Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne.

Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume XV, Issue 5, 1 November 1924, Page 457

Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne.

]^9^r The scholars of the IJoly Trinity Bjble classes of the Sunday School arfe to give a performance of two Missionary plays soon, m aid of Foreign Missions, for which they are working very hard. A tablet to the memory of the late Colonel Winter has been erected m the church. This churchman was a faithful churchwarden for over 20 years and he has

lejt |bjeMnd;hu£ a^pfe^i^ ,^a^ple p|i wQrknoblydone. .. ."..'..'.'. J." ".'"■ St. W^ifoed 's Schopl wxm a jianie . for itsejf m -the recent cpwip«tijjiojis. TJlie ,&ch.9p| jehojr „was. |>la#je;d ftrs,fr. m; ta|s particular spption ims iieGeiye.d w.#rim Praise fr.onj TbhkO musical judge;, seating vtjbat it r#nk;ed. l>jeifc f t.ci* tljan children'^ choirs of .the iSouth Ispiancl. % social for Sunday School teacljr era was feeW recently, w<hen there $as a good $fctenda>hce. Deaconess jE.sth.er Brand r.ead an on '' jlpw To i^anage a Class." Afterwards -tjfcfce teachers .took part m games, and supper was partaken of b,efor,e leaving. Everyojie is yiery busy working for the big Christinas Fair on December 3»d ;and 4th, l^e earnestly .ask .all Church families to hejp all jfehey .can m ifche way of giving goods to the Pair and ;also to come .and buy. ■■T-het,e wjjl be stalls for plain sewing, novelty stalls, cake stall, sweet stall, small goads, meat,and vegeta,bjes, ice cream and soft .drinks, magazines a>nd music, tea-rooms. Owing to so many S,ales of Work being held towards th,e end of this year, the memb.ers p£ Holy Trinity (girls' Club have decide^ .to have their Sale of Work .early next March. On October 15th the Anniversary of .the Heading Mission was held. A good number of communicants attended the 10.30 a.m. celebration of Holy Communion. In the evening the Vicar conducted a Healing Service and a good number received the paying on of Hands, It was a time of looking ibftck to the wonderful services of last year, the haunting sweetness of the hymns whicn never grow old, and the sight of so many crippled and sick people there. The Vicar gave a powerful sernipn from Genesis xxviii., .20, 21, and Job xiii., 15. The hymns,"Thou to whom the sick and dying," ■■';'! need Thee every hour" and "Oh for a thousand tongues to sing," were sung during the service. The Vicar was assisted by the Rev. L. H. Fenn, and the Rev. D. J. Dayies,the Vicar pronouncing the Benediction at the close of. the service. This is the third Healing Service held here since the Mission last year. : : i < i ( < '> 7 ] ]