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markham twp sunday school assoc presents visitation reports during the past year various members of the markham town ship sunday school association executive conducted visitations to a number of church schools throughout the district then- reports were presented at the annual convention in markham village on thursday jan 21st portions of these rejmts were as follows brethreninchrist s beise hill sirs percy bennett on june 14th i visited the brethren in christ sunday school at heise hill as the su perintendent mr lewis helse and several others were away at a conference mrs b vander- bent the junior superitndent was in charge in this sunday school all meet together in the i church with the junior classes going to the basement for class period it was childrens sunday and the boys and girls very cap ably read the scriptures recited memory verses and sang it is always a joy to any sunday school teacher to see thechil- dren taking part the teachers and superintendent are giving the children here a real start in taking their places in the work of the lord in the primary classes where i sat in the teach er gives each child printed ver ses from the bible to memorize for the next sunday one verse pertaining to the lesson and the other taken from some other chapter the boys and girls are very earnest in this task we all reassembled in the church for the closing hymn and prayer it is always a benefit when one can learn how others carry on and the various ways of teach ing a lesson from gods word united church ss stouffvule mrs percy bennett on november 1st i visited the stouffvule united church sun day school this is one of the largest sunday schools in our township and they hold two sessions the juniors inter mediates seniors and adults meeting at 1000 and the nurs ery kindergarten and primary classes meeting at 1100 during the church service mr s stouf- fer is superintendent with de partmental superintendents as sisting at 1000 i started in the junior room under the very capable leadership of mrs de- witt during class period we sat in the adult class where doctor crouch was teaching an excell ent lesson then on to mr stouftersroom hat closing exercises then at il00 we watched the little folks gathering here mrs harris and mrs w winn are doing a very wonderful job there were 67 little ones from two and a half to six years there was never an idle moment each age group sat together with their teachers near and formed a large circle they sang choruses had a brief prayer which all repeated birth day bank was used when little boys dropped in their pennies while others counted then as they fell while i was telling a story and doing finger plays with them it was a real thrill to see every little face watching so intently when they broke up for classes there was one little table surrounded by 214 year olds ready for their bible story i then went into the primary department where all were lear ning to memorize the 23rd psalm mrs mercer is the de partment superintendent there were 30 boys and girls present hagcrman mennonlte church mrs ii rutherford in june t visited the hager- man mennonlte church sunday school where mr e byer the superintendent extended a very warm welcome the sunday school has an enrolment of 109 with an average attendance of 75 to 80 each sunday the girls work department consists of the willing helpers club a group of twenty girls between the ages of six and twelve years who meet every friday after noon from 4 to 530 in the sun day school room the group be gin with a devotional period followed by handicraft scrap- books have been made and sent to the sick childrens hospital in toronto and also to various mission fields the girls enjoy needlework very much and they have em broidered tea towels to present to their mothers as christmas gifts and have worked quilt patches which are made into quilt tops by the wa society this active group of girls occa sionally hold an open meeting to which the mothers are in vited to see and share in this good work followed by a short social period there is alio the faith hope and charity group which meet the first and third tuesday of each month this is a mixed young peoples group with an average attendance of fifteen these young folk do consider able sewing for ontario mis sions particularly quilts and baby clothes united church victoria square mrs ii rutherford in october 1859 i visited the victoria square church sunday school mr p bennett the sun day school superintendent tx- iiirr r-rpt-iit-ir-r- r- i t f v t ii i tr cf sat 61 i no damage vfecdteg iracb take beatta tf towed by hna track from aae location to another damage can be pre vented by mine the aaople akld suit shown abort which is mad fram main leans of two ear aprtnra and a length of steel rod tended a very warm welcome the sunday school has an en rolment of 90 members with an extremely large number of small children in attendance there is a junior girls sunday school class with an enrolment of 8 between the ages of 9 and 11 years the explorer group have 28 members victoria square being a threepoint charge some of these girls come from headford and browns corners churches this group follow a program consisting of devotlorfal periods handicraft and social periods each year there is a sixweek mission study and money col lected last year was forwarded to africa for mission field work there is also an arrangement whereby sunday school papers are sent to isolated areas by mail and air where no church schrols have yet been estab lished annually the explorer group hold a bazaar and sell many of the handicraft articles which have been made throughout the year two beautiful biblical pic tures were purchased from the funds raised and hung in the sunday school room a cgit group of fourteen members is held every monday evening between 7 and 830 melville united church mrs harold knights this sunday school assigned to me was found to be an eager well working group of young scholars each one was keenly interested in their missionary project this enthusiasm i feel was due to their energetic sup erintendent mrs forrester this being a rural sunday school has a commendable number of 63 on the roll with an excellent average attendance the scholars in this sunday school are found mostly in the junior and intermediate classes as the young people graduate from their bible class they take the responsibility of teaching the younger children- there is an active girl guide group which combines with the victoria square group from this community melville sunday school mrs h forrester the melville united sunday school is not large in numbers only 60 names on the roll but we are thankful for our faith ful and interested scholars and teachers we have been using the duplex envelopes for some time now and have found this way of raising missionary mon ey very satisfactory our mis sionary givings for the year 1959 including 1720 raised on rally sunday was 8785 for white gift sunday our intermediate boys class numbering 7 rais ed over 1500 and as well as a goodly supply of material gifts over 3300 in monies was sent to the fred victor mission a project was started about two years ago by a jr class of girls to sponsor a child from another country the whole school de cided to cooperate and every sunday our pennies nickels and dimes are put in a box and with a little assistance from members of the congregation the cost was to be 5000 a year we are starting on our third year and have had several letters from our sister franca in italy i think for a small school our missionary effort deserves to be recognized markham united church stewart stouffer on sunday january 10th i visited markham united church sunday school at 10 oclock this is one of our largest schools they are well organized with plenty of teachers and large accommodation for class es for lesson period they have a general superintendent over all the school then each de partment has its own superin tendent or leaders school is di vided into five or six depart ments each one having their opening exercises of devotion periods i was in the intermediate de partment for opening and bible class for lesson period which were under very capable leader ship i enjoyed this visit very much wldeman mennonlte ss hugh boyd i visited wideman mennonlte sunday school they had good attendance of 129 and good sing ing sunday school started promptly on time by superin tendent mr john reesor this is a very good school with good accommodation for classes the whole family goes to sunday school and they enjoy studying the bible together zion united ss hugh boyd i visited zion united sunday school at cedar grove on no vember 28th superintendent mr bert tapscott they have 105 on roll there were 98 on sunday they have the young people in the basement adult classes in the church this is a fine school so glad to see these sunday schools are in creasing each year especially the adults bringing their fam ilies to church cedar grove mennonlte s8 mrs nelson smith i visited cedar grove menno nlte sunday school in novem ber mr paul burkholdes was the superintendent they have an attendance of about 60 this is a very active school i espe cially enjoyed the singing led by mr art burkholder the teachers in this school certain ly teach the bible stouffvule christian sjs mrs nelson smith i also visited the stouffvule christian sunday school this is a very active school with mr ken wagg as superintendent i liked the idea of all joining in the singing of one verse of cho sen hymns while waiting for time to begin the service this school is very fortunate in hav ing a returned missionary fam ily worship with them their minister also spent some years in the mission fields in india so their interest in missions is very active i must say i really felt the warm hand of welcome in this sunday school anglican ss at markham i visited the anglican sunday school at markham and found a flourishing sunday school in deed it is at least ten years since i had visited this school then they were down in a small sunday school room by the church the numbers were small and the equipment not the best since that time the anglican sunday school has out grown those quarters and this winter are occupying their new church hall this is one of the most efficient sunday school buildings in the township service started at 945 am those pupils under 9 years met downstairs over 9 years met upstairs each room had its own worship service and did not assemble at any time there were numerous classes each seated around a table with their teacher this is a sunday school of young people the teachers were young men and young la dles who were interested in the work mr wm williamson was su perintendent of the whole school and took charge down stairs while mr jack howard was in charge of the senior de partment the writer remem bers wm williamson and his sister miss elizabeth william son in the old building on a former visit they are to be commended for their long and faithful service to the markham anglican sunday school and so are the many young teachers who give so generously of their time to make this sunday school so successful second markham baptist sjs mrs harry forrester i had the pleasure of visiting the 2nd markham baptist sun day school on sunday novem ber 29th 1959 and found a very flourishing school there are 166 names on the roll with an average attendance of 135 this school is now divided into departments each department with its own superintendent i was very much impressed with the large adult class once a year a collection is taken up and the money raised is sent to mr and mrs bob clubine who are serving in jamaica and who call the 2nd markham bap tist their home church also once a year an offering is taken for the canadian sunday school mission phillips anglican sa mrs harry forrester the opportunity not present ing itself for a visit to st phil lips anglican sunday school at unlonville i contacted their su perintendent mr frank crlbbet ty phone and procured some information from him as to their missionary work they have no concerted effort but the junior wa composed of the chudren up to 12 years eld have helper boxes given out once a year also lenten boxes sre given out early in thespring and are col lected before good friday this money is turned over to the synod office of the church and is sent from there to the canadian council of christians and jews this is a uniform graded school and growing fast they now have 130 names on the roll and space or the lack of space is becoming a problem this is certainly a very encouraging sign in any sunday school and our good wishes go to schools which have this problem and perhaps it behooves the rest of us to work harder to bring the children into the sunday school keport on home department miss elva kirk on contacting a number of sunday schools two reported a home department helse hill brethren in christ with mr and mrs jacob in charge re port 8 lesson helps and papers distributed also bible reading literature sent by mall visits were made as often as possible to all also home department re sponsible for flowers sent to the sick and to the bereaved this alone was quite an undertaking stouffvule christian memorial sunday school report 10 on home department order spe cial home department quarter lies and they are delivered along with the sunday school papers sunday school papers are tak en to the hospital in the other schools no defin ite home department is record ed but the work to some extent is carried on by other church organizations markham baptist report one family looked after by circle wideman mennonlte the teach er of the class visits a shutin stouffvule united report a lady distributes lesson helps and pa pers to four shutins here also the church distributes the upper room to a number markham united missionary a lady takes their sunday school papers to shutins at the markham rest home markham presbyterian report no home department in sunday school but various or ganizations are responsible for church calendars to the shutins christmas hampers to the mor gan house also regular visita tions are made and now they are planning communion in the homes for these folk merruje peachs m sod baptist cedar grove men- boolte report no home depart ment but they too see that no shutin is forgotten mjarfchim presbyterian sjs elva kirk visited the markham pres byterian sunday school one rainy icy sunday and found a good attendance of boys and girls the senior school inter mediates was held in the chu rch with mr leishman as super intendent here he had the in terest of the scholars in the singing and scripture reading downstairs the superintendent for the younger classes was mrs meharg i was greatly im pressed by the rapt attention and interest taken in the les son by these smauer children mrs meharg said that was one encouraging factor to the teach ers would also like to commend the good order and quietress of the whole school a teenage class is held in the afternoon conducted by mr thomas en joyed my visit and received a very warm welcome box grove united s5 myrtle hamul i would first like to say that i enjoyed visiting the two sun- dsy schools i found both very sincere in their work box grove united is a smau school 35 be ing present the day i was there but every adult had a position to fiu and every boy and girl seemed to be there for a pur pose i felt the sincerity of the whole school the stojrryule tribune tlandrr juoary 28 1960 ttjt large clearing sale on have your chesterfield modernized now for y upholstering fabrics suite reupholstered and the price of a new suite specialist on draperies rug easy terms dont miss this chance buy now for free estimate call stouffville 684 far mhi hot water when you want it day and night the dotbes a shower w you can do both at the same time when you rent a hill as heater monthly wat heats water 3 times faster no other fuel equals natural gas for water 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