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s s it t f ll r Glimpse of t I· e cha11cel in tJ.e tnagthe new· church which is to be a dis- nifice~tt auditorium of tinguished and beautiful structure. It t 11. e new Wilmette will be built on the site of the present P a r is h · J1.etllodist edifice at Lake avenue and Eleventh Episcopal c IJ u.r c h. street. The pastor ~nd all who have a vital 'interest in the project-nd it can Tlris view, with its be said that all who attend the church have such an interest-have put their vaulted ceiling a" d hands and hearts to the task with an twrrow} pointed urinenergy which b~speaks success. There will be found on the cover of d o w s , conveys the this issue of Wilmette Life an archi- Got/tic aspect ·which tr.ct's rendering of the new church which has bee~- accepted. The com- is tire dominant archimittees of active workers have been · tectural note adhered .named, these being as follows ·: to faithfully both as Genc:ral building-T. C. Moulding, chairman ; L. W. Benson, secretary ; to the exterior and W. E. Lindblad, treasurer; E. G. i11tcrior of the 11ew Bentley, B. N. Cox, G. M. Culver, E. G. Fisher, A. L. Fuller,]. R. Harper, $400,000 edifice. E. R. James, R. G. Kimbell, H. C. Kinne, S. E. L~eman, B. F. Lewis, Jr., (Continued from Page 1) F. L:. Millington, }. F. · McGuir~, H. \V. Mons, J\. N. Page, H. E. Poronto, W. C. Shurtleff, E. M. Stafford, D. A. Stoker, '"'· H. Thayer, W. N. Waidner, E. A. Wegner, T. H. West, Carl Zipprich. Plans-T. C. Moulding, chairman; E. G. Bentley, G. M. Culver, J. R. Harper, H. W. Mons, H. ·E. Poronto, T. H. West. . Finance-R. G. Kimbell, chairman ; G. },{.Culver, A. L. Fuller, il. C. Kinne, S. E. Leeman, W. E. Lindblad, J. F. McGuire, H. W. Mons, T. C. Moulding, A. N. Page, H. E. Poronto, E. A. Wegner, Carl Z_ipprich. L!dies Auxiliary-Mrs. S. H. Darst, Mrs.]. T. Edwards, Mrs. Lee English, Mrs.}. R. Harper, Mrs. F. P. Proctor,. Mrs. L. B. ~pringer, Mrs. Carl Widney. Complete Campaip Plaaa All preparations have been completed for the drive for the $250,000 fund required to begin construction of the new church. It is announced that two representatives of the Hancher organization, which is a philanthropic organization active in the work of raising church funds, will ..step out" next .Mond~y and, accompanied by Rev. Horace G. Smith, will call on all friends and members of the church to solicit subscriptions to the building fund. . It is expected that five hundred calls will be made before April I. ~ledges will be sought, it is explamed. Those who do not find it convenient to make an immediate contribution are to be asked to make a· five ye~r pledge,. meaning that that m1:1~h tame may be taken in meeting the1r pledge. There will . be no public solicitation of funds. The rapid growth of Wilmette Parish Methodist Episcopal church is shown by few. figures which are interesting~ The Walmette church, which takes in all the territory between Evanston and Glen~oe, has a membership of approxamately seven hundred. There is a Sunday school enrollment of 500 and an ·a verage attendance of 300. The Sunday school is conducted under the supervision of c1 trained director who seeks to install in the minds of the younger members of the church the best ideals of religious education. The mid-week ~ervices on Wednesday evening attract an attendance of from forty to sixty, but during the Lent~n sea~n this is increased to approxamately one hundred. The activities of the members of the church a· ! many and varied and always increasing. The women of the parish are divided jnto four groups, and are actively interested in Ladies' Aid, Home and Foreign :Missions and the Young Women's society. One of the more recent enterprises in the parish is the Woman's Exchange. The object of this organization is to raise funds for philanthropic purposes. It was started last August by Mrs. L. F. English and Mrs. A. G. Ackerman and has been found to function very successfully. The men's work in the interests of the church heads up in a discussion class led by Dr. Schermerhorn of Northwestern university. At these classes the problems of modern industrial "onditions as well as various church issues are discussed. In addition to the aforesaid activities there are three large Girl Scout troops, which average 25 members to the group and one Boy Scout troop, as well as a large vroup of Junior Scouts. In the past year the church budget amounting to $22,000 was amply covered and the church was able to. , .,.. · e for fundS ancl bailctiq of cbatehes ia no new venture for. him. In additioil · to his other work he liO'tr it UIOciate professOt of . preaching' " ·~ · Garrt!l. Biblical Institute .of ·E~stoa. ·l ie 11 serving this year: as ptesident of .th~ · Chicago Methodist Preachers' meetmar. He is one of eight delegates to represent the Rock River Conference at the General Convention which wiD be held in Kansas City, Mo., this May. Alilc)q his other i~ant actiVities · befor:e coming to . Wilmette were: supefjntendent of the Chicago Western dit:trict, in which capacity be had su~ vision over sixty churches on Chicago a west side; pastor of Hemenway Methodist church in Evanston fa, seven years; pastor of the North Shore Methodist church in Glencoe. While at Hemenway he led in the building of a new $150,000 church, and while in Glencoe directed the building of another church which cost $40,000. So it will be seen that Dr. Smith, witk a rich experience in church building, is not entering the present venturet the building of a new Parish Methodist Episcopal church in Wilmette, with anything but the s t r on g e s t of optimism. Here's a bit of Wilmette history. The church was organized in our vilengage in much benevolent work. lage in 1874. A year later it had thirty More than $15,000 was given for mis-· members. The budget for the first sionary and other outside religious year was less than $500. At the end of work. one year the· bUilding at Lake avenue Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes of the and Eleventh street, which site it stiU Chicago Area is a . resident of Wil- retains, was purchased from the Union mette and is taking a vital interest church which formerly occupied the in the new project of th~ Methodist structure. Since that time the WilEpiscopal churcJ:!. mette Parish Methodist Episcopal Dr. Horace G. Smith has had a wide church has moved forward with rapid experience in church work and it is in- strides and tqlay is one of the largest teresting to note that the campaign in the Chicago district. 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