THE KING’S BÙSINESS- ASILÒMAR CONFERENCE
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T HE Asilomar Summer' Conference, under the Missionary Educational Movement and in the interest of mission ary efficiency in the local church, will be held at Asilomar, Cal., July 17 to 27. It will be held on the Y. W. C. A. Conference grounds, a beautiful stretch of thirty acres fronting the ocean, one mile from Pacific Grove, and five miles from Del Monte. The place is interesting for its mighty surf, expanse of beach, sand dunes, pine forests, wild flowers and the proximity of “The Seventeen Mile Drive.” The Asilomar Conference is held for the purpose of improving the missionary effi ciency of workers in the church, Sunday school and young people’s societies. It combines the features of instruction, inspi ration and recreation. Pastors, Sunday school workers, leaders in missionary organizations, and all who are interested in the advance work of the church will find it most helpful. The program is arranged with a view to preparing workers for participation in the united program of missionary educa tion which all the Mission Boards of the United States and Canada have adopted for 1917-18. Among the features of the program are normal mission study groups, classes and conferences for teachers of the various ages and grades in the Sunday school and other church organizations, open .parlia ments, platform addresses, vesper services, and denominational group meetings, with ample time for recreation and social inter course. Among the speakers secured for this year are the Rev. J. A. Francis, D. D., Rev. L. C. Barnes, D. D., Rev. H. F. Swartz, D. D;, and Dean J. W. Gresham. The Mission Study leaders will be B. C. Milliken, Mrs. Paul Raymond, Prof. C. C. McCown, Miss Woodbury, Mrs. A. Rosen-
berger, Dr. H. H. Kelsey and Mrs. J.' C. Worley. I i the Sunday school department will be Mrs. L. C. Brockway, Miss Rose Scott, Miss Caroline Fiedler and Rev. Miles B. Fisher, D. D. Gail Cleland will have charge of athletics and sports. The first program hour of each day is devoted to a series of mission study classes, home and foreign, conducted by experi enced teachers, to train members for the leadership of similar classes in their own churches during the year. Special arrangements will be made for young men and women, 16 to 20 years of age. These persons constitute “The Ser vants of the King” group, and will.be under the supervision of a special committee arranging program and recreation features to suit their needs. Open parliaments or informal discussion periods will be held each day to consider the questions which confront every worker engaged in missionary education in the local church. Vesper services will be held at the sun set hour. In addition to the impressive song service, returned missionaries and others will bring brief messages from their respective fields. On several evenings, fol lowing the vesper service, platform meet ings will be held in the auditorium, when there will be an opportunity of hearing addresses by speakers of recognized author ity on missionary problems and themes. The afternoons are reserved exclusively for recreation. Asilomar has been chosen as the place for the Pacific Coast confer ence because of its exceptional advantages and attractiveness as a vacation center. Full information may be secured con cerning delegates, expenses, etc., by addres sing the Missionary Education Movement, 1101 Wright and Callender Building, Los Angeles.
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