Evening journal., 1922-03-25

mlnBton City missionary Society |
read the following report or that
organizations activities for the year |
The Wilmington City Missionary |
and Church Extension Society is
conducting work in your widely |
separated sections OF the city, these
centers of labor being Asbury
Church, Third and Walnut streets;
italian Mission, Eighth and Grant
avenue; Sixth Avenue Mission. Sixth
avenue and Anchorage street. and
Kingswood Church. Fourteenth and
Claymont streets. The gain in
work centers for the year is one,
namely, Kingswood Church. TenI
paid workers have been employed
during the year either for full or
part time service; nine others are
serving as volunteers under the di-
rection of the society
Our work at Asbury and at Kings
wood is conducted in cooperation
with the pastors OF these churches.
the trustees Of each church having
granted the use OF a part OF their
building for the activities Of the So
ciety. Our missionaries. Miss Ly-
nam at Asbury and Miss Campbell
at Kingswood call In all the homes
OF these communities keeping the
pastors in touch with rapidly and
constantly changing conditions in
these polyglot neighborhoods. Their
work with children in the various
organizations Of the society tends TO
interest the adult members of their
families in the community church.
Not the least noteworthy work
OF the City Society is the distribu-
! tion OF food and clothing to the
needy in the nelghborhood Of our
missions. Through the generosity Of
various churches and individuals we
have been enabled to keep a supply
Of food ready throughout the winter
for persons who were found to be In
actual need When our visiting
worker finds a needy case she sup
plies the need OF that home, not in
a cold. critical way. but in a quiet
unObtrusive, warmhearted manner
that enables the recipient OF the gift
| TO maintain their self respect. The
benenciaries OF such gifts are
brought anew to the realization that
the spirit OF Him who went about
| doing good still abides in the hearts
| OF His followers. Such deeds cf love
are just a sample of the service the
church should always be ready TO
render in every time OF need.
Daily Vacation Bible Schools were
conducted for four weeks at Kings
wood. the sessions being held five
DAYS week from 9-11.30 a. m. Chill
dren between the ages of and IA
years we're admitted to the schools
The number OF hours devoted TO
Bible study in these schools equals
two years and more Of instruction
in the Sunday school. Three teach
ers cared for an enrolment of 126
at Kingswood. two teachers enrolled
so at Asbury. The regularity of at
tendance on the part OF the children
Indicated their interest in real Bible
study. The nationalities represented
were American, English, French
Polish, Jewish, italian and Slovak
The society also aided in the estab-
lishment and maintenance OF a
splendid Bible School at Marshall
ton. Il is planned to open one ad'
dltional Bible School next summer
"Kindergartens have been conduct
ed by the society for about sil
months OF the year at Sixth Avenue
, Mission. Kingswood and Asbury. Th'
enrolment at Kingswood is So, a
Asbury a.. and at Sixth Avenue Mis-
sion 80. Many nationalities are rep
resented in the schools, Jews, Pole
and Italians being among the mos
regular IN attendance. Sewing classe
for girls are conducted at Asbur.
and Klngswood. A foreign mother
J class in sewing and cooking a
Klngswood, a girls Industrial clas
at Sixth Avenue Mission and a boys
club at the Italian Mission.
Sunday school sessions are he'll
regularly at all our missions. on
recent Sunday the attendance in on
foreign department at Asbury wa
as. the attendance at Sixth Avenu
, Mission a few weeks ago was 50 ou
! Of an enrolment Of 80. the averag
Y Of the year being 40. The attendanc
% at tho Italian Mission Is frequenti
D 40. most OF these being boys. Her
n Robert Green. a prospective candi
o date for the ministry. is doing spler
did work.
b Sunday school Christmas enter
ltainments were held at all our mis-
slons with a total attendance Of owe
500. Generous money gifts from
= number OF individuals. also liberi
\ donations OF money and Christina
= stockings from the young people
= organizations Of McCabe Memoria
q Grace, st. Paurs Mt. Salem, Silver
d brook and Madeley churches enable
e tho society to present stocking
k candy, etc, to all the members {
= our missions Every person In a
e tendance received a gift Many pa
Q ents and friends OF the foreign chi
e dren attended the exercises.
d "The trustees OF Wesley Churc
- graciously granted the use Of the
a auditorium to our sixth avenu
school for its Christmas entertain
ment because the mission was tC
small for the occasion. The wor
at this mission has been growing s
80 remarkably under the able directlc
~ OF Miss Carter that II has been ev
q dent for some time that larger an
r. more suitable quarters were great
n needed. The rented building no
l. housing our mission, formerly use
d as a store, Is frequently so crowdC
" that some OF the children must 8
II. in the laps of the others. Last Ia
J. ] conducted a two weeks revivs