The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1931, Page 109

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THE LUTHERAN PIONEER

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Augustana, Alexandria, La. — Pastor E. R.
Berger had the pleasure of confirming nine young
people on Pentecost Sunday. On Easter Sunday
he confirmed an adult and baptized two children.
The adult who was confirmed on Easter Sunday
made the following beautiful confession when asked
why he had joined the Lutheran Church: “TI joined
the Lutheran Church because it has the Word of
God in its truth and purity, and that is what I have
been looking for. Now that I have found the
Church of the pure Word and Sacraments, I could
not help but become a member of it.”

Vacation Bible Schools. — Quite a number of
stations in North Carolina are conducting daily
vacation Bible schools. These schools will be held
for a term of from four to six weeks. There is a
fine opportunity for such schools all over the
Eastern Colored Mission Field, and it is our hope
that many more such schools will be opened next
summer. Perhaps it is not too late even for this
summer.

Philadelphia, Pa. — Pastor Trumpoldt’s ser-
vices are well attended. On one Sunday in April
182 adults and 178 children were present. Such an
attendance must be truly inspiring for a pastor
and for the persons present.

Home Mission Expansion.— At this writing
the result of the Synod-wide effort on the part of
the Missouri Synod churches to gather special
funds to expand Home Missions is not yet known.
But from a few reports that have come to us we
should judge that the effort has met with consider-
able success. We hear that one District has gathered
almost $25,000 for Home Mission expansion; we
hear that another District has gone far ahead of
other years in gathering funds for the Home Mis-
sion cause; of one congregation of about 1,600 com-
municants we hear that it collected $1,600 for the
_ cause; and another church of a little over 500 com-
municants lifted a special collection of $472 for the
same purpose. If these sums are an indication of
what has been done throughout the Missouri Synod

in a special effort to expand Home Missions within ~

its bounds, we should feel inclined to say that the
sum of $250,000, at least, will be at the disposal of
Home Mission boards for expansion work. God
grant that our estimate may be conservative !
Should our estimate be approximately correct, the
boards will be able to answer the cries coming to
them from many a promising field for mission
endeavors.

Home Mission Expansion in Minnesota. — The
Director of Home Missions of the Minnesota Dis-
trict reports that the receipts for Home Missions
during the first three months of this year far ex-
ceeded the receipts of last year for the same period.
Requests for loans from the District Church Ex-
tension Fund totaling $24,000 are pending. This
also indicates expansion.

Metropolitan Inner Mission Society.—In a
number of our larger cities we have been doing
blessed Inner Mission work. God has signally at-
tended the labors of our faithful workers in this
field. But nowhere has the Lord more graciously
acknowledged the work of His faithful servants
than He has in the Metropolitan Inner Mission,
New York. This society’s work is greatly helped
by the possession of a. Mission Center, from which
all its activities radiate and where they also center.
The efficient executive missionary, the Rev. E. J.
Kroencke, is assisted by two welfare workers and
three institutional workers, while the office is taken
care of by a secretary. In another column we are
bringing a few stories in which experiences of these
faithful workers are recounted. Be sure to read
them. The address of the Metropolitan Inner Mis-
sion Society is 422 W. 44th St., New York, N. Y.

KFUO’S Equipment Modernized. — KFUO has
installed some new equipment known as Crystal
Control and Increased Modulation Panel. This
step is of great importance for KFUO; for the new
apparatus will double its range, improve the quality
of its transmission, and keep the station automat-
ically and accurately on its wave length. All lis-
teners everywhere are requested to tune in on the
modernized KFUO and to send in reception reports.
The schedule of broadcasts appears in every issue of
the Lutheran Witness, the Lutheraner, and the
Gospel Voice, the last-mentioned being the official
monthly bulletin of KFUO. During February
KFUO received satisfactory reception reports from
twenty-three different States, Canada, and Wash-
ington, D.C. Try your luck. KEFUO broadcasts
on a frequency of 550 kilocycles, corresponding to
a wave length of 545.1 meters.

Serving Merchant-Ship Sailors.— The Sea-
men’s Church Institute of New York furnished
merchant seamen with 486,219 lodgings, served
them 336,261 meals, gave medical treatment in
3,960 cases in the Institute dispensary, found posi-
tions for 4,467 seamen, and gave loan relief in
30,544 instances.