Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 April 1913 — HOME MISSIONARY CONFERENCE TO MEET [ARTICLE]

HOME MISSIONARY CONFERENCE TO MEET

Northwest Indiana District to Bold Meeting in Rensselaer Tuesday and Wednesday.

The Woman’s Home Missionary Society of the Hammond District of the Northwest Indiana Conference will hold its annual meeting in Rensselaer Tuesday and Wednesday, April 29 and 30, at Trinity M. E. church. The music will be in charge of Mrs. Harper. The delegates will be assigned Tuesday morning after registration at the church. The afternoon meeting will be called at 1 o’clock, when devotional services will be conducted by Mrs. William Reed, of Brook. Mrs. W. H. Parkinson will deliver a greeting to the visiting delegates apd Mrs. Fred Stephens, of Indiana Harbor, will make responsa Following the appointment of committees, etc., the conference officers will be introduced and the corresponding secretay, Mrs. W. E. Gillett, of Whiting, will make her report. The report of the treasurer, Mrs. B. F. Veal,, ot Michigan City, will follow. The department secretaries will report and discussions will follow, the following subjects and speakers constituting the program: Mite Box, Mrs. William Broadle, Remington. .... Supply, Mrs. Idellh Ambler, Star City. Literature, Mrs. Laura Weston, Brook. Tithing and Temperance, srs. A. R. Putman, Valparaiso. Young Peoples’ Work, Mrs. B. C. Lukens, Indiana Harbor. From 5 to 7 o’clock a reception will be held at the church parlors, the Rensselaer auxiliary being hostesses. The evening session will open with devotional exercises in charge of Mrs. T. J. Bassett, of Valparaiso, and will be followed by music. An address will be delivered by Mrs. W. Bent Wilson, of Lafayette. The Wednesday morning meeting is called for 8:30, and Rev. Harper will conduct the prayer and praise service. The auxiliaries will then report, the following churches being ex-, pected to make reports:-- Brook, Remington, Indiana Harbor, Rensselaer, Wheeler, Morocco, Hammond, Valparaiso, Michigan City, Mfinamac, Gary, Star City, Lee, Whiting, Pleasant Grove. Mrs. T. J. Bassett will then give a map talk, her subject being “Our Home and Schools.” Queen Esther Circles from several towns will then report. Mrs. C. T. Jewett, of Terre Haute, will then talk from the subject, “One Thing Needful.” The Home Guards and Mothers’ Jewels will then report. Mrs. C. E. Kendrick, of Gary, will talk about the foreign work in that city.. The afternoon service will consist of reports of committees, reading of minutes and installation of officers. Mrs. Charles Porter, of Rensselaer, is the chairman of the entertainment committee. The sessions during the day will be largely devoted to business, but the evening session Tuesday will be public and it is hoped a large number take advantage of this opportunity to hear the address of Mrs. W. Bent Wilson, of Lafayette.