The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-18
ST. MARKS AWAKENED
TO NEW OPPORTUNITIES
PLANS DISCUSSED FOR ACTIVE
CAMPAIGN OF CHURCH WORK.
ut. Marks Mems Church Club to Be-
come an Influential Factor for Good
in the Downtown Field in Which
! the Church Has Decided to Remain.

st. Marks parish men have thoroly
awakened to the opportunities for work
among downtown people, now that it is
conceded that the church is to remain
in its position on the firing line, right
In the center Of the retail business dis
trict.
Commercial and individual reasons
center of the parish population have
been swept away in the enthusiasm
which was generated at the banquet
meeting and reorganization of st.
Mark s Men IS club Thursday night.
Even the most radical adherents of the
removal plan threw over their personal
views and joined heartily in the new
plan of making st. Mark s q REPRESENT
alive Institutional church.
A paper read before the club last
September by John R. Vanderlip con-
tanned the germ of the new organiza-
tlon, an auxiliary vestry. The thought
In the paper and the new ideas have
aroused interest and discussion all thru
the diocese. It marked the beginning
Of new era in the church practice in
Minneapolis.
Mr.. Vanderlip suggested an organiza-
ton of all of the men of the parish for
the performance of institutional work.
This was followed by more radical
Marks. In support of the plan the
vestry passed an unusual notion
THAT the vestry express their ap-
prevail Of the organization of the Men s.
club of st. Mark s and the election or
appointment Of committees by this club
to deal with matters pertinent to the
church and its work, and that the pro-
ceedings of the vestry and the reports
of the treasurer be laid before the club
- Of hn1p ~ hot
the vestry will be happy to give hear
ing to representatives or committees
from the club when they may desire it,
Plans Formulated.
At the September meeting of the
pointed to plan for the organization Of
the auxiliary and to bring it before the
vestry. The committee reported the
general scheme, which brought forth
tho action Of the vestry noted hereto
fore. The plan was this:
To have auxiliary vestry composed Of
seatholders in regular standing. The function
of the auxiliary to be that Of advisory one
only.
That this auxiliary be divided into commit
tees corresponding to those Of the vestry and
consisting of five members each, the chairman
Of each being the chairman OF that committee
In the vestry.
The treasurer of the vestry shall make re-
ports to the auxiliary to the vestry.
Seventy men were at the banquet.
Great enthusiasm was manifested over
the new constitution and the radical
step which st. Mark s will take to
make its position among the people
impregnable and to supply the demand
for institutional work for the masses
who are otherwise unchurched, beside
its own members
The Work as Planned.
Money will be provided to carry on
the work ST. Mark 8 has sufficient
space for the beginning of the work.
Outlined in brief, it will cover gym
nasium and dispensary work, clubroom
entertainment of all men, night school
for worthy poor boys, visiting the sick,
and the maintenance Of the parish work
proper.
One of the strong moves will be the
throwing open of the gymnasium and
shower baths to outside men, as well
as to members of the parish, on a small
annual payment, about 81. Another
will be the clubroom with it's billiard
and card tables and provision for other
forms Of recreation.
Chimes provided by member Of the
parish will be the call to renewal Of
bodily health and recreation as we'll as
to prayer. :
Another form Of publicity will be
the "Messenger, a publication of
which. Rev. 6. H. Hills, one Of the
Wears, is editor, and which will seek
to enlarge its scope
To insure active and constant attend
ance at the mems club meetings they
will be held over the dinner table at
such an hour as will enable the men
to get away at 7:45 pm.
The men $ club proposes to solve the
question:: "What of the future of st.
Mark 's?' They have taken an initia-
tive, whose strong feature is that the
club is to. be recognized upon the basis
of participation in the actual running
of ST Marl,,c q