PRESBYTERY AFFAIRS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23166, 12 October 1938, Page 13

PRESBYTERY AFFAIRS

REDUCTION OF QRANTB CALL TO TAKAPUNA The monthly meeting of the Auck- :* land Presbytery last night was pre-, sided over by the moderator, the Rev. R. Ferguson Fish. In presenting the church extension committee's proposals ,* for the annual grants to aided charges Mr. Fish Baid there was a large deficit of at least £7OOO in the funds of the ;■ missions committee of the church and -> his committee had had to face a reduction of grants to all stations and 7 charges. An average reduotion of about 10 per cent had been made. The curtailed grants were accepted. Two commissioners representing the > session of St. George's Church, Takapuna, appeared in support of a call to the Rev. D. M. Catfanach. They explained that when Mr. Cattanacn , came to the church three years ago' ; * it was receiving £BO annually from thsj missions committee. As a result of -■» Mr. Cattanach's whole-hearted work , the charge was now self-supporting and a call to him had been signed by 94 members and 22 adherents. The church offered a stipend of £285, and a free manse. The call was sustained and ac- T cepted by Mr, Cattanach. -t The remarkable record of Mr. A., C. ■ Steele, who has served f St. James' j Sunday school in various capacities for; i the past 62 years, was reported toPresbytery, and it was decided to - recommend Assembly to grant him the Ilong service diploma. . .. ; It was decided to recommend the

I missions committee that a new be found for the Rev. W. P. Rankin at the end of his term of appointment to New Lynn. The Rev. R. G. McDowall was appointed moderator of St. Heliers and ; the Rev. J. D. Smith moderator of Henderson.

Reporting on behalf of the missions committee the Rev. A. M. Gow said there had been an increase of £l6lß A in the missionary givings of the Presbytery for the year. The various missionary organisations were showing real signs of vitality, and the Women's, Missionary Unions had collected £1160;'