Pastors from other regions of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands were in the first survey team in 1950. Men and their families have left their home regions in New Guinea Islands, Papuan Islands, Bougainville and Solomon Islands. They contributed to the church in the Highlands with love and sacrifice from the beginning. ThisContinue reading “Pastors from coastal regions in the Highlands”
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04. Memories of Mrs Grace Young, 1951
Mendi 1950-51 While Rev Gordon Young was busy establishing a new mission in Mendi, his wife Grace Young was also preparing to join him. At first, she had to wait while her husband went ahead. Gordon and Grace Young had been working in Namatanai Circuit on New Ireland with the Methodist Church since the endContinue reading “04. Memories of Mrs Grace Young, 1951”
03. Starting a New Mission, 1950
Mendi, November 1950 As soon as Gordon Young heard that the MOM Board had approved their new mission, he was very keen to make a start. The next time Assistant District Officer Alan Timperley went on a patrol to Mendi from Mount Hagen, Young went with him. In his first letter from Mendi, Young wrote:Continue reading “03. Starting a New Mission, 1950”
01. Pioneers to the Highlands, 1950
What was the dream for a new mission in the Southern Highlands in 1950? In Sydney in 1949 and 1950 the Methodist Overseas Missions Board started to discuss some new work. For a long time, they had been very worried about the terrible war that came to the Pacific between 1942 and 1945. The war,Continue reading “01. Pioneers to the Highlands, 1950”
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