The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-09-28
CHURCH EFFICIENCY
MOVEMENT STARTED
FI2ST UNITED PRESBYTER1AN
CHURCH OPENS CAMPAIGN In
WHEELING DISTRICT.
idea is to Increase the Membership and
a-Program for the Entire years
Services,


| Services.
! Tho modern church has awakcheu "
| the fact that in these later uaJS So'iie
/ thing must bc done to increase INC
Tho best executive and organization
forces nt the Presbyterian church nave
lent their thought IL formulating Il pl;tn
10y which the fullest power o. tliH
church car be utilized. To use Sccu-
lar term to make the average conErcEa,,
ton efficient" TO give impetus ana
direction and employment I" the power
which has been lying latent 80
! Tho result has been the tnurci Et
! ticicncy Movement" originated ana SCI
III force 10y the general committee anu
endorsed by the Wheeling IrcSDytcr-
ian Minister'S ASsociation
The aim is To put every member OF
the CONGREGATION at work 10 give each
un,. !; feeling of personal responsibility
! in tho success Of the church; 10 form
| closer Union of cndcuvor between the
pastor and lis people:
One. Of Ihr local churches 10 adopt
this new movement is the First United
Presbyterian church. Under the ahie
! guidance Of its pastor, Rev. CnnrlcS IL
! Robinson. D. D.. this church mas peCh
| busy in The Masters service. but inc
| aim is for greater things.
In order to harnoss Up the lndivlquai
membership. Sabbath, October is WIS.,
itation Sunday. The local territory, en-
tending from Warwood TO Glendale. and
from bridgeport TO Elm Grove. has
/ been divided into five districts, with u
captain ana visiting committee for each
| Two by TWO these committees will call
| on every individual member of the con-
Errg;tli"n ana cndeavor 10 enlist them
into active PARTICIPATION in tho Church
| Efficiency Movement"
| The Visiting Committees arc as rot
Norwood District-W. p. Stewart.
captain: Mrs. John Mcclure. Miss Jane
Ec5,. Miss Zoo Mcclure. Mrs. Arthur
l.anghrnS.
North Wheeling District--Mrs Mhas.
II. I;nhmSon.s captain; Miss Blanche Ha-
| gan, Miss Mary Armstrong. Mrs. S. r..
Smith. Mrs. Lucy Cowdcn. Miss Sallie
Thclurn. Mrs D. j. BGst, Mrs; Frank
Robert NcshItt. Jr. Mr.. Ed. Whitehead.
Mr.. Fred IIarpror. Mrs. Is. G. Byron,
Mrs. c. r Amos. Mrs jean Garrin. Mrs.
John W. Adams. Mrs. Fred Harpfer
| Mrs. NJ. A. Holden.
Island DiStrlct-Mr. Arthur Lang
hans. captain: Mrs. j. V. Dickcys. Mrs.
| Robert N"shitt. ST., Miss elan Evans,
Miss Ella Decker. Miss Anne Vossler,
Miss Dolphin Young, Mrs. Harry Spears,
Mrs. j. G. Bnrund. Mrs. \. II. Stephen
son. Mrs. W. II. Conrad. Mrs. Frank
Wizard, Mrs William Allen Messrs.
George wilhelm, Arthur Hague. Alex.
| Young. Robert G. Darrah, Joe c. Bor-
| land.
South Wheeling District-Mr. John
D. Hanna. captain: Mrs. Bates McLain.
Miss Martha Ross Mrs. o. r. Rhodes.
Mr.. Q. Y. Rhoacs. Mr.. Edward y. Z.
Vosslcr. Mr.. Clyde +. Amos.
| Out the Pike District-Mr. Robert G.
Darrah. captain; Mr.. Walter Mcclure.
Mr.. Howard Mcrlilc. Mr.. Charles Eicts.
Mr.. Richard Mccoy AIR. John Fletcher
! Mrs. G. y. Robinson, Mr.. Robert Nc
| Clurc, Mr.. Stanley II. Smith, Mr.. Harry
Spears. Mrs. OHM y. Hanna, Mrs. Will
ltut,N WV II leo
| Jeanette Knox
Last Sunday was the first Sabbath Of
the campaign. The result showed an
increase of 81 per cent in the morning
church attendance and IS per cent in
| crease Mt the evening service.
( The Church with a Welcome" in
vites all seeking Il church home to join
J in this Church Efficiency Movement"