The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-05-23
Episcopalian
Reorganiz alton
Meetings Are Sci
To Meet Changed Condi,
lions; Kanuga Will Be
Site of One Conference

Kanuga Lake, Episcopal con-
ference center has lcCn selected
as one of the eight pIaces to hold
! regional conferences by the field
department of the Episcopal
chuch this summer preliminary to
a Reorganization Of church life
Ia. meet the changed conditions
arising from the economic depres-
sion."
The eight conferences will be
held at Kanuga Lake, July 1928
Harvard School, Los Angeles,
Calf, June $3.50; Wellesley
College, Wellesley, Mass, Hood
College. Frederick, Nd, and Ken
yon College, Gambler, o., June
26-July 7; Greenwood, Colo, July
Ito August II; Gearhart, Ore,
July IS to %; and the Univers-
ity of the South, Sewance. Tenn,
August PIG.
The Rev. Bartel H. Reinhei-
mer, secretary Of the field de-
partment of the Episcopal church,
with headquarters in New York
City, in outlining plans for the
conferences, has said:
episcopal church leaders be-
lieve that a return to tempered
prosperity is not far ahead, and
that this is the time to prepare
for it. They believe also that the
redistribution of wealth and Of
population occasioned by the con-
ditions from which we are emerg-
ing has affected both urban and
rural life which, while involving
difficulties for organized religion
as well as business have at the
same time produced strategic OPP
portunities for all those who are
planning on national or world
wide scale. We know how the
church has been effected by the
depression, and as an answer to
the loss in morale and income,
and as a measure of rehabilita-
ton and preparation for vigorous
action when the long postponed
recovery sets in, our first step in
preparation is the setting up OF
training bases for the church'S
leaders throughout the United
States. At these confer ences,
church leaders from the parishes
will be trained to carry forward
the work of the church in invigo-
rated form in all of its several
thousand parishes throughout the
country in the spirit of the new
day.
Perry, is concluding just now n
four-months' tour of the Orient,
which may be followed by reOr-
ganization of missionary work
abroad. Similarly, it is desirable
that we in the home field should
be prepared to go forward as soon
as the turn in the economic out
look is definitely in evidence"
In a statement which has been
issued to the parishes in connec-
ton with the conferences. the
clergy are advised that the church
must justify itself. Engaged III
a radical readjustment of Their
own standards of living" the
clergy are informed, "benevo-
ientlv minded men and women arc
now applying searching inquiries
to every case dependent upon
their support. Orgaizcd religion
is being challenged and the an
swer must be in terms of applied
Christianity; in values that con,
troll the secular minded man.
and, referring to the taX-exemp-
ton extended to chur. mes, the
clergy are warned that "before
God and the State this trust must
be faithfully and productivity ad-
ministered."
Conducted under the auspices
of the field department of the
church, each conference will be
led by a general secretary of the
department, except in the case OF
the Wellesley conference, which
will be conducted by DR.. Lewis
B. Franklin, vice-president and
treasurer of the national council.
The missionary motive will be
stressed at all of the conferences,
and the report of the laymen,s
foreign mission enquiry which
created a sensation few months
ago, will be extensively canvass,
ed. Emphasis will also be lalI
upon the upbuilding of the parish
as unit of the church's organ
ization; detailed study will be
given to each major mission held
and the duty and responsibility OF
laymen and citizens in the pres