WAIPUKURAU.

Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume XVII, Issue 11, 2 May 1927, Page 11

WAIPUKURAU.

So far 80 parishioners have joined the Duplex Envelope System of almsgiving, which was established last month, and the numbers are increasing weekly; already a great improvement m the ■Sunday .collection. All offerings are put m a. box at the' Church dor and offered at the altar during the service. . The financial year ended with a credit balance large enough to pay for the painting of the vicarage and renew the spouting (of the vicarage, not the vicar) ;• the work is riow being done. . The Good Friday services were all well attended. There was a record attendance of patients and staff afc the Sanatorium at 9 a.m. At 10' a.m. the children's service was larger than the last two years; the scholars offered their Lenteu self-denial money m procession t.tt the altar rails, and the snlendid sum of £5 12s was given. It is to put up a swing or other' outdoor attraction at the Abbotsford Homo. The Three Hours Service was splend:dly attended, and the Church was full some of the time, many remaining right through. The offerings for the Jerusalem, and the East Mission amounted to £6 11s lid. ■ , ■ The corporate communion of the Mothers' Union on Lady Day was attended by 20 members. The annual meeting was a large one. The vicar addressed the members at the service m. Church. Mrs. J. Hobson was elected presiding member, and Mrs. J. E. Reid, secretary. The attendance at the Easter Day services were splendid. The communicants numbered 190, which is easily a record, m. spite of many regular communicants being away on holiday. „.