METHODIST CONFERENCE.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 437, 20 February 1909, Page 6

METHODIST CONFERENCE.

PROGRAMME OF FUNCTIONS. : -The thirty-sixth' annual/conference' of Vthe Methodist. Church of Australasia in New' ; Zealand will be " opened/, in ;Wesley; Church,' Taranaki' Street, .'nCxt Thursday ', evening. ,The i trill for-com-.mittee business.; at'lo. aim." the previoua day..' iThe following is'j, briefly, the' programme for the ; y,;/. f . Wednesday,' February. 24.—Young people's, •rally-in Church, at' .7.30.' Cbairinah, v • the president' of the "conference, (the Rev. 0. ill■.Beecroft; Feilding). - Speakers: The R-ev. A. B.Ohappell, M.A/'Corganismg'secret-ary of the Bible class movement), Rov. J. G. ;Chapman,' and Rev. F... Copeland. ;' : Thursday, February 25.—Opening of conference in Wesley Church, at 7.30 p;m'.' : \Re-' itiring -president's, address, election' of. president, etfl.' . . '' . • •"■■■ v, .vvFriday,' February ;26l—Conference conyersazione in Wesley Hall.' 'V - ~; Sunday,; February.' 28.^Conference' opeii-' air service ,in tho Basin Reservo, at; 3 o'clock.. Conducted by .tho president of . the conference; and addressed by Revs. J. Lewis and J.'Wilson; : ■ Monday, March I.—Men's, banquet in. the. Town Concert' Mall, at 6 p.m. :. ■•'':Wediie^a;y/ ; ' , 'Maroh'''.'.''3'.^iiT^e ; vbtoKil festival in the Town Hall, at 8 p.m. Chorus of 500 voices. ■ . .' : ■, Friday, March ,5.— Missionary tea meeting in Wesley Hall ; at 6 p.m.,-followed by a publio moeting'ui Wesley Cnurch. Chainnan : of the" meeting) the president of the. cohfer;ence. Speakers:-The Rev. W. Slado, 'Rev. J. Wilson, and Mr. W. C. Francis (recently returned from New Guinea). . Saturday,' March 6.—Conference .picnic at Day's Bay.' • • Sunday, March 7.—Ordination" service • in. : Wesley Cliurch, Taranaki Street, at; 3 p!m..-. Special. conference : prayer meetings, will be held from. 7to B'on the morning of. eaoh conference' Sunday !in: Wesley .Church) to be ! conducted oh .'Sunday, February 28, by. thS:Rev. 0. B. Beecroft, and on Sunday, March 7, by tho Rov. J. J. Lewis.''; . ' : The .question, of separation from, the Aus-tTalasian-Conference; will.be' discussed.' The' extension, of city mission work vis another subject likely to be vested with much interest.