Milford chronicle., 1954-05-21
MethOdists Shift
~ Pastors During
Annual Conference
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Named as pastor of the Mt. Sal.
EN- Church, which also has been |
without a minister for some time,
was the Rev. w. B. Bundick, who |
is moving to Wilmington from
DagsbOrG.
The Rev. A. M. B. Snapp is ex-
pected back in this country from
Korea some time in July. Accord
ing to the appointment made Sun
day, he will be minister of Dover's
St. Pauls and be chaplain of the
Dover Air Force Base.
There were fewer changes this
year than the SO made at last
years conference. The Wilmington
District had 10 new appointments,
while there were 13 in the Sails
bury District, IL in Easton and
in Dover.
Another new appointment was
made last Saturday by Bishop Ok
nam, that of Miss NJ. A. SherrOn as
the cO-director of the Wesley
Foundation at the University of
Delaware. She has formerly held
this post on a part-time basis. also
serving as head of religious educa-
tion department at the Newark
Church, where the Rev. DR.. John
]. Bunting, Jr., is the minister.
Contained in the appointments
made by Bishop Oman are those
like the Rev. Lee Elliott, who is
starting his 9th year on the Lau-
rel Circuit, and the Rev J. L
Green, beginning his 21st year as
minister of Grace Church in Sails
bury. In point of service with one
church in the Wilmington District,
the Rev. Brooks r. Reynolds has
the longest with his 10 years at
Wilmington Manor.
Ordination Held
The reading of the appointments
consumed Is minutes of the one
hour service. Another IS minutes
was devoted to the ordination of
five deacOns and a half hour for
the ordination of seven elders.
Ordained deacOns were Ira E
Doyle, Eugene Ford, Richard S
Gibson, Clarence wilkins and Ed
ward R. Wilkins. Their names
were read by the Rev w. L. Beck
with, Sr., of Smyrna, who is con-
ference secretary. and Bishop Ok
nam placed his hands on the head
of each while he repeated the
words, Take thou authority to
execute of the office of a Deacon
in the Church of God; in the Name
of the Father, and of the Son. and
of the Holy Spirit"
The bishop was Joined by the
four district superintendents in
the placing of hands on the heads
of those ordained elders. The sun
erintendents are: The Rev. DR..
John N. Link. Wilmington; the
Rev. DR.. o. A. BARLEY. Dover; the
Rev. A. j. Jackson, Salisbury; the
Rev. Preston w. Spence, Easton.
Those ordained elders are Will
mer f, Abbott, D. o. Clendaniel
William j. Garrett. Arley B. Col
den. G. H. Moore, L. S. Renner
and w. L. Robinson. Jr. The bis
hops words in part here were
| Take thou authority as an elder
/ IN the Church to preach the Word
/ OF God, and to administer the HOLY
Sacraments in the congregation.
In the morning Bishop Oman
/ preached on the general theme. "a
/ Prisoner of the Lord. in which he
used st. Paul's experience in pri-
son as Scriptural background. He
developed many current topics in
ms sermon, speaking of the many
fears that are abroad today.
Overflow Audience
The church was also overfiowing
for the morning service.
The Rev Richard L. Irwin. spe-
cial representative of the church's
National Board of Temperance
spoke on some phases of the tenn
perance program.
He told his listeners that the
BOARD is now urging a more posi-
tive approach to sObriety and total
abstinence to replace the "old pull
plt-pounding attacks on drink"
Mr. Irwin presented a four point
program of education, legislation.
rehabilitation and commitment of
total abstinence. He asked the
audience to make their voices heard
before the House Interstate Com
merce Committee of which Della
wares U. S. Rep. Herbert B. War
burton is a member.
The particular bill Ne had in
mind is one which prohibits alco-
hOlic beverage advertising over
state lines, which would thus GU.
off most of such advertising
through newspapers, radio. and
televisiOn.
Budget Approved
Last Saturday also saw the an
prOval of a $45O.O25 budget. an in
crease of $5O894 over the previ-
GUS year. The increase resulted
mostly from a hike in funds fO,
church extension and the Wesley
Foundation.
Miss SherrOn as the cO-directoI
of the Wesley Foundation in New
ark, Miss Eileen BlundOn. director
of Christian education at the Ave.
nue. Church in Milford, and Miss
MARGARET M. Sensindiver. director
of the Salem Church in Selbyville
were cOnsecrated to their positions