1924-11—Improvement Era—Church Organizations in Philadelphia

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[edit] Church Organizations in Philadelphia

Improvement Era, November 1924, p. 19-20

[edit] Church Organizations in Philadelphia

The Era receives a report of the organizations in the Philadelphia branch, Eastern States Mission, from Elder George Stoll, Sr. About 100 members are enrolled and the branch receives considerable assistance from the Universities, as from forty to sixty Latter-day Saints attend school who come from Utah, Idaho, and various parts of the intermountain region. The average attendance at Sacrament meetings up to the end of July was 74. Regular monthly union meetings are held and the branch presidency with the conference president holds weekly meetings. Much good is being accomplished in the Relief Society. Bazaars and many other social activities are conducted and they have to their credit over $1500 for a new church building. The Sunday school has gradually advanced, there being 30 in average attendance, or 90% of the enrollment! The Mutual has had separate organizations of young men and young ladies for a year, with splendid results. The average attendance is 48. Much is expected from the Mutual since it is under the able leadership of Karl DeHaas, who has had wide experience with the young people in Church work. From four to six elders labor in and around Philadelphia. Ten baptisms have been held since the first of the year and two were scheduled for August. In the summer the elders labor in rural districts without purse or scrip and wonderful testimonies come to them, all of which add strength to the faith of the Saints. In general, the public receives the elders in a fair way and treats them kindly. A very remarkable picture of the Philadelphia branch conference presidency, and the presidencies and officers of the Relief Society, Sunday school, Y. M. and Y. L. M. I. A., and the missionaries was sent to the Era, but we regret that it is too large for satisfactory reproduction in an Era page.