Evening star., 1923-02-03
Activities and Service
d. C.. Methodist Push Driue
To Help Mission Increment
Banquet Feature of Local Campaign
Ministers Enlisted in Efforts to
Raise Funds Here.

Church congregations of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church South in
Washington are giving special atten-
tion to the work of the centenary
mission movement. as launched by
that denomination in 1918, and are
making efforts to raise the full
amount pledged for the first four
years of that movement.
In connection with the local cam
paign, banquet attended by 800 peo-
pie was given at Mount Vernon Place
Methodist Church last night, followed
by mass meeting. Addresses at the
banquet were delivered by Rev +. :.
Onderdonk of San Antonio. Tex, and
/ Rev. Walt Holcomb of Gainesville.
Ga
In announcing the purpose of the
meetings DIR. J. Howard Wells, pre-
siding elder of the Washington dis
trict. stated that Epworth Church
has money in hand to pay off all
centenary obligations. and that St.
Paul Church would pay off in full
within a few days. He further an
nounced that the Patuxent and
Clarksburg circuits were also in posi-
ton to pay their pledges in full.
Rev. f. S. Onderdonk, supertin-
tendent of the Mexican mission, in
his address told of the rapid ad-
vancement of his work in Mexico
able for use in that country
Rev. Walt Holcomb of Carters-
vile. Ga, told of the founding of
the mission in Belgium and of the
reception given in Czechoslovakia
and Poland.
Duf-ipr he
dress was given by Rev. DR.. +. H.
rawlings general secretary of the
board of missions of Nashville.
a Mission Celebration.
The centenary movement Of the
southern Methodist Church is in the
nature of celebration of the first
100 years of organized mission work
by that denomination and promo ,ed
10 raise the sum OF s35.000.0e0 in five
years to be used exclusively in the
promotion of mission work at home
and abroad. The Baltimore confer
ence. of which the Washington dis-
trict is a part, pledged the sum Or
s1.75o.oo0 in the campaign. The
Washington district pledged s1so 600
At this date there is an arrearage in
the amount pledged by this district.
only about 80 per cent having been
paid in.
Following the sermons to be deIjy-
morning by visiting ministers from
other states. canvassing committees
organized in each congregation .,.fll
visit the individual subscribers dur
ing the afternoon and solicit payment
OF all overdue and unpaid pledges.
DR.. J. Howard Wells. presiding ell
der of the Washington district; DR.
ID. L. Blakemore. conference center-
airy secretary. and w. w MeI1in. dis
frict lay leader. as managers of The
local campaign. are confident tho
washington campaign now under wav
VIII prove successful. and that the
churches of this section Will wipe out
all arrearages within the next few
days.
The following visiting ministers
will assist in the campaign, deliver
ing sermons both tomorrow morning
and night.
At II o.clock-Mount Vernon Place
Church. Rev. f. S. Onderdonk: En-
worth Church. Rev. {. g. HounshciI:
Mount Pleasant Church, DR.. { T
Ivey; Marvin Church, DR.. T. II. Raw
ings: st. Paul Church. Rev. Walt
Holcomb: Emory Church. DIR. l.. l..
Blakemore: Calvary Church. Mrs. B.
W. Lipscomb
The schedule for the evening serv-