Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 226, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 September 1915 — METHODIST CHURCH HAD PROSPEROUS YEAR [ARTICLE]

METHODIST CHURCH HAD PROSPEROUS YEAR

Dr. Curnick Will Take to Conference * .One of Best Reports That Will Be Received. The Methodist church has had one of the most prosperous years in its history and Dr. Ournick wilt take to the annual conference which meets in South Bend next week, one of the best reports that the conference will receive. During the year a special effort was made to wipe out the debt and as a result $1,900 was raised and paid, which cleared the church of debt. The gift of $3,250 by Mr. Geo. fiosmer for a pipe organ will make this year remembered as a banner year. The church also raised and paid over one thousand dollars for new carpet and improvements. The current expenses and benevolent colections will also make a fine showing financially. During the year the congregations, Sunday schools and all the activities of the church have increased and prospered. The Ladies i ndustrial Society raised over SSOO, the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society $lB2, the Woman’s Home Missionary Society sllO. The men are organized into a splendid brotherhood and during the year several suppers were held at which about one hundred men were present. The Epworth League has a membership of 75 young people. The tkurch membership is 600, while the entire Sunday school enrollment is over 500. Dr. Curnick will have the honor of preaching the annual missionary sermon at the conference. Bishop Wm. McDowell, D. D., of Chicago, will preside at the conference.