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Faithful Foundations—First 35 Years


                         1955                 1957                1960                1965                 1968                   1971




                   Mrs. Helen Johnson     First CBM Spring                         Irma Collignon         Pauline Johnson   Decision by Federal Court,
                    began teaching in      Rally, March 30th,                     promoted to Glory    went to be with     Harrisonburg, that classes
                       Madison          Madison Cafeteria—                           (January)            the Lord         should be held off school
                                         Patsy (Landis) Utz                                                                       property
                                               sang






                                                   The Kinney’s                                      Camp at Powell’s Fort

                                       Morgan  and  Luella  Kinney  met  at  the
                                     Providence  Bible  Institute  in  Rhode  Island.    A
                                     letter came to the Institute asking for help with the
                                     CBM work in Virginia.

                     The Kinneys, 1943     Morgan visited at Easter time of his senior year,
                                     taught a Bible lesson in a school, and preached in
                                     the Church of Solsburg, which was the outgrowth        Camp meetings were fun and challenging.   Campers in prayer, 1960
                                     of Miss Collignon and Miss Wright‘s CBM work.
                                     A call to serve was accepted.  Morgan and Luella
                                     were  married  on  June  15,  1943  and  moved  to
                                     Virginia in time for Summer Camp.



                    Irma Collignon









                                   Mary Wright
                                                   Drawing from Virginia CBM Newsletter, 1941
                                                                                                        Until 1967, Virginia schools were segregated.
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