CHURCH OF CHRIST

Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 19, 17 October 1933, Page 4

CHURCH OF CHRIST

Mr. Carpenter Farewelied BEST WISHES FOR FUTURE To bid farewell to the minister of tlie Church of Christ, Vivian Street, Pastor W. G. Carpenter, and to Mrs. Carpenter, a large meeting of the congregation was held last evening. The ■fathering was presided over by Mr. K. A. Wright, M.P. Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter, who received several presentations during the evening, will leave for their new pastorate in Auckland to-morrow evening. Tho best wishes of bmiseLfc rhu the congregation for Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter’s success and happiness in their new’ tleld of endeavour were extended by Mr. Wright. Mr. Carpenter’s service in Wellington had been a record for the church, he said. i As representative of the Y.M.C.A. and the Optimists’ Club, Mr. L. J. Greenberg, secretary of the Y.M.C.A., ex pressed best wishes toward Mr Carpenter. The Senior Optimists’ Club had been very fortunate in having had Mr. Carpenter as its pastor for the last four years, he said. Mr. Carpenter’s labour of love in 2YA’s children's sessions as ‘‘Uncle George” had been praiseworthy beyond words, said Mr. Karl Atkinson, who spoke as representing the Radio Broadcasting Board. He possessed the faculty of projecting his personality from the microphone into the home and arresting the whole attenion of the children, in spite of the many distractions surrounding them. His Influence on the children in the past would be felt gratefully by the country in the future. It had certainly caused many parents to resume or start religious teaching in the home. On behalf of the Young People s Club of the church. Miss L. Thomas presented Mr. Carpenter with a travelling outfit. He had first been chaplain of the club, or, as they were more familiarly known, the “Winkles,” she said, and later he bad taken the oflice of its chancellor. Miss Thomas hoped that Mr. Carpenter would remember the club’s motto, “Once a Winkle, always a Winkle.” Mr. Carpenter had not done his work alone, said Mrs. G. F. Stone, chairman of the Ladies' Aid Society, but he had a very sympathetic and active co-worker in Mrs. Carpenter, who had started her work for the Church in Wellington some years before her husband’s entry into the ministry. Other speakers were Mr. Phillips, of Clyde Quay School; the Rev. R. P. Keall, on behalf of the Ministers’ Association-; Mr. F. E. Davis, of Rechabite Lodge; Mr. G. Matheson; and Mr. J. T. Hunter. Mrs. Carpenter was presented with a floral tea-set by Mrs. Stone, and Mr. Carpenter with an illuminated address from the sisterchurches by Mr. Matheson, and a wallet of notes from the congregation by Mr. Hunter. The musical programme consisted of songs by Mrs. N. E. Willis, Mr. E. Chapman, Mr. G. Gray, and the church choir, and a duet by Mesdames R. Goldie and A. Jarvis.