The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-08-16
TWO CHURCH GATHERINGS
LUTHERAN CHURCHES OF MIS-.
SOURI, SYNOD HERE.
BAPTISTS OF THIS SECTION

Norfolk Will Entertain Two Important
Church Conventions This Week, Be-
ginning Today-Lutheran Synod Be-
gins Wednesday.
Two important church conventions
will be in session in Norfolk this week,
the Nebraska convention of the Luth
eran churches of the Missouri synod
and the annual convention of the
Northeastern Baptist association. The
Lutheran synod meeting, which con-
venes in Norfolk Wednesday, will be
one of the big gatherings of the year
in Nebraska. The Northeastern Bap-
fist association, which opens it's ses-
sion in Nebraska today, represents the
annual convention of the Baptist
churches of northeastern Nebraska.
Special sessions for the Baptist
Young Peoples union and the proposed
Baptist Sunday school association will
precede the regular meetings of the
representatives of the Baptist church
es of northeast Nebraska. The B. Y.
P. U. meeting is only one of the regu-
lar sessions for the year of that body
in this section of Nebraska
The number of delegates to the Bap-
fist meetings in Norfolk this week is
expected to reach sixty. The dele
gates from away, who have begun to
arrive in Norfolk, will be guests in
Baptist homes in the city. The meet
ings will be held in the Baptist church
on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day, concluding Thursday evening
rather than Friday morning as had
been originally intended.
The present officers of the Baptist
association are Rev. F. w. Benjamin
of Norfolk, moderator; Rev. A. o.
Broyles of Plainview, clerk. Officers
for the new year will be chosen Thurs
day morning.
The program for the gathering is:
: Tuesday Afternoon.
B. Y. P. U. session.-2:00 devotional
service, Miss Lydia SQuires; 2:3O ad
dress, Rev. Kelley, Pilger; 800, re
port from international convention
Rev. ]. G. Johnson Creighton.
Tuesday Evening.
1880, song service, Prof. Davies
: Wayne; 500, sermon-"Young People
{ in Evangelism" Rev. ]. c. Ellinwood
: Ponca; o. A. King, Wayne, president
: Wednesday Morning.
! Sunday School Session.-9:90, devo
{ tional service, q. H. Bateman; 1000
report from schools; 1915, election o.
officers for Sunday school in associa
ton; 1920, report on the internationa
,. Sunday school convention, Mrs. o. r
i Meredith of Norfolk; 10:5O-"The Els
~ sentials of a Sunday School Teacher,
&c. w. Lamont, Norfolk; 11:10-"ThC
Sunday School Factor in the Devel
opment OF Character; Testimonies t.
the fact; 11:35-"Eyangelism in thu
n Sunday School"-Mrs. ]. c. Taylor
Madison; prayer service for Officials
t. and teachers.
/ Wednesday Afternoon.
ir Association service - 300 praye
n service, B. Beckford association call
A. ed to order by moderator; 2:30, ad
H. dress of welcome e. e. Coleman, MOI
IS folk; response, Levi Kimball; enroll
ment of delegates; appointment o
re nominating committee; 3:15, introduC
III tory sermon; 3:45, home missions
H. Rev. Parker Smith, Wayne.
c. Wednesday Evening.
IL 7:OO-"Prayer, It's Place, It's Power
Rev. j. w. White; 1880. address
Of Rev. L. C. II. Biggs, Omaha; 500
I'd "World Wide Missions"-Rev. S. N
d. Denton of Lincoln.
" Thursday Morning.
ne $50, devotional service NJ. NJ. Case
So reading of letters from churches; r.
port of nominating committee; unfit
as ished business of previous year; a.
he pointment of all committees; new bus
le- ness; 1880, doctrinal sermon, Re
Kelley, Pilger.
ge Thursday Afternoon.
C. 1870, prayer service, Mrs. Parkt
W. Smith; 2:OO-"Evangelism in Our A
IN. sociation and State"-Discussion, Re
VIM. ]. Coulson, Lincoln; 2:30-"W
mems Work, Women's Baptist Hon
ial Mission Society"-Mrs. Van Mes
nd University Place; "Womens Bapti
en- Foreign Mission Society"-Mrs. Isai
in Carpenter, Omaha.
-ir. Thursday Evening.
ur- Song service, Chas. Gray, Randolph
ill 1880, state convention, Rev, C. j. PoI
ov- Grand Island; S:15, evangelistic s,
VS., mon, Rev. VIM. ]. Coulson, Lincoln.