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Grcerth at
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Present pa,. .rte port
114110 u$ Life In irAildgeport
-t. ester's :...2r;rch
1-,tato Street
Interview t711.41 ilevo i, Alexander Alison, Jr.
,hen I tried to uestlon the nev, r. alson, he wee realer
This attitude made it dialcult for re to :;et much l,forlation.
explainivc tL w;r1c we arc attempti7 to 6o, and him that
would not oblipete hirself, he ina1.l avene sore 1.t'l'or7:1stion.
Thr church is 1.--Undemental in beliefs. It attenpts to fellow
closely as piAlsible the tsechl gs of the
e seating capacit7 of the church is 1,1121 thol membership
The church conducts a _Ax,v(lay t:chool, whose f7embership is 1,etween 400 silik
5-30. A ,,Srmr bunday Sehool is oleo condueted b- the church, numbe
its attOndants sore 400 people.
Tte church hen several soelc les, as followss Young ieople's
whose aims ere both religious sand social; the omen's League, Bible
and soJall Mela League, 1,ble aGd eocial club, whose members serve 00
ushersa rissionary Socicty; an the Men's Oub, whip is an athlett0-,
group. Bowliug and bas#etball are among this club's sports.
Tka church is attel,ded by s middle class lrau.:4 mostly America,*
neotch and Arish descent. Mere are also .wrian types attending
church1 but there are no Irlental or colomt,, co municants.
ong its other charities, this church ,upportr three missi
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