Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-04-12
SECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

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| At the morning service Sunday, be-
ginning at II o'clocf, Mr.. Barnum will
preach a sermon appropriate to Palm
Sunday, on the theme, 1.-THE Christians
Stability The Christian Endeayor
society has undertaken to provide the
decorations of the church for the day.
The evening service now begins at
Is o'clock and will continue at this
hour until fall. following the usual
custom. The subject of the evening
sermon will be "a Worthwhile Ex-
change"
Endeavor society meeting at o'clock
The topic will be, "How to Give Gods
Day to Godlike Deeds"
The pastor is to spend next week al
Emmett, conducting a series of meet
lnss IN the church there, in exchange
Tor the meetings held here in March
py the Emmett pastor, Rev. James
| Adams.
The Ladies' Aid society will hold its
monthly meeting next Wednesday aft
ernoon at 2:30 at the home of Mrs.
Tate. This meeting was postponed
from last week
The session has appointed Mrs G. p
Brown to the office of Bible school
superintendent, and she is taking up
her new work with energy. The office
has been vacant for some months,
and was supplied by the pastor.
The absent members of the church.
to whom a committee wrote regarding
contributions to the benevolent ana
missionary funds. are beginning to
respond with offerings which will be
applied on the New Era budget of the
congregation.
Inc annual meeting OF the church
was held Thursday evening, preceded
by congregational supper provided
under the direction of committee
fro the Ladies' Aaid society, with Mrs.
j. M. Christopherson as chairman.
Miss Alice Verable was elected tenn
porary clerk of the meeting. Reports
We're received and accepted from all
the societies and departments of the
church, covering the work accomplish
ed during the past year and outlining
plans for the future. Each branch of
the church has a balance in the treas
ury after paying all accounts.
The following officers were elected
at the annual church meeting: Elders
Charles M. Johnson, re-election), A..
van der Vert Ore election, William Fl.
FORD, w. h. Laster. Deaconesses-
Mrs. Mary Soma Gre election), Mrs. S.
B. Reel. These will be installed in Of
flee at the Sunday morning service
the ordination of those who have not
formerly filled the office taking place
lat the same time. The following
trustees were re elected: Charles H.
Garland and A. van der Werf.
! Preparations for the Easter program
are making excellent progress under
the direction of the committee from the
Bible school of which Mrs. Laster is
chairman. The exercises will begin at
1870 Sunday morning, April 20, and
will continue through the time usually
occupied by the morning service. A
large part of the membership of the
Bible school will appear on the pro-
gram. An offering for the mission
station at Flat will be made The
school has been interested in the sup
port of this mission on the west coast
OF Africa for several years.
In the Bible school hour Sunday
morning Mss Mary McLin will give
brief talk on the expansion of the
church at Flat, Afica.
I Sunday evening, April 20, this con-
gregation is to have the privilege of
! listening to an address by the Rev.
James H. Speer D. D., of San Fran
cisco, who is western district secre-
tary of the New Era movement.