New Britain herald., 1930-11-22
CHURCH LEADERS
 WILL MEET HERE
Religious Educators Will Hold
 Annual Convention Dec. 6

The state convention of the Con- rccticut council of religious educa- ton which will convene in New Britain on Saturday, December 9th. will bring to this city outstanding leaders in Christian education, both as platform speakers and as partici- pants in the forum discussions which will be a prominent feature of the program. One of the speak CTS of prominence is the Rev. Doctor Benjamin S. Winchester of New York. Dr. Winchester is a specialist in the field of Christian education for adults, and will address the con- Nention an Saturday afternoon on the subject, Making the Church a School in Christian Living for Addlts.' AS executive secretary of the commission on Christian educa- ton of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, pr. Winchester is following closely the important developments in the field of adult education and participates in many important gatherings where problems of adult education are considered, such as the conference on Christian education for adults held in Chicago in July. The rev. citations made by psychological in yostigations in recent years, show ing that adults often need not and do not pass any dead line" in their ability to learn, have given a great impetus tq the movement for adult churches are taking a prominent part in furthering this movement, and turning it to account by help ing communities to face the un- solved problems of making the com munity life really Christian.
 Another phase of the total pro- gram of Christian education which will be taken up in this convention is provision for meeting the needs of children. Prof. Edna NJ. Baxter will address the convention on the subject Making the Church a School in Christian Living for Chil- dren," and her address will be fol- lowed by an open forum on this subject. Dr. Baxter is known to many leadc-s in Christian education in this state through her work at the Hartford seminary foundation where she is associate professor of religious education. She has come to the work in this state with an unusually thorough educational preparation, and with practical ex- pcrience in important religious education enterprises. Dr. Baxter vas in charge of the program of re- ligious education for young people at the Church of All Nations in Bos- ton, and for five years was in charge of an experimental project in rural religious education carried on under the auspices Of Northwestern univer- sity. She holds degrees from Bos- ton university in religious educa- ticn. q masters degree from North western university, has done grad tate study at Yale, Columbia, and the University of Chicago, and holds the B. D. degree from Garret Bibli- cal institute in Chicago. Her pres crt work in Hartford includes the supervision of the nursery and junior experimental school conduct d by the Hartford school of re- llsious education. and also super vision of the practice work done by Hartford students throughout the state.
 The convention sessions will be held in the First Church of Christ and will bring together large number Of delegates from all parts of the state. The Connecticut council of religious education is the official cooperative agency for 4o Protestant denominations. The sessions will be open to the public.