PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21142, 28 March 1932, Page 10

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

BIBLE CLASS MOVEMENT. ! EASTER CAMP AT HUNUA. 'About 200 Auckland members of the Presbyterian Young Men s Bible Glass .Union are attending the annual Easter camp at Hunua. There are also representatives from the South Auckland and [YVaikato' districts. Camp commenced on Thursday evening, and communion was conducted at 7-30 a.m. on Good Friday by the Rev. D. Scf>tt. moderator-designate of the General Assembly. The morning address was delivered by the Rev. J. A. of St. Luke's,' Dominion president of the New Zealand Presbyterian Young Men's Bible Class Union, and in the evening a missionary service was conducted by the Rev. J. Laughton, missionary to the Maoris of the Presbyterian Church in the laupo district. Jpn Saturday, the athletic sports ■were in the evening the camp concert took place. To-day will be visitor s' day. Officials controlling the camp are:—Rev. J. A. Thomson, camp father; Mr. N. P. Angus, chairman>of the camp committee; Mr. I)- G. Mcintosh, secretary; and Mr. J. I. B. Neil, treasurer.

GIELS' CAMP OPENED. BUILDING AT MAIRANGI BAY. A large attendance of parents arid friends marked the official opening of the ■Presbyterian Girls' Bible Glass camp at Mairangi Bay on Saturday afternoon. The Jtev. G. Budd, who conducted the dedicatory service, declared the camp open, and in honour of the occasion lie was presented with a special key. Special reference was made to the work of Mr. J. Dempsey, who had gratuitously pi von his. assistance as general overseer. Mr. Dempsey was given a bowler's leather cat ch el. The first permanent Presbyterian girls' rarep in the Dominion, the building is a spacious wooden structure of two storeys •with ample accommodation, and commands excellent views of the Ilauraki Gulf. Comprehensive cooking arrangements" are a feature of the. camp, which is equipped with electricity as well as a hot and cold system. During the Easter holidays the camp is catering for 115 Bible Class girls, some of "whom will return to their liomes to-day, "while tlie remainder will break camp tomorrow. Camp, activities are in the charge of an executive comprising Mrs. K. Pimmer, camp 1 ''mother": Sifter Constance, of St. David's Church; Miss Armstrong, president of Iho Auckland district committee of the Bible Class Union; and Miss M. Patterson, secretary.