Milford chronicle., 1958-05-23
Episcopal Church
Growth Is Cited
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The Bishop of the Delaware Dio-
cese cautioned several times, how
Fever, that there is work TO be done,
and if the expansion is 10 continue
there must be no let up
Zone of the most important tools
we have,| the Bishop continued,
for the expansion of Christ's work
in Delaware is the Advancement
and Development Fund. 10 pledges
Ito the fund.- in the future come
m as promised and needed, we
shall have eventually close to a
million dollars to do this part of
our work"
The Bishop praised the work of
the Episcopal Church Home Foun-
dation, which under the leadership
of it's board members, made Ingle-
side, the diocesan home for the ag-
ing people, reality.
He also reported that Camp Ar
rowhead was already a sellout af-
ter it's opening for registration in
March of this year for The begin
ming of it's fourth season.
Though pleased with the work
of the Church throughout Della
ware, the Bishop made very clear
his feelings toward the need for
greater work away from home:
''All of this prosperity and lux
ury at home should shame us even
If we were hot followers of Jesus
Christ. Even sense of pagan JUS
tice would inspire us TO share it
with people throughout the world.
After all, it is not due 20 our own
cleverness or judgement that we
are being raised here in material
istic splendor that kings in the past
have only dreamed of. We are set
here by God Himself. And we are
not set here to bask in all the joys
and comforts, but to be good stew
ards of these things for Him and
for His people. / cannot read His
word any other way than this. |
don't think you do, either. He to
whom much has been given, much
will be required"
At the first session cf the con-
vention on Tuesday afternoon, the
delegates passed resolution
which put the 173rd Annual Con.
vention of the Episcopal Diocese of
Delaware on record as being 'un-
equivocally opposed" to the pas
sage of House Bill AS, the Little
Rock Bill, now before the Della
ware State Legislature.
The convention also passed a
record budget of $239,317 for 1859.
The Rev. Father Henry N. Hern-
don, rector of Calvary Church, Will
mington, and chaplain. to the pa
tients at the State Hospital and
Veterans Hospital, who was acting
chairman for the session, called
the passage of the record budget
"a glorious act of faith, which will
have to be hacked up with a lot of
hard work to become a reality"
Included in the record budget for
1859 will be $4,000 for the crea-
tion of a Youth Consultation Ser
vice in Kent and Sussex Counties.
The Service, which will include a
professional social worker, will
work in conjunction with the clergy
of the two counties in helping to
fight the problem of juvenile de-
linquency. 1t will also aid the
Church in dealing with the prob
lem of the young before they be-
come problems of society and the
state.
Wednesday mornings business
session was delayed by a longer
than expected Corporate Commun-
ion at which the Rev. Paul A. Kel-
logg, rector of Christ Church, Do
yer, reported on his recent visit
to the missionary district of Puer-
tc Rico.
Celebrant at the Corporate Com
munion was Bishop Mosley. In at
tendance were about 40 Episcopal
priests from ell over the state.
The church was packed with the
1870 delegates and alternates to the
convention, plus visitors and OBJ
servers. There was no sermon.
Among those in attendance was
the Rt. Rev. Arthur r. McKinstry.
DID,, retired bishop of the Episco-
pal Diocese of Delaware