The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-16
Trinity Methodist Society Has Very
Successful Year, Reports TO
Quarterly confeernee
Show.
WANT EDWARDS AGAIN
Unanimously Voted 70 Request Iowa
Conference to Return Presnt
Pastor for Another
Year.

\ \ Nc ludl HcOLuS OI tuO QudIItIly
conference Of the Trinity Methodist
church to close up the work of the
church before the annual conference,
was held In the church parlors Mon
day evening. Reports were heard
from the pastor and from the heads
Iof the various departments of the
church work. Great progress was
shown in all the activities Of the
church, and the hopes Of the confer
ence members for fine work during
1917 were expressed. The Iowa con-
ference was asked to return Rev. F.
G. Edwards for another year.
Dr.. L. c. Tenant, of Mt. Pleasant.
district superintendent, was present.
He made short talk, complimenting
the church and Rev. F. G. Edwards,
| the pastor, on tho. compliments of
the past year. Rev. Edwards also
spoke, complimenting the heads Of the
various departments OF the church,
and the individual members. for the
fine cooperative spirit that had been
manifested, and the results that had
been achieved.
Edwards Makes Report.
Rev. Edwards made a report on his
work as pastor. During the year end
ing with the final conference meeting.
he had made 1000 calls. Every mem
Der OF the church had been visited at
least once, he said. The membership
OF the church has increased 800 dur
ing the past year Certificates Of
membership had been given to thirty
fve members. who were leaving the
city, and there had been six deaths
in the church.
The report from the Sunday school
was made by n. F. Kruger, superin-
tendent. This showed that the aver
age attendance this year had been
40. One hundred and seventy dollars
was given to missions this year.
and 500 was given toward the
support Of LIE Roy Ackerson as mis-
sionary in Java. The total enroll
|ment of the schol is now 10. exclus-
i've Of the home department and cradle
roll.
Successful Epworth League Work.
The report of the Epworth league
showed an average attendance OF sixty
during the year. The membership is
100. The report for the Junior league
was made by Miss Anna Ritter, super
intendent of the work. The member
ship of the junior society is about 100
ne WOTh III ILLS uCiu LOS UOCA sSAS
successful the last year. In addition
an intermediate society, called the
Epworth Volunteers, has been organ
lied with membership of about sixty.
The report on foreign missions was
made by Mrs. C. NJ. Teeters. The work
in raising money for this field of ac-
tfvity this year has been more sue.
cessful than ever before. The home
mission work was equally successful,
according to the report made by the
treasurer. Eighty-two dollars and
fifty-f1ve cents had been collected
and disbursed during the year. the
report showed.
| The report of the Ladies Aid so
ciety showed that $54420 had been
raised during the past year, and that
there is now a cash balance OF $27 IN
the treasury.
Good Financial Condition.
| The report of the treasurer, A.
lie. Wustrow, showed the church was
lin a healthy financial condition, and
that the church would go to the an
nual meeting of the Iowa conference
free Of debt
c. e. Durgee, p. G. Benner and A.
| G. Wustrow were elected lay delegates
| to the annual meeting of the Iowa
! conference to be held at Mount Pleas
ant. from August 81 to September 4.
It was also voted, unanimously, that
the conference return Rev. Edwards
TO Trinity church, as pastor for an
other year.