The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-25
Christian Advance
Sessions Planned

Dr. John B. Weir, executive sec
rotary OF the India Council OF the
Presbyterian Church. will be the
principal speaker at one-day
convention OF the United Christian
Education Advance Tuesday. April
IS. at the Methodist Church.
The convention, one in a series
being sponsored in a. states, is
expected TO call between $50 and
500 ministers and lay leaders
from southeastern Michigan. Four
similar. meetings are being he'd in
this state, at Grand Rapids. TRAY
crse City. Kalamazoo and Midland
THE church and the home" Is
the general theme for the CONVEX
,tion, according to the Rev. Ray
mon Bair. chairman.
Those attending will be told how
they may take the work OF the Ad-
vance back TO their churches and
communities and in turn are OK
pected TO appoint inter-church com
mittees TO further the work of the
Advance locally.
The Advance. launched by he
International Council OF Religious
Education. is a national crusade TO
make religious education available
To more than 100000 school age
children and 100000 other Amer
leans who are without church ties.
81 he A
building of week day religious ed
ueation schools and classes, train
ing OF leaders in each community.
and providing religious education
for children in new industrial de-
tense cities and towns during va
cation months.
The convention Is expected to
be started at $50 a. m. with regis
tration. Worship and an opening
session will follow with an ad-
dress at 1925 a. m. on What Can
Christians Do Now" by Rev. r. w.
Rash, secretary and director of
leadership education, United Breth-
rem in Christ Church, Indiana.
Parallel conferences will close the
morning program.
An address by Dr.. n. Lewis
Bats, director of student work.
kalamazoo, is scheduled for the
afternoon to be followed by more
conferences.
DR.. Weir's address is set for
':40 p. m. Having returned 10
America after months OF travel
on the Indian Road and. the deserts
of Asia, he is expected to talk on
India and work done there.
In charge OF three missions IN
der the Presbyterian Fore gn
Board since 1887. DR.. Weir tray
els widely in northern and western
India He also was member of
tho Deputation to Iran as was his
wife and has been a member sof
the Executive Committee OF the
National Christian Council OF In
dia. Before accepting his present
position. DR.. Weir taught for
many years in Forman Christian
College. Lahore. India.
ONhti Outstanding persons par
ticipating will be DR.. Luther Yves
ley Smith. executive secretary
Christian Education Department.
American Baptist Publication So
ciety: DIR. Percy r. Hayward. edi-
tor International Journal. Inter
national Council OF Religious Edu-
cation; DR.. Raymond F. McLain.
president of Pennsylvania College.
Lexington, Ky; and DR.. Rueben
II. Mueller. general secretary.
Board of Christian Education.
Evangelical Church, Cleveland.
Local persons participating in.
clude: Miss Muriel McKercher. di-
rector Of Methodist Student work
on Normal College campus; Miss
Martha B, Norris. director OF Bap-
tist-Congregational student work
lpsilanti; Mrs William Shaw;
Rev. r. T. Appleyard: Rev. Gordon
Speer; and Rev. Raymon Bair.