Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-06-11
EXCELLENT REPORT
OF Gufld Work at Holy Trinity Mis-
sion I'm Belding

sion In Beldfng
At the Western Michigan DIOCESAN
convention of the Episcopal church, held
in Grand Rapids last week, Mrs J. A.
Baynton read the following excellent re-
port of the work Of St Mary's Guild OF
this city As result Of the excellent re-
port. Mrs. Hume of Muskegon, an active
worker in the Episcopal church there,
gave a personal offering of 500 toward
the support of Holy Trinity Mission. Mrs.
Hume was afterwards elected DIOCESAN
president of the Auxiliary for the coming
year. At the request Of the ladies OF St.
Mary's Guild. we gladly devote a portion
Of our space to the report.
have been asked to tell the Auxiliary
Of the Junior work in our Mission at Beld-
ing, but am sorry to say it has not been
extensive enough to be of much general
interest, so our president Mrs. Frost. has
kindly consented for me to speak on our
Guild work as whole, in Bedding.
In regard to the Junior work, it has
certainly been no fault Of the children that
great deal has not been accomplished,
for they have been not only willing, but
anxious, to work and have felt guilty in
not being able to devote more time to
them, for we all know that the church OF
the future depends upon the training of
the children of today. But with the con-
slant and urgent demands in other work
in the Mission, it has seemed a physical
impossibility for any Of us to direct the
Juniors regularly during the year. How
ever, of late they have been meeting reg
ularly every Saturday afternoon and have
done excellent work. Our membership
has grown from branch of 10 last year
to % this year, which means that children
have come in outside of the Mission, and
the interest in the Guild work has brought
several to the Sunday school. The at
tendance is excellent and the enthusiasm
is really infectious. Each meeting is
opened with brief service and closed
with hymn. The work done this year
has been on quilts, scrap books and mar
BILE bags for the Indian children at Cass
Lake, MINI. Some very good articles OF
clothing have also been contributed by
the parents of these children, so their
missionary box was valued at $3.50,
which with their Sl25 for the Junior con-
tingent fund. makes their work for this
year amount to Sl8.85
1t should perhaps be explained that
most of our Juniors are very young. There
are only girls more than 9 or 20 years
of age, and numerous ones of and z, so
there are not many to sew, but more to
cut pictures and paste scrap books. We
think this well worth while, even il the
work is rather slow, as it gathers and
holds the children for more advanced
work later on. They are now planning
in several little ways to earn some money
during the summer to commence work
with next year.
Another branch of our work that may
OS VI lllOtc HlIcfoSb W LIlS huAiHdi y, WulSh
has gwen so kindly, generously and faith
fully to establish the church work in
Beldng and make its continuance possible,
is that of st. Mary's Guild, which has al
ways been most important factor in the
work of the Mission, and shows its CRATE
full appreciation of all that others are do
ing for them, in most effectual way,
that Of doing every possible thing to fur
Their the work itself.
This is necessarily parochal Guild, as
the home needs are so numerous and ne
cessary, for the support Of the work and
the building of the new church house that
must serve as church and Guild hall for
some years to come. Our actual working
membership in this Guild is only ~. In