The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-01-12
lUlL NEETING OF
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
EepOTs Shows Membership of 1894
On Roll and Greatly Increased
Financial Contribution

& On Hou and treaty iW'fSas<N
&& Financial Contribution
~ .rfirr r,1rr-tu-r.r-r ssssta-~
1ixt church met yesterday afternoon
~ O'Clock in their t.1nual meeting
49, Reports were read by the various
heads OF departments and by the
M treasurer, all showing great interest
~ md growth during The year me
Fl pastor read his annual letter. printed
49, elsewhere.
80 The report of the treasurer, T. c,
~. Williams, Jr, contained The Follow
n ling information:
sss Al Amount raised sTsa9a52. Of which
~ 4l7,s1Asl was for cavrert support,
land ss2.02S,$2 for missions and De-
NJ nesolancas.
n The weekly contributions 10 current
averaged $4i more per Sun-
I'D day thar for the year 1918 and 81
uDa was taken out Of this fund tor
repairs on the SUNDAY school The
Sunday school contributed $1,000 to
e. the same object thus giving 90 the
church equipment Of Site most attrac-
80 Tive sort for inc hFelnn"!s pfImarF
sss.s and Junior departments The WOOD
s,Se work including the seats. q finished
e In white eramel and there are many
sss9nf the frost modern improvements 10
zs he found in TIC several rooms.
ags..s-.-ss8 Among the rp.seial Items q he1eV-
u .s1-nlence, state missions received S2.&&S.-
- -. home missions &3.S2i.S5, foreign
-. missions, S 1903 10 and the paor u
rs..4s the church 81 soc.
*. The chairman Of the ampaign
sssssconmittse, Deacon W, /. Austin. re-
<y,s ported that $500 $3.50 had been
picdg,i in q e - million Campaign
sssa-Acs I.s-5 Nat fai 81 c, So lhurch
The fercri Il the clerk. C. II Trn-
-sl..A-EeG ! e -E2ntnhers- racGIXed
during The Var and the totai cnr8lj-
I'M , f.. r.s
ss-~--xisel and n r'3n h,r Of names were
dropped or retired
Superintendent T Justin Moore.
read very encouraging report from
e the sunday school. in which he show
VI cd an increase in the average attend
ance for the year of loo. and "a total
enrolment Of 1851 There are IS
cfflcers and teachers. and a majority
OF them have had special training in
the institutes which are held annual
" by the sunday school association.
The church has three baptist
Young Peoples unions. the loyalty.
fellowship and juniors, ali Of them in
- prosperous condition. Both of the
senior unions have had the city II, Y,
y. Z. banner for a good part Of the
year.
- The Woman's Missionary union re-
ported receipts during the year ~
zH.2s2-14 for various missionary and
the church pledged 10 the objects of
the campaign s1a7,S15.
&4 Messages Of sympathy and love were
sent TO aged, sick. or sorrowing mem
hsrs; the church covenant was read
md renewed: and after the singing OF
.Blest Be the Tie That Binds" the
service was closed with q tender
d HTayer by chairman eff the board of
Il deacons. Daniel S. Mccarthy
- The following officers and commit
x~tN,1 tN,-S
Ing year. -, Il
u %-Clerk. Clarence Fl U}rner.
II assistant clerk, Edw ard e+wathmey.
Treasurer. Thomas G Williams, Jr.
Auditor. Russell c. Williams
Curator of organ and historian, Ar
thur b. Clarke.
ssss q Registrar. Judson S. Bosher.
$50 Secretary. Miss Emmie Day.
". Chairman fnance committee. r. Il
Il q ~. Goodwin.
4 Chairman every member canvass
AsOuis r. Powell
Chairman OF vestibule committee
Basil AZ. Gwathmey.
Baptist council A w. Patterson.
Promise committee, Il Wortha1n
Eptlman
Employment committee. Alex. NJ
Wright.
Press committee. Joseph r watts
Chairman % ushers, Charles @
Besher.
AHAiFmAN OF t@QTu - supper service
Mics Moiiie J. Brooks
Chairman Of music committee whit.
NELL 8 Forbes.
Pulpit supply, g. Carlton Jackson
Temperance committee, steadman
E1oans.
s. Sunday evening service. Thomas
n. Aaron
Campaign conservation. r, w Gwalt-
ney.
Committee on new members enlist.
ment Edgar Allen. Jr.
Board OF manasement Of endownen,
g fund. Daniel S. Mccarthy chairman
Superintendent Of Sunday school T
Justin Moore; assistant superinton.
aents. r. A. Miller and l. Howard Jen.
kins
Secretary of Sunday school, Lewis
n. Bosher,
Treasurer Of Sunday school. W. n
word
The superintendents Of departments
81 the Sunday school are as follows
Cradle roll Mrs. ella =. Mccarthy; he
@ ginners. Miss Elizabeth Watts; pri-
mary. Mrs, Vera Powell; junior. Mrs
Gnie G. Gwathmey; intermediate
James NJ &, Duke: senior, r W
0waitney; adult, j. William Robert,
son. bone. Mrs, Lee Ferguson,
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