The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-09-24
70 MAKE CHANGES
IN THE SERVICES
M e. CONFERENCE PLANS TO
UNITE SUNDAY SCHOOL MORE
CLOSELY WITH CHURCH
WORK.


! the Methodist Episcopal church, ac-
cording to reports and signs from
lmany quarters seen at the Detroit
annual conference.
one of these is the reorganization
B of the old fashioned Sunday school
land the establishment of new mod
ern Sundaw school I'm close connec-
Wtion with the Sunday morning service.
M The other is the fusion of the week
Nly Epworth League, or young peoples
W service. with the Sunday evening SER
N vice of the church, and leading To the
III closer Identification of the league or
~ qanization with the church organiza-
a ton.
M AS the doings of one of theh great
of the country are like
W ~ TO affect the others. these move
III ments may lead I'm the course of time
n to changes i'm all the churches of the
N country. Already I'm some localities
M here these plans have been tried by
N Methodists other denominations have
NJ adopted them, seeking if possible, to
y effect a bigger and better Sunday
school, and better and more active
young peoples society.
The tendency OF the both move
ments seems to lead to this result: "A
morning service, with sermon by the
pastor, with old and young people and
children in attendance, and study
Of the Sunday school lesson by class
es i'm the same service time. All ev-
ening service, largely in charge of The
Young people of the church, with the
pastor present, preaching or not
preaching according to arrangements.
Concerning Conference Division.
There are conflicting reports relative
TO proposed separation of the upper
peninsula counties from the Detroit
Methodist conference and combining
them with others in Northern Wiscon-
sin TO form a new conference district.
In this connection the Detroit News
says: ut is now practically settled
that Michigan is to have third con-
ference by September of 1911. The
present conference session in Detroit
cannot take final action in the matter,
but it will take the first preliminary
step looking forward to the creation
of the new conference. A commission
Of five will be appointed to cooperate
with similar commissions from the
two wisconsin conferences affected
during the coming year. If majority
of three in each commission reports
I'm favor of a new conference with the
consent of the presiding bishops, such
new conference may become operative
I'm the fall of next year. If, however,
a majority should not be obtained III
each commission, then the whole mat
ter must be submitted for settlement
10y the general conference of the
church in 1912"
Then reading the following from thC
Journal of the same city: 1T was re-
ported that the upper peninsula
churches in the conference might ASH
to be set aside with portion OF WIS
consin as a separate conference. TINS
report made some expect deep dis-
cussion. But District Superintendent
Collins, of Sault ste. Marie quoted
the rumor Tuesday by saying ther'
was no intention on the part of thu
northern district to ask any such ar
rangement. Bishop Mcdowell said M
had no information whatever on th'
subject. 1t is pointed out that th'
proposed conference section woul'
have no frstclass charges within IL
there would be no great room for pro
motion, and n man assigned to una
conference would be isolated IRON
normal advancement. SO no one W'''
surprised when DR.. Collins laughingi!
declared the report was unfounded.'
At Bay City Next Year.
The next NJ. f.. conference VIII NEE
in Bay City, District superintendent
Moon of Raw CITY announces tnat tH