With so many widely scattered members, many of whom would never live in a fully organized stake, the Southern States Mission held yearly “leadership conventions” in various parts of the mission in the pre-World War II years. You can tell from this program what an elaborate production it was, and how many of the mission’s members must have taken part. It was a combination Inservice – Education Week – June Conference for all the members, where they could enjoy each others’ company and learn what was expected of them in their callings.
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6 thoughts on “Learning to Lead in Mississippi, 1939”
I think this would have been just a few months before my grandfather arrived in the Southern States Mission — I wonder if he ever participated in a similar event.
I do hope that “Picnic on the Lawn” was left out only because that was the South after all and nobody needed reminders to eat. That would have been a long couple of days without some serious picnicking!
Cool texture on the cover. I can’t remember the last time I saw a textured cover stock outside a historical collection, let alone used for a church program. People use textured card stock for scrapbooking, of course, but seeing a program that uses anything but a colored or glossy cardstock for a cover? Never. (And don’t get me started on the great oversupply of substandard computer typesetting. Just because you can do it doesn’t mean you should.)
Although I don’t live in Mississippi, I’m a member of the Gulfport Stake. Until he died a few years ago, we had a McDaniel in our stake presidency. I suspect that Nona McDaniel[s] is a relative.
I love Mississippi findings! I am in the Jackson stake.
The file where I found this program had half a dozen programs for other leadership conferences in the region. This is the only one I scanned, and I chose it largely because we don’t very often hear anything about Church history in Mississippi. If I ever knew you lived there, HokieKate, I had forgotten it — am very glad this is the one I chose. 🙂
I think this would have been just a few months before my grandfather arrived in the Southern States Mission — I wonder if he ever participated in a similar event.
I do hope that “Picnic on the Lawn” was left out only because that was the South after all and nobody needed reminders to eat. That would have been a long couple of days without some serious picnicking!
Cool texture on the cover. I can’t remember the last time I saw a textured cover stock outside a historical collection, let alone used for a church program. People use textured card stock for scrapbooking, of course, but seeing a program that uses anything but a colored or glossy cardstock for a cover? Never. (And don’t get me started on the great oversupply of substandard computer typesetting. Just because you can do it doesn’t mean you should.)
Although I don’t live in Mississippi, I’m a member of the Gulfport Stake. Until he died a few years ago, we had a McDaniel in our stake presidency. I suspect that Nona McDaniel[s] is a relative.
I love Mississippi findings! I am in the Jackson stake.
The file where I found this program had half a dozen programs for other leadership conferences in the region. This is the only one I scanned, and I chose it largely because we don’t very often hear anything about Church history in Mississippi. If I ever knew you lived there, HokieKate, I had forgotten it — am very glad this is the one I chose. 🙂