Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-09
WORK Of CHURCH
IS DEPENDENT ON
REGULAR GIVING
Stewardship Conferences to
Be Held BY Presbyterian
Church of Southwest;
Here March At.

| New Mexico, Kansas, COLORADO,
! Idaho, oregon, washington. Cali
! fornia. Texas and Nebraska will
hold special conferences and insti-
tutes to instruct Presbyterian
church members and officers in
J the principles of stewardship dur
ing the next four months.
The conferences will be con-
Quoted by DR. David G. Nc
Conaughy, head of the stewardship
department of the Presbyterian
new era movement. New York city.
DR.. McConaughy has started an
itinerary of the principal cities OF
the west and southwest which viii
extend through March, 1921.
DIR. McConaughy is well known
as a speaker and author and has
studied closely the problems of
cultivating systematic giving to
benevolent causes throughout the
United States. A recent book,
Money the Acid Test" has been
translated into nearly score of
foreign tongues. Or, McConaughy
was a pioneer "Y" worker and
noted secretary. He founded the
first Y. NJ. c. A. in India.
A System OF Giving.
The Presbyterian stewardship
conferences will emphasize the no
cessity of a fixed and methodical
system of giving. 1t is found that
more good is done when gifts for
benevolences are regular than
when spasmodic. Stewardship in
wolves the giving of one-tenth or
more of ones income to missions,
churches and other benevolent
causes.
These Presbyterian conferences
will be held in thirty cities. Fol-
lowing are the dates and places of
each: Lincoln, Neb., December 6,
omaha, Neb., December rs, Sa-
lima, Kans.. December $40. Den,
yer, Colo, December 1874, Poca>
tello Ida. Dec Is. Bull, Ida. De-
cembor 10, Boise, Ida. December
10, Caldwell. Ida, December 90,
La Grande, Ore, December 21-22,
Spokane, Wash, December 23-R6,
Yakima, Wash, December q. Ev-
erett, Wash. December 20. Seattle,
Wash, December 30-31, Tacoma,
Wash, January 2-3, Centralia,
Wash, January 3. Chehalis, Wash.
January 4, Portland, Ore, January
3. Eugene, Ore. January 6. Ash
land, ore, January Z, Sacramento,
Calf, January 9-12, San Fran
CISCO Calf. January 1880. Los
Angeles, Calf, February 2-27,
Phoenix. Ariz.. March 1-2. III Paso,
Tex, or Albuquerque. n. NJ, March
~. San Antonio, Houston and
Dallas, Tex, March 9-21.
Two-day Program
In each of the states and the
cities visited the Presbyterian in
stutes will be of two days dura-
ton and will be featured with at
tractive messages illustrated by
lantern slides. Sessions will begin
at noon with a get together"
luncheon. There will then be a
social gathering followed by a ses-
sion extending from 2 o'clock until
s o'clock in which the essentials Of
stewardship will be presented. The
Presbyterian program for 1920
1921 will then be outlined and in
struction given in methods of stew
ardship teaching. The first days
session will close with a supper,
followed by an illustrated lecture,
emphasizing stewardship work in
the Sunday school. church societies
and in the congregation.
On the second day the institutes
will be devoted to consideration of
qualifications, phns and pOssibili-
ties of a director of stewardship.
Technical questions of how stew
ardship of enrolment might be
secured through the membership
of the church and in the Sunday
school will then be considered
While these Presbyterian Institutes
are primarily designed to train
Presbyterian stewardship directors
in their duties, their benefits will
be opened as far as possible to the
individual churches.
The largest number of these
Presbyterian conferences will be
held in California. In this state
thirty-two centers will be estab-
lished at which will be gathered
representatives of all Presbyterian |
churches in California. Local lead !
ers are aiding in the plans for this
big stewardship rally. DR.. Nc !
Conaughy plans to be working in |
California more than month.