St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-02
MINNEAPOLIS.
CHURCH DoINGs.
A Number OF Annual Meetings,
Receptions and SOcials.

AeCeDClOnS anu SOCIAtS.
A sunrise prayer meeting was held at
Plymouth church yesterday morning al
O'Clock in the reception room. Rev.
DR.. Thwing led in the services.
A very pleasant reception was given
at Gethsemane church last evening in
honor of the visiting Episcopal bishops.
The affair was informal and was well
attended. Refreshments were served
during the evening.
The large Bible class of d. Z. Bell
was entertained at his residence, 2215
Park avenue, last night, and very
pleasant evening is reported.
Harry Jones received mis- Sunday
school at his Washburn Park residence
last evening.
A meeting of the Western Avenue
lyceum was held last night at the West
ern Avenue church.
The Central Baptist church held its
annual meeting Tuesday evening. The
treaSurer'S report showed the current
expenses for the past year to have been
S5.5S5.03, and with the missionary con-
tributiOns and other expenses added a
total of SS,450.7I was expended. The
treasurer asked for an appropriation of
$500 to meet the current expenses of
the coming year. The money is raised
by the system of voluntary pledges. The
pasror's salary will have 500 added to
it this year, The report of &. S. Chap
man, clerk, showed a membership of 366,
80 being added during the year. The
following officers were elected: Three
year trustees, John Il. BaInum, George
4. Naylor; tWO-year trustees, L. Is.
Lindsay, William II. Morse; one year
trustee, E. Nj. Ranyon; three-year
deacons. j. B. Croker, T. E. Hughes;
one-year deacones, T. l.. barrow: three
year deacOneSs, Laura Amy; Z. 3. Chap
man; Sunday school uperintendent,
John I. Barnum. A supper was served
at p. m. in the church.
The annual meeting of the First Con-
gregational church was held last Tues
day evening in the church parlors.
President Cyrus Northrop presided and
j. w. Perkins filled the secretary's
chair. The trustees submitted their re-
port, showing receipts for the year
amounting TO S7,769.S6. OF this amount
So, .04 came from subscriptions, and
S2.505 was borrowed money. The dis
burSements were S7,492.44, leaving a
cash balance of S227.75. The treasurer'S
report for the year showed diSburSe-
mentS amounting to S9,96l A and bal
ance of S3,613.6l. Considerable time
was taken up discussing the deficit of
$4,000 in funds needed to pay OF the
Indebtedness on the church building:
Finally L. w. Campbell was appointed
TO secure subscriptions. A lengthy and
somewhat live discussion was had on
the question of renting pewS. The adj
vOcates finally carried their point. The
election of officers resulted i'll the choice
of o. L. SWEET as president: j.. w.
Perkins, secretary, and Hon. John ).
Pilisbury, trustee for three years.
After the business meeting the ladies'
served supper in the dining rooms.
New Years day was observed in the
Scandinavian churches as Christmas
was. Services or social gatherings were
held during the day or evening at all
the churches. At 1880 a. III. the fol-
lowing churches held services: Swed-
iSh Augustana, Rev. G. j. Peti. pastor;
Nazareth, Rev. Kr. Jansen, pastor;
Norwegian Trinity, Prof. Blegen, act
ing pastor; hauge,s, Rev, j. Eistensen,
pastor; st. Paul'S Swedish, Rev. John
Ternstadt; Bethlehem Swedish Luther
an. North Minneapolis, Rev. A. j.
Enstarn, pastor; Swedish Mission
Tabernacle, Rev. E. A. Skogsberg, pas
tor; Our Savior's Norwegian Lutheran,
Rev. q. i. VangSneSS. pastor; St.OlafS,
North Minneapolis. Prof. Oftedai, act
ing pastor; Swedish Baptist, Rev.
Frank Peterson, pastor.
The ladies of the First NJ. E. church
gave reception to their friends at the
pariors of the church last evening.
oysters were served from 6 to 10 O'Clock.
New Years eve was appropriately
celebrated by the Sunday school chill
dren Of the Swedish Mission chapel,
Twenty-fifth street and Twenty-ffth
avenue south.
A most pleasant social was given by
the Sunbeams i'll the reception loom of
the Church of the Redeemer last even
ing under the name of a calendar
party" Nothing was left undone to
make the affair success, and very
pleasant time was the result.