Central California Conference by B. E. BEDDOE

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 17, 1914

Central California Conference

By B. E. BEDDOE

DURING the second and third quarters of this year we have witnessed a new zeal-taking hold of the believers in this conference. A settled conviction that we must hasten the work now possesses members in all our churches. There is a general feeling on the part of our people that we must make a thorough preparation for the end.

Six series of meetings have been held in the conference during the season just closing. Sixty-eight persons have been baptized. Two churches have been organized, and another company is now awaiting organization. Three church buildings are in process of erection.

At the present time Elders A. S. Booth and E. H. Adams, with a company of laborers, are holding a series of meetings in Bakersfield, one of the largest towns in the San Joaquin Valley. The attendance has been very good, from two to four hundred the first three weeks. Several are accepting the truth. It is too

soon, however, to give a definite report of this meeting.

Total book sales for the seven months beginning April 1, amount to $4,493. There have been twelve regular canvassers in the field. Prospects for the future are good, as a number of new agents are expecting to begin work soon.

Three new church schools were arranged for this fall, making a total of twelve, with fourteen teachers employed. The total number of pupils enrolled is 240. Two new buildings have been erected, and one new schoolroom has been fitted up for school work.

The present number of Young People's Missionary Volunteer Societies is fourteen, with a total membership of 419. There are twelve Junior societies, with a total membership of 227. Offerings to foreign missions by the societies amount to $643.45. Seven Standard of Attainment certificates and forty-four Reading Course certificates have been issued.

During the season four new Sabbath schools were organized, making thirty-two schools in this conference, with a membership of 1,156. Offerings to foreign missions for the second and third quarters were $2,158.58. The two Thirteenth Sabbath Offerings amounted to $590.23.

Conditions have made impossible a very large increase in tithes. Offerings to foreign missions are steadily increasing. In an unusual way the people are taking hold of the Harvest Ingathering work with the special REVIEW. The blessing of the Lord is surely resting upon his people.

B. E. BEDDOE.