The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-04-30
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me hlHety-lOuftn annual convention
OF the Episcopal diocese of Georgia
will be held here May 10 and II. Right
Reverand y. F. Reese. ID. D.. OF Savan-
nah is bishop of the diocese.
Fifty or more laymen and thirty
clergymen will attend the conven-
tion which will be held in the new st.
Marks Epicopal church, one of the
most modern and beautiful church ed
ifices in Georgia.
The meeting will open on the
morning of Wednesday,, May 10, at
10 O'Clock, with holy communion by
Bishop Reese. After this service
Bishop Reese will deliver his annual
address.
The convention will then be organ
lied. Committee will be appointed
and the body will adjourn for the
day to give the committees an OPP
portunity to attend to their work.
On Wednesday night missionary
services will be held and Judge A. B.
Moore of Savannah, treasurer of mis-
sions, will make his annual report
The board of missions, home and for
eign also meets Addresses will be
made by Rev. John Durham Wing
rector of Christ church, Savannah
and Rev. John Moore Walker of Cor.
dele. and possibly, by the Right
Reverend Cleland X. Nelson, d, ID.
bishop Of the diocese of Atlanta.
|. On Thursday, May II, reports OF
committees will be made officers
elected, and legislative work attend
ed to. Other elections will be those
| of the standing committees, the board
of missions and deputies to the gen
eral Episcopal convention in st
| Louis in October.
One of the most important matters
to he taken up will be arrangements
for the diocese of Georgia to par.
ticipate In a fund of $5,000,000 which
the Episcopal church of the United
States is raising as part of a system
of pensions for ministers after they
are retired for old age
One and onehalf million dollars
of this fund has already been raised
in the east by Bishop Lawrence of
Massachusetts and others. Plans have
been laid for the diocese of Georgia
and all other dioceses to participate
in the pension system which works
on mutual insurance basis by hav-
ing certain percentage of each min
ister's salary paid in annually to the
tar
payments will not begin, however,
until the $5,O00O00 fund is raised.
The income from this fund will take
care of the accrued liabilities for
pensions for ministers who are al
ready of pensionable age or near 1t.
The thirteen parishes and the fif-
teen organized missions OF the dio-
cese of Georgia will be represented
at the convention.
Each parish is entitled to three lay
delegates and each organized mission
which is not selfsupporting to one
lay delegate, in addition to the clergy
men from the parishes and missions.
The thirteen parishes are Christ
church, Savannah; st. Johns church,
Savannah; st. Paul's church, Savan-
nah st. Paul's church, Augusta /;
Christ church, Frederick; st. Andrews
church, Darien; st. Paufs church, AL
| bany; Church Of the Atonement, Au'
gusta; st. Marks church, Brunswick;
/ St. Thomas church, Thomasyille (;
Church of the Good Shepherd Au.
gusta; Cavalry church, Ameicus 4;
Grace church, Americas.
The present officers Of the diocese,
in addition to the bishop, are:
Rev. Samuel J. French, Bruins
wick, secretary; Rev. William Bee
Sans, Bainbridge. assistant secretary;
Mr.. William K Miller, Augusta, chan
cellor; Rev. Charles II. b. Turner,
Waycross, registrar; Mr.. William X.
| Miller, Augusta, treasurer; Judge A.
b. Moore, Savannah, treasurer OF
diocesan missions.
| The standing committee Is composed
of Rev G.. Sherwood Whitney, Au-
g,ista, president; Rev. J. B. Lawrence,
Albany; Rev. d. Watson Winn, st.
Simons Island; CAPT. Henry c. Gun
ningham, Savannah; Judge A. B.
Moore, Savannah; Mr.. Edward s. Ell
1fnft Savannah QaGrafarV