Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1925-07-23
GOTH STATE CONVENTION
OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION


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The following news article will be
of special interest and value to peo-
pie of the churches and Sunday
schools, and officials of our County
Council of Religious Education.
Read it.
The delegates who attended the
66th State Convention of the Ohio
Council of Religious Education (for-
merly the Ohio Sunday School Asso-
ciation) held at Elyria, June 3Oth to
July 3rd, report that the council
closed it's fiscal year June 30th,
with record of service up to the
standard of former years in every
department. The council is the nc
credited agency of thirty-five Prot
estant denominations affiliated with
the International Council in the CO.
operative field of Religious Educa-
tion. All but few of the eighty
eight counties of Ohio have organ
lied Councils of Religious Educa-
ton, working as auxiliary units of
the state council. The cooperative
program Of both state and county
councils specialiZes along four diff
ferent lines: Cd Sunday school
work; ca Week day schools of Re-
ligion in cooperation with public
schools; CD Daily Vacation Bible
schools both of the local church and
community type; (4) Standard Com
munity Training schools and promo
tion of Leadership Training in
churches, communities and colleges.
Reports from sixty-eight different
communities of the state show that
week day schools of religion are in
operation in these communities and
in majority of cases under the
auspices of a Council of Religious
Education representative of all tho
cooperating churches. The enroll
ment in these week day schools to-
tails nearly $4,000 pupils who are
receiving one or two periods of re-
ligious instruction on school time
each week, taught by teachers pro-
vided by the Councils of Religious
Education. Dayton and Montgomery
county lead in this work. Next
years program of this county alone
provides for the teaching of at least
10000 children one hour each week
during the school year
Next years program of the state
program of children's work directed
by woman thoroughly trained in
the technique of religious education
for children, whether it be in Sun
day, week day or vacation schools.
The business committee was author
lied by the executive committee of
the council to employ such a director
of children's work as soon as possi-
BILE; Cd Young peoples work will
again be directed by Fred D. Cart
wright and will include the state
young peoples conference to be held
at Ashland, October %, "a, and 25.
which promises to be the greatest of
its kind ever held in Ohio. This de-
partment will give special attention
to the discovery and training of
young people for leadership in the
church and religious education field
and the introduction of Bible study
for credit into high schools of the
state; (3) Rev. E. E. Barnhart will
direct the adult work of the council
and give special attention to the pro-
gram of the organized class and
adult department of the Sunday
school and seek to develop state
wide effort of personal evangelism
among such classes and depart
ments; (4) DR.. Franklin McElfresh
will direct the work of leadership
training, giving special attention to
promotion of standard training
schools and the development of lead
ership training in religious education
in local churches, community schools
and in cooperation with colleges;
(5) /. S. Richmond is employed to
give full time as business manager
of the council and will give special
attention to council organization,
promotion and finance. Responsible
ity for the securing of the councils
expense budget amounting to $44,-
10000 for the next year, will center
in this department; Co Rev. Max
well Hall of Marietta, General Sec
retary of Washington County Coun-
Gil. will serve as a voluntary superin-
tendent of school administration;
CD Arthur T. Arnold, General Sec
retary and Chief of Staff, will give
general direction to the councils en-
tire program of activities. He is the
executive officer of the council, re-
sponsible to the executive committee
and by virtue of his position is the
educational superintendent of the
whole council program.
The convention elected DIR. w. G.
Clippinger, president of Otterbein
college, for the 18th time as presi-
dent of the council. Other officers
and members of the executive com