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     High school and college students are asked to remember the special Bible study to be conducted at Webster Groves, Missouri, December 26-31. A group of capable teachers will develop various scriptural themes, and housing and meals will be made available without cost You can secure full information and make reservations by writing to James Mabery, 322 West Washington Street, Kirkwood, Missouri 63122.... This issue completes another year of publication and all of the MISSION MESSENGERS for 1963 will now be bound in an attractive book of 192 pages, fully indexed as to author, subject and periodical quoted. This volume, which will grow more valuable as the years pass, will be entitled "The Unity of the Spirit" and publication date will be March 1. If you send your order prior to that date you will be billed for only $2.49 per copy; after that date the price will be $2.95. We urge you to order yours at once.... James DeForest Murch and W. Carl Ketcherside will be featured speakers at the Mid-Winter Conference, Minnesota Bible College, Minneapolis, Minnesota, January 20-22. The general theme will be "That They May All Be One." The editor will also speak at the Alumni Banquet which will be held during the time.... W. Carl Ketcherside will conduct a fellowship forum at West Side Christian Church, 1819 West Douglas, Wichita, Kansas, March 5 and 6. The meetings will begin Thursday afternoon with the topic "The Scandal of Schism." The Thursday night subject will be "Facing Facts About Fellowship." Other themes are as follows: Friday morning, "Myths and Mirages"; Friday afternoon, "Who Is My Brother?"; Friday night, "The Golden Chain." Invitations are being sent to all segments of the restoration movement including Disciples of Christ, Independent Christian Churches and non-instrument Churches of Christ. Question forums will be held following the daytime meetings. It is being made clear that attendance at the meetings in no way indicates endorsement of what the speaker says, but the forum will be a gathering of free men in Christ Jesus.... Restoration Review, edited by Leroy Garrett, contains the thesis of W. Carl Ketcherside on "Agape: Foundation of Christian Fellowship" in its latest issue. The subscription price is $1.00 per year and inquiries should be addressed to 1916 Western Drive, Alton, Illinois.... You can secure a copy of "Where Jesus Walked" by Robert Brumback, for only $2.00 if you will send your order to his daughter, Mrs. Theron Richason, 2221 East 69th Street, Kansas City, Missouri.... Bernie Crum, James Mabery and James Graddy conducted a series of meetings at Fredericktown, Missouri, October 20-27.... James Mabery, Hershel Ottwell, James Graddy, and W. Carl Ketcherside conducted a series of gospel meetings at 7121 Manchester Avenue, Saint Louis, November 3-10.... Buff Scott has out an interesting small booklet in two parts: (1) A Voice From Among the Crowd; (2) Our Deplorable Dilemma. You can secure a copy for six cents plus postage, by writing to him at 80 Saddleview Road, Fairfield, Connecticut.... Bernie Crum immersed three at Bonne Terre, Missouri, October 16.... We regret to report that our sister in Christ, Mrs. Sam M. Davis, Route 3, Box 329E, Clarksburg, West Virginia 26301, has had to have surgery to remove the metal joint formerly placed in her hip and insert one of a different type of metal. Your cards to her would mean much.... The little group of saints meeting at Arthur, Illinois, are in need of your contributions to help them erect a modest meetinghouse. They are willing to work and are doing what they can but your assistance will be much appreciated. Ad-

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dress Charles Riley, 205 East Park, Arthur, Illinois.... As this old year prepares to fade out, why not share a little with native brethren in the Philippines who are striving to secure a mimeograph and supplies to enable them to take the Good News to others in their own language and dialects? Send your contribution to this worthy effort to H. G. Cassell, 1348 West 216th Street, Torrance, California 90501, and he will acknowledge your gift and forward it. Brother Cassell labored in the Philippines for several years.... We will send you a copy of "Refocusing God, The Bible and the Church" by M. F. Cottrell for $3.50.... We congratulate Wayne and Shirley Harris, Naesby, Fyn, Denmark, on their good fortune in being able to adopt little Peggy Lee into their home, October 10.... Jack and Dessie Dasher, Madison, Florida, have a new baby girl, Faye, who arrived on October 11.... We deeply regret to chronicle the following deaths: Charles Hampton, Old Scotland, Missouri, September 6; Isaac Fleener, Hammond, Illinois, who died in Florida, October 28.... Our aged sister, Mrs. Rhodes, Decatur, Illinois also passed away recently, as did Dean Bridges of the same congregation. The latter had been in a sustained coma for about two years.... If you have not read the new book, "Raccoon John Smith" by Louis Cochran, we will be glad to send you one at the regular retail price of $4.95.... We urge all of our readers to remember that you can secure extra copies of this issue of the paper at the rate of ten for one dollar. We also have additional copies of the issue of last month containing the original article by Brother Reuel Lemmons on "0bjections Brother Ketcherside Does Not Answer" and these will be mailed at the same rate. An ample supply of the paper from last July containing the article "The Spirit and Unity" are still available at ten for one dollar. We urge all who are a part of the fellowship of the concerned ones to assist in distribution of these articles so that all may share and all may know.... Jerry Reece conducted a two weeks series of meetings at Old Scotland, in north Missouri, September 15-27, and James Truitt held a meeting at Bethany, Missouri, October 20 - November 3.... James Mabery was with the brethren at Anderson, Indiana, in a series of meetings during mid-November.... We regret to report that our brother Seth Wilson, Joplin, Missouri, has been suffering from a cardiac condition aggravated by a blood clot.... We urge all lovers of truth to make your Christmas vacation count in a real way by attending the forum at Hartford, Illinois, December 26, 27, announcement of which will be found elsewhere in this paper.... Again let us urge you to place your advance order for the bound copies of the 1963 MISSION MESSENGER. The 192 page volume will be titled "The Unity of the Spirit" and it will be fully indexed. If you order in advance of publication date the price will be only $2.49 per copy and we will enclose bill when we mail you the book.

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