Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-08
m. f. CONFERENCE
WILL BE TRANQUIL
Few Changes Pending
Among Pastors in Large
Churches Here
OPENS ON WEDNESDAY
New Pastor for Columbia Ave.
nue. Congregation Will
Be Selected


The 132d session of the Philadelphia
Conference Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church is scheduled to begin next We'd
nesday In the Spring Garden Street
Church, Twentieth and Spring Garden
streets.
The session OF the conference is ex-
pected to be an unusually quiet one.
nothing spectacular or unusually inter-
csting having been booked on the regu-
|salar program. Any thrills injected into
the meetings will be put there by the
various pastors in their talks and ar
rangerients
Probably only one church of the larger
congregations will record a change in
pastors. That is the Columbia Avenue
Church, Twenty-ifth street and Column
,ba avenue. The Rev. Dr. f. w. Hart.
the appointed pastor. died early in the
winter and the Rev. DIR. George Burns
has been acting as pastor. Doctor
Burns will not be retained at the
CHURCH, according to Bishop Berry, and
the Rev. DR.. r. c. Wells. now pastor OF
the Tabernacle. Eleventh and oxford
streets, is expected to get the call,
Less Than 100 Changes Expected
In all less than 100 changes are ex-
pected to be made in the 350 pastors of
the conference. 12+ of whom are in
Philadelphia and others as far west as
the Susquehanna, which territory the
conference embraces.
No changes will take place at the
Calvary. Germantown. Spring Garden or
Park Avenue Churches. which are the
largest in the conference. Altogether
there are about 400 churches with about
100000 members.
Other changes are minor ones Sew
sral of them are due to vacancies caused
by death, a few to requests on the part
of pastors and so far as known none be-
cause of requests on the part Of con-
| gregations. Absence of trouble, because
OF charges which might be brought
~ their conference "evan,,na,io,, " 90
assured by Bishop Berry's statement,
made yesterday, that no matters of dis
! ipline will be brought before the confer
ence this year. The district superin-
| tendents indorsed the bishops state
rreseht omcers VIII lie Reelected
The present officers of the church.
Bishop Berry stated. all will be re-
elected. Robert c. Wells who is to
| have the Columbia Avenue Church. is
secretary of the conference. The other
officers are four assistant secretaries
biographical secretary. railroad secre-
| tary, statistician, assistant statisticians
two conference treasurer and two as
| sistant treasurers and chorister. Bishop
Berry IS, president
The COMMITTEES has NOT yet decided
who will take the place of Doctor Wells
| N. nastor of the Taharn.cIa church
IN The contra, d;s,ric, ,hara will hs a
chonge IN ,ha w;ndsnr S,reat Ch,,rot 81
| paading ~ u,hioh Sh,I,,o,, a. -
nresent pastor. A vacancy in the First
,nhnro,, a. Norr;s,o,,,n .,,sa1 h,. ~
asoth y, w II yeager ana ubich 10
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ssi,'.t ,,u, aii,i, 49,, ~. -.
nv, tha r.tan,,on Of Wr NcJInain a.,
tS.. rost Thara ,,a,, n. fou.ar than tan
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Two Vacancies In Northwest
In tne nor'hwest dlstrict new pas
Ch,,",, ,oa,,s. 20 ,ao,.,s 49, l,t'.a,'
a. w II nweiz,p on account of i,iness
r NJ SSmnson. Of the Lansford Church
1. to retire and s. NJ. Vernon of the
Central church. Roxborough. probably
,,,,i, r.,iro waking two vaconcies
Char,es Roads of tbe wiuiamstown
| Ch,,rnh ,yiI, ha ohon,eL on his own re-
ouas, y,cancv oyiste in the N;llers
hurg Church because of the death last
a,ao1.,of II p Rrvan
In the south district A. +. Taylor will
he moved from the South Chester
church. chester. on his own request, as
will w A. Lewis of the Upland Church
]. c. Wood, of the West Grove Church,
"a dead. and +. &. Dahns, who has taken
his place. probably will be continued
there. A change is probable at the
Mariners Bethel, Washington avenue
below Third street this city, where r.!
]. CARRIER Is now pastor vacancy
exists in the Landenburg and Flint Hall
Church because of the death OF the
pastor, II. II. Poticher.
II Is definitely krwn that there VIII
be no changes at the biggest churches
Of the district, the Larsdowne, Arch
Street. st. Luke's or the West Chester
churches. There will be only six or
eight important changes, and possibly
4 three or four smaller ones.
.au,,ss,.
Six Cand'oa'eS ior
There are six candidates for admis-
sion to the conference. They are charles
Boraston, sci Ashland Street Olney;
st. Clair S. Carter, l4lS south Flftieth
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