METHODIST CHURCH

Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 44, 21 February 1942, Page 9

METHODIST CHURCH

CIRCUIT CHANGES

MINISTERS CHOSEN

On the resumption this morning of the sittings of the Methodist conference, the first reading of stations was taken and the following ministers, who are changing circuits in April, were entered as the first selection, the names of the present ministers being given in parentheses:—

Auckland.—Dominion Road, W. G. Slade, M.A. (F. Gardner Brown); Auckland Central Mission, no pastoral charge; Avondale, Walter Parker (H. A. Sharp) ; J. J. Lewis, Birkenhead, a home missionary to assist the Rev. A. J. Johnston; Pukekohe, JF. B. Lawrence (W. G. Slade) , Kawakawa-Kaikohe, H. K. Brown; Mongonui, L. R. M. Gilmore (H. Whitfleld); Waihi, Moses Ayrton (R. Day); Hamilton, C. H. Olds (R. B. Tinsley) ; Tauranga, E. C. Leadley (H. White) ; Waikato. Maori Mission, Rangi Rogers, Native probationer.

faranaki-Wanganui..—Hawera, Wesley Parker (G. F. Stockwell) ; Taihape, W. J. Morrison (L. R. M. Gilmore). Hawke's Bay-Manawatu.—Hastings, G. B. Hinton (C. H. Olds) ; Ashhurst-Bunnythorpe, H. White (R. Richards). Wellington.—Wellington West, T. H. Carr (R. 81.B1. Gosnell) ; Wellington South, J. D. McArthur (Walter Parker) ; Wellington hast, W. A. Burley (0. Burnet) ; R. E. Patchett (E. S. Hoddinott) ; J. Churchill (C.F.), H. E. Burley (on active service) ; Johnsonville-Ngaio, W. Rowe (N. P. Larsen) ; H. C. Dixon (W. L. Long) ; L. V. Willing (W. R. Laws) ; Waiwhetu. W. L. Long (H. C, Dixon) ; Petone, A- 0. Harris (H. J. Tozer). Nelson.—R. B. Tinsley (W. Rowe) ;J. H. Woolford (L. Greenslade). Blenheim.—H. A. Sharp (J. D. McArthur) ; W. R. Laws (T. H. Carr). Westport—H. G. Brown (E. H. Kendon). Greymouth.—E. S. Hoddiuott (A. A. Bense3 Canterbury.—Durham Street, Christchurch, A. H. Ivory (Cashmere Hill) ; Cambridge Terrace, N. P. Larsen (F. B. Lawrence) ; Woolston, A. F. Collins (J. Silvester) ; Sydenham, A. A. Bensley (Wesley Parker) ; Rlccarton. H. Whitfleld (A. 0. Harris) ; St. Albans. D. 0. Williams (W. A. Burley) ; Lyttelton, J. Silvester (W. J. Enticott) ; Ohaka, C. H. Kendon (H. Benny) ; Ttmaru, Woodland Street, O. Burnet (C. Blair) ; Temuka, H. Benny (H. G. Brown); Ashburton, R. B. Gosnell (A. Mcßean). , ,_. Otago-Southland.—Dunedin Central Mission. R. F. Clement (J. H. Woolford) ; Dundas Street, A. K. Petch (A. E. Jefferson) ; Caversham, H. E. Harkness (R. E. Patchett) ; Mornington, C. Blair (D. 0. Williams) ; Port Chalmers, W. J. Enticott (S. Bailey) ; Invercargill, St. Peter's, A. E. Jefferson (G. B. Hinton). CANDIDATES FOR MINISTRY. Two candidates for the ministry of the Methodist Church were accepted by the conference. Mr. A. H. Ivory, LL.B., 8.C0m., was received on probation and Mr. W. Green is to enter the Methodist Theological College at Auckland.