The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-02-15
CONGREGATIONAL
TERCENTENARY
IMPORTANT CONFERENCE WILL
BE HELD IN SAUK CENTRE
FEBRUARY 21.
NATIONAL SECRETARY COMING
GLENWOOD, ALEXANDRIA, FER
GUS FALLS AND OTHER CIT
les REPRESENTED

Sank Centre is to be the scene of an
important church gathering on We'd
nesday of next week when the minis
tiers and delegates from the Congre-
gational churches of Glenwood, Alex
andria, Little Falls, Swanville, Clear
water and Fergus Falls will gather
here to meet DR.. Scudder of New
York, the National Secretary who will
be here to explain to them the work.
ms out of the great Tercentenary pro-
gram which is to cover the next three
years. The Herald reporter has gath
cred the following details regarding
the general plan of the Tercentenary
program:
"The First Congregational church
of America came over in the May
flower. That fact gives our COM
munion a special interest in the his
toric event which proved to be The
birth of nation The Mayflower
landed in 1920. As the three run
dreth anniversary of that landing
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planning a great convention probably
to be held near the famous rock on
which the Pilgrims feet first trod.
but this convention is only the
climax of three years program.
Those who are religiously the child
rem of the Pilgrims are not content to
celebrate the three hunderdth ami
versary of their coming with merely
a convention, though that be nation
wide in scope. They are beginning
! a vigorous campaign which is to be
pushed until the close of 1920.
"This campaign is to be forwarded
along five definite lines. First, the
principles for which the Pilgrims
stood, and for which our denomina-
ton still contends, are to be studied
and applied with renewed vigor. A
text book for this purpose, pilgrim
Deeds and Duties" will be taken up
in systematic study by large num-
Der OF our churches. The object is to
better know the history and faith of
those fathers of our church and ma
ton in order that we may the more
warmly welcome them.
Second, the campaign leaders
have set as our goal a half-million
new members for the church of the
Pilgrims, coming on confession of
faith. Last year was the best in the
history of our denomination, from
the standpoint of increased member
ship. The campaign call is for one
new member, annually, for each
thirteen old zones, the nation over.
Last year the Sank Centre church did
better tina nthat. 80, -
"Thes third line of action to be
pursed is that of seeking to secure
from our own membership an ade-
quate number of young people for the
religious leadership of our denomina-
ton. This is, at present, one of the
fields of action that needs most care
full study and most persistent work.
/ "The fourth ideal is 100000
annually for missions. Ours was the
first foreign mission board organized
in America. We have history along
the line of giving the gospel to others
for which we are humbly grateful. We
want to live up to our traditions.
"The fifth goal is great Pilgrim
Memorial Fund to be used, not in
erecting a monument of granite to
the memory of those noble sires, but
probably it will establish an adequate
retiring fund for the men who are
| still proclaiming the Faith of our
fathers This our people have too
long neglected
1t is to confer with the ministers
and churches how to best push this
great program that DR.. Scudder #
New York is visiting this state. Sank
Centre is one of the six cities in which
DR.. Scudder will speak. 1t is an honor
to our city and to the Congregational
church here and there will mo doubt
be a large attendance at the public
meeting on Wednesday evening. The
program is as follows: The Confer
ence for Ministers and Delegates and
Members of the church and congrega-
ton at 2:3O; Church Supper at $50,
followed by a public meeting in the
church at 500 at which DR.. Scudder
will speak.
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