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A HERALD WedaeMlay II IfK Acton Pentecostal church grew from living room I rllrr Brush man Pentecostal of a men He raised he church building from Joseph Spadafora an Acton driving Instructor who church laid the he an I meet for Start I people It Pen community grew thai Mr Cook living ft i y holding at Corners Just west of Act on at the or about a The Acton basement and upstairs were next rented Sunday services We look at cleaning place I a board member since j7 ly would do for a nth Instead of pay a can wo did the dm and sweep be sure was left neat and dy alter our meetings In 1957 there was talk of a plot of land II Ho was a Vi Ih Kenneth Held r I I or Ihc I en ah I Kin a It r v in 19S8 for it Twentyfourth in a series foundation corners for the He now lives In Tor When basement was completed services were held I her interior was completed and Ihc roof Installed The new building was ready In 19S9 thanks the free tabor of these men and the try a kills of their minister I remember when we put the up on roof 1 good at climbing but old Tom McCutch con I was climbing up there I ke cat Mr said The late Mr McCuIcheon LABOR Fun I for he plot build raised through Pentecostal ngton district ward purchase of the land Because no labor costs the build only cost n matrrials to put up Now the tiangel is gearing up for a drive to pay MI two mar gages on the church total Rev CI Hodgson has been with congregation for seven months and has organ a wave offering for Feb He d the lion is lo march around the church wov ng handkerchiefs to raise the money Such marches are men in the Old Teita me of it The mortgage of comes up In March and the second comes up In April When they re paid off the church will be totally debt free Rev Hodgson said Solar In pledges hae been made and Rev Hodgson is optimist the rest of the dcbl money will be raised In de and back add lions were made to it church In 1967 add ng to the 1959 Idlng However they done with free labor red or the people during the week I the church fuel in that they can heat Just that room her than the entire church for the weekday meetings The additions were made after Re left In and was replaced by Rev Sam who stayed the parish until 1973 ONETIME Alf with the Hilton Gospel Temple on Highway near Georgetown the Evangel at one time served ihroughout Hal Ion It lis and had people bused In from Georgetown is compared wllti other churches most of which da i back the 1900a Its men bersh pis young to match it Hodgson said The majority of our mem bora arc 3jIo years old We ha on many seniors but we a good group of youth he sad To help organize activities for the youth the church hired a assistant pastor Rev Rob M II 13 months ago He works w the 13 to 13year da the congregation Not everybody can adjust service We In audible praise Hal It has to get down into their hearts FROM PSALMS He said be tries lo meet the needs of the people in the congregation offering prayer for the sick in the middle of his service they request it Most of the worship is taken from psalms We open a service and a clap offering the church very strange for shout hallelujah In like a football game Rev The Pentecostal on believes In the spontaneity of prayers and t use prayer books Speaking In tongues Is a way of praying for they have become known Rev Held said It can happen anywhere and I restricted the Pentecostal church Most of the problems are dealt with through the church sett I feel my ministry is for people needs They want to share their needs During the service I ask Does anyone By confessing healing lakes place Rev Re sail Even If nothing Sunday service causes say Thank you I appreciate with people who try to what you ve said anybody take over else or else I II have the had people who II talk for the aT te who II congregation sin a song t I page In IMS by a rugged Pentecostal minister and nine with carpentry and electrical wiring doing much of the men In bis congregation the Hilton Evangel is young for hi standi go Cbwtfalll Road compared other Acton churches Rev Kenneth Held was the north of Highway first minister for Acton and area Pentecoalals and was a Herald photo by