The Penn's Grove record., 1921-10-14
PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD MEETING

% The ninety-ninth annual meeting of
the Synod of New Jersey Presbyterian
Church in the U. S. A, will be held
in Olivet Presbyterian Church, Allan
tic City, beginning Monday, October
II, and continuing thru Wednesday.
A Pre-Synodical Presbyterian New
Era Conference for the Synod of New
Jersey will be held in the lecture room
of the First Presbyterian Church, At
lantic City, Monday, October II, at
2.30 P. M.
Rev. H. H. McQuilkin, D. D., pas
tor of the First Presbyterian Church
of Orange, New Jersey, and Chairman
of the New Era Committee for the
Synod, will preside at the Pre-Synod-
zeal Conference. At this conference,
under the topic of Stewardship, Rev.
John F. Patterson, D. d., of the Cen
trail Presbyterian Church, of Orange,
will discuss "The Call to the Gospel
Ministry" and Rev. Samuel Willis,
D. D., of St. Paul Presbyterian
Church, Philadelphia, will speak on
'The Stewardship of Possessions.
Rev. Edwin E. White, Assistant Edu-
c"ational Secretary of the Presbyterian
Board of Foreign Missions, will relate
how to conduct classes in Missionary
Education, and Rev. Cordie j.. Culp,
Phi, D., D. D, of the First Presbyte-
rian. Church, of New Brunswick, will
explain how the pastor can make the
best use of the Missionary Education
literature of the Boards. Under the
heading, every Member Mobiliza-
tion," Rev. Peter X. Emmons, of the
First Presbyterian Church, of Tren-
ton, will outline plans for Getting
All Our Members to Work" and Rev.
Spencer c.. Dickson, of the Vineland
Presbyterian Church, will demonstrate
how to reach the entire membership
with the Every Member Canvas Inc
task and the problems of the Church
will be discussed by Rev. Joseph Dunn
Burrell, D. D., Secretary of the Metro
politan District of the Presbyterian
New Era Movement, and by Rev
William Hiram Foulkes, D. D., Gen
eral Secretary of the Movement.
In the Synod of New Jersey there
are 1OS.179 Presbyterians and 1885
Sunday School students. The growtf
of the membership this year has beer
eight per cent better than the average
G915-1919 inclusive) and three pei
cent better than last year. A total OF
6.486 new members on confession
were received, a fifteen per cent In
crease over last year.
New Jersey Presbyterians contrib
uted $30.13 apiece last year to loca
Church work and the worldwide Worl
of their denomination, OF a total o.
SO. 26O.294. Their normal contrlbu
tons have been about $685. 900. The
increase registered this year for de
UNCONVENTIONAL purposes was 23 pc.
per cent. and for local Church sup
port II per cent. New Jersey Pres
byterians give for denominations
b~enevolences a per capita of S7.2O
which is considerably better than thu
denominational average of $3.50.
The Presbytery of Newark ha'
made the best record in accessions OF
confessions, 80 per cent over normal
The Presbyteries of Jersey City ant
West Jersey both report IA per cen
gain in total membership. Five gu
of eight Presbyteries report NOR
than 100 per cent gain in denomlna
tional benevolences over their normal
the leading Presbytery being Mon
mouth with a gain of 1876 per cent
Morris and Orange lead in per capt.;
to UNCONVENTIONAL benevolences wit
$12.03, followed by Elizabeth wit
$50.