The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-09-26
EVERYTHING READY IN LUBBOCK FOR THE WORK
Effort Will Be Made Reach Every Home in Lubbock and Gather
the Desired information Be Prepared to Furnish il
Promptly Districts and Workers Assigned

In previous issues OF this paper
our readers doubtless have
noticed articles about the Sunday
School visitation question. The
Lubbock County Sunday Schoo
Association which is composed OF
all the Sunday Schools in Lub-
book with one exception is pre-
pairing TO cooperate with the
State international Sunday
School Association and a relig-
ious census will be taken next
Saturday in our own city as well
as throughout Lubbock county.
Every experienced city pastor
KNOWS that when he undertakes
10 direct his church in aggressive
service. almost his first difficulty
rs to determine his constituency.
congregational boundaries over
Hap and are undehnable. remov-
lals in and out are constant and
|lunannounced. hence visiting list
can ordinarily be only approx
Vmately correct. Town and rural
communities may have less of
., this, yet visitations have shown
that even there are many who
are not recognized as being un-
der the care of any particular
. church.
To supply this lack. to give
every church and Sunday school
an accurate record Of those 10
whom they have right to min
ister. and incidently TO invite all
20 attend the house of God, is the
purpose of an interdenomination-
nj visitation.
Much investigation has proven
that almost every person. even of
those not attending church has
a decided preference for some
particular denomination and, 10
say the least, the church of their
choice will influence them most
toward accepting Christ. Hence
the necessity of each church in
THE community getting IN touch
Swith those who prefer its teach
The entire town has been layed
|Dut in districts and will be sys-
Dramatically canvassed by about
seventy workers.
These workers will be supplied
with card with the following
questions printed on them:
Name. address. nationality. /
white. colored. boarder, en-
|ployee. age. faith or denomina-
ton. loca! church. is your church |
letter unplaced. Do you attend !
Sunday school?
You will confer a great favor
upon the workers TO be able to
answer their inquiries promptly.
As the information they desire
lis TO be used to further the
Church and Sunday school work
|in 'obock. Be courteous to
then. Tor they are only perform
|ing duty that has been placed
upon them by their Sunday
school through the County Or
|ganization.
outline of Districts for SUM-
|day School workers in the town
|of Lubbock:
DISTRICT No. 1-All Singer and
chestnut streets. including all
the Court Square and extending
south TO the south line of the
original town section.
DISTRICT No. 2-Allo Of Walnut |
and Hickory streets, extending
from the railroad south to the
south line Of the original town |
section. L
DISTRICT No. 3. Including all
of Pecan street and all Of terri
tory east t0 railroad and south {
from Broadway street 10 south Z
line Of the original town section.
DISTRICTS No. 4 AND 5-All the
territory northeast Of the Santa Z
Fe Railroad up 10 the north line
Of the original town section.
DISTRICT No. 6-All the terri
tory northeast Of the Santa Fe I
Railroad and south 10 the north
line Of the oriainal town sec ]
lion.
DIaTnlcr No. 7-All of cv.