The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-08-25
YAKIMA, WASH.
BY MRS. A. L. PERRY
1914 So. Six ST.
Phone 2-s544
lOc Each Copy
A. NJ. E. SESSIONS OPEN;
BISHOP PREslpEs

BISHOP PREslDEs
Attended by church officials,
ministers and delegates from five
western states, British Columbia
and Alaska. the 57th session of
the African Methodist Episcopal
Puget Sound Conference went into
its second day at Bethel Church,
Wednesday. August Is, at 515 So.
Sixth st. Yakima.
Tuesday morning, Aug. II. the
missionary meeting opened at
1890 a. m. with Rev. Lane leading
the singing, Since Jesus Came In
to My Heart" and Leaning on the
Everlasting Arm" The next song
was Have a Little Talk With
Jesus" Then Rev. Lane said This
is everybody's service and you can
sing your favorite song" Every
Day Is Sweeter With Jesus"
prayer by Sister Mamie Robinson.
The president made wonder
full address; the different societies
submitted their reports. There
were new members &c join the con-
ference branch. Mrs. Bell was the
conference secretary. The general
supervisor made very lovely adj
dress to the society and said as
this was her first year she felt
like she should not have anything
to say but just listen. The major
ity of officers were reelected.
Two hundred persons were pres
emit to hear Mayor N. X. Buck, DR..
r. N. Mclean, Presbyterian
Church, and V. T. Specie, Evan
gelical United Brethren Church, ex-
tend greetings. In addition there
we're greetings from the Church of
God in Christ. the Mt. Hope Bap-
fist Church and the Mckee Avenue
BAPTIST Church.
Bishop Walker Presldes
Presiding over the conference,
the first of nine in the West, is
Bishop ID .Ormonde Walker, pre-
siding bishop of the Fifth Episco-
pal A. M. e. Church district. His
home is wilberforce. Ohio. He
was formerly president of WILDER
force University, the oldest Negro
school in America and is grad
uate of Harvard and Boston Uni
versities.
Officials Attended
A message to conference partici-
pants on how to deal with people |
and warning them of pitfalls was
given by the bishop. The theme
was Gather in the People.
Among participating officials are
Elder L. F. Greene. presiding elder,
San Francisco: DR.. ]. E. Brookens,
editor of the A. M. e. Review ma
tional publication, Mobile, Ala;
Rev. George Martin, Springfield,
Mo-, Rev. I. H. Hunt, Oakland,
Calf, Rev. F. e. Jordan, Los An
geles, Rev. Fred Stephens, Bakers
field, Calf, Rev. r. M. Dixon, Jr.,
San Francisco, DIR. Russell Brown,
st. Louis. Mo. and DR.. l.. Glover,
presiding elder, San Diego district,
Southern California conference.
Mrs. Walker and Mrs. Yvonne
Roberts accompanied the bishop to
Yakima.
EXPECTED TO BE ELECTED
BISHOP NEXT CONFERENCE
Rev. Frederick D. Jordan, DID,,
pastor of the first A. M e. Church
at S01 Towne Ave-, Los Angeles
21, Calf, is generally expected to
be elected bishop at the next
general conference. He has a
membership of 1000 and has been
a pastor at this church for eight
years. He also completed $780,
900 Youth Center which was very
badly needed and Is much appre-
ciated by the people. Rev. T. S.
Cobbs minister of the youth Gen.
ter" is the assistant pastor to Rev.
Jordan. He preached Wednesday
noon and Thursday noon and his
closing remarks were on the sub
iect he preached last year: ''You
Can Stand More Than You Think
You Can" More power to DR..
Fred Jordan. We hope he gets
elected.
Isaiah Hiram Hunt. presiding
elder and a vetern OF World War
l and Chaplain in World War II,
was at the conference . He is from
the San Francisco District, Calf,
conference of the A. M. e. Metho-
dist Church. He has % charges in
his district. Other visiting minis
tiers were Rev. Fred stephen, Rev.
M. r. Dixon, Jr., A. M. E. Church,
San Francisco. and he preacher
two sermons. The first day, "The
Universal Broadcasting System
he gave beautiful illustration of
the five-tube receiving set, which
is through the ears, eyes, nose,
feeling and taste. There is greater
power in the seven-tube receiving
set. The ground wire is Faith"
and the aerial is Prayer" Thurs
day noon he preached on "Alibis."
These preachers left Thursday
afternoon for California and the
conference at Santa Barbara,