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Letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Homer Synnestvedt, 1920-04-06
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Identifier: RG.004.01
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Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Homer Synnestvedt in Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Pendleton acknowledges Synnestvedt’s letter of March 9th. He encourages Synnestvedt not to miss the June clergy meetings in Bryn Athyn; They are expecting to have Messers. Tilson, Ottley, Baeckstrom, Deltenre, and Hussenet from abroad. Pendleton is currently busy preparing for an upcoming series of assembly meetings.
Names mentioned: (Robert J.) Tilson, (Glendower) Ottley, (Gustaf) Baeckstrom, (Ernst)...
Dates:
1920-04-06
Letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Homer Synnestvedt, 1923-03-15
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Identifier: RG.004.01
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Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Homer Synnestvedt in Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Pendleton discusses the success of the recent joint meetings between the ministers and the faculty in Bryn Athyn. He writes, “The comment was all favorable. The feeling seemed to be that we had made a real step in advance, but whether the broad significance of the move was realized by the majority I cannot say. Certainly I enjoyed the afternoon meetings more than formerly. Perhaps because of the stimulus of...
Dates:
1923-03-15
Letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Homer Synnestvedt, 1924-04-10
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Identifier: RG.004.01
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Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Homer Synnestvedt in Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
As stated in Pendleton’s earlier telegram, the Toronto society has unanimously called for Synnestvedt to be their new pastor. Mr. Alden’s resignation was accepted, and he will step down as Pastor in September. Pendleton hopes Synnestvedt will take the position. He writes, “I as Bishop feel concerned about the future of the Olivet Church. The state there, while very promising especially in the way of numerical...
Dates:
1924-04-10
Letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Homer Synnestvedt, 1924-04-16
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Identifier: RG.004.01
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Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Homer Synnestvedt in Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Pendleton has received Synnestvedt’s last letter regarding his possible relocation to Toronto as the society’s new Pastor. Pendleton writes, “If your mind is interiorly made up to stay in Pittsburgh I do not see that there is any call for you to place yourself in a position to be persuaded to do what you think you ought not to do. In the matter of persuasion or rather non-persuasion I am an old fashioned...
Dates:
1924-04-16
Letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Homer Synnestvedt, 1927-03-14
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Identifier: RG.004.01
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Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Homer Synnestvedt in Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Pendleton has not kept up on his correspondence as he has been “in the hands of the grippe.” He hopes the meetings in Pittsburgh went well and that the changes they made to the Church organizational system are not too radical. He explains he is not opposed to governance changes so long as they “recognize and admit of the carrying out of our essential doctrine of Church government.” Pendleton is also...
Dates:
1927-03-14
Letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Homer Synnestvedt, 1927-03-21
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Identifier: RG.004.01
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Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Homer Synnestvedt in Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Pendleton has received Synnestvedt’s letter of March 15th with the enclosed report of the Organization Committee. He comments, “I am especially glad to note that the committee after considerable research was confirmed in the finding that the church government as we have it, is founded on the principles revealed in the Writings. This is an excellent result and should have a stabilizing influence.” Pendleton is...
Dates:
1927-03-21
Letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Homer Synnestvedt, 1927-03-31
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Identifier: RG.004.01
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Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Homer Synnestvedt in Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Pendleton was pleased to see from Synnestvedt’s letter of March 25th that the Pittsburgh society meeting to go over the report of the Organization Committee yielded favorable results. He was, however, distressed to hear about the Boggess family. He writes, “What can we do? In such an affair one must, I think, exercise charity by regarding all possible extenuating circumstances. But this at best is but a...
Dates:
1927-03-31
Letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Homer Synnestvedt, 1928-01-19
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Identifier: RG.004.01
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Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Homer Synnestvedt in Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Pendleton has just received Synnestvedt’s last letter. He advises Synnestvedt to call a meeting of his pastoral council, followed by a society meeting, and present them with his resignation. If they accept his resignation, Synnestvedt should write to Pendleton to officially accept his offer of a teaching position in Bryn Athyn. Pendleton will then authorize the Pittsburgh society to meet again to decide who...
Dates:
1928-01-19
Letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Homer Synnestvedt, 1928-03-12
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Identifier: RG.004.01
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Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Homer Synnestvedt in Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Pendleton thanks Synnestvedt for his account of the meeting that was held in Pittsburgh to discuss who their next pastor will be. Although Pendleton would have preferred to have the question of the Pittsburgh pastorate settled before the upcoming Assembly, he thinks the two week delay they decided on was advisable. In Bryn Athyn, George (DeCharms) was ordained into the third degree of the priesthood.
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Dates:
1928-03-12
Letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Homer Synnestvedt, 1928-03-16
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Identifier: RG.004.01
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Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Homer Synnestvedt in Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Pendleton advises Synnestvedt regarding the administration of the Pittsburgh Society while they are in the process of selecting a new pastor. Although the majority opinion was in favor of Eldred (Iungerich) at their last meeting, Pendleton warns that Iungerich should not be brought into administrative matters until he has been officially and formally installed. Pendleton asks what the Pittsburgh Pastor’s...
Dates:
1928-03-16
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