The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-13
METHODIST CONFERENCE
WILL OPEN WEDNESDAY
Opening Sermon VIII he Preached by
DIR. Joliin, of LnJ,rel-Strcet
Church
MUCH INTEREST MANIFESTED.
Large Number of PASTORAL Changes
Are 10 ISc Made In Richmond.
Bishop Kilgo, of Charlotte, y. G.,
Presiding Officer.

on next Wednesday night ut s
O'Clock. in the Broad Street Methodist
Church. the first session OF the one
hundred and thirty fourth annual
meeting of the Virginia Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South. viii be held. with Bishop John
G. kiigo. OF Charlotte. y. G. presids
ing
Tho opening sermon. which will be
preach at this initial service, will
be delivered by the Rev Dr. j X
JoinT. pastor of the Laurel Street
Methods; Church, Richmond. Begin
ming on thursday. morning. aftern DON
and evening soss1 ons will be held. The
conference will continue it's sesst ors
for possibly week tho conference
assignments for the coming year be-
ing announced on the closing day.
Represents 10000 Methoditsts.
The Virginia Conference has a
rnernbership Of approximately l2b, 900.
Ten presiding elders. four hundred
and ten pastors. and fifty laymen will
compose the delegates 10 the coming
meeting. All arrangements have bNep
completed for entertainment OF dele
gates and visitors This work has been
done by q special committee, com
posed OF the following wei1-krown
Richmond ministers: Rev. Fred r.
Chcnault chairman. W Asburv Chris
tian. r A. Smoot. J, II. Light, A. c,
Berryman r. II. Pots AM G. o.
Tuttle.
Much interest IS being manifested in
the coming sessions Of the conference,
which are always full Of help and
inspiration. Added interest on the
part Of hundreds Of Richmond folk
LAYS ia the fact that a large number
~ pastoral changes for Richmond
churches VIII have to be made by
bishop Klgo on account Of the COM
pletion Of the "four-ycar lint"
New Appointments for S3nc.
on account Of the "foir-year linlit"
the following Richmond pastors win
have to be given new appolntm euts;
Revs. Drs ". Ashury Christian, Union
station; r. II. Potts. Monument: 9. O.
futile highland Park. J J. bradford
Park Place J Arthur VIM. Parton
Heights; II Y. Carson Paramount
Avenue; John W Eure, Fulton and
+l4-N jockTor1,- F..r7-vcrtn. m addition
10 these vacancies. tho Clay street
! and Grace Churches will also have to
! be supplied with regular pastors, the
/ latter being the youngest Methodist
congregation IN Richmond having
! been organized only a short time ago,
| and now meetir e temporarily IN the
! soldiers Home Chapel on Grove
! Avenue.
a SUCCESSOR will also have 70 hc ap-
/ pointed for tho Rev Or. r. Mon,
| Simpson. who has Just compIeted his
/ four year term as presiding elder OF
the Richmond District dd9nE which
! time he mas given splendid satt~rac-
I tor and has account lished a very sue
cesyful work. It IS thought that DR..
Simpson VIII Ne madc presiding elder
| II the Lynchburg District and that
| his successor IN this district will he
/ The Rev w II Edwards n former
| pastor OF the linton station Church.
| visitors In P','pits Sunday.
/ The eight Richmond pastors. whose
! time has expired and no viii have
To he transferred. are among tho best
| known In the city. They ere men OF
/ the IN CHEST character and integrity,
/ and have been greatly blessed in their
work with their respective cnnEreEa-
/ tons during tho past four years Not
/ only have they taken a prominent
part in all church work but have
/ also been ac',va in all civic move
monts for tho he'terment OF the city.
Their leaving @-ill ba a serious loss
/ TO the entire CRY
I AZ tho conference Will hardly com
/ plete Sta work before thu middle OF
next week, largo NUMBER OF local
4 puipits will he flled next sunday, both
TT0Trtr7T Ut evening, by visiting MIN
>ters in attendance upon the confer
nnce. The Rev J Arthur Winn. pas
tor OF the Barton Heights Church. ~
chairman OF the pulpit supply COM
fnittee.
I The last session Of the Virginia
Conference, held In Richmond was six
years ago, when Centenary Church
acted as host. The Broad Street
! Church, in which the sessions are to
| be hold this week, entertained tho
conference about nfteen years ago.