METHODIST CHURCH

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22505, 25 February 1935, Page 14

METHODIST CHURCH

ANNUAL DOMINION CONFERENCE THIRD DAY'S PROCEEDINGS The annual conference of the Methodist Church of New Zealand was continued on Saturday morning in Trinity Church. The president (the Rev. J. H. Haslam) occupied the chair. EXPRESSION OF SYMPATHY. Before commencing the business of the morning a motion of sympathy with Mr S. Gorman, of Nelson, in the bereavement suffered through the loss of Ins wife, was passed, the delegates standing in silence. STAFFING OF CHURCHES. It was agreed that the Home Mission Board should, during the year, consider the possible needs of th» staffing of the churches for the next five years, and report to the next conference through the Examination Committee. METHODIST TIMES. The report of the Methodist Times and Literature Committee, which was presented by the Rev. M.A. Rugby Pratt, was adopted without discussion. Dr, C. H. Laws was unanimously reappointed editor, the Rev. T. G. Wallis associate editor, and the Rev, Mr Pratt as business manager of the Methodist Times. , PROVISIONAL STATION CHANGES. The Stationing Committee submitted the first draft of appointments of'ministers for the coming year, which, subject to possible amendments later in the conference, were approved. The following are the provisional changes in the staffing of circuits: — AUCKLAND DISTRICT. Auckland Central, E. T. Olds to replace W. Walker; J. W. Parker to replace T. H. Carr; Auckland West, F. H. Handy to replace G. I. Laurenson; Auckland East (Remuera), William Walker to replace J. H. Allen; Devonport, one wanted to replace P. N. Knight; Pukekohe, F. H. Hayman to replace J. H. Bailey; Mahurangi, D. J. D. Hickman to replace James W. Parker; Paparoa, Gordon Parker to replace H. G. Brown; Whangarei, Oswald Burnet to replace Ernest E. Sage; Whangaroa, Charles E. Dickens to replace D. J. D. Hickman; Bay of Islands, R. E. Patchett to replace Herbert W. Payne; Hikui'angi, C. J. Luxton (new appointment); KawakawaOhaeawai, C. L. Duder (new appointment). SOUTH AUCKLAND DISTRICT. . Te Aroha, C. R. Taylor to replace Walter J. Oxbrow; Morrinsville, A. A. Bensley to replace F. Gardner Brown; Cambridge, J. H. Haslam to replace James Richards; Hamilton (second), B. R. Jamieson to replace J. H. Haslam; Tauranga, G. P. Hunt to replace C. R. Taylor; Otorohanga, H. W. Payne to replace A. W. E. Silvester. TARANAKI-WANGANUI DISTRICT. Waitara, T. H. Carr to replace William B. Cuming; Stratford, C. 0. Hailwood, to replace Thomas Skuse; Wanganul North, D. 0. Williams to replace George P. Hunt. HAWKE'S BAY-MANAWATU DISTRICT. Napier, H. J. Odell to replace E. T. Olds; Dannevirke, R. J. Liddell to replace, Howard H. Jeffreys; Feilding, J. H. Allen to replace Ernest "0. Blamires; Foxton-Shannon, R. P. Keall (new appointment). WELLINGTON DISTRICT. , Taranaki street, Percy R. Paris to place Thomas R. Richards; Brooklyn, H. H. Jeffreys to replace R. Purcell Keall; Webb street, 0. E. Burton (new appointment); Thorndon, J. Richards to replace Henry J. Odell; Hutt (second), G. H. Goodman to •cplaee D. 0. Williams; Petone, E. E. Sage to replace Leonard C. Honvood; GreytownFuatherston, W. B. Cuming to replace Hedley White; Carterton, H. White to replace Ralph J. Liddell; Masterton (second), L. G. Hanna to replace V. R. Jamieson.

NELSON DISTRICT. Motueka, J. A. Bailey to replace Frank H. Hayman; Hokitika, W. E. A. Carr to replace C. 0. Hailwood. NORTH CANTERBURY DISTRICT. Christchurch (Cashmere Hills), R. Thornley to replace W. E. A. Carr; Christchurch East, F. Gardner Brown to replace Samuel Bailey; Woolston, L. A. G. Brooks to replace John Harris; Sumner, A. R. Wetherford to replace Ralph E. Patchett; Papanui, F. B. Lawrence to replace Arthur Hopper; South Island Orphanage chaplain, F. B. Lawrence to replace Arthur Hopper; Leeston, S. Bailey to replace F. B. Lawrence; Kaiapoi, L. C. Horwood to replace Oswald Burnet; Oxford, Arthur Ljversedge to replace Arthur Ashcroft. . SOUTH CANTERBURY DISTRICT. Temuka, A. G. Brown to replace L. A. G. Brooks; Geraldine, W. E. Moore (new appointment); Rakaia-Mettiven, W. A. Mills to replace W. E. Moore. OTAGO-SOUTHLAND DISTRICT. Dunedin (St. Kilda), T. Skuse to replace Percy R. Paris; Mornington, W. J. Oxbrow to replace, in the meantime, E. T. Cox, who will reside in the circuit without pastoral charge; Balclutha, W. W. H. Greenslade to replace F. J. Handy. SOLOMON ISLANDS MISSION DISTRICT. Vella Lavella, A. W. E. Silvester to replace A. A. Bensley. VISIT OF PRINCIPAL DICKIE. Principal J. Dickie, moderator of the Presbyterian General Assembly of New Zealand, will pay an official visit to the conference to-morrow at 12.15 p.m. DEDICATION OF DEACONESS. Trinity Methodist Church was well filled yesterday afternoon, when Miss Marama Muriwai, a Maori deaconess, was dedicated for work amongst the women and children of. the Maori race. The president of the Methodist Conference (the Rev. J. H. Haslam) conducted the service, and was assisted by the Rev. C. H. Olds and the secretary of the conference (the Rev. W. A. Burley). Miss Muriwai, who was introduced by the Rev. M. A. R. Pratt, spoke of the influence which her mother and the Rev. A. J. Seamer, general superintendent of Maori missions, had had on her, so that,she had offered herself for deaconess work.

The Rev. H. Ryan, of Riccarton, Christchurch, delivered an appropriate address of encouragement to the congregation and the deaconess, emphasising the need of the motive of love in all work amongst the people. A deaconess, he Baid, must love her neighbours, her God and herself. The Central Mission Choir led the singing for the service.