MINISTERS' ASSOCIATION.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16218, 22 May 1918, Page 5

MINISTERS' ASSOCIATION.

The members of the Ministers' Association were entertained for their monthly on Monday aftefnoon by tho Bov. J. J.. Xortk at hi.? residence, Fitzgerald avenue. There was a large attendance, over which the Kev. A. T. Thompson presided. _ V letter was received from Xuree Alaudo concerning the work oi the District Nursing Association. A resolution wjis passed expressing approval of the vork, and suggesting that a retiring collection be taken up at tho various churchcs in aid of the nev.' , building echeme. The executive was asKod. to go into the question of forming a Council of Churches ' in Chiistchuxoh, prepare a platform, and bring the echeme before the next meeting of the Association. „ A report on the united 6ervice m St. Paul'a Church on Anzac Day stated that the collection amounted to £27 3s 4d, and after meeting the expense* £24 had been paid into the Bed Cro»a Blanket Fund, j In reference to the day of intercession in the Cathedral on the Bth inst., it was xeeolved to place on record the Association's apurecixiioa of Bishop Julius's invitation.

its gratitude for the arrangements made, and for the benefits derived. Another res" 1 " 11011 ivas passed conveying the thanks of tho Association to the local newspaper press for their sympathy and assistance. Tho Rev. A. T. Thompson gave nn interesting address on "Tho Sunday School as a Factor in Reconstruction."