The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-01-10
NATIONS N. {.
CHURCH PLANS Al
after. THE; VAR
CONSTRUCTION ] !
rsiucasional Camp paign Will Be
Firsf Step of Camp aign
III This District
REV. BLAINE LAMBERT in
. CHARGE BEMIDJI VICINITY
Gs -.
Home and Foreign Missionary
Fund of Eighty Millions
Object Of Movement

u The centenary movement Whllch 'i,l
confemplates home and foreign ms
sionary fund Of sso,ooo,ooo,> TO oe
raised during the next twelve months'
is the reply Of the Methodist Epis-
copal church to the challenge Or 'he
new world reconstruction problem:
Rev Blaine Lambert, pastor Of the ne
Ramidii Methodist church, IS us
trict deputy In this huge movement =
and has been assigned TO this Vlclh-
ity He will attend the two centei,
ary training conferences, Whlcn WIZ
Ia held in the Fergus Falls dlstrlc..
next. week; Monday and Tuesaay'
January 1S and "A, at Crookissstaonll iss on !.
.Wedn esd aya and Thursday, January 7
nj and 16, ats Wadena,SDy speahsIs sats.ls
and 4 with tie stereopti differens iIfsI,sla
n,,ases az the movement will pc pre-
sented. ,.;o,,al
Then will follow the educallona4l
81 ,nnaign. that all members OF the
church may be fully informed When
the financial campaign Is tauhciieu'
Patriotic Requirements
n ID the immediate patriotic re-
n,,irements, as Interpreted by Metno-
dist leaders at home and abroad: u Inc Us
Immediate appeal, however, Is rs not NJ
sfnr1s f.,,... money. An elaborate program
has been launched to SO prepare thG
mind al the church for sacrlhcelai le.l
.ssrvice 81 large proportions that the l
financial campaign will deVelop .as s :
stiis normal expression OF sfasisu.,s a. .,
and faith. The organizatlon5 u W., ~. !,
ference, district, sub-dlstrlcl an',
local church councils, Win tneii
nrayer and service leagues, IS pelns
sproseeVted with vigor anu lhcreas
n 3, seTang gelistic fervor. II IS lresiy re g,'
.pred icted that the church IS eNpecr l,.s'e
fantly looking forward to the great great
est revival In its history.
! ! 3i5s 3s5sr, ,eaders are saying: 'Oura ob9ec-
! tive is to so establish the prlnclpiee :
~ 4 stewardship Of prayer, lie ana ana
means. that the entire church Will
.he lifted to a higher conception !. OF y
tt1a Christiarl,s social and missionary
resuonsibilities local and genera.
What we seek, first of all, Is not oV,s
oflO 600. but a type of conservation ~
life that will lead normally TO just
proportional conservation OF means ~
behalf Of an adequate Wefld-pette.-
ment enterprise. =
Area Is Organized.
The Saint Paul area, covering ,ne ae
activities Of the church in the states
az wisconsin, Minnesota and souti
Dakota. has been thoroughly organ-
ized under the leadership OF blsnop !,
lsharlas s.Rayard Mitchell, Executive
Secretary e. D. Kohlstedt and Speclai
Secretaries o. B. Chassell, Herpert
n Parish and Fred M. PERIL. "A
series Of district training conferences,
twenty in all, is now being heid IN
der their leadership, to train pastors
and Law leaders for local and SUD
district institute work. An organ
;zation of Methodist minute men =
also being perfected is the interest," s,t
of the centenary movement, WhicIl
will culminate in a great Chrlstlall
and patriotic celebration at oolunl-
bus, Ohio, ,Inext June.
The fouf weeks stewardship eauca, !,
tional program will be put on IN an
the Methodist churches Of Minnesota,
wisconsin and South Dakota during
the month Of January. This VIII DE
\ great month for, the Methodlst peo-
pie Of this area. H.