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(4381), who shall be the representative of the Sunday school on the Christian Stewardship Committee of the local Church, and whose duty it shall be to promote the knowledge and practice of the principles of Christian stewardship through the various organizations and departments of the Sunday school.

SECTION IV

THE PREACHER IN CHARGE

¶389. The preacher in charge, with the aid of the Quarterly Conference, shall organize a Sunday school in every congregation where as many as ten persons can be brought together for that purpose, and organize mission schools in the bounds of his charge wherever it is practicable.

4390. He shall see that each school in his charge is supplied with our periodical literature, and, after consultation with the superintendent and the Sunday School Committee, decide what books and other publications shall be used in the school.

¶391. He shall attend the schools as often as practicable, be present whenever possible at the meetings of the Sunday School Committee and the Workers' Council, advise with the superintendent and the Sunday School Committee in

regard to the work of the school, and preach on the subject of Sunday schools and the religious training of children.

4392. He shall preach to children, catechize them in the Sunday school and in public meetings appointed for that purpose, and form classes wherever he can for the instruction of the larger children and youth in the Bible and in the doctrines and history of our Church; and where he cannot superintend them personally, appoint suitable leaders for that purpose. In his pastoral visitation he shall pay special attention to the children and speak to them personally on experimental and practical godliness, according to their capacity.

$393. He shall see that a Committee on Missions is appointed in each Sunday school, that one Sunday in each month is observed as Missionary Day, and that an offering is taken on that day, in accordance with the provisions of ¶386. and see that an annual installation service for Sunday school officers and teachers is held. It shall also be his duty to see that the third Sunday in April, or as near thereto as practicable, is observed in each Sunday school as Sunday School Day, and that an offering is taken, and to have it forwarded at once to the Treasurer of the Conference Sunday School Board.

¶394. He shall make a written report to each

Quarterly Conference on the number and state of Sunday schools, including information in regard to all phases of work provided for in the standards of the General Sunday School Board; and annually to the Conference Sunday School Board on blanks furnished by the Board, and to the Annual Conference on the following items: (1) Number of Sunday schools; (2) number of officers and teachers; (3) number on Cradle Roll; (4) number in Home Department; (5) number of members not included in (2), (3), and (4); (6) total enrollment, including (2), (3), (4), and (5); (7) average weekly attendance; (8) number of pupils uniting with Church during the year; (9) number of persons taking our training course; (10) number of Wesley Classes; (11) amount raised on Sunday School Day; (12) amount raised for missions during the year; (13) amount raised for all other purposes during the year; (14) total amount raised during the year.

SECTION V

THE PRESIDING ELDER

$395. The Presiding Elder shall promote the Sunday school cause by aiding in the establishment of new schools, visiting the schools of his District as often as practicable, preaching on the religious training of children, and en

couraging the holding of Sunday School Conferences, Institutes, and Training Schools.

¶396. He shall urge in his institutes, in his visitation to Sunday schools, and especially, under the missionary question in the Quarterly Conference, that every Sunday school in his District be organized for missions by appointing a Missionary Committee and observing Mis-/ sionary Day and see that Sunday School Day is observed in each congregation in his District.

¶397. He shall see that the Quarterly Conference of each charge performs its duties as a Board of Managers of the Sunday Schools, inquire at each Quarterly Conference whether the schools are organized according to the requirements of the Discipline and are supplied with our own books and periodical literature; whether the rule respecting the instruction of children has been faithfully observed, and furnish to the Chairman of the Sunday School Board at each Annual Conference a complete list of the Sunday school superintendents of his District, with their post office addresses and the names of the charges and schools with which they are connected.

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CHAPTER XIII

EPWORTH LEAGUE BOARD

SECTION I

PURPOSES OF THE EPWORTH LEAGUE

Question. What directions are given concerning the organization of our young people into societies under the control of the Church?

9398. Ans. The pastor shall organize Epworth Leagues for the cultivation of Christian fellowship among young people, the expression of their Christian experience in prayer, testimony, and exhortation; their instruction and training in personal evangelism; their training in Church life and teaching; their employment in works of charity and social service; their instruction in missionary ideals and principles, and their training in Christian stewardship; their direction to lives of service at home and abroad; and the supplying of their normal requirements of recreation and social life under the safeguards of religion and by the aid of courses of reading and study.

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