The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-10-31
BEGIN NATION WIDE
CHURCH CAMP AICN
EPIScoPALIANS START ON EX'
TENSION PLANS THROUGH
OUT COUNTRY


Beginning this month, the intensive
work of the Nationwide Campaign
of the Episcopal church will begin in
earnest, and to educate the people Of
the Church in the program and pdr-
pose of the Campaign, the Rt, Rev
F.iF Reese, Bishop Of Georgia, will
visit the parishes and missions in the
Diocese, holding conferences and
preaching on the spiritual aim of this
great movement in the Church. Dur
ing the month of October parochial
committees have been organizing the
members of the church into commit
tees in preparation for the intensive
work of November when literature
pertaining to the campaign will be
distributed
During the next two weeks Bishop
Reese's itinerary will be as follows:
Nov. 2, Albany in the morning,
Americas in the afternooni Nov 3;
Fitzgerald; Nov 4, Cordele; Nov. 8.
Douglas; Nov. 6, Hawkinsville; Nov.
T. Dublin; Nov. 9, st Marks Bruins
wick, in the morning, and St. Athana-
sius in the afternoon; Nov. 10, Way
cross. Nov. II, Savannah; Nov. IL,
Ouitman; Nov 10, Valdosta; Nov. IA,
Moultrie; Nov. 16, Thomasville; Nov
II. cambridge; Nov. %, Augusta.
Bishop and Mrs. Reese will cele-
brate the fortieth anniversary of their
marriage on Nov. II, and for that oc'
fcasion Bishop Reese will return to
Savannah. The Bishop has been APP
nointed by the General Convention
zone of four Bishops to serve on the
Joint committee Of the Nationwide
Campaign to direct the canvass and
to apportion the budget among the
several dioceses and missionay dis
tricts upon sliding scale of percent
| ages based upon the current expenses
of each diocese and missionary dis
trict.
Before leaving for New York on
Monday Vening to attend meeting
of this commission, Bishop Reese
WHO spent ons DAY IN Savannah. on
his return from the General Conven-
ton in Detroit, said:
AT the General Convention just
concluded probably the most import
ant and most interesting feature was
the point session held on Wednesday
October Is. at which there was pre-
sented to both Houses of the Con
yention the report Of the Board of Mis-
sions on the Inauguration and progress
which had been made in the Nation
Wide Campaign.
1.-The survey of the whole church
was submitted. This survey was
made up of the progressive program
of work of the three General boards
! of the church, namely, the Board OF
: Missions. the Board of Religious Ed
; ucation and the Board of Social Ser
! vice together with the plans and pro
grams of all the general organizations
OF the Church These surveys includ-
ed plans for schools, churches, rectC
ries, community and parish houses
and additional workers, both clergy
and laymen and women. needed to
carry out the proposed plans for ag-
gressive work. At its joint session
the purpose of the plan OF the cam
paign was not only stated but enforc'
ed by various speakers and with much
earnestness and ability to such an ex-
/ lent that the Convention was deeply
! aroused and its members, almost with
exception, evinced deep sympathy
and enthusiasm and determination TO
J carry out the program,
THE Commission appointed by the
I Convention authorized to correct the
! survey which il was felt having been
made under some pressure. and haste
needed some revision and upon cor
trected survey the commission was au-
thorized to fix a budget and to appor-
! ton the amount fixed upon the var
! -. 7Iooocas -, nroIarotiOo for the