Smyrna times., 1950-07-27
EVANGELISTIC
ADVANCE PLAN
Churches in Peninsula Con.
ference to Prepare List Who
Should Join Church
TO TRAIN VISITORS"

IN the four districts that make uI
the Peninsula Conference, minis.
ters and laymen alike, are joining
in an Evangelistic Advance. Each
church in the Peninsula Conference
will prepare a special list made ur
of names of men and women ano
young people who should unite
with the church on confession OF
faith" Each church will, likewise
select and train groups of men and
women who will act as visitors
and who, calling two by two, will
go to the homes of those whom the
church is seeking to win to its fel.
lowship. This conference.-the
program of visitation evangelism
is the groundwork of the whole ef-
fort and every church is preparing
vigorously to carry out this plan
Special evangelistic services will
be held simultaneously in each
Methodist church while the pro.
gram of special visitation is being
carried on. This intensive program
of visitation and nightly evangelis.
tic services will be held in the Sal
isbury and Easton Districts of the
Conference the week of September
"a, while the week of october 15
will be the period of intensive ac-
tivity in the Dover and Whining.
ton Districts. Preceding this per-
iod of visitation evangelism, each
church will have a series Of spec
ial prayer services which will be
held in the churches, and in many
instances, in private homes. On
Saturday, September %, a youth
rally will be held in Cambridge,
Maryland which will be attended
by several thousand young people
from the Easton and Salisbury
Districts. On october IA, the rally
and institute will be held, likewise,
for the young Methodist people of
the Dover and Wilmington Dis
tricts at the Field House in Dover.
In each of these special young peo-
pies meetings, the afternoon will
be devoted to discussion groups
under the leadership of well-known
and popular youth leaders. A ban
quet will be held at six o'clock in
the evening and following the ban
quet an inspirational rally service
will be held at eight o'clock. The
concluding service for the Eastor
and Salisbury Districts will be ir
the nature of a mass meeting anC
will be held at Salisbury Sunday
afternoon, October 1. The, mass
meeting which will conclude the
entire program of services in the
Dover and Wilmington District!
will be held in the Ball Park il
Wilmington on Sunday afternoon
october %. 1t is planned to have
a choir of two thousand people il
the Ball Park representing the
choirs of the Methodist churches
Sunday November 10, has beer
designated as the day of "in-gath
ering' when every one of the more
than four hundred Methods
churches in the Peninsula Confer
ence will receive people into thu
membership of the church on "con
fession of faith" from preparatory
classes and also by transfer from
other churches. The following
have been elected to serve as chair
men of the various committees
Committee meetings will be hell
from time to time and further in
formation will be found in thi
newspaper. Executive offices hav
been established at Union Metho
dist Church, Washington at 5tl
Street, Wilmington. All request
for information should be address
ed there. Executive committee
Bishop Charles w. Flint, genera
chairman; DR.. Hamilton P. Fox
executive chairman; Rev. Arthu
p. Jackson, Easton-Salisbury chair
man; Rev. Thomas c. Mulligar
Dover-Wilmington chairman; Rev
Essell p. Thomas, assignment
chairman; DR.. John c. Trader
conference chairman of evangel
ism; Rev. Brooks E. Reynolds, eS
ecutive secretary; Rev. Richar
Greene, Board of Education; Re7
Howard Ellis, director of Advance
Rev. Harry L. Williams, Rev. Dav
son Bryan, visitation directors
Rev. G. L. Daugherty, Rev. Ernes
Thomas, pulpit directors. Confer
ence functional Committee chail
men: prayer, Rev. A. B. Frye; loc'
church. Rev. Joseph B. Dickersor
mass meeting, Rev. John Linl
youth, Rev. George w. Cooley
publicity, Rev. George H. Piguerol
Jr.; housing, Rev. Jacob c. Handy
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