A little more than four years ago we moved from our initial location at the Smith home in Park View, into our building at 6003 Kingsbury. As a result of purchasing this meeting place, and the statement thereby made concerning the major focus of our ministry and our lives together, a goodly number of our members have settled in as well.
At present some eighty members and friends reside in the Skinker-DeBaliviere neighborhood.
We have concentrations of people near the corner of Rosedale and Washington, at Laurel and Pershing, near St. Roch’s on Waterman, in Park View, and on Kingsbury near the church.
We see ourselves as a small community within the larger neighborhood, working towards, not only enjoying the neighborhood for the closeness it affords us, but also that we might be of benefit to the larger community.
There still seems to be some confusion about who or what we are.
Yes, we are a church (we use the term ‘Fellowship’ because we like the emphasis).
Our beliefs and doctrinal standards stem from the Reformation creeds, and our affiliation is with the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Synod.
The “Something for Summer” project at Pershing and Des Peres in 1970, being our first input into the neighborhood, has somewhat determined our continuing programs.
We run clubs throughout most of the year, including camping in the summer, for school age children.
Happily, we are beginning to see more young people becoming a part of the Sunday worship, as well as participating in the clubs.
New this fall is the “Manthano” program which is a club for the older ones (7th grade and up) who have been with the fellowship for some time.
This includes a heavy emphasis on tutoring, and “catch-up” seminars in math and english.
Also this fall, we have received much help from Mary Boyts, the Hamilton School social worker, and we have hopefully furnished her with an additional resource.
She has also helped us to set up one-to-one tutoring in the schools, and if anyone would like to join in this effort more could be done.
We have Services at 10 and 4 on Sundays with meals after each service, so pay us a visit.
Originally published in The Paper, February 1974.
Read this article in the original newspaper issue.
Original source: SD_Times1974_02.pdf, printed page(s) 4.
