METHODIST ACTIVITY

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 826, 21 November 1929, Page 6

METHODIST ACTIVITY

SYNOD MEETING ORPHANAGE REPORT four deaconesses and 50 laymX'^i “f IVninbf ,J l : ■ A Much? ■ np < : l '' Mr Pukckoho ’circuit t» . r 'N'-"nu»ca4 u, ■srSl mend the Mangonui home mlliU#* lion to become t-P-t-d to . iun *>- a* circuit. The IhnntbJ dY’ U,i ' : advised .to consider the pi', co of a ho’™ ml'; r - at "•mSS"; tint i,po.' .. . total of -t, chutvhe, „ Vi 0 sch “drooms” sf r m CMnt pla ‘ ; : lay preache, s.'l,:L. JJ* "V - ■ communicants * r “ ls.b-J attendants on public worshu The foil s ases - ported on the l.curos presented Dl Tcos C -' c rC scl' n °, the- , - I * —• • corns, o: minister, homo missionaries and deaconess*. - lay preachers. 24: class leaders -mor members. 24“ junior owning public worship. 544. The”ta-ureYU!“ It*was decided t*» recommend to con fcrence the setting up of a IPC T~ TVYiYY J? ” ,ak ° ? s >mPlr o«S; stc tciucnt ot rue principal doctritenets of Methodism, and t, > through tlie i . ~- . \ °. t 1931 - An mduetion service church officers, a proposal submittal by the Welfare of the church Cobum tee, was also recommended to e conference, such dedication service t, bo annual and participated in by office-bearers of tl»c Church and various organisations. The proposal to d, vote two houri week of the Theological College curr* culuin to subjects that will oiaHf, students for c-uinta} school and vng“ leadership was referred to the Colic" Board of Studies to be dealt with.* The following were the gram recommended to conference from u,; home mission fund: Kaukapakaa Mangonui. ‘2 4": llokianga Sour Ventral Mission. 2 5"; Pukekoh, (if it third agent is appointed), Ruawui. £25; Kaihu, L 10; Portland £•-*0; Otahuhu. £4o; Paparoa, £3; Hikurangi, £2O: Whangaroa, XfiK, Fort Albert. £6O. NEGLECTED CHILDREN The annual report on erphaunur matters was presented by the Rev g Griffith, orphanage secretary, showed that 110 children are cared lor in the three liomet, and Epworth Homes. Mount Albert, and Buckland Road I ionic, Epsom. About half of this number of children were admitted owing to the divoreor separation of their parents, or their desertion by one parent. It was resolved tu recommend united action by the orphanage authorities of ail denominations with a view to mort effective measures for compelling 4*. faulting parents to support tht-v children. Attention was drawn to the to* suffered by the death in Decemberla>» of Mr. A. C. Caugliey. tlic pioneer -Methodist orphanage work in New Zealand. who. in 1913. in conjunction with his sister, Mrs. W. 11. Smith, presented to the Ghun li the valuable property known as "Wesley Home, Moos; Albert. Y\ iiilo acknowledging much gcaent* i'y toward the homes, the Synod noted with regret tli.it the expenditure lor lli« year had entrenched somewhat on capital, and rt commended conference U» direct that orphanage collectors be appointed for every congregation. The Rev. Mr. Ernera Te Tulii. reportin- on the Maori Mission work of th* district, drew attention to the intere*: being shown in the educational wozi tf the mission, particularly the steps that are being taken to establish e school lor the training of Maori gill in domestic science and hygiene. The Spiritual Advance Committee recommended the holding of cight-dr missions in every Church by the raiaisi- r or home missionary, assisted by his nearest brethren. This wes heartily endorsed by the Synod.