The Glenwood post., 1921-02-26
BISHOP C. [. MEAD
TO VISIT GlENwooD


When the Methodist Episcopal
church, eighteen months $50, finished
their centenary campaign which has
for its object the equipping, organic
ing and manning Of their schools, hos
pitfalls, churches and missions at home
and abroad, for better service, they
found that $115 100000 had been SUBJ
scribed and that large number Of
young people of the church had volun-
to give their lives to the doing
-' - work that this large sum of
will make possible. Many Of
II people, such as doctors, nurses,
ministers, teachers and trained agri-
culturists, had already received their
education and are already engaged in
the new or enlarged work. Others are
in schools preparing for their specific
tasks.
Practically every Methodist Episeo-
pal church in the world is now handling
very much larger sums of money than
hitherto on account Of this movement,
and is also being called upon to furn-
ish very much larger numbers Of young
men and young women prepared to do
Christian work of q kind that calls for
specific training. This church il now
employing men and women in over 90
trades and professions as part Of their
Christian work. The Maharajah Of
Bikinir, in India, recently offered them
ten thousand acres of good farm land
if they would erect there an agricul-
tural school and experiment station 80
that his people could be taught Amer.
lean methods of farming, under Chris
tian auspices. He offered to pay for
the erection of the buildings, all sal
aries and running expenses, if the
church would just bring from America
Christian workers who knew how to do
all that would be necessary in order TO
begin and carry on the enterprise. The
offer will be accepted as soon as the
necessary workers are secured. This
incident illustrates the manner in which
the church is using people of SO many
trades and professions.
A great movement like this does not
run itself. It needs to be carefully
handled and guided by folks who IN
derstand it. Its results need to be
carefully conserved. One small wheel
out Of place often makes the machine
useless. For this reason the committee
ON centenary conservation and advance
is arranging for meetings of represen-
tatives of small groups of churches, in
convenient centers, for the purpose of
studying the present status Of the CEN
tenary enterprise, and planning for the
carrying out that part of the task al
lotted to each individual church and
group of churches.
Such group meeting will be held
in the Methodist Episcopal church in
Glenwood Springs on Monday, March
18th. The morning session will be of
interest to officials and key men and
women of the churches of Eagle, Gyp-
sum, Aspen, Basalt, Carbonate and
Genwood Springs. The afternoon ses-
sion win be of interest to all who are
interested in the centenary task. The
evening session will be of interest to
every one.
The meeting will be in charge of
Bishop Charles l.. Mead and Area Sec
retary Frank E. Hollenback. Bishop
Mead is one of the most popular
preachers and lecturers in the state.
Frank +. Hollenback is noted for his
skill in the handling Of business affairs
of the church. We ought to take ad-
vantage of the opportunity to hear the
messages of these two men.