Hollins Road Church

(Tinker Creek)

(1924-)

The Gospel Messenger Oct. 25, 1924 page 688 Vol. 73 No. 43

Roanoke—Central church held a business meeting Sept. 30 and transacted important business looking forward to the completion of their new church building on Church Avenue, Southwest, now under construction. Bro. Geo. W. Flory will be pastor and will begin Jan. 1, 1925. He came to Roanoke more than three years ago from Covington, Ohio, and since then he has been pastor of the Northwest church. Under his leadership the work has grown rapidly. When he came to Roanoke there was only one congregation. He has advocated from the start that Roanoke should have (our large congregations, and he has seen this hope materialize. The Northwest church is just completing a new building, to be dedicated soon. Also during this time the Southeast church on Ninth Street was organized and has just let a contract for a new building. The Tinker Creek church. Hollins Road, also has been organized and a pastor placed in charge within the past two years. Bro. Flory feels that the largest field for real service in Roanoke i| still ahead of him in his new pastorate. With the united effort! of lour large congregations a real program for the Church of the Brethren in this city should be carried through. At previous meeting E. C. Crumpacker was chosen elder. At last night's meeting Sunday-school officers were chosen, with D. P. Hylton. general superintendent. He. with superintendents of other departments, will constitute the Sunday-school Board. The following deacons were selected: W. N. Montgomery, P. E. Faw, W. H. Thomas, R. A. Poff, R. T. James, W. M. Garst and I. C. Barnhart. A music committee of five members and an usher's committee of three members were also elected. Favorable reports were made by all committees. The membership hopes to get in part of their new building by Jan. 1 and to complete the entire plan by March 1. Our people are in real earnest and are very enthusiastic over the progress and. the future outlook of their work.—R. A. Poff, Roanoke, Va., Oct. 6.

The Gospel Messenger May 3, 1924 page 288 Vol. 73 No. 18

Tinker Creek.—We accepted a call as pastor to this place and took charge March 1. We moved from Lynchburg, where we lived for more than two years. Our stay with the Brethren there was a happy one. Our Sunday-school class, which we had charge of for eighteen months, had grown very dear to us. This place is two miles north of Roanoke, Va., in a beautiful country thickly settled with people, and the outlook for the Brethren is bright, as this is the only church in the community. March 23, Tinkers Creek was organized as a separate body from the Roanoke City church by Eld. D- C. Neff and Eld. C. S. Ikenberry. Bro. P. S. Miller was chosen elder; Bro. Albert Peters, clerk; Sister Mary Bunch, church correspondent; the writer, "Messenger" agent. Our first council meeting was set for April 11. We decided to begin a two weeks' meeting May 4, and, close the third Sunday with the love feast.—Mrs. P. J. Jennings, Roanoke, Va., April 18.