Reformed Presbyterian Minutes of Synod 1961 - Rparchives.org

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with the public schools, two of these participating in a cooperative
effort in the community.
Our Presbytery's officers last year were Waldo Mitchel, Moderator;
R. B. McCracken, Clerk; Treasurer, Dale Smith; Y. P. Secretary,
Reid Stewart; Moderator of the Ad Interim Commission,
R. H. McKelvy. Paul Loker is our financial agent. J. Paul Wilson
and the elder from Barnet were appointed representatives on
Synod's Coordinating Committee. Our representative on the Board
of Corporators of Geneva College is J. Paul Wilson.
Our Presbytery in conjunction with New York Presbytery sponsored
the Conferences at White Lake Covenanter Camp. Junior,
Prep, and Senior Conferences were held.
The Presbytery has planned a Seminar on Evangelism to be
held in conjunction with the Adult Conference at White Lake
Camp this summer.
Our statistical report was duly forwarded to Synod's Stated
Clerk. Our Traveling Fund is paid in full.
Respectfully submitted,
REPORT OF THE FAR EAST COMMISSION
R. B. McCracken, Clerk
The Far East Commission, consisting of S. E. Boyle, T.
Masunaga, Y. Nitta, D. I. Robb, and G. W. Spear, met three times
during the year. The officers of the Commission were; Chairman,
S. E. Boyle; Clerk, G. W. Spear; Treasurer, T. Shinoda (continued
from the previous year).
Four ministers, one congregation, and two mission stations
are under our care. The Commission has had no official contact
with the Covenanter Christians still remaining in Hong Kong. However,
Rose Huston has gone to Hong Kong and has contacted most
of them. Some of them seem to be in favor of starting a church a-
gain, if such were possible.
In July the Ichinotani Congregation moved into their new
church building in Higashi-Suma. Since that time they have been
a true Japanese church, managing all of their own business and
doing nearly all of their own preaching and teaching. Since the
location was changed the name of the congregation was also
changed, so it is now the Higashi-Suma congregation instead of
the Ichinotani congregation. We truly rejoice in the fine progress
that this congregation has made. Financial aid from the mission
is being received each year, but this amount is steadily decreasing
as the congregation willingly takes up its own responsibility.
The evangelistic work at the Covenanter Bookroom under the
direction of a provisional session appointed by the Commission
has continued to make progress. The members decided that they