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CHILDREN FLOCK TO CHURCH IN STORE

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NEW YORK -- HARLEM YOUNGSTERS LISTEN TO BIBLE

STORIES IN UNIQUE CHURCH SET UP IN A VACANT

STORE IN A SECTION OF EAST HARLEM MADE UP LARGELY

OF NEGROES AND PUERTO RICANS. CHURCH LEADERS SAY

THE STORE CHURCH REPRESENTS A NEW CONCEPT IN

PROTESTANT APPROACH TO NEEDS OF PEOPLE. UNUSUAL

CHURCH IS SPONSORED BY FOUR PROTESTANT DENOMINA­

TIONS IN COOPERATION WITH NEW YORK CITY MISSION

SOCIETY AND UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. CO­

PASTORS OF STORE CHURCH ARE SHOWN ABOVE. STAND­

ING AT LEFT IS THE REV. DON BENEDICT, AND AT

RIGHT IS THE REV. J. ARCHIE HARGRAVES. BOTH ARE

RECENT GRADUATES OF UNION SEMINARY. READING TO

CHILDREN IS PEGGY RUTH, FIELD WORKER AND STUDENT

AT SEMINARY.

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