LIST OF PASTORS 1844-54--Occasional monthly preaching. 1854-58--Rev. E. H. Scarff. 1861-69--Rev. E. H. Scarff. 1870-72--Rev. J. R. Shanafelt. 1872-74---Rev. E. C. Spinney. 1875-76---Rev. T. W. Powell. 1876-78---Rev. H. R. Mitchell. 1878-80--Rev. Charles Payne. 1880-81---Rev. L. A. Dunn. 1881-85--Rev. F. F. Thickstun. 1885-86--Rev. W. H. Dorward. 1886-89----Rev. F. E. Britten. 1889-90---Rev. John Stewart. 1891-93--Rev. J. D. Burr. 189 4-9 7-- Rev. C. E. Farr. 1898-99---Rev. F. E. Butler. 1900-05---Rev. G. C. Peck. 1905-0g---Rev. Z. H. Lewis. 1906-10---Rev. A. LeGrand. 1910-11---Rev. J. W. Bailey. 1914-16--Rev. J. W. Coulston. 1917-21~--Nobert Carroll. 1920 ---A. C. Droz. THE ORGANIZATION Mrs. B. H. Van Spanckeren, Clerk. Sunday School P. H. Stubenrauch, Financial Secretary. A. C. Kuyper, Treasurer. H. H. Vander Ploeg, Superintendent. Miss J. M. Mouie, Benevolence Treasurer I. H. Chochrane, Chorister. E. J. Van Gorp, Chairman Social Com. John Braafhart, Chairman Ushers Com. Lucile Chochrane, Pianist. Board of Trustees H. P. Van Gorp, H. H. Sadler, R. A. Awtry, Henry Bruinekool, F. N. Gambell, A. P. De Reus. Board of Deacons H. J. Vanden Berg, F. M. Frush, J. F. Mourie, B. A. Awtry. THE LADIES AID SOCIETY Visiting Committee Mrs. J. M. Cox, Mrs. E. Dennis, Mrs. N. Firth, Mrs. G. Van Houten, Mrs. J. Van Zante, Mrs. Mourie. Floral Committee Mrs. A. P. De Reus, Mrs. R. A. Awtry. Linen Committee Miss Dirkie Hoogland. BAPTIST ORGANIZATIONS AND OUR RELATIONS TO THEM. The Pella Baptist Church is associated with seventeen others to form the Oskaloosa Baptist Association. This Association holds an annual meeting of delegates from the various churches for the discussion of matters of common interest to the churches. This church is also a part of the Iowa Baptist State Convention, which includes all the Baptist Churches of Iowa. The Convention holds an annual meeting for discussion of matters of importance to the Baptists of the state as a whole. We also belong to the constituency of the Northern Baptist Convention, which is the largest organization of the Baptists of the north part of he United States. This convention holds an annual meeting in the interest of our great denominational activities and enterprises. It is our greatest annual gathering. The General convention of the Baptists of North America holds a meeting every three years. It is designed to bring together representatives of all the