Reformed Presbyterian Minutes of Synod 1947

122 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THEReport of Illinois PresbyteryIUinois Presbytery would respectfully report:We have held one regular meeting and one caUed meeting duringthe past year. Five congregations are under our care. Four havesettled pastors, and one is being filled by a stated supply. We wereglad to welcome into our Presbytery, Rev. John McMillan, who wasordained May 27, 1947 and intalled as pastor of the Old Bethel Congregation,and is serving Bethel as Stated Supply. Presbytery continuesto carry on its roll the names of 15 former members of thedisorganized Princeton Congregation.Six ministers are on our roll. Four are pastors; one is engagedin educational work at the University of Indiana at Bloomington.Another is retired and living in Sparta.The officers of the Presbytery are as follows: Moderator, S.Bruce WiUson; Clerk, Harold F. Thompson; Young Peoples Secretary,Harold F. Thompson. John McMillan is our Financial Agent. S.Bruce WiUson, R. S. McElhinney, John W. Kennedy, and E. S.Hunter are the members of the Ad Interim Commission. S. BruceWiUson is the Committee on Evangelism. Harold F. Thompson attendedthe Coordinating Committee meeting as Presbytery's representative.A C.Y.P.U. Conference was held with the C.Y.P.U. members ofthe Ohio Presbytery at Bethany Park, Indiana, in August of thepast year. The Conference was well attended by both Presbyteries.There was good cooperation, and a spiritual atmosphere was manifestedthrough out the whole conference.Because both the Conferences of IUinois and Ohio feel thatthey are small in number, and there is much help gained frommeeting together it was decided to make plans for joint conferencesin the ensuing summers.Our Statistical Report was forwarded to the Stated Clerk, andour Traveling Fund has been paid in fuU.The term of S. Bruce Willson as Illinois representative on theBoard of Corporators of Geneva College expired this year in hisplace Harold Thompson was appointed.Respectfully submitted,Harold Thompson, ClerkReport of Iowa PresbyteryIowa Presbytery would respectfully report:Our annual meeting was held September 26, 1946 at Glenwood,Minnesota, and a special called meeting was held during the meetingof Synod. An evening conference was held in connection with theannual meeting.The Sharon congregation observed its 100th anniversary inAugust 1946 and the Chicago congregation celebrated its 50th anniversaryin April 1947. These occasions were suitably observed by therespective congregations.We have six congregations under our care. Five have settledpastors.