Background: bread from our communion table
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i Bessie Kibbons, Record Book, 1959, 4. ii Sandhya R. Jha, Room at the Table: The Struggle for Unity and Equality in Disciple’s History (St. Louis, Mo: Chalice Press, 2009), 5. iii Central Christian Church, “Agenda of Official Board Meeting,” October 11, 1966, 4. iv Scott Neuman, “Fewer Than Half Of U.S. Adults Belong To A Religious Congregation, New Poll Shows,” NPR, March 30, 2021, https://www.npr.org/2021/03/30/982671783/fewer-than-half-of-u-s-adults-belong-to-a-religious-congregation-new-poll-shows. v “Certificate of Incorporation,” 1893. vi Central Christian Church, “The First Hundred Years: 1893-1993,” August 1, 1993. vii Thomas Hooppaw, “Community Whirlwind: Central Christian Marks Expansion with Dedication,” The Daily Journal (Kankakee, IL, 1991). viii Geron, “Kankakee, ILL.,” The Christian Standard (March 27, 1886): 99. ix Rev. E.L. Frazier, “From the Field: Illinois ‘Pray for Us,’” The Christian Standard (July 1, 1893): 520. x Gloria Ryckman Lane, “The Story of Central Christian Church,” 1993, 1. xi Lane, “The Story of Central Christian Church,” 1. xii Kibbons, Record Book, 5. xiii Bessie Kibbons, “Story of Central Christian Church,” Fiftieth Anniversary of the Central Christian Church, 1943, 4–5. xiv Fred Rogers and Gilbert Matthews, “History of Central Church Sunday-School,” n.d., 1. xv Kibbons, Record Book, 32. xvi D. Duane Cummins, Dale Fiers: Twentieth Century Disciple (Fort Worth [TX]: TCU Press, 2003), 8–9. xvii E.T. Sechler, Sadie McCoy Crank (1863-1948) Pioneer Woman Preacher in the Christian Church (Disciples) (Wheatland, MO, 1950), 7. xviii Sechler, Sadie McCoy Crank (1863-1948) Pioneer Woman Preacher in the Christian Church (Disciples), 35. xix Cummins, Dale Fiers, 9. xx “Big Loss Results From Iroquois Fire,” The Paxton Record (Paxton, Illinois, January 11, 1923). “Fire Destroys Church at Iroquois, Ills.,” The Christian Standard (n.d.): 430. xxii Cummins, Dale Fiers, 13. xxiii Central Christian Church, 1916-1922 Membership Record and Board Meeting Minutes Book, n.d., 2–3. Below: xxiv Central Christian Church, 1916-1922 Membership Record and Board Meeting Minutes Book, 2–3. Advertisement xxv Cummins, Dale Fiers, 19. for Parking Lot xxvi “Dedication of the Christian Church on Sunday,” n.d. worship during xxvii Kibbons, “Story of Central Christian Church,” 5. the pandemic xxviii “Dedication of the Christian Church on Sunday.” summer of 2020 xxix “New Central Christian Church Corner Stone Laying on Sunday Afternoon,” Kankakee Daily Journal, 1914. xxx “New Central Christian Church Corner Stone Laying on Sunday Afternoon.” xxxi Kibbons, Record Book, 31. xxxii Kibbons, Record Book, 32. xxxiii Kibbons, Record Book, 83. xxxiv Kibbons, Record Book, 15. xxxv Kibbons, Record Book, 15. xxxvi John B. Crane, “The Rev. Harold Edds,” Kankakee Sunday Journal (Kankakee, IL, n.d.). xxxviiKibbons, Record Book, 52. xxxviii Kibbons, Record Book, 60. xxxix Central Christian Church, “Worship Bulletin,” June 1, 1958. xl Kibbons, Record Book, 60. xli Central Christian Church, “Agenda of Official Board Meeting,” 6. xlii Central Christian Church, “Agenda of Official Board Meeting,” 6. xliii Central Christian Church, “Agenda of Official Board Meeting,” 6. xlv Central Christian Church, “Agenda of Official Board Meeting,” 6. xlvi Central Christian Church, “Agenda of Official Board Meeting,” December 13, 1966, 3. ON THE MOVE
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