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     W. Carl Ketcherside is scheduled to address the Round Lake Christian Assembly, near Canton, Ohio, September 9, 10. He will also deliver four addresses at the Midwest Christian Convention, Oklahoma City, October 8, 9, 10.... There were 82 young people enrolled at Camp High Hill in the Saint Louis, Missouri, area.... Vernon Hurst reports three immersed during his brief stay in Powell, Wyoming. He also visited with brethren at Cody and assisted them. He is scheduled for a meeting at 46th and Miller Streets, Denver, Colorado, in October.... Brethren at Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, are interested in contacting an evangelist to labor with them. This is a growing congregation with plans for more extensive evangelization.... The editor was one of the teachers during "Christian Workers Week" at Cedar Lake, Indiana, where the largest enrollment in nine years was reported.... We regret to report the deaths of Nannie Beasley, 82, and Edward Lust, 72, both of Decatur, Illinois; and William Hill, 88, a former elder of the congregation at Bloomington, Illinois.... Leonard and Hattie Becker, Overland, Missouri, have a baby girl, Tina Marie, born in July.... Gerald and Joann Phillips, Saint Louis, have a baby girl, Lois Charlene, born July 30.... John and May McCallum of the congregation at Blackridge, Scotland, visited with relatives in the Youngstown, Ohio, area during August and September.... There were 201 registered at the Young People's Meeting held at Morningside Chapel, Decatur, Illinois, June 21-23. Charles Wilhelm presided.... Bob Duncan directed a vacation Bible study and meeting at James River Chapel, near Nixa, Missouri, and this was followed by a series of meetings conducted by Hershel Ottwell.... Jack and Ruth Fleener, Decatur, Illinois, have a baby girl, Susan Eleen, born June 18.... James Mabery, James Graddy and W. Carl Ketcherside will start a series of meetings, with the congregation at the corner of Lillian and Arlington Avenues, St. Louis, September 15.... Buff Scott, Jr., has moved to 911 Milford Point Road, Milford, Connecticut. He formerly lived at Gallipolis, Ohio.... We are pleased to report two added at Kirksville, Missouri, recently.... Jerry Reece conducted a one week series of meetings at Mattoon, Illinois, closing July 26.... We have an ample supply of the July issue of the paper on the topic "The Spirit and Unity" and we will furnish these to you at ten for one dollar if you want to share this message with the concerned ones in your congregation.... If you have not as yet ordered your copy of "Covenants of God" which contains all of the copies of MISSION MESSENGER for 1959-60 we urge you to send for a copy now. The cost is $3.50 and we need your order for this book so we can get on with the task of publishing other volumes.... The congregation at Sullivan, Illinois, scheduled its young people's meeting for August 30-September 1.... We recommend "Flesh and Spirit" by William Barclay, and will send you a copy of this provocative book for only $2.00.... We have left a few new copies of Volumes 3 and 4 of Old Testament Commentary, by E. M. Zerr. These two books contain explanations and comments on every verse from Psalms through Malachi. We'll send you both of them while they last for $7.00 for the two, on a first come first serve basis. Order today!... James Mabery is scheduled for a one week service with brethren meeting at 3402 Franor Avenue, Alton, Illinois. A song fest has been announced for the afternoon of August 6.... Seth Wilson and W. Carl Ketcherside will conduct a joint

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forum at the meetinghouse of the Ninth Street Church of Christ, Eldon, Missouri, November 22, 23. The theme of "Fellowship" will be discussed on Friday night, starting at 7:30 o'clock, with the subject, "The Holy Spirit Today," slated for discussion at 9:30 a.m., Saturday. A two hour open forum and question period will be held on Saturday afternoon. Invitations are being sent to all of the concerned ones in the area.... A young brother in California has offered to furnish 25 copies of MISSION MESSENGER each month for a year to those who will distribute them in their local communities. This is his method of making available to others what he believes are vital messages for our day and time. If you would like to be included in this program, please write to us and the papers will be sent to you without cost.... Evidence Quarterly, edited by Ferrell Jenkins, P.O. Box 31, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 42101, published a reprint of "The Man of Galilee" by Atticus G. Haygood, as the Third and Fourth Quarter of the periodical. We are grateful that Ferrell has reproduced this outstanding piece of material which was first offered to the public in 1889.... We also commend Edwin Hayden, editor of Christian Standard, 8100 Hamilton Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45231, for reproducing the speech by Robert O. Fife, on the topic, "The Church Speaks from God's Revelation."... Decision, which is published by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, 1300 Harmon Place, Minneapolis 3, Minnesota, has an interview with C. S. Lewis entitled "I Was Decided Upon," and another called, "Knowing You Are Not Alone," written by Charles M. Schulz, the cartoonist of the comic strip "Peanuts." These are in the September issue of the magazine, and we suspect that you'd enjoy reading them as we did.... Had you heard that J. B. Phillips has translated into modern English the works of Amos, Hosea, Micah, and Isaiah 1-35, under the title "Four Prophets?"... Will brethren in foreign countries who have written, please note that material prepared by the editor for MISSION MESSENGER may be translated for use in any country in the world without obtaining permission. It is not necessary to give credit. Use anything we have to the glory of God anywhere on earth!... A discussion of fellowship within the ranks of the Restoration Movement was held at Lansdowne Church of Christ, East Saint Louis, Illinois, August 20, and was ably presided over by Dan Wiliams.... There were 26 immersed at High Hill camp during the week of August 4.... Special forums on fellowship and unity are being arranged for next March 5, 6, at Wichita, Kansas. The discussions will be held at West Side Christian Church, 1819 West Douglas Avenue.... The average attendance at the Men's Camp in Macrorie, Saskatchewan, Canada, was 60 with a high of 78 attending one service. Teachers were R. D. Scruggs, William Forman, James Phillips, and Albert Kleppe.... We regret to announce the death of Max Fischer, Jonesburg, Missouri, August 20. Brother Fischer was a member at Overland, Missouri.


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