ALL SAINTS' PARISH

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18562, 24 May 1922, Page 6

ALL SAINTS' PARISH

The churchwardens and vestry report that contributions for all purposes during the year ended March 31 were £1736 lls ld,< vestry account being £lsll 8s Id: supplementary accounts, not included in the vestry statement, £225 3s; income on vestry account (including £324 from the guilds) has met expenditure; (balance due bank, £4l 2s ■2d; previous year, £42 13s 8d). Contributed to non-parochial objects; —Diocesan funds, £ll3 3s lid; missions, £137 14s (includes Melanesia £lOl 13s lid, North China £25 15s); St. Mary’s Orphanage, £4B 3s 4d; Boys’ Memorial Home, £34 4s id ; —total for objects outside of the parish, £333 5s lid. Dispensed in charity, £B2 12s lOd. It is to be noted how large a proportion of essential income is supplied by the work of the guilds. The parishioners choose to contribute in that way; and, it may be hoped, will take care that 'the efforts of the guilds are as successful this year as, last. The item “parish endowment £2Bl $s 6d” represents saving in supplement of an initial contribution of £SO by Mr A., D. Lubecki, and is the nucleus of an’ endowment fund which may be built up in the course of years. Particulars of the offices of the Church arc ,as follows; —Baptisms, '45 (three adults); marriages, 23; confirmations, 42; attendance at Holy Communion, 2636. With great advantage to the parish the Rev. C. H. Ritchie, visiting Dunedin from England, helped in the Sunday services throughout the year, and for some months took full work as assistant priest. Regretfully the parishioners bade Mr and Mrs Ritchie good-bye on their leaving for England again. It has not yet been found possible to appoint a curate in succession to the Rev. F. V. Fisher. As heretofore, the services of Sister Elisabeth in the pastoral work of the parish deserve grateful recognition. The organisations and societies of the parish.are as follows;—Sunday School, 18 teachers, 250 scholars. Mr Percy Bray has recently taken charge as superintendent. Choir (Mr W. Lilly, organist and. choirmaster), an attendance of about 10 boys and 20 adults. Ladies’ Guild (Mrs Longford, Mrs Macassey, Miss Howlison, Miss Davidson), about 16 working members and 10 honorary members. Junior Guild (Mrs Black, Mrs Hudson, Miss Angus, Miss Macassey, Miss Ulrich), 10 members. Both guilds* have many associated workers. Mothers’ Union (Mrs R. V. Fulton), 90 members. Girls’ Friendly, Society (Sister Elisabeth), 70 members, including associates and candidates. St. Barnabas Association (Miss Howlison and Miss Ronaldson), 20 members. Men’s Club (Mr S. W. Jarvis), about 20 members. Young 1 People’s Club (Mr H. Black), about 40 members. Sanctuary <suild, Miss Homer, Miss Crockett, Miss Hubbard, Mrs Farr. Flowers for the altar are supplied each week by Miss Haggitt, Miss Orbell, Sister Elisabeth, and Miss Howlison in turn. In thanking as in former years the many voluntary workers who assist in keeping up the organisations' of the parish, the vestry would especially acknowledge the co-operation of the guilds in maintaining its finance. In particular, they mention the collectors of monthly subscriptions; Mrs Borrow, Mrs Stanley Smith, Miss Parsons, Miss' Jerram, Miss Davidson, Miss Hitchcock, Miss Rountree, Miss Hubbard, Mr F. Peake, and Mrs Farr. The following offices of the parish were appointed at the last annual meeting.—Churchwardens i!-G. R- Ritchie, S. T. Mirams; vestrymen— C. Grater, W. Harris, B. B. Hooper, F. Peake, T. W. Robinson, Dr Russell Ritchie, C. Stanley Smith, A. L. Swan, F. Whinam, G. D. Wright (hon treasurer)- hen. secretary to (lie vestry, Percy Bray.; lion auditor, J. A. Hopcraft. '