MICROPHONES ARE PLACED NEAR SPEAKERS. PRESS-BUTTON LIGHT IS TURNED ON BY MISSIONARY WHEN HE SPEAKS.
I LikeThis Missionary Conference By DON H ILL IS ' Missionary to India
I t is not the size of the Highland Park (Mich.) Baptist Church mis sionary conference that makes it unique. There are other conferences that are larger, though few that have grown more consistently during the past 15 years in their giving and in their outreach into other churches. Twenty-five other churches actively participated in the conference spon sored by Highland Park this year. As at other missionary conferences, attractive display booths and a well- filled literature table, beautiful col ored slides and sound, colored movies contribute their part to the overall effectiveness of the week. It is not Photos by
however these things, nor even the delicious meals served by the ladies of the church that fills the heart of the missionary with the feeling that someone has certainly gone with him the “ second mile.” The secret is told in these pictures. As a missionary who attended this conference I’d like to recommend the Highland Park idea to other churches. We missionaries would like to see a good many “ second mile” mission ary conferences in 1955. And, inci dentally, the people at Highland Park Baptist seem to get a real bless ing from putting a little extra into their conferences. Jim Alta
photos on the following pages tell how this conference is different
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JULY, 1954
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