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pledges for the tive-year period
amounted to $24S.0oo.
our conference superintendents
have visited every district. held in
addition to the schools mentioned
thirty-seven institutes and seventy
1--WE special meetings with sunday
school workers
Sixty-two Of our students at our
conference school offered themselves
for definite service in the church
Those present at this school in co.
operation with our church at Black
stone gave a fund of $3.50 to start
a circulating library IN the several
districts.
This is only a hrier summary or
tho work for the information OF the
conference as we desire most 70
cali your attention to work planned
for the coming year in which we
need your united support.
We desire Ia have our conference
guperintcrdents devote some time
Ia intensive study of the work in
at least two districts, and tnis In
addition TO nine training schools at
Norfolk, Lynchburg. Richmond Pc
tersburg, Marvin Grove Blackstone
and Dauville planned for the year
will necessarilv restrict their work
somewhat in other districts. n il
our plan Ia hold some Tire day
study conferences in piaces where
regular schools cannot be held t.
is our purpose to hold the conference
training school again at Blackstone
college September TO Is and We
beg for the support OF the minister's
and ayncn in the effort to make
!. this school serve the entire confer
once We urge our p4 qtesss@ 40. h~.s,
that week free for this school aud
70 see that their SUNDAY schools are
we'll represented. We also earnestly
request that the district training
schools and the Junaluska training
school which viii he held July TO
q he well attended
In addition to engaging in the
work at the training schools every
pastor and perntcDdont should
! seek most diligently 10 organize a
class for training leaders in every
Sunday school AS preparatory and
Coordinated work To the training
classes we recommend the reading
course outlined by this hoard for the
certificate Of honor Many schools
should seek to secure this honor Ger
tihcate this year.
We wish to commend our church
colleges for the work they are he
ginning in teacher training Black
stone college now has one hundred
and fifty girls taking the coutss nita
other colleges are starting the work.
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extend this work and establish Al the
earliest possible date a regular chair
of religious education.
In order that our SUNDAY school
workers may keep in touch with the
best leaders plans and methods in
Sunday school work, every school
should order along with its regular
! literature our new magazine of
methods The Church School for their
, officers and teachers.
We believe that the time has come
whom our district in which the large
cities are situated should employ
district Sunday school superinten-
/ dents for full time service. We also
recommend To our large city
churches that they employ for the
part time a superintendent Of RELIC
i0us education to work under the
b pastor II no superintendent III pro-
noting educational works, young
peoples works and home co-opera-
! ton work
Definite Place
The Sunday schools have been
given 81 dcfinite place and task in
the churchs wide evanEclistic cam
raicn The plan is to have an en-
roilmont campaign in every sunday
school from now III January LIST,
Thcn every school should have its
officers and teachers unite in a
gtudy class to take the regular
course 1f instruction in Sunday
school evangelism and conduct a
systematic campaign IN evangelism
IN tho school eliminating on Sunday.
March 2lst
In order to mako tails plan sue
coed there must be conference, dis
trict and local committees. The
local committee composed OF tho
pa stor. superintendent ana ore rep
rescntaiive from each department
or group above the primary de-
partmeir should be. orga nized i'm
nediatcly and begin work that wo
may hrings every member of tho
school into some knowledge We
must give serious attention TO prop