New Britain herald., 1916-05-06
A. L. CHURCH TO BE
 SELF SUPPORTING
Advent Christians Will No Longer
 Get Conference Aid FINANCES IN GOOD SHAPE
Mission Contributions No Longer Re- Iuircd-YOung Mems Club Com mittCc Elects OfficcrS-FincS for "Drtlnl<S "-IricfS

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 | Refusing to accept further financial aid from the mission conference, To- l cal Advent Christians have decided
 to make the Plainvillc church of that
 denomination self supporting and in 1 future the members will hold them | selves responsible for all obligations. l This is an important step in the pro- | gross of the church and is indicative l ot the remarkable successes achieved l by the pastor, Rev. J. w. Denton, dur l ing the time he has been in charge. The action of the officials is highly gratifying to. the entire mem bership and it is expected to gave aditional | impetus to the work of the leaders, Since the church was organized l several years ago it has been aided by the mission conference, which contributed a certain amount weekly
 towards the pastors salary and other | expenses. The conference provides
 financial aid to many of the weaker
 churches within it's jurisdiction, the larger parishes contributing towards
 the fund raised for that purpose. After MT. Denton was assigned to the pastorate there was an imm ediate reduction in the amount contributed by tho mission conference at the re- quest of the officers of the local church. The weekly payments have been dWindling in size steadily ever since and conditions have recently been found to have improved to such
 an extent that aid is no longer re- nuired, the members considering themselves capable of assuming the entire burden.
 Heads of the conference have com jr,1i, cJ, inc made here in the last few years Last | summer over $500 was expended in
 making repairs on the church prop erty. This amount was secured from the treasury without any demand being made on the mission. Despite this outlay the support given by the | mem bers has been found to be suf- ficient to cover the ordinary running expenses. Consequently conference aid will no longer be accepted. The advent Christian church is
 growing steadily under the capable leadership of MT. Denton and it has
 a good position among the religious institutions of the town.
 Sunday in Churches. Episcopal-Rev. R. H. Burton, the rector will preach and celebrate holy l communion in the Church of Our Saviour tomorrow morning at lO:4o. Sunday school will be held at the l usual hour There will also be ser vices in the evening at o'clock Congregational-The Lords supper will be observed in the COngrega- | tiona1 church tomorrow morning. rho 1 pastor, Rev. F. l.. Grant. will preach. Advent Christian-MOrning worship at 1O:45 with preaching by the pastor,
  | "The Sitting of Peter" The Lords l supper will be commem orated at the l close of the sermon. Sunday school will be held at noon. The Loyal Workers service will be at o'clock and at the regular evening service at ' the pastor will preach, taking for his subject "Not Far From the King dom of God.'
 Baptist-The pastor, Rev J. G. Ward, will preach at 10:45 in the
 morning. Sunday school will be al 12:O5. At o'clock in the afternoon
 Rev. Victor Ferranti of Bristol will give a sermon in Italian. The young people will have a service at o'clock and at 7 o'clock the pastor Will | preach.
 Methodist-The pastor, Rev. Waldo
 Weller, will be the preacher at both
 morning and evening services Sunday. Committee Elects.
 | The committee appointed to pre- pare bylaws for the Plainville Young Mems club and to confer with the se- l lectmen regarding the changes re- 1 uuired to convert the Town hall into l a gymnasium suitable for use by the 1 mem bers has elected Rev. J. w. Den l ton to serve as chairman, and John
 T., Ahluuist for treasurer. Ralph E. | Morrill, is the other member of the 1 committed
 1 It is expected that a meeting will l be held sometime next week when i rules governing the organization will ] be drawn up The officers and direc- | tors will not be elected until after
 the selectmen and the general com | mittee of eleven has passed on the | rules.
 1 Much enCoura cement is derived by
 the leaders of the movement in the
 interest displayed in the concert to
 be given in the Town hall next Satur-
 day by the Swiss bell-ringers for the l benefit of the organization. The in 1 dications are that the affair will be | 1iberally patronized and sufficient
 money will be raised to give the clubs treasury a good start.
 Survey of Road.
 Engineer Joseph N. McKernan yes- | terday made a survey of parts or the | Westwood Park section for the pur- i pose of locating boundary lines be-
 fore the town starts the highway | improvements ordered by the voters ] several months ago. There has been | some question over the ownership of
 land in the district and to avoid any
 entanglemcnts the selcctmen de- l ciGed to have the land surveyed as a