Middletown transcript., 1916-11-25
ST. ANNE'S CHURCH
Special Services Have Been Ar
ranged For Thanksgiving Day


ranged For Thanksgiving Day
SUMMARY OF THE CONVENTION
| Sunday, Nov. 26th. The Sunday next
before Advent.
Divine servlce:- 1890, Morning
Prayer & Sermon.
11.45 Sunday School session.
7.45 Evening Prayer and Address.
Meetings:-The Ladies' Guild will
meet on Thursday afternoon at two
o'clock.
The Junior Auxiliary on Friday after
noon at o'clock, in the Parish House
THANKSGIVING DAY SERVICES
Thanksgiving day will be observed
this year on Thursday, November S0th.,
in accordance with the official procla-
nation. The services in ST. Anne's will
be Holy Communion at 8 A. NJ, and
Morning Prayer and Sermon at 1890.
The later service will last about one
hour. tits hoped that every member
OF the parish will attend one or both of
these services. The purpose of the day
is the manifestation of thankfulness
through public worship, and it is ill-kept
when this principle is overlooked and
forgotten. The usual request is made
that the offering on Thanksgiving Day
be sent the Babies Hospital and Day
Nursery.
Thanksgiving Day this year falls on
the festival of St. Andrew.
cone Of the two which heard John
speak, and followed Him, was Andrew.
Simon Peters brother.' John lao
This feast is placed at the beginning of
the Church's year. because st. Andrew
was the, first called to be an apostle, and
the. first to proclaim to others the COM
ing of the Messiah. Advent Sunday is
always the one nearest it, either before
or after, and may even fall upon the
same day. ST. Andrew was born m
Bethsaida of Galilee, was a brother of
st. Peter, and, like him, poor fisher
man until both we called by our Lord to
become .'fishers of men," Church his
tory says that after our Saviour,s ascen-
sion, st. Andrew preached the Gospel
on the shores of the Black Sea, or the
region now known as the famous Crimea,
and that he was martyred at Patrae, in
Achaia. This apostle is an example to
US not only in his constancy, but IN his
act of bringing his brother to Christ.
Let us ponder it deeply, and urge our
selves onward to new labors of love for
the souls that are most dear to us.
The United Offering of the Woman's
Auxiliary. made at the General Conven-
tion in st. Louis in October, amounted
to three hundred and fifty-two thousand
dollars, and was the largest in the his
tory of that organization.
We received through the Aims offer
ing on Sunday last contribution of five
dollars towards the Church Pension
Fund, and wish to thank the giver. A
total of three million and half dollars
have been raised toward the five million
needed to assure the success of the
Church Pension Fund for Aged and Dis
abled Ministers of the Church. This
means that at least SIS. 900 per day must
be raised every day until March the
first to make the plan success, other
wise all the money that has been pledged
must be returned to the givers. Have
you contributed to this great enter
prise ? We are now receiving contri-
buttons and especially would like to
have those promised pledges.
The Junior Auxiliary will give Bake.
in the Parish House on Saturday, No
vember 25th, beginning at ten o'clock.
There will be on sale, jeIlies, pickles,
candies, pies, cakes, bread, etc. And
we bespeak your patronage.
OF THE GENERAL CONVENTION
CONTINUED FROM NOV. 11TH.)
The House of Bishops was authorized
to complete negotiations with the Church
Of England for the cession of missionary
work in Central America, and when this
is done to create a missionary district in
the Canal Zone and elect Bishop. A
vote of both Houses re-
affirmed the liberty of the Jews to OBJ
serve their national holidays and feast
lays after they have accepted Christ.
A canon on business methods was adopt
ID, as were also certain resolutions
which, make the ChurOh's fiscal year
the country begin January
st.