ASSEMBLY OPENS

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30568, 10 October 1964, Page 14

ASSEMBLY OPENS

' Congregational Union After an executive meeting, the eighty-first annual assembly of the Congregational Union of New Zealand was formally opened by the chairman of the union (the Rev. D. J. Inglis) in Christchurch yesterday afternoon. The assembly, attended by about 80 delegates from throughout New Zealand, is being held at the Trinity Congregational Church, which is celebrating its centenary this year. The Rev. E. H. Reynolds, of Whangarei, conducted the opening service and delivered the union sermon.

The Deputy-Mayor (Mr H. P. Smith) and Mrs Smith were special guests at the tea for delegates in the evening. Mr Smith welcomed the delegates to Christchurch. A centennial social evening in the Girl Guides Hall, Armagh street, ended the day’s activities. Because of a delay in construction, the opening of the new Congregational Church in Timaru, which delegates were to have attended this morning, has been postponed for about a month. The morning service at Trinity Congregational Church on Sunday will be jointly conducted by the Rev. R. L. Challis, superintendent minister of the church in the Pacific Islands, and the Rev. L. I. Sio, from Samoa. The Rev. J. B. Chambers, who has conducted healing services in the city, will preach at the evening service. The assembly will end next Wednesday.