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*Dr. Harris E. Kirk of Balti
more to Be Guest Speaker
Monday.
The first Fall meeting of the Wash
ington Interdenominational Minis
terial Association, which includes all
Protestant ministers of the District
of Columbia as well as adjoining ter
ritory, will be held in the Chevy
Chase Presbyterian Church, of which
V- Rev. J. Hillman Hollister is pastor, on
Monday morning at 11 o'clock.
Dr. Oscar F. Blackwelder of the
Lutheran Church of the Reformation,
who is president of the association,
will preside at the morning session.
Dr. John Compton Bali of the Metro
politan Baptist Church will conduct
the opening devotionals. Right Rev.
James E. Freeman. Bishop of Wash
ington. will speak briefly on the im
I plications of the present world situ
^ ation for Christian unity.
The guest speaker for the morning
will be Dr. Harris E. Kirk of Balti
more. Md„ one of the outstanding
scholars of the church in America.
Luncheon will be served at the
Chevy Chase church when Dr. How
ward Stone Anderson of the First
Congregational Church will preside
and the speaker will be Dean Noble
C. Powell of the cathedral. Prelimi
nary reservations indicate a record at
tendance.
The afternoon session will be held
immediately following the luncheon,
presided over by Dr. Alfred E. Bar
'/ rows of the Eastern Presbyterian
Church and vice president of the as
sociation. The guest speaker will be
Dr. Rass H. Stover of Philadelphia,
who has developed the largest regular
, weekly prayer meeting in the United
States and whose Easter morning
services in Temple University Stadium
have averaged about 75.000 for seevral
5’ears.
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NATIONAL BAPTIST
HOLDS RALLY DAY
* All Departments of Church to
Participate With Special
Programs.
Rally day will be observed in all
the departments of the National Bap
tist Memorial Church tomorrow. The
pastor. Dr, Johnson will preach on
the subject "In All Sincerity-’ in the
morning service, at 11 a m. little ones
. may be brought for dedication in this
* service.
At 8 p.m. Rev. A. Lincoln Smith,
assistant pastor, will have for the
theme of his sermon, --A Wireless
Message From Hell.”
The Bible School will have a special
rally service at 9:45 am. with special
messages from Dr. Johnson and Rev.
A. Lincoln Smith. The elementary
departments will each have a separate
rally-promotion day program.
The midweek prayer and praise serv
ice will be held at the church Thurs
day at 8 p.m. It will be the covenant
meeting.
The Standing Committee will have
its first meeting of the Fall on Friday
at 7:30 p.m. The Cubs, the Scouts
and the choir meet at the church that
same evening.
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BOARD OF STEWARDS
WILL MEET TUESDAY
Women's Missionary Society of
* Francis Asbury M. E. South
Holds Session Same Day.
At the Francis Asbury M. E. Church
South the pastor. Rev. Albert P. Shir- ;
key, will preach tomorrow at 11 am.
on the subject, "What Does God Re- i
quire of Us?” At 8 p.m. his theme !
will be "The Sway of Christ Over 1
Men.”
Tuesday at 2 p.m. No. 1 Circle of i
■Jlthe Woman's Missionary Society will ;
meet with Mrs. Haynie, 1043 Flower j
avenue. Takoma Park, Md. At 8 p.m. :
Tuesday there will be a call meeting
of the Board of Stewards at the
church.
Tuesday evening at 8 the P. W. '
Jeffries Bible Class will give a party
at the church. Admission is a silver j
offering in a "black cat.”
At the Thursday evening prayer
service Rev. Mr. Shirkey's subject is
‘‘The Everlasting Arms.”
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SHILOH TO CELEBRATE ;
M
~4th Anniversary to Be Observed
Tomorrow.
Shiloh congregation tomorrow will ;
observe its seventy-fourth anniversary
as a regularly organized Baptist j
Church. Ever since a small group
came from Fredericksburg in 1863 1
and established first a Sunday school
and then a church, Shiloh has steadily
grown under the pastorates of the
Revs. W. Walker, J. A. Tayor, J. M.
Waldron and E. L. Harrison, the pres
ent pastor.
* Tomorrow morning there will be a
founders’ day service at which the
pastor will be the speaker. At the
close there will be a ceremony in
honor of the men and women who,
after the Civil War, helped strengthen
the church.
HOME-COMING DAY SET
Metropolitan Baptist to Hear
Special’ Sermons Tomorrow.
Home-coming day will be celebrated
tomorrow at the Metropolitan Baptist
Church. Special sermons will be de
livered by the pastor, Dr. John Comp
ton Ball. In the morning he will
speak on “My Church and Me.” In
the evening his theme will be "The
Home on the Range, and the Honje
L Beyond the Range of Vision.”
Hi In the Bible School promotion day
Will be observed with fitting exercises.
The Adult Union mets at 6:45 p.m.
Mr. T. E. Barnes will have charge of
the program. Subject, “Ministers
Thoroughly Furnished." The Through
the Bible Class meets Tuesday evening
at 7 o'clock. Mrs. William Hasker is
teacher.
“HOW TO PRAY ” TOPIC
Dr. J. W. Rustin Announces
k, Sermon Subjects.
Dr. John W. Rustin, pastor, will
speak on “Everyday Religion" tomor
- row morning at Mount Vernon Place
M. E. Church. South. He will preach
on “How to Pray” at 8 o’clock.
"Promotion Day” will be celebrated
^n the church school, at 9:30 am.
Officiates
REV. BYRON P. RICHARDSON.
The corner stone of the
Richardson Memorial Church
of Colmar Manor, which, is be
ing erected on Daniels and.
McAdoo avenues, will be laid
tomorrow at 3 p.m. An in
teresting program has been
arranged.
This new non - sectarian
church is named for the late
Sergt. Vernon C. Richardson,
brother of the pastor. Rev.
Byron P. Richardson of Wash
ington. Sergt. Richardson was
active in plaris to erect the
church until his death in a
traffic accident last March.
All of the labor■ on the
church is being donated by
members of the congregation
and friends, many of whom
are meinbers of the District of
Columbia Fire Department,
former associates of Sergt.
Richardson.
Rev. Mr. Richardson will
preside at the dedication of
the corner stone.
Presbyterian Women to
Celebrate Centennial in
Three-Day Meeting.
Under the leadership of Mrs. Wil
liam E. Darby, general chairman, and
Mrs. Lewis H. Russell and Mrs. F. E.
Edgington, vice chairmen, the Mis
sionary Societies of the Presbytery of
Washington City are preparing for an
impressive three-dav celebration on
October 12, 13 and 14 of the founding
Df foreign mlsisons.
Committees have been in action all
Summer and at a meeting this week
railed by Mrs. Darby preliminary re
ports were given by the chairmen of
the subcomimttees. On Tuesday. Oc
tober 12. a great pageant, “With Cross
and Crown in Every Land.” by Wil
liam Chalmers Covert, will be pre
sented under the direction of Bess
Davis Schreiner. Mrs. Howard C.
Waldo is chairman of the Pageant
Committee, with Mrs. Charles A. Stott
as vice chairman.
On Wednesday, October 13, a lunch
eon of 1,000 women at the Mayflowr
Hotel is being planned under the di
rection of Mrs. Mabel D. Miller, chair
man. Speakers will include Dr. Wil
liam P. Schell, secretary of the Board
of Foreign Missions, and Rev. Dr. E.
C. Sobrepena, moderator of the Gen
eral Assembly of the United Evan
gelical Church of the Philippines.
A retreat on Thursday, October 14,
from 11 to 12 o'clock, in the New York
Avenue Church, led by Mrs. Irving W.
Ketchum, will give opportunity for a
tervice of thanksgiving and reconse
'ration of all Presbyterian women for
he work yet to be accomplished.
Mrs. William R. Rhoades, chairman
if the Gift Committee, is planning as
aart of the retreat the presentation of
he "birthday gift.”
Other members of the Centennial
Committee are Mrs. J. Claude Keiper,
’resbyterial. president; Mrs. J. W.
Reynolds, Mrs. Wilbur La Roe. Mrs.
Hillman Holister, Mrs. W. H. Wagner,
Mrs. Donald Clement, Mrs. Hugh
Smith, Mrs. Henry Richardson. Mrs.
Halph Nagle and Mrs. W. R. Hocfer,
reasurer.
-AYMEN'S MISSIONARY
UNIT MEETS THURSDAY
liuncheon at Hotel La Fayette
Planned—Men and Missions
Sunday to Be Arranged.
The Laymen's Missionary Movement
Committee of the Washington Fed
’ration of Churches will hold a lunch
son Thursday at 12:30 p.m. at the
Hotel La Fayette.
Plans will be announced for the men
and missions Sunday, November 14.
and for the mass meeting to be held
on November 19.
The speakers at the luncheon will
be Rev. Noble C. Powell, dean of
Washington Cathedral, and the Right
Rev. Vedanaygam Samuel Azariah,
Bishop of Dornakal. one of the leaders
of the Christian church in the Orient.
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LEWIS MEMORIAL M. P.
NEARING COMPLETION
Congregation to Hold Joint Serv
ice With Calvary Baptist
at Night.
The new Lewis Memorial Methodist
Protestant Church is rapidly nearing
completion. In the meantime the
congregation is worshiping in the new
social hall Miss Lillian De Moss,
deaconess of the denomination, will be
assisting the pastor in the work for
the next few weeks.
The minister, Rev. John A. Trader,
will preach tomorrow morning on “The
Badge of Disciplineship.” In the eve
ning the congregation will unite with
Calvary Methodist Protestant Church.
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PASTOR RETURNS
Eev. H. G. Burroughs to Resume
His Duties October 3.
After an absence of several months,
during which the Church of Two
Worlds was closed, the Rev. H. Gordon
Burroughs has returned to the city
and will resume his duties as minister
of the church on Sunday evening, Oc
tober 3. Services will be held in the
ball room of the Hotel Continental.
The Board of Trustees will meet
at the home of the minister next
Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. ^
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Activities in Local Churches
Baptist
Second Baptist.
Rev. Albert Thornton, pastor Beu
lah Baptist Church, Alexandria, Va..
will preach at 11 a.m. and 8
p.m. The Bible School meets at 9:80
a.m.; the B. Y. P. U. at 6:00 p.m.
Capital View.
The Bible School will meet to
morrow at 9:30. Rev. J. C. Griffin
will preach at 11 on “Nehemiah
Building the Wall.” At 3 p.m. there
will be a ba’n- contest. Preaching at
7:30 p.m. tV the pastor. Prayer
service Tuesday at 8:00. Teacher's
training class from 9 to 10 p.m.
Rethesda Baptist.
Dr. Rufus W. Weaver, executive
secretary of the District of Columbia
Baptist, convention, will speak Sun
day at 10:45 on "The Tkials of a
Growing Church.”
Zion. Southwest.
Holy communion at morning wor
ship. The pastor's subject: "The
Dream of Pilate's Wife.” Prayer
service. Thursday, the pastor speak
ing on: “Thy Will Be Done.”
Wisconsin Avenue.
Rev. Clarence Ray Ferguson, pastor,
will preach at 11 a m. tomorrow on
"At the Porter's House.” At 8 p.m.
his topic is "Our Redemption Cost.”
Friendship Church.
A revival is being conducted by
Evangelist Isabel Bunday. She will
deliver special messages tomorrow at
11 a.m. and 8 p.m,
Takoma Tark.
The annual observance of Rally day
will take place tomorrow. The Sun
day school will have an assembly at
9:45, followed by the morning church
service, at which the pastor. Rev. Wil
liam E. La Rue, will preach a Rally day
sermon on "Religion in Action.”
At 7:45 the evening church services
will be resumed. A spertal speaker.
Clinton N. Howard, superintendent of
the International Reform Federation,
will give an address on "God and the
Constitution.
McKinley Memorial.
Dr. S Gerriah Lamkins, pastor, will
prearh at 11 a m. Rev. R. F. Williams,
the evangelist, will prearh at 8 p.m.
and conduct revival services all wreek.
_ Mount Carmel.
W. H. Jernagin. minister, has re
turned from the National Baptist
Convention at Los Angeles. Calif.,
where he headed a delegation of 28
persons, and is now engaged in a city
wide Fall revival assisted by Rev. T.
Timberlake, national evangelist, of
Hopkinsville. Ky., who will occupy the
pulpit tomorrow.
Bethany.
Rally day will be held for the church
school tomorrow morning. The general
superintendent, Wallace Perry, will be
in charge.
The pastor will speak at both morn
ing and evening services. His subjects
are "Wounded by the Wrong Kind of
Christianity" and "The Blessings of
Humility."
Mount Zion-Cedar Grove.
The pastor will preach tomorrow on
"The Rare of Life." The services are
as follow’s: Mount Zion, 10 a.m.: Cedar
Grove, 11:30 a m.
At 3:30 p.m. he will preach at Tra
vilah on "The Baptism of the Spirit.”
Pet worth Baptist.
Rev. Henry J. Smith, pastor Pet
worth Baptist Church, who has just
returned from a vacation in Vermont,
New Hampshire and Canada, has ar
ranged a group of sermons on ‘'The
Church.” Tomorrow morning, the
subject is ‘‘The Resourced Church.” In
the evening his subject is "The Ca
pacity for Possessions.”
Plans for, the celebration of the
twenty-fifth anniversary are under
way. It will take place from Novem
ber 28 to December 5.
The monthly meeting of the Yaden
Bible Class will be held on October 6.
Rehoboth.
Rev. A. H. 8, Johnson will occupy
the pulpit tomorrow. The theme of
his morning discourse will be “So
journers With God.”
The military review and wedding,
under the leadership of Mrs. Estelle
Herbert, will be given Friday evening
at 8 p.m. Young people's meetings will
begin on the first Sunday in October
at 6:30 p.m. and on the same Sunday
a special series of sermonic lectures
■will begin at 8 p.m. for the month of
October.
Mount Beth*>I,
Dr. K. W. Roy, the pastor, will
preach at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. tomor
row. He will conduct the Tuesday
night prayer meeting and Thursday
night young folks* meeting.
Third Baptist.
Dr. George O. Bullock will preach on
“A Friend at the Throne” at 11 a.m.
tomorrow. He will preach on “Com
ing up Through the Help of the Lord”
at 8 p.m.
Prayer meeting, 6:30 to 8 a.m.;
Tuesday, 8 to 10 p.m., and Thursday,
8 to 9 p.m., the young people will meet.
TcnnuiH rtvciiup.
Rev. C. f. Murray, pastor, will
preach a special sermon at 11 a.m.
tomorrow. Rev. T. E. Hopkins, director
of the Junior Church, will preach at
11:20 a.m. At 8 p.m. the Rev. C. T.
Murray will preach.
Fifth Church.
Dr. John E. Briggs, pastor, will
preach at both services tomorrow. At
10:40 a.m. will be held the combined
promotion and rally day service, fol
lowed by a brief sermon by the pastor
on “Beginning Again." At 7:45 p.m.,
as a aermon prelude, Dr. Briggs will
speak on “Ireland and the Irish Peo
ple,” followed by the sermon on “Do
ing Back to It."
Tuesday evening the third annual
B. Y. P. U. installation banquet will
be held at the church at 8:30 p.m.
The guest speaker will be Rev. A. Lin
coln Smith, assistant pastor of the Na
tional Baptist Memorial Church.
Louis Lucas, president of the Colum
biinFederation of B. Y. P. U., will in
stall the officers.
Chevy Chase.
The church will'organize a senior
group tomorrow evening. David Hey
ward, president of the District Union,
will attend.
Calvary Baptist Intermediates are
sponsoring a meeting for all District
Endeavorers on September 30 at 8
o'clock. Dr. Norma P. Dunning, Mary
Wanless Hospital, India, outstanding
speaker at the Grand Rapids Conven
tion, will speak.
Brethren
First Church.
Rev. Homer A. Kent,, pastor, will
preach at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow at the
last of the unified Summer services on
the subject, “Thou Art Not Far From
the Kingdom of God.” ^ 8 p.m.
hi* subject will be, ‘‘The Midnight
Cry, or the Parable of the Ten Vir
gin*.” The Young People’* Socle
tie*, 7 p.m.; midweek prayer service,
Wednesday at 8 p.m.
Congregational
People’* Church.
Tomorrow morning Rev. A. P. Plmes
will *peak from the topic, ‘'Reading,
Writing and Religion.” At 3:30 p.m.
there will be a sperial service con
ducted by the juvenile organisation of
the Order of Tent*. The minister
will make the address.
Plymouth.
The minister, Rev. Arthur D. Gray,
tomorrow will begin a brief series
of sermons under the general theme,
"Some Troublesome Religious Ques
tions.” Pieture-vesper service will be
held at 7:30 p m. The midweek service
Thursday at 8 p.m.
Christian
Third Church.
Rev. c. N. Williams, minister,
preaches at 11 a m. tomorrow on "See
Ini the Invisible God.” The Bible
School meets at 9:45 a.m.
Fifteenth Street Church.
Education day will be observed at
the morning service, 11 o'clock. Ser
mon by the minister, Rev. leslie L.
Bowers, on "Is Education Enough?"
The evening service at 8 o'clock will
have a message on "Shall We Abandon
the Sunday Evening Service—or
WhRt?"
Thursday at 8 p.m. a reception will
be held for members and friends. The
guest speaker will be Rev. Fred Mil
ler, minister of the Mount Rainier
Christian Church.
Episcopal
Good Shepherd.
The vicar. Rev. Cornelius S. Abbott,
will preach at 11 a m. on the topic,
"Fear: A Dynamic Stimulant.” The
church school resumes activities at
9:45.
St. Luke.
Dean Noble C. Powell of Washington
Cathedral will preach at St. Luke's
Church, 8 p.m., annual home-cominb
celebration. Services will begin with
holy communion at 7 a m., Sunday,
with anniversary morning prayer and
sermon by the rector at 11 a nt.
The Sunday school sponsors a pro
gram Monday at. 8, On Tuesday night
at 8. the organizations of the church
present a musical and literary program.
Wednesday night, evening prayer ser
vice. A parish-wide rereption and
fellowship social will be Friday evening
at 8.
St. John's Chevy Chase.
Rev. Joseph E. Williams, rector, an
nounred the following program for
tomorrow: 7:30 am., holy com
munion; 9:45 am., church school;
11 a m., service and sermon by the
rector. Subject: "A Home for Every
body."
St. John's Sixteenth Street.
A youth organization formed by an
Executive Committee Tuesday night
for persons between ages of 16 and 24,
will hold its first open meeting at the
parish house of St. John's Churrh,
821 Sixteenth street, Sunday at 6:30
pm., when Dr. Oliver J. Hart will
deliver the keynote address.
The group plans to apply for mem
bership in the Young Peoples Fellow
ship of the Diocese of Washington.
Trinity.
Tomorrow, at 11 a m., the Rev. Reno
S. Harp, jr., rector, will preach on
"The Christian Venture.” There will
be a celebration of the holy com
munion at 8 a m. The church school
meets at 9:30 am. and the Young
People's Society at 6:30 p.m.
St. Andrew's.
Sunday school reopens tomorrow at
9:30 am., holy communion at R am,
morning prayer and sermon at 11 a m.
The rector, Rev. Alfred J. Wilder, will
preach.
Lutheran
Zion.
"The Fullness of Christ” will be
j the subject of the sermon tomorrow
by Edward G. Goetz, the pastor. The
Luther league will meet, at 7 p.m.
Rally day will be observed at all
services on October 3. The annual
congregational meeting will be held
on October 20.
Christ Church.
The church holds a rally service at
11 a.m. tomorrow. The pastor, Rev.
J. Frederic Wenchel, will preach on
"The First Christian Church at Jeru
salem—A Model and Inspiration for
the Churches of All Times.” He will
speak to the Bible Class on "Luke and
His Gospel.”
Arrangements are being made for
a high church ritual service to com
memorate the sixth anniversary of
the dedication of the new church on
October 10.
St. Mark's.
The Sunday school has arranged a
special service for the members from
the Cradle Roll to the Home Depart
ment.
ijiuc uc an auui ci» uu me
Worship period by George Cornell;
"What Kind of a Teacher Should a
Successful Boys' Class Have?" by Ever
ett Fellinger, and a paper on the Home
Department by Mrs. J. B. Gross. Rev.
Dr. B. F. Bieber will deliver the prin
cipal address.
Metropolitan Memorial.
American University Sunday will be
observed tomorrow with special in
vitations to faculty membes and stu
dents. The students will assist in
the ushering.
The minister, Rev. William Andrew
Keese, will preach on “The Gods of
the Multitude.”
A communion service for all young
people of the District will be held
Monday night, with Dr. G. Ellis
Williams, district superintendent, in
stalling officers for the new year.
St. Mark's.
The pastor, Rev. J. Luther Frants,
will use as his theme a>. the 11 a.m.
service "The Uninvested Talent.” At
9:45 a.m. the Sunday School will ob
serve rally day. Rev. Dr. B. F. Bieber
will be the principal speaker.
Tuesday, 8 p.m., the Missionary So
ciety will meet at the Lutheran Home
for the Aged. Miss Borjes will be the
leader. Wednesday. 8 p.m., the quar
terly meeting of the Sunday School
workers will be held at the church.
St. Stephen's Evangelical.
At 11 a.m. Rev. Sam H. Koinmann
speaks to Luther League members on
the subject “I Stretch Out Toward
a Goal.” The Luther League newly
installed officers will be presented, as
follows: President, Leroy Swab; vice
president, Lois Basinger; secretary,
Anna Gelser; treasurer, Norma Ras
mussen. The Luther League service
in the basement of the church at
6 p.m. Rally day in the Sunday School
October 3. Evening services will be
resumed October 3 st 7:30 o’clock.
Trinity, flaunt Rainier.
Sunday School and Bible Class 9:45
a m. Morning services 11 o’clock. Rev.
Edwin E. Pleplow- will preach on "An
Exhortation to Timothy, 'Be Not
Ashamed of the Gospel.’ ” At 8 p.m.
the pastor will continue his sermons
ot> “Portraits of Jesus.” The Church
Council and Walt her League will meet
Monday evening, 7:30. Teacher’s meet
ing Thursday, 8 p.m.
Methodist
Dumbarton.
Tomorrow morning Rev. Walter
Franklin Atkinson will take as his
theme “The Life That Knows No
Defeat.”
Tire evening worship service will be
resumed October 3. The Thursday
evening sendee will be resumed Sep
tember 30, and will consist of first, a
devotional program followed by the
exposition of the Sunday school lesson
for the following Sunday. The W. H.
M. P. will hold a supper Wednesday,
at 6.30.
Metropolitan A. M. E.
Nine-thirty, church school: 11 a m ,
sermon by Rev. J. C. Beckett, subject
“Sinning Against Self.” 6:30 p.m.,
Allen C. E. League: 8 p.m., a pageant,
"Women of the Bible.”
Lincoln Road.
Rally day wdll be observed Sunday
with a program at 9:45 a.m. Nursery,
beginners and primary will meet at 11.
Rev. Reginald Heber Stone wdll speak j
on "The Victory of God” at 11. At I
8 p.m. a dedication service will be held
for all church school officers and |
teachers, the pastors topic "The Glory
of Service.”
Wesley M. E.
Rev. J. Luther Neff will prearh at 11
on “Guidance In Christian Growth."
Young people's meeting, 6 to 8 o'clock.
Methodist Episcopal
Brlghtwood Tark.
The minister. Rev. S. Carroll
Coale, will preach on "A Promise for
Every Need.” The subject of the
children's story is ‘Peter Kelly's
Gold.” At 8 p.m. the minister will !
present the second of a series of i
evangelistic messages, the subject |
being ‘ Fixing the Nets.”
The young people will hold their |
Epworth League devotional service at !
6:45 p m. Paul Kelwin will lie the
speaker.
Calvary M. E. South.
Rev. W. D. Keene, pastor, will
preach at the .11 o'clock service to
morrow on "God's Call for Workers.”
There will be an installation service
of the officers and teachers of the
church school.
At 7:15 p.m. the young people will j
meet and at 8 o'clock the pastor will j
preach on "Does I* Pay to Serve :
God?” Thursday evening Rev. Mr.
Keene will talk on "Church Growth," ;
at the closing prayer meeting of the
conference year.
St. Paul's.
Tomorrow at 11 a m. Rev. WiUtam
F. Locke will preach on “The Desires j
of Thy Heart." At 8 p m. his subject
will be "The Three Christian Graces." i
The young people's division meets at
7:15 p.m,
Wesley A. M. E. Zion.
Tomorrow is Missionary day. At
11 am. the minister will preach on
"The Eminence of the Churchwoman." j
At 3:30 the program will be con- 1
ducted by the Missionary Society,'
with Mrs. Julia West Hamilton as
guest speaker.
Concord-Cabin John.
"The Universal Invitation" will he
the subject of Rev. Frank Edwards
Sutch tomorrow.
At Concord, River road above Wil
son lane, Sunday school at 2:15 p.m.;
church service at 3 p.m.
At Cabin John, Fifth street and
Conduit road, Sunday school at 10:15
a m.; church service at 8 p.m.
Jones Memorial.
At 11 a m. tomorrow Mrs. Augusta
E Cain, delegate to the Washington
Conference Woman's Home Mis
sionary Society annual meeting, will
report. The Men's Club meets at
4 p.m. At 8 p.m., sermon by Dr.
George E. Curry, pastor of Randall
Memorial M. E. Church.
Monday, at R p.m., Jones Memorial
congregation will visit Simpson Me
morial Church. Sermon by Dr. Julius
S. Carroll and music by Jones Me
morial Choir.
Trinity.
Dr. Dan L. Ennis, minister, has
chosen for his subject tomorrow at
11 a m. "What It Means to Have Faith
in God,” and "Living With Ones
Self” for the 8 p.m service.
The Louise Shelton Bible Class will
hold its annual birthday party Tues
day at 8 p.m. Prayer meeting will be
Wednesday at 8 p.m. Friday, from
5 to 7 p.m., the Butler Class will hold
a nennv sUDDer.
Gorsuch.
Rev. W. Smith Chism will preach
at the 11 a m. service and the 7:30
service. The Epworth League will
be led by Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hollen
beck and the topic will be “Charting
Our Course.” The Ladies’ Aid will
hold its first Fall meeting Mondfft
at 7:30 p.m.
Presbyterian
Western.
The Tnlla B. Young Bible Class
held its’ first Fall meeting on Tues
day night with a good attendance.
Plans were made for the fall and
Winter.
Edwin C. Dutton will address the
class again tomorrow morning at 10
o’clock. All members arid friends are
invited.
Wallace Memorial.
' ‘‘Two Kinds of Fruit” will be the
subject of the morning sermon at 11
o’clock by the pastor, Dr. C. E. Haw
thorne. At 8 p.m. Dr. Hawthorne
will preach on “On Guard.”
The Bible School is holding a pic
nic and cafeteria lunch this after
noon and evening at the Reservoir
Grounds under the direction of Roy
L. Hunt.
Georgetown Church.
Rev. Robert M. Skinner will preach
tomorrow morning at 11 o’clock on
"Did Ye Receive?”
The Young People’s Societies will
meet at 6:45 p.m. to drive to the home
of Helen May Weitzel, 2303 Thirty
ninth street, when Miss Weitzel will
be the leader of the topic, "Search
lights,” at their service.
Thursday evening at 8 the midweek
prayer service will be held In Cissel
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Chapel In preparation for world-wide
communion Sunday, October 3.
Westminster Memorial.
Rev. Harry V. Porter will preach at
the morning service on "World-Con
scious Christians.” The subject oi
the evening service in the chapel will
be "Christ, the Hope of Life.”
Western.
At 11 o'clock the church will cele
brate in a special service "The Cen
tennial of the Board of Foreign Mis
sions.” The pastor, Dr. Dunham, will
preach.
Bethesda Presbyterian.
Rev. John L. Parkes will prearh
Sunday morning on the subject, "Im
pelling Us to God.” In the evening
he will speak on "The Song of the
Lord.” This Sunday is observed at
Rally dav in the Sabbath school.
The Young People and Pioneers oi
the church will meet at 7 p.m. foi
their regular meeting.
The Wednesday evening service will
he held at 8 o'clock. Rev. Parkes will
be the leader.
Kenilworth.
Church worship at 11:15 o'clock
The theme. "We Are All Here Present
Before God.”
The evening worship at 7:45 o'clock.
The theme, "The Lost Horizon.”
Thursday evening discussion of the
Sunday School lesson.
Eckington.
Rally day exercises will be held by
the Sunday school at 10:45 a m. The
pastor, Rev. Henry B. Wooding will
speak at 11 o’clock on the topic, "The
Eighth Wonder of the World.” At 8
o'clock, the text, "In the Year That
King Uzziah Died I Saw Also the
Lord.”
Central.
The pastor, Dr. James H. Taylor,
will preach Sunday morning on "The
Constitution—the Charter of Our
Liberties.” and at night on "Spiritual
Certainty." The pastor and Eider
Seiden M Ely attended the meeting
of the Presbytery of Potomac at Lees
burg. Va.
Knox.
Regular services will be held a*
131R Vermont avenue at. 31 am. and
R pm. In the morning the Rev
Leslie W. Sloat will speak on "The
Missionary Imperative" and in the
evening on "The Purpose of the Law.'
Metropolitan.
During the 11 o'clock service to
morrow morning the pulpit will be
filled by Dr. J. Lowrey Fendrich nl
Salem. W. Va. At the present time
Dr. Fendrich is head of the depart
ment of speech and dramatics of
Salem College. Prior to the time he
assumed that position he did ex
tensive lecturing throughout the Mid
west.
Sunday evening the Christian En
deavor wiil meet while on Thursday
evening at 8 o'clock the members are
tendering to Dr. and Mrs. Rohrer a
reception upon the occasion of Dr
Rohrer's retirement from the pastorate
of the church.
Other Services
Divine Science.
Rev. Grace Lightfoot Patch and th<
board of trustees announce the Fir si
Divine science Church opens Sunday
October 3, at the Grafton Hotel ai
11 a.m.
Christian Witness League.
The 4 o'clock vesper service anc
Bible study class will be held at 1321
Vermont avenue tomorrow afternoon
In the absence of the director. Rev
Arthur G. Slaght, the Rev. W. A
Emmons, pastor of the Maryland Ave
nue Baptist Church, will be th<
speaker.
Prayer meeting will be held Monday
evening at 8 o'clock at 1829 Sixteentl
Street
Good Will.
The pastor, Dr. James L. Ptnn. wil
preach tomorrow morning on "Thi
Valley of Humiliation." At 2 p m., hi
will conduct services at the Distric
Jail. In the evening his subject wil
be "The Letter of Life.”
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Cleveland Park Community.
Rev. Joseph S. Loughran, pastor
preaches on "The Need of Convictions'
at 11 a.m. The church school wil
open at 9:45. Howard F. Baker wil
conduct a special class for adults oi
the general theme of "Religion an<
History.”
Metropolitan Wesley A M. E. Zion.
The pastor, Rev. David Cecil Lynch
announced that the church will observi
its annual Missionary day tomorrow
His sermon topic at the 11 o'clocl
service is “Heat! Light! Power!” Mrs
H. Therlkold will be guest preache:
at the'3:30 o'clock service.
At 8 p.m., Mrs. Alice Matthews, wifi
of Bishop W. M. Matthews, will bi
guest speaker. These services are un
der the auspices of the Missionary
Societies.
Galbraith A. M. E. Zion.
Artius A. Crooke, presiding ride
of the Washington district of the A
M. E. Zion Church will preach tomor
row mornine at 11 o'clock and admin
istcr the holy communion. A mission
ary pageant: "A Prayer for Missions
will be presented in the evening.
Memorial United Brethren.
The Sunday school meets at 9:4'
ta.m. Dr. Simpson B. Daugherty wil
preach at 11 on "I Forgot.” Vesper
at 7:30 p.m. The church, unanimous
ly, through its quarterly eonferene
Thursday, voted for the pastor's re
turn for the thirteenth year. Th<
annual conference sessions will be hel<
in Mechaniosburg. Pa., October 5-7
with committee meetings all day Or
tober 4. The Sunday Board will mee
Tuesday at 8 p.m. Prayer servic*
Thursday at 8.
Potomac Heights Community.
Mrs. Albert E. Gingrich formerl;
of Saskatchewan, Canada, will addresi
the Sunday school at 10 a.m.' on Chris
tian work in that province. At 1!
o'clock Rev. O. J. Randall will preacl
on "Christ's Formula for Testing th<
Truth." The Christian Endeavo:
Group will meet at 7 p.m. '
Sherwood Church.
Homer H. Cummings, superintend'
ent of the Sunday school, has set ar
attendance goal of 1,000 for the am
nual Rally day service at 9:40 a.m
tomorrow. H. C. Maynor and th<
Sunday school have financed the dis
tribution of 5,000 advertisements o:
this event.
Thomas Law Coyle, minister, wil
preach at the two morning service!
at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m.
Church of the Brethren.
Dr. Warren D. Bowman, pastor
preaches tomorrow at 11 a.n^ on “Mul
tiplying Spiritual Bread.* «&s aveninf
Promoted j
REV. ROBERT L. JONES.
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Rev. R. L. Jones Is Named
Director of Rock Creek
Parish Unit.
Rev. Robert Lewis Jones, new as
sistant minister, has been appointed
director in charge of Rock Creek Parish
Church School. It has close to 500 j
pupils.
It is fully expected that the school,
under its new leader, will make won
derful progress during the coming
year. A new program will be put into j
effect immediately.
Rev. Mr. Jones had a useful career
i uith vmmtr n#»nnlrs Qt hie fnrmor
churrh, Christ Church Cathedral, i
Hartford, Conn,, and in the short
time he has been here has shown re- !
markable advancement. Already a I
campaign has been started in Rock
Creek Young Peoples Fellowship for
increased attendance.
Services will be held tomorrow at 11 ^
o'clock at Rock Creek Church by the
Rev. Dr. F J. Bohanan. pastor. Dr. 1
Bohanan will preach the sermon.
Communion service will be at 8:30
a m At. 7 p.m. the Young Peoples
Fellowship will meet. The Girls
Frirndly Candidates will meet Friday
| at 3:30 p.m.
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DR. BURGAN SPEAKS
TOMORROW MORNING
"Some Overlooked Blessings" Is
Topic of Hamline Method
ist Pastor.
■'Some Overlooked Blessings” will
be the sermon subject of Dr. H. W.
Burgan at Hamline Methodist Episco
pal Church tomorrow at 11 o'clock.
The Epworth League meets at 7
p.m. tomorrow at 5317 Thirteenth
street. Miss Dorothy Wright will
speak. Next week the league will
open its Fall and Winter schedule Sun
day evening in the young peoples’
• room.
Tuesday at 6 the Church School
j will hold its annual get-together and
good fellowship dinner. Miss Annabel
Spangle, the new director of religious
| education, will speak. Rally day serv
j ices are October 3.
The annual Joash Chest day will
j be October 17.
LUTHERANS HOLD
ANNUAL RALLY DAY
Maj. James Asher to Speak at
Reformation Church Serv
ices Tomorrow.
The annual Rally day in Sunday
[ school will he observed at Lutheran
Church of the Reformation tomorrow
morning at 9:30. with Mai. James
Asher of the Salvation Army as guest
, j speaker.
At 11 Dr. Oscar F. Blackwclder will
I ! preach on “The Hebrew Prince.'-j
1! Young people meet at 6:45.
i j At the evening service Dr. Black
I welder will speak on “Crumbs.-' Mon
day evening the District Sunday
School Association will hold a work
ers' conference at Reformation
■ ! Church, beginning at 7:45. Depart
' j mental conferences will be held and
Dr. Blarkwelder will make the closing
• | address at 9.
BEATTY PICKS TOPIC 1
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. ! Georgetown Lutheran Class to
Hear Talk on Decalogue.
“Bring Me All of Your Questions." |
will be the subject Sunday. 11 a m.,
in Georgetown Lutheran Church. Rev.
Harold E. Beatty, pastor.
•'The Decalogue-’ will be the theme ,
of the Bible study at 9:30 a m., con
ducted by Joseph C. Wimmer. The
! M.iit u- t... w.
J. Frank Letts and Mrs. H. E. Beatty.
Margaret Snead will have charge of
the Young People's program at 7 p.m ,
, i when "Luther League day" will he
I observed. Mrs. Luther Frantz will
. speak.
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( Open-Door Church.
Tomorrow morning the pastor of
the Open Door Church will take for
* hts theme “The Mountain of God in
• the Pre-Adamic Earth." At 8 p.m.
' there will be a gospel message. The
young people's program is at 7 p.m.
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topic will be “Christ’s Standard for
, Greatness.”
Church school at, 9:45 a m. W. O.
’: Grapes, superintendent.
Peck Memorial Chapel.
1 The pastor. Rev. Irving W. Ketchum.
1 will conduct the morning service, his
topic being “Peter's Adventure Alone
and With Christ."
The annual Rally day will be ob
served by the Sunday school. The
guest speaker will be Miss Ellen Dash
iel, president of the Story Tellers'
League of the District. Herbert C.
Tucker will preside.
Chrlstadflphian Chapel.
Tomorrow at 11:15 a.m. G. B. Tay
lor will speak on "The War in the East
—Does it Indicate the Second Com
ing of Christ?"
Yogoda Society.
Brachmachari Jotin of Calcutta,
India, will speak on "Cosmic Medita
tion" tomorrow evening at 1758 Co
lumbia road. Tl®. public Is invited.
tov. W. S. Abernethy to Talk
in Morning on “The Para
ble of the Trees.”
Rev. W. S. Abernethy, pastor of
Calvary Baptist Church, will preach
tomorrow morning on the subject
'The Parable of the Tree'." He will
segin a series of sermons at the eve
ning service on the general theme
'Old Texts With New Meanings," the
Hrrt, being "Growing Pains.”
Rev. Frank E Johnston Jr., min
ister's assistant, will return from his
vacation and hold the opening serv
ice of the Junior Church tomorrow
morning at, 11 o'clock in Vaughn Hall.
He will bo assisted by L. C. Greene,
Rally day will bp observed in the
Sunday school departments tomorrow
at 9:30 a m. and the follow ing Sunday.
October 3. will be Promotion day in
the school.
Miss Winifred Whitney and Andy
Chambers have be^n appointed lead
ers of the younger B Y. P. u. groups
for the coming year.. The Service
Class, taught by Mrs. Francis S.
Browne, will hold a supper meeting
Monday evening and the Florence M.
Brown Class one on Tuesday evening,
it, which time they will install their
•'fficers. Miss Elsie Green, teacher,
and Mrs. Ella May Orr, president,
s'ill be in charge.
The Vaughn Class Executive Com
mittee—both the old and new mem
bers—will hold a supper meeting
Wednesday evening.
Instead of the usual prayer meet
iia neiiiee tne uiiuicii will merge 113
■neeting with one sponsored by the
Intermediate C. E. Union of the Dis«
trict on Thursday .evening in th$
’hurrh auditorium, where Dr. Normal
Dunning, a medical missionary fron*
Wary Wanless Hospital in India, will
ie the guest speaker.
CHURCH TO PROMOTE
GRADES TOMORROW
Columbia Heights Christian
Church Also Co-operates in
Safety Drive.
Tomorrow will be promotion dav at
he Columbia Heights Christian
Church, when, after the lesson period,
cromotion will take place from the
ower grades up through the school.
This will be in charge of the super
intendent. Dr. William Hill.
The morning topic will be "God *
House." The choir, under the direc
tion of Mrs. William Collins, will sing
Beethoven’s ’’The Heavens Are Tell
ing"
In co-operation with the safety
campaign going on in the city, moving
pictures will be shown, the topic being
Speaking of Safety.”
The conference on the effective
church and the kingdom will take
place Wednesday at the National City
Christian Church, followed by a
church conference led by C. M. Yocum
of Indianapolis and George Oliver
Taylor of Richmond, Vp..
PETWORTH M. E. LISTS
SERMON WITH PICTURES
Epworth League to Elect Officers,
Will Attend Corporate Com
munion Rites.
Tomorrow evening at Petworth
Methodist Episcopal Church the series
of picture sermons will he continued.
The slides are made from paintings by
the great masters in religious art. and
include hymn slides for singing from
the screen.
Morning worship at 11. R/>v. H L.
Wood will speak on "The Process of
thp Kingdom."
At 7 p m. the Intermediate Epworth
League mepfs. Officers will be elected.
Senior Epworth league meets at 7.
The league will attend corporate com
munion service for young people at
Metropolitan Methodist Church Mon
day evening, when Dr. G. Ellis Wil
liams, superintendent of the Wash
ington district, will install Murrell
Lank as district president, together
with officers recently elected.
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'WORTHY AMBASSADORS’
TO BE JOPE'S SUBJECT
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Alexandria Minister to Talk at
Midweek Service at Ninth
Street Christian.
At the 11 o’clock morning wor
ship and communion hour tomorrow,
the pastor of the Ninth Street Chris
tian Church. Rev. Clifford H Jope,
witi preach on the subject "Wmhy
Ambassadors Needed.” At the same
hour the Junior Church will meet in
the Junior Department room under
the leadership of Mrs. Margaret Small.
The Philo Christo Christian En
deavor Society meets at fi p.m. for
its snrinl Thf* rrmilar mnotiner
low’s at ft:30 with Mr. Cecil Redd as
leader. The Forum Christian En
deavor Society meets at fi:45 p.m .
At the 7:45 o’clock evening service
the pastor will preach on the subject
"What About Heaven?’’.
Rev. Ralph Frame, pastor of the
Christian Church at Alexandria, Va.,
will be the speaker at the midweek
prayer service on Thursday evening
at 7:30. His subject. “Jesus on the
Cross,” will follow’ the general line
of topics on the life of Christ being
used this month.
BIBLE CLASS TO MEET
Day's Services Listed at Congress
Street M. P. Church.
The Harrison Bible Class of Con
sress Street M. P. Church will meet
tomorrow at 9:45. William N. Payne,
1r., third vice president, presides,
Fred R. Stephens in charge of the
lesson. Dr. Hirl A. Kester, the pastor,
will give r short talk. Dr. Elmer
Louts Kayser. George Washington
University dean, will speak. The les
son theme is “God In tfte Making of
i Nation.”
Dr. Kester will preach at 11 am.
in "Walking in Galilee” and at 8
o.m. on "The Streams of the Bible."
Dr. Brooks’ Topic Listed.
At the services of Lincoln Con
gregational Temple tomorrow morn
ng Dr. R. W. Brooks will speak
from the subject. "The Christian’*
Dilemma in a Realistic World.”
The Men's Brotherhood will meet
it 10 a.m. B. V. Lawson will discuss
'Being True t^ Ourselves.”