An invitation to 20th Holiness Convention Burke Road Methodist Church Balwyn. Printed in brown on buff coloured card with illustration of old woman on front & a religious poem on the back. Printed by F W Niven Pty Ltd. 40 - 42 Flinders St Melbourne C2.person, invitation, malone collection, malone collection, invitation methodist church balwyn

"Lay people, too, were the President's guests: For the second last time that honoured Methodist tradition—the President's Reception—drew many people of the parsonage to Burke Rd Balwyn, at the invitation of the President and Mrs Turner. There was a break with tradition, too. For the first time lay people were on the invitation list. 'We felt it important in these days of total ministry that lay people should be involved,' said the President. And since not every Methodist in Melbourne and beyond could be gathered at one time and place, the invitation went to representatives from the standing committee and all the church's organisations. Speaker, the Cato lecturer Dr Kenneth Greet, entertained and stimulated those present with his personal story of one man's journey as a Methodist preacher. Next week Dr Greet will deliver the lecture for which he is primarily in Australia, during the final General Conference before union. Titled 'When the Spirit Moves' the lecture will speak to the question, 'has the Christian any clue to the future and can he look to it with hope?' Dr Greet will answer yes to that. 'The answer lies in the doctrine of the Holy Spirit, the guide of God's people and the interpreter of events,' he will say."Rev. Dr Kenneth Greet is holding a cup of tea and looking to his left. Dressed in clerical collar and stock.Cato Lecturer, Dr Kenneth Greet. New Spectator 7 May 1975