Ogden Daily Standard | 1919-04-03 | Page 7 | C. M. Panunzio is to Speak in First M. E. Church

C M. PAINZIO IS TO , SPEAK IN FIRST M. E. CHURCH A great reconstruction program has been launched by the Methodist Episcopal Epis-copal church in its centenary movement move-ment and the people of Ogden will have an opportunity to hear about this movement from one of the national na-tional leaders of the campaign. The Methodist church has put on the greatest war reconstruction movement move-ment ever known in history Careful Care-ful surveys were made to show the outstanding needs, both n America and the war-torn countries aeross th seas. The centenary program eon-U eon-U mplates the complete re-organiza tion of the membership of all the churches, the elevation of the spiritual spirit-ual life of the ehurch, the enrollment of a million tithers, the enlistment j of thousands of young men and women wom-en in life service and the raising of j eighty-five million dollars in five years. The plan of Methodism Is almost bold In this conception. It Includes eer need,- field in the world and touches every phase of life in America. Amer-ica. It is, in short, a plan to make "Democracy safe for the world.' In America, the Methodists propose to do more intensive work in behalf of the Indian; the negroes, both In the north and in the south; the high-landers high-landers of the south; in Porto Rico, Hawaii and Alaska, for the Chinese and the Japanese; in the frontier, rural and mining sections, and among the foreign -speaking people. Educa-tion. Educa-tion. instruction and welfare work in general will go hand in hand wltn Btrlctly religious work. One hundred beautiful colored slides on the work which the church proposes to do in America will be shown at the Methodist church at 11 a. m Sunday, by C. M. Panunzio Mr. Panunzio comes with intimate knowledge of reconstruction needs, knowing personally the problems of the city, and having just recentlv returned re-turned from Italy, where he organized tho war Y. M. C. A. work at the Italian Ital-ian front.