ST. LUKE'S PARISH

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 222, 13 May 1932, Page 6

ST. LUKE'S PARISH

ANNUAL MEETING OF PARISHIONERS SUCCESSFUL YEAR'S WORK The annual general meeting of St. Luke's parishioners took place in the Parish Hall on Wednesday night, the . Vicar (Archdeacon F. W. Chatterton) presiding. The attendance was not large, owing doubtless to the wet night. After the opening prayer the secretary (Mr. V/. W. P. Hall) read the minutes of the last annual meeting. The report and statement of accounts, which had been printed and circulated among parishioners previously was taken as read. Many questions were asked and comments made which served to bring out the aetual position of affairs, and which showed that in spite of adverse conditions there was much to congratulate parishioners upon in that obl'igations had been, met, and a liberal response had been made to many calls. The report was then adopted. The vicar re-appointed Mr. J. Halkett as his churehwarden and Mr. W. W. P. Hall was re-elected people's warden. The following vestry was elected: — Messrs. Andrews, Brown, G. H. French, Foggin, Hemphill, Hinton, Oulds, Stonehouse,* C. Robinson and W. A. Carter. Mr. Webber was reelected auditor. A discussion on the duplex scheme took place, and a recommendation was made to the new vestry, to look into the scheme and take such steps as they consider best calculated to extend it and place it on a more satisfactory footing. The chairman referred to the missionary quota of £100, which he hoped would be reaehed by June 30, the date on which the Board of Missions closed its financial year. Next Sunday (Whit Sunday) was the day on which. offertories were given to the Melanesian Mission, one of the oldest missions for which the Church in New Zealand was responsible. Feeling reference was made to the death of Mr. Plummer. He was a member of the vestry and also of Devon Street Church committee. A motion of sympathy with Mrs. Plummer was passed. The Rev. R. B. S. Corbin was ofiicially welcomed by the vicar and introduced to the meeting, and spoke a few words in reply expressing his pleasure in being in a town centre again after three years of work in the isolated district of the East Cape. The meeting passed a resolution of appreciation of the efforts of Captain Squires, of the Church Army, who had just completed two short missions in the parish, one at Devon Street Church Hall, and the other at St. Peter's Church, Mamaku, both of which had aroused a considerable amount of interest. A resolution thanking the many Church workers who had so loyally helped the Church brought the business to a close and after refreshments had been served the chairman pronounced the benediction.