METHODIST BICENTENARY

Opotiki News, Volume I, Issue 36, 25 May 1938, Page 2

METHODIST BICENTENARY

kktMMRATIONS AT OPOTIKI ■Wp - celebrations 'jw the JV2oo^h. ;, 'hitiiive>’sary of John JJmtbWs p‘ conversion were held hist l||MethQdiffljMtlhurch and School, and cvijovcd by a good andi- „ service was WWWriTcteci i,W the Rev. AV. H. AVil- , *> ol b and a depresses were given by the * >.,, ev ' Hampton and Airs J. T. J fiompsoh. / % Mrs. x5/ : I>. Duff and Miss V. Thoinptsoir sang solos. Hymns composed by Charles AA'esley were used in thedepur gregational siliging. . At the “Social Hour” whicb.ifollmvecl, greetings and were extended by the/'fl Mayor, Air G. S. a/T' 'atf the citizens ; also Aim-/ ray and Airs H. H. Songs were AJiss A'. Thompson and 'Wingate ,und elocutionary *Rev. AV. H. Wilson: '• A heantifiilj.hij«ffhday cake was cut '■* -1 iv. Airs If. AJiss Nap]>er, th«-4wo. awiyiiuted candles being /lit a “d blown out \ h yA4ljf^? lG Inski P- ’ Vfl A daii|ifiyy v served by the Ladies’ Guild, and all iffW the evening \ I suptlesvli:?! oil'd'; enjoyable were acyl jfded. a d&rty vote of thanks. gathering closed with ) the’ sihgiiig'of the Doxology.