The tenth annual session of the Santa Catharina Conference was held in Joinville, March 7-21, 1915. Nearly a hundred of the brethren and sisters of the conference had assembled, and from the first the meeting was a season of blessing to all. The services were held in a pleasant, convenient, and somewhat retired hall, in the midst of an orange grove. The hall being of easy access, many of the people of the city came each evening to hear the word preached and the meaning of present-day events.
Thirty-two were received into fellowship by baptism during the year. A few left the truth, and some moved out of the state. The financial crisis was felt perceptibly in the conference, the receipts being considerably less than in the year 1913. As a result, the expenses of the conference somewhat exceeded the receipts.
Special efforts were put forth to strengthen the home missionary and young people's work. All the business of the conference was harmoniously dispatched, and Elder Rockel was again elected president.
On the Sabbath many confessions were made, and many reconsecrated themselves to the Lord. May his special blessing strengthen and help the workers and brethren and sisters in this field is our earnest prayer.
GROUP OF WORKERS AND BELIEVERS ATTENDING THE SANTA CATHARINA CONFERENCE, BRAZIL
