N.Z. ANGLICAN G.B.C.U. LONE MEMBERS' SCHEME.

Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume 26, Issue 4, 1 April 1936, Page 3

N.Z. ANGLICAN G.B.C.U. LONE MEMBERS' SCHEME.

In a diocese such as Waiapu there must be quite a number of girls m their teens who have not had an opportunity to attend Sunday School or Bible Classes. This refers particularly to girls living m homes m country districts remote (from Church and Vicarage, and m some cases where there is a church but no regular Sunday Service. To meet this need the New Zealand Anglican Girls' Bible Class Union have formed the Lone Members' Scheme. This is a Correspondence Bible Class, by joining which girls may study m their own homes, and yet participate m all the privileges of membership and fellowship enjoyed by ordinary Bible Class members. The scheme was started m 1930, since when twenty girls have joined up from the Waiapu Diocese. The present membership- is eleven and this would seem a very poor total if compared with the very large area of isolated country which this diocese covers. Parishes represented m this membership include Puketapu, Port Ahuriri, Waipukurau, Havelbck N., Te Karaka, PorangahaU and Tokomaru Bay. We would ask readers to assist by getting the Lone Members' Scheme more widely known and by sending m names of girls who would probably become members. Inquiries for- further information should be sent to the Secretary, E. Warren, 510 Nelson Street, Hastings.