The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-09
ARCHOEACONRY
AUTUMN SESSION SCRANTON
ARCHDEACONRY MEETS IN
HONESDALE NOVEMBER 22-
GRACE CHURCH'S PROSPEROUS
YEAR.


The autumn session of the Scran-
ton archdeaconry will be held in
Grace church, Honesdale, the Rev.
Albert l., Whitaker, rector, on
| Tuesday, November %. Morning,
noon and afternoons sessions are
scheduled, and the Parish Aid So
ciety will entertain the clergy and
their delegates at luncheon. A num-
Der of the visiting rectors and lay
representatives will be the guests of
members of Grace church over night.
The program is as follows:
Morning prayer at 10 o'clock.
Celebration of the Holy Communion,
Rt. Rev. Bishop Talbot, Bethle-
hem, in charge. The Rev w. w.
| Williams, rector of st. Luke's,
Scranton, will deliver the sermon.
Business session at 11:30 am. Re-
port of the Archdeacon. Discussion
of Missionary Opportunities In The
Archdeaconry." Luncheon at
p. m.
The afternoon session opens at
2:30 o'clock with a missionary ad-
dress by the Rt. Rev. Robert l..
Paddock, Bishop of Eastern Oregon.
Rev. Elliston J, Perot, rector of st.
Paul's, Montrose, will give an exege-
sis on Acts 1:11. A book review
on Prof Rauschenbusch's Chris
tianity and the Social Crisis" will
be presented by the Rev. William
/ Bartlett Beach, rector of the Church
of the Good Shepherd, Green Ridge.
| At 1880 p. m. Evening Prayer
with addresses will be the order, the
| first of which will be delivered by
! the Rev. Rogers Israel, D. D., rector
] Of Ct Tnlya'c ubo
| speak on "The Church's Forward
Movement as Seen by Delegates at
the General Convention" Bishop
| Paddock will deliver "A Message
From the Front" and Bishop Talbot
will have as his subject THE Dio-
cese as an Organized Force in the
Church's Forward Movement"
Between twenty and twenty-five
of the clergy, and a large number
! of delegates will attend this con-
vention which will discuss matters
of vital interest to the church in
Northeastern Pennsylvania.
In connection with the convention,
and on the night previous, viz Mon
day, November 81, services will be
held in several suburban missions
as follows;
White Mills at 1880 p. m. Speak
ers, Rev. Edward D. Johnson. rector
/ of Trinity church, West Pittston, and
Rev. John Talbot Ward, rector of
st. Clements church, Wilkes Barre.
Waymart at 7:45 p. m. Speakers,
the Rt. Rev. Bishop Ethelbert Tai
bot, of Bethlehem, and the Rev.
Rogers Israel, D. D., rector of St.
Luke's, Scranton.
Indian Orchard at p. m Speak
! n
Webster Coke, D. D., of Milford, and
the Rev Henry B. Smith, rector of
Christ church, Stroudsburg.
The parochial report for the year
ending April 80, 1910, presents the
following statistical summary of the
condition of Grace church. The fis-
cal affairs are administered by War
dens, Mr.. Joseph n. Welch and Mr..
! David H. Menner. Homer Greene,
Lift. D., is the secretary and Mr.
Joseph N. Welch the treasurer.
Baptized persons, COS; baptisms,
infants, 90; adults, 25; total, AT;
communicates, 345; confirmed since
last report, 40; marriages, 13; bur-
ials, IS; communicates, number last
reported. 1922; received from other
Parishes, 2; added by confirmation,
40; added otherwise, /; total gain,
45; loss by removal, 13; loss by
death, 7; total loss. 20; net gain, 23;
number communicating at least once
during past year, 200; public ser
vices, Sundays, 159; holy days, rs;
other days, IT; total, 259; Holy
Communion, celebrated in public, AS:
in private, 2; Sunday school (in-
cluding Bible class). officers and
teachers, 20; pupils, 1S0; total,
Or
chard school of 80 pupils and six
officers); church accommodations,
etc, number of sittings, $50; sittings
rented; rectory; other Parish prop
erty, cemetery lot; estimated value
of all Parish property, $4,000;
amount of insurance on all property,
$4,000; capital invested for sup
port of Parish, $3,439.03; capital