ST. JAMES'S, PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 904, 25 August 1910, Page 5

ST. JAMES'S, PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

\ The report of'. ttie\ St. .James Tresbyv terian Church, AVellingon South . (Rev. ' . Wm. Shirer), presented, at ;the . annual meeting: last evening by Mr. H.,Davidson, shows that steady progress has,been* maintained.in-all departments.;, The communicant membership-now stands at 344. The, quarterly attendances jt Mere:-201, 206, 212, 198.;' Baptismal ser--.-. vices' numbered S'i and 29 burials were; conducted.' ■" Families Represented by. eom-L niuiiicants' and non-communicants nuni- ■ bered 214, ■ other /atiiilies 150. The work / of visiting received .the careful attention.'' of the minister,-and Mrs: 'Shirer' also rendered assistance in this connection. ; .,The , district hospital had been visifed over 100 times. As regards the various branches ■-. of church work the report notes that tho •. Christian Endeavour Society h0d.25 senior ' members, and 101 junior adherents;. Young.. ; Men's Bible Class, senior, 30 members, and junior 23 Members; : Young Women's-, Bible Class;'22'members; Sunday.School; ■■■; 371 on..the -roll; 81,.teachers .'and office--bearers';; cradle roll, department, 168 mom- , ■befs. ' Good progress-was-reported-in con-, nectioi! with the' new''"'Sunday 1. School; building; fund,-,and .£502 had already beea either promised ot subscribed. , -The.man.iV agers intend to immediately' proceed with',;; the erection of- the building.•;Some'i£l6'10s. was-raised.by the. branch of the Pres-,. byterian Women's Missionary Umon/i'or various.missionary purposes.. -The'society;.; ■ also, ilid'a greatdeal' Of Dorcas work l dur-' ■ ing. the year. The Maori Birthday League, , with 13'J' members, was; also-.iir evidence,'., having-raised. .foG: Hegijet- is'.expressed.:, that the choirmaster (Mr. H. G. Barrett), owing to other duties intervening,-, -had • found.it necessary, to relinquish' his p.o.si- . (ion. Mr-. A. F. Lauchlan was appointed; in his > stead. As regards- the; 'finances,'--'" Iherdpirt states that the receipts' from;, 'ordinary- sources'totalled .£491 lSs.'2d. The , .,, ordinary expenditure- involved the:sum or; ; ',£so4.';.The church contributed d£2o'tq. tho -, Eiiempioyeit fund, besides' jlonatine, ill; J3's lOdJ in aid of- social services and the Orphanage'. Fund. A pleasing .-feature •-£;; the year's operations, was. the fact ,tna*;the ladies' sewing bee and gnilcL was, successful, in raising .£l2B 18s. Sd. , towards■ the Sunday School' building fund. During'; the year, afternoon services, at Island Bay/, were -continued regularly. This, branch, : of the church,,which contributed.>£ 47.. 175." •Id. to the ; revenue, now., bad . twenty-five comimiincant members. Messrs. -A;' Camp- ;•• bell, A. Grant, E: Lewis, and'.G;-.W.' .Key were elected elders of, the church., • ■ ; ; ;