes
everywhere in expressing thanks to God in a material way by bringing in a generous offering for worldwide evangelism. Prayer and Fasting (a voluntary commitment) money applies on the General Budget.
In December Memorial Certificates are presented to the family of
members lost through the year, a fragrant memory of noble Christian men and women.
Over the years, some of our people have helped with the District Work and Witness Teams in
Barbados, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Haiti,
Nicaragua, St. Lucia and Puerto Rico.
Each of the following have gone on at least one trip, some on several:
George Bergin, Orville and Juliana Coffey,
Rev, and Mrs. H.L. Harris,
Stanley and Gladys Cornell,
Joan Hendershot,
Bob Highfield,
Rev. R.C. Ketchun,
Dr. and Mrs. E.W. Martin,
John and Rachel Nichols
and Ronald Wellman.
Besides these regular district sponsored Work Teams, John and Rachel Nichols have made four trips to work on mission trips.
Sherry Coddington represented our church on the first District Teen Mission Trip, which was to Belize, after Christmas vacation in 1979, returning with an enthusiastic report of victories won for Jesus.
Several missionaries hold a special place in our hearts and prayers,
Rev. Harold and Doris Harris, Ruth Rawlings, and Rev. Stanley and
Flora Wilson, and we love to have them in our services when on
furlough.
Caring, sharing and praying is the biggest business on earth ��
helping to spread the Gospel around the world. Our goal is to deepen our missionary fervor and promote the cause of missions until Jesus comes.
NAZARENE YOUTH INTERNATIONAL
(Formerly N.Y.P.S.)
The Nazarene Young People�s Society began in 1931 with the first
president, Doris (Jubb) Ferrett, directing. The NYPS felt a need for
outreach in the beginning years even as a baby church. Tent meetings
were held in Fowlerville with Gertrude ( Patton) Ward as the worker.
There were many obstacles and locations were difficult to find, but
God honored their efforts with new souls.
Presidents in following years have been:
1932�36 Lewis Gearhart 1956�59 Virgil Gillette
1936�37 Egbert Street 1959�61 June Gearhart (Franklin)
1937�39 Lewis Gearhart 1961�62 Kenneth Hauser
1939�41 Doris Jubb (Ferrett) 1962�65 Ronald Wellman
1941�43 Don Smith 1965�66 Sharon Wilkinson
1943�44 Loleta Smith 1966�69 Geraldine Anscombe
1944�45 Don Smith 1969�70 Terry VanBlaricum
1945�49 Alice Hall (Glenn) 1970�71 Neal Wall
1949�50 George Bergin 1971�73 Mike DeMint
1950�51 Don Smith 1973�75 Janice Smith (Wakeman)
1951�53 Dale Bradley 1978�79 Janet Warby
1953�54 June Gearhart (Franklin) 1979�80 Joanne Davis
1954�55 Milton loose 1980� Linda Wilson
955�56 Ronald Wellman
Youth meetings found the entire church participating with the Youth in
direction. The church grew as a result of the spiritual programs
sponsored by the NYPS. These programs included a Bible Reading
Contest, requiring the reading of at least one chapter a day; thus
beginning a habit of Bible reading still evident among some of the
�old timers".
Youth sponsored and directed revivals have been a high point in the
youth program each year. The NYPS has taken an active interest in
Missions, often participating in a special fund raising project. One
that has been called to mind was $200.00 � wells for India. Small
wells moved on a string as pledges were made. Pledges were even made
by small children.
As the Youth Department grew, a Hi�N�Y was started for the teens.
Their program was separate from the older youth and they had their own
officers within their group. Some years later, a Junior group was
added as part of the NYPS.
Other events that have taken place over the years that we mention:
a �Homecoming� in 1956 sponsored by the NYPS,
featuring Rev. J.E. VanAllen,
The �Gospel Four� and Gerald Barkey;
a �This Is Your Life� involving the community and church
for retiring president, June (Gearhart) Franklin (1961);
Missionary Banquet in 1953 �
Dr. Leslie Parrott, speaker.
Many wonderful things have taken place in NYPS. Those who have been in
the Tyndall Memorial Church over the past years can look upon the NYPS
as an important part of their lives. In 1976, the official name became
Nazarene Youth International, with the general Church changing the
entire structure of the �old� but ever to be remembered NYPS.