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Thursday each month. The Senior Adults also received copies of their first cooklxxik compi led by the group.
In January of 1980 a love offering to help pay travel expenses was taken for the Sam Turner family, missionaries to Kenya, K;ist Africa, on the death of his parents.
In March three men of the Church, Jack Mode, Dave Harvi.ll and Ronnie Magee went to the Dominican Republic to help build a new church. In May a special love offering was taken for the Tornado victims in our church family. In August the Greater Gulf Coast Crusade for Christ was held in the Gulfport Coliseum with Rev. Jim Wilson as Preacher.
We also observed World Hunger Day in our Church. In October the Senior Adults went to Ridgecrest, N. C. for the Senior Adult Chautauqua. The "Children's Hour'' a new ministry held at six on Sunday evenings was set up under the leadership of Pat Barber, Gwen and Stephanie Crawford.
The year 1981 was the year of "Bold Mission Projects" in the Church. The Church voted to use two percent of all tithes not already designated for funding these projects. The membership was urged to eive conlributions above the regular tithes.
In September three of our membership - Sam Wilfoum, Floyd Goughenour, and Les Gray went to Sparta, Wisconsin to do carpenter work at Gospel Baptist Church. In October we welcomed home Thomas and Marie Thompson from their year of mission work in Israel.
In November Lorene Hill and Ann Land went to Barbados on a "sewing mission" work. Bob White was hired as full time Youth Director for the Church - during the simmer. On May 17 the Church approved one thousand dollars to be used to start work on the Retreat Site and Youth Recreation Center which had been donated to the Church by Dr. Dodson.
On May 30 the first annual Fishing Rodeo was held on the Retreat Site. A fund for the public address system was also established. In May the steeple of the Church was repaired by Dillman Roofing Co. at a cost of $1,800.00. The Church also reconmended that new handrails be installed at the entrances. On November 29 the Church voted to rescind the previous motion for building the kitchen at a cost of $6,500.00 over a fifteen year period which would have cost aliout $150,000.00 with high interest included.