PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 36, 14 February 1929, Page 5

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

T A RAN AK(£ FRESH YT ER Y. The Taranaki Presbytery convened it Stratford on Tuesday last, the Moderator (Rev. J. D. Wilson) presiding. A commission was given in for Mr Maitheson, of Waverley. Mr Hitchcock, student, was welcomed and good Wishes expressed for his success in his studies. At a later stage Mr Steele, the newlyappointed Home Missionary at Whangamomona, was present, and was cordially received. The clerk (Rev. J. Rybum) was appointed corresponding member to. tlie Assembly’s Foreign Mission Committee, and a dissent was recorded from the Sustentatiou Fund Committee’s assessment of Waiter a. The report* given in by the Commission appointed to visit the ManaUi congregation showed a very healthy condition of affairs in that parish and a forward move being made m the matter of buildings. The work in the various Horne Mission stations was reported upon and changes in staff recorded. Authority was given to proceed in the matter of the Kaponga property. The Presbytery’s Youth Committee was given power to a!dd repiesentaj'Jives from, the B-C. Dictfcitj Committee and from the S.S. Teachers’ Association when formed. Attention was drawn to the facility 1 provided by home correspondence Sunday School conducted by the Assembly Committee, and ministers, and others urged to make known to, ,parent in more scattered districts the assistance offered them tin this respect.