Anglican Church Reviews Its Year's Work

Chronicle (Levin), 18 May 1948, Page 4

Anglican Church Reviews Its Year's Work

The apnual meeting of. parishioners of St. Mary's Auglioaii . Church. was heid recently. There was a fair attendanee, pregided over by the viear, Rev. G, B.5 StoieBlandy. Apologies for unayoidable.absenoe were reoeived from Megrdames Gr. B. Stote^Blapdy, T. Cv de Mey, and F. Cs Lemmon, and Messrs. J. W. Hayfleld,« W. a. j; Hatch and C. NiphoJL 6 In his address, Mr, Stote^piapdy thanked Canou G. Y, Woodward Ifq'r the wo.rk he had undertaken iwhile he (the speaker) was absent. hrt Eng'land. Be alsq expressed his thanks to Rev, J, Moreland for his assistanee and to MU H. L. Jepkins who had capably attepded : to hi's personal affair.s. The test of a gqod parish was when it could carry qp during the absehce qf the vicar, he said, as St, Mary's had done. He congratulated. all whq- had taken their part in church work during the year, The financial statement appear-: ed very goqd, contipued Mr, Stqte- , Blaridy, but the apparent strong 'position was illusory. The vestry was cQmmitted to r'ep.air's ■ to the church cpsting £30, while it was .hoped to foliQw this with painting jestimated at £7Q, Urgent plumbipg .repairs, at an apprpximate cost of £36, had been carried put at the vicarage. j The Yquu.g Anglican Club had irisen like a PhQenix from the jashes of its dead self during his iabsence in England, proceeded the viqar n The Blble Class had almo'st ifaded out qf existence, The Sunjday Schoo.l was not nearly as satisifactory as the plub. There were 120, children enrolled, attendanee was • quite good and there was a reasonjable supply of teachers, but the ; accommo'datiqn was insufficient. He j hoped to see this position rerpedied ,at some future date. 1 Mr. Stote-Blandv then went on to draw attention to the advancing qhurch fupd. The parish had raised £171, over one half of which had been given by one parishioner and the balance largely in sums of £2 or over- He appealed fqr the smaUer donations and vojced the .hope that when the appeal clpsed jat the end of the month, the total ( would he at least £200. , • Annuai Review i The annuai review submitted by 'the church wardens., Mes&rs.-.A. C, Powell and H. JL,. Jenkins, showed jthat the general account had qpen- | ed the year With a dehit of £28, 5s 2d and conciuded with a credit of £74 8s lid. The Koputaroa church building fund revealed a credit of £6 5s 3d. The new church building fund had inereased by £294 6s 2d duriug the year, the eapita! inyest,ed for this purpose now totallmg £6492 13s ld. The new church f urnbhing fund. now StQQd at £782 15s 6d.' an mcrease'of £313 17s" 'la, of which £300 had been donated by the- St, Mary's Guild towards the cost of fur-nishing the sanetuary in the new ohureh.

The report expressed the fndebtedness of the parish to the staff and boys of the Levin Training Centre for having. made and presented a scale model of the proposed new church. It also cmigpatulated St. Mary's Guild on another highly . suecessful year of activlty. The report conciuded With mentiop of the fine work aecomplfshed by Canon and Mrs. Woodward during the vicars i absence in .England, and of the ■ sujtable presentation made to them in . recqgnition of what they had done.

1 Officers Elected The Qfflcefs elected were as follows:Vicar's church warden: Mr. A. O. Poweil; parishioners' church warden; Mr. H. L. Jenkins; yestry: ;Mrs. R. H. Milnes and Messrs. J. E. ,Wr Avery, R, Blackburn, L. M, jClark T. C. de Mey, G. E. Gloyer, W. A. J. Hatch, H. F. Hall, F. C. .Lemmon and J. H. Lines; hon. auditor: Mr. G; H. Sorenson; ! Parish Trust Board memherg: 'Messrs. J. E. W. Avery, W. Bull, H. ,L. Jenkins and A. G. Powell. The vicar congratulated Mr. W. Bull on his 30 years' service in the I vestry, including several years as I church warden. Mr. Bull had fqund it necessary tq retire from the vestry. A hiotion of thanks for his services duripg the year was passed to the honorary auditor, Mr. Sorenson. General Matters [ Mrs. Milnes drew attention to the handfcgp to the work of St. Mary's Guild a;s a result of the cupboards in the kitchen of the church hall being plgced in such a position that they bloeked the light from the windows. This led to a -prolonged discussion during which the questions of letting the hall, provision of a slot mefer for the gas heaters, storage of equipment by organisations u'Sing the hall and other matters in eonnection with the building were raised. Ultimately it was resolved that the vestry take into pqnsideration the question of cupboards and other fittings blocking the windows, the installation of a slot meter for the gas heaters and* the revision of the hir-e charge's for the hall. Mr. Hall sought support for the Church qf England Men's Society from the men "pf the parish, stating that the pumbers had dwindled cqnsiderably since the forma4iqn of the branch. A vote" df fhapks was passed to Ml". and Mrs. W. Storey for ;their valuable service in caring for the Weraroa Hall on behalT of the vestry. This eqncluded the business and supper was dispensed by membqrs of St. Mary's Guild.