The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-02-20
PASTORS CONFERENCES
Will Be Held In Every State In Union
Under Auspices Of Interchurch
World Movement.

Arrangements have been completed
for the great series Of pastors con.
ferences to be held In the central West
this month and in March, under the
auspices of the Interchurch World
Movement. 1t is expected that these
meetings will to large extent explain
to clergymen everything about the
movement and also show them the tire.
mendous impetus already gained by
this world evangelical campaign. Pas
tors conferences will be held In every
state In the Union. having been ar
ranged on simultaneous dates from
Feb. 16 to March II.
The first of the pastors state con-
ferences in this part of the country
will be held at Milwaukee, Feb. IS to
20, and DR.. r. Calvin DObson. field
manager for the Interhurch World
Movement for Wisconsin, has sent out
invitations to all the protestant clergy
men of the commonwealth. Accept
ances thus far indicate that the Mil
notable meeting Of the kind ever held
in Wisconsin.
Other conference dates are as fol.
lows:
Iowa-at Des Moines, Feb. % to
%; Michigan-at Lansing, Feb. 25 to
OF; Indiana-at Indianapolis, March
to 3, and Illinois-at Chicago, March
10 to II.
A uniform program of procedure will
prevail at all the conferences. They
will open at p. M, continue that day
and evening, all the next day and well
into the afternoon Of the third day.
Every phase of the Interchurch World
Movement will be covered and ex-
planned by men actively identified with
the great work.
Each conference will begin with q
fifteen-minute devotional exercise at
2 p. m. This will be followed by an
opening address to explain the aims
and scope of the movement. The re-
mainder Of the afternoon will be de-
voted to the foreign survey, on which
so much work has been done already
as to permit Of many rather detailed
statements of facts that, it is expected,
will amaze everybody not familiar
with conditions beyond the North
American continent.
The evening session, after a devo-
tional exercise, will be devoted to "The
Outlook" and "Everyland," the maya
zines published by the Interchurch
World Movement, and to complete
explanation of the home survey and
its disclosures thus far.
The second day will begin at o a. m.
with devotional exercises, after which
the day will be divided into periods
of from fifteen to forty-five minutes.
Thirty minutes will be devoted to reli-
gious education, hospitals and homes
and industrial relations. Fifteen min
utes will be given to the literature of
the movement and the same length Of
time to the financial exhibit of the
movement. Forty-five minutes will be
devoted to American education.
The afternoon session will be de-
voted to a fifteen-minute discussion of
evangelism; an hour to the field pro-
gram; fOrty-five minutes to the finan-
cial organization and fifteen minutes
to the educational group.
The imperative need for the move
ment will be emphasized at the eve
ming session, which will convene at
1880 o'clock. Under this general topic,
world conditions will be discussed and
next the necessity of cooperation to
meet that need.
The last days session will open at
8 a. m. with devotional exercises, fol-
lowed by reports of the committees
and discussion of their recommends
tions. An hour will be devoted to
financial organization, followed by a
prominent pastors address. The ses-
sions will conclude with devotional
exercises, to begin at p. m.
That these state conferences will be
inspirational and very helpful to the
great movement Is considered certain,
judging from the interest being shown
in all parts Of the country. Leaders
OF the movement will be present at the
conferences to make addresses and to
enlighten the pastors on all subjects
with which they are not familiar. The
field managers for the various states
Will have charge Of the confer
ences. assisted by leaders In the varl-
Gus branches Of the work.