Monday Night Bible Hour History

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Monday Night Bible Hour
Eunice Gorman

A brother in Westbank once remarked that “the assemblies are the nurseries of the churches." If that is true, this Assembly has been the nursery for many children and young people.

1. A Friday night children's meeting was begun in 1951 in the Highway Gospel Hall Gordon Hussey and Ross Gorman. It continued for many years.
2. Later, Fred Griffin carried on this work on Friday nights.
3. Concurrent with this, a number were going to Peachland on Friday nights to conduct children's meetings. We met first in the basement of the 8- sided church, and later in the present Peachland Baptist church which was not being used at the time. Among those going were Alex and Renee Stewart, John and Marjorie Milroy (Marjorie had rounded up the contacts to begin the meetings and had been bringing them up to the Westbank children's meeting), Chris and Evelyn Stutters, Ross, Eunice and Marjorie Gorman and Ferne Jean. All were busy picking up children (Ross Gorman had 15 in his car one evening), keeping attendance, buying prizes, etc.
4. In the early 1950's a Sunday School was carried on in North Glenmore. Bill Leftrook was the organizer helped by Isabel Griffin, Alex Stewart and John Gorman
5. The first teen age meetings began in the early 1960's and were held every second Saturday evening during the winter months in the Ross Gorman home.
6. Earl Ferch picked up children from the Lakeview district and also did some of the speaking in the '60's.
7. In the 1970's Fred Griffin conducted Gospel meetings on Sunday nights and Children's meetings on Monday nights in the "Mobile Gospel Messenger" (MGM) trailer belonging to Ed Billingham on a lot on Scottstown Road.
8. In 1973 Gerrit Bergsma had children's meetings in the mornings in a tent in Peachland. Some of our children biked down the Highway to the meetings!
9. In the 1980's there was an outreach at the Green Bay Bible Camp. A Sunday school was carried on then. (John and Sharon MacDonald, Ruth Koehl, Ron and Jen Gorman and others).
10. Over the years both the Sunday afternoon Sunday School and the Monday night Bible reading spilled over into the house next door, which Ross and Eunice Gorman had purchased from the McCardon's with a view to the property being used when a new Hall would be built.
Recollecting these meetings brings to mind children, young people and parents who were saved because of them. Some of them are/were in the Assembly -- others are serving the Lord in other places. Eternity will tell the full story.

Monday Night Bible Hour
Lucas Griffin

Monday Night Bible Hour has been an outreach of the Highway Gospel Hall for over 50 years! Every Monday night, we enjoy spending time with children from our community. We sing Choruses, memorize verses, play Bible quiz-games, and learn stories from God’s Word! Attendance peaked in the 1980’s with over 100 children every Monday night. God has blessed many children through this outreach and it is our prayer that many more will be blessed!