Tárogató, 1944-1945 (7. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1944-07-01 / 1-2. szám
TÁROGATÓ 13 ECHOES OF THE BOARD MEETING Students Man Fields from Newfoundland To British Columbia At its annual meeting, the Board of Home Missions appointed 172 Student Missionaries to serve the Mission Fields of the Church — an increase of eight over last year. It is an interesting fstct that, of the total, twenty-three are young women, and twenty-three are non theological students who volunteered their services to help the Church in its emergency. A number of these latter have the ministry in mind and their experience on a Mission Field will help them to come to a decision. The great majority of these young Missionaries serve in Western Canada -— seventy-four in Saskatchewan alone. The will spend an average of 20 weeks ministering to 172 mission charges, comprising between 800 and 900 preaching centres. A New Project in Northern Ontario By the appointment of a Missionary to minister to the men in the Lumber Camps in the vicinity of Timmins and South Porcupine, the Board of Home Missions has added a new project of service in the North. The Missionary is Lawrence W. Mould, a theological student of Emmanuel College, — an experienced and capable leader who has served on Mission Fields in the West, both as student and lay supply. In addition, Mr. Mould will serve Road Camps and Mines in the Matheson area and sparsely settled communities in the Kapuskasing area. The New Canadian Work — Its Aims and Ideals The Board received the Report of its Commission on City Missions and Non-Anglo- Saxon'Work. The purpose of the Commission was to study the methods of work and the objectives of our City Missions and Institutions and of our Non-Anglo-Saxon Rural Fields, and suggest ways by which the ministry to our New Canadian fellow-citizens might be made more effective. In carrying out these duties, the Commission had before it the ideal — “to build a Church in which multitudes of different racial and religious types will be bound together in one fellowship” — and expressed the conviction that “it is not so much a problem as it is an opportunity. Everything of proven value in the tradition and usage of the Church universal lies ready to our hands, and given courage, tact, patience and love, we can build in this country a more glorious Church — a Church more truly catholic than the world has yet seen.” A Unique and Successful Experiment Twenty Lay Ministers from the Bay of Quinte and Montreal and Ottawa Conferences attended a three-day School at Albert College, Belleville, April 12th—14th. The School was made possible by the Board of Home Missions, which defrayed all expenses. Its purpose was to give to the Lay Supplies an opportunity for study and fellowship, and thus better equip them to serve the Church. The programme covered subjects of vital interest: i-e., The Conduct of Worship — Pastoral Ministry —- Religious Education —- Preaching from the Old and New Testaments —- Organization and Work of the Church — Evangelism — Presentation of the Church’s Ministries. The Dean of the School was Rev. J. I. MacKay, Superintendent of Missions, and associated with him as instructors were Principal Kent and Dr. Gilmour of Queen’s Theological College, together with seven other ministers. HOME FRONT HIGHLIGHTS Norman Wells, the Meeting-Place of America Rev. Richard H. Williams, the Inter-Church Committee’s representative at Norman Wells, N.W.T., writes: “The Canol Project, more than 1,000 miles from civilization, seems to be the meeting-place of America. I have been privileged to meet men and women from every province in Canada, from almost every state in the U.S.A., from Newfoundland and from far-off Hawaii. One of the young men fought in the R.A.F. during the Battle of Britain; another was in the R.C.A.F. at El Alemein. A French-Canadian whose boat w-as torpedoed in the Eastern Pacific drifted with his companions in a lifeboat for 21 days. Many American service men attend our services. One of them intends to be a Baptist minister after the war. Another was formerly organist in a Methodist Church in Pennsylvania. These HH OUR ENGLISH SECTION.
