CHURCH MEETINGS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 800, 25 April 1910, Page 9

CHURCH MEETINGS.

PARISH OF ST. PAUL'S. THE VESTRY'S ANNUAL REPORT. Thp following is the' report- of tho ; vestry, of, St.. Paul's Parish,' Thorndon, to b;e ;presented at ijio apuuol piefjtilU! to. bo held ou Wednesday "evening,. April 27:— The special' offertories for tho past year show an increase, duo .principally to t]ia" Receipt jp.'pno financial year of the: self-denial and Good Friday offertories, ; mid a!sa. tho offertory .for the General. Synod. ; The ordinary offortofiag - afo nearly £3 moro thai), those . for Jtli4". previous year,/ tjip morning of- / having,, jp'oreased by about £16... ,'i'ho eveningoffertories, however, sh.oiv as falling-otf./ Tho church 'room offertories- aro .less, 1 in consequence of . the evening services, having been discontinued..,Tlio receipts for' seat reiits ' .are, les's. by £.43 .13s.:':than .the like receipts for. the past year, t)to .amount . outstanding 'being.' £69 14s. , 6drt as against. £61 &s; Od.;,at, the v end of iho ■premas year, ..Every effort hag.been S a 110 to get the seat .'rents paid, but ; the fsliipg-olr 13 partly • accounted, for by pisiiy seats having been giyen up by .; parishioners leaving the • city. Re- ■ co.ipt6 ■: from ;.' missionary boxes Js® by'- ; abqiit- ; £lli Tho Church ; Guild JwJd . a very successful proceeds' of: winch v/cro devoted to tlloßunday.sohools and to the church- rebuilding fund, which now ;stfinds at £245 103, ic|. on = {iseti deposit. The necessity of.increasing this, fflnd..: grows wjt]j'; each.' year, gnu contributions 'to it' ato urgently.'solicited. Items of exceptions) expenditure during the year aro £62 10s, (id. for painting : and - repairs;, to' tho. ; vicarage,, and £18 6s. for, the new. carpet in the chali- " The year oorimieuced with a i credit balance of £7 os. 4<j,j spd closed with a. credit balance of £36,95. -Tho vostrv have tho pleasure ,of announcing that Mr. George Bolton-has ! very, generously, givep tho sum of £50, tho income from which is to be applied for the entertainment of:' the children; attending the Sunday, ■ School, ', Tho vestry expresses :it(j' thanks; to the members of the choir of St. Paul's Church, to tho Sunday School teaoherß, lay readers, district visitors,''. tp'tho. organists, choir and committee qf the church room, to tlj.e members, of. the:' Church and MelaneSlaii' G and to the Dor--C!»s and - Relief, : Society'. They ' oJgp th>nk the committees, of ..the Kinder-. garten.gchMl pud &Wrl mip§jon fuhd. Tho vestry also thank Messrs. J). An*dorson and Sons for the uso of their "fflce for the receipt of seat repts and for the'time they devote to this matter, • - The Sunday Softool. ■

.The report-, of, the . Sunday School •superintendent' (Mr. M/ R. S. Clark) is-as follows. —The year has closed : wjth-' generally- : . satisfactory results. ' 111 ?-TGviewing the . school the need of more practical instruction in . elementary Christianity. was Considered and is- now being rectified, -The new ypar has opened with' a' considerable; id<rcMe in.the number:of pupils, tho roll . now .being . about"; 17/3..V• The 'teaching' steff■■ is efficient,, and •. ill excess of m ra-.. . qnircments, -The thanks of the. parish . id due .to the; t-eachers for ; their, efficiency'and devotion,- which mo greatly valued. Parents are urged to : their children who' are not already attending, also to aid in the work' of ; the .school- by seeing that scholars arti ■ regular: ,md _ptinctnal-in their attendance.! Opt or the Sunday ! 'pc-nny" colloctions iproyision is mad? annually for tljo sum-of £10,-, which; is -earririarkeA itoi .. puy ■ for one year's; education at Norfolk Island .College of-a selected _ South Sea Island lad, under the auspioes •of the Melanosian • Mission.Thq present student is Jilartin ; Take." In-tne kindergarten .section good' work is being done under, the . charge of the Misses Rohny?e, f .There is ample room therein for Tnoro . pupils. Tho anniiaj picnic was .held ,on April 2' at Wonderland, Mira- - X™der : : enjoyable; - conditions. I ' bpecial. thanks are duo to the following rolired teachers., viz;, Misses Jones, , "ff 11 ,' Chitty, Humphries, Poulton. l • and; Messrs Webbe " and . Tucker, most of whom have; removed from /the . parish.. i f.

~. Dorcas Socfety, , > , Subscribers -to Society* Mrs. Newman, 10s,;; Mrs.. Lamaeh, 6s/; "Miss COates,. -lOs. 6d,; Mrs, Ed-wm,-6s. ; .Mi-?;' Barber. £J.'; Mrs Brandon,- £1; Mrs.. H. Curtis, fir-,.Mrs. no r Balcombe "Brown, £3;. Lady 'Atliinson, ',; ss; ;i. :Miss Kensington, §5.; Mr,'. E. Anderson,- £2:' Mrs.,-Marian, £2 2s • Mrs Stoiye, ss; ; Mrs. 0. Wilson, 3s Mrs Anderson;-1 £4 ; Miss Coates, 10s;;.-Mesdames Sprott, 'Warren;: King, iovlcs .Price Medland, Misses Gamiv bell and Richardson, 2s. 6d. each ,"£25 ■ givenr by- a ' friend(per Mrs.. Warren); :the interest of whioh is to be an annual.subscription; -299' articles weremade for'the sociot-y;,the Two-garment Society-gave 29; seven.• tons- of coal TverQ..giyen~-for \.the weietyvby-Mrs;--Quick and Messrs. Coates arid Miles' Dr. l Izard- to be thanked" for attending the'sick poor; r " v.: /•' ■