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President and Family
Will Attend Church
Services Monday
Dr. Blackwelder Will
Preach at Covenant-First
Presbyterian
President and Mrs. Roosevelt and
their families will attend the annual
Christmas service, held under the
auspices of the Washington Federa
tion of Churches, on Monday at 11
o'clock at the Covenant-First Pres
byterian Church. The public is
Invited.
The sermon will be preached by
the Rev. Dr. Oscar F. Blackwelder.
pastor of the Lutheran Church of
the Reformation, who will have for
his subject, "America Needs the
Manger."
The Rev. Alvin L. Wills, rector
of the Episcopal Church of Our
Saviour, will preside as chairman of
the Committee on Public Meetings.
Other ministers, who will participate
are: Dr. Albert J. McCartney, pastor
of Covenant - First Presbyterian
Church: Dr. E. H. Sexsmith, pastor
of Rhode Island Avenue Methodist
Church; the Rev. J. Lloyd Black,
pastor of Park View Christian
Church, and Dr. W. L. Darby, execu
tive secretary of the Federation of
Churches.
There will be special music appro
priate to the occasion by the chancel
choir of the host church under the
direction of Theodore Schaeffer.
Only the front entrances of the
church will be open; these are on
18th street. If it is necessary to seat
an overflow audience, the large
Sunday school room is available. The
service will conclude in about an
hour.
The headquarters of the Federa
tion at 1751 N street N.W. will be
open for inspection following the
service.
Two Festival Services
At Augustana Lutheran
The Augustana Lutheran Congre
gation will observe its first Christ
mas in its new church with two
festival Christmas services, the one
a midnight adoration service Christ
mas eve at 11 o'clock and the other
a “Julotta” service, the one big
Swedish service of the year, Christ
mas morning at 6 o'clock. Special
music. Dr. Hjelm’s theme at the
Christmas eve midnight service will
be “Blessings Proclaimed in the
Birth of Jesus.” At the Christmas
morning service he will preach on
‘‘The Simple But Profound Message
of Christmas.”
At 11 am. tomorrow Dr. Hjelm
will preach on "When Jesus Is Our
Friend" -
The Bible study hour will be con
ducted by the pastor Wednesday at
7:30 p.m. A meeting of the Board
of Administration of the congrega
tion will be held at 8:30 p.m.
Senator Ernest Lundeen will be
the guest speaker at the program
sponsored by the Luther League
New Year eve at 9 o’clock. Re
freshments and a social will follow.
From 11:30 to 12 a New Year watch
service will be held.
Students Will Take
Part in Service
At the West Washington Baptist
Church tomorrow at 11 a.m. the
Rev. Charles B. Austin will preach
on “The Christmas Tree Angel
Trimmed.” At 8 p.m. the theme will
be "The Message of the Master—
for Such a Time as This.” The
following college students will take
part in the service: Solo, Kathrvn
L. Taylor. Coker College. Hartsville,
S. C.; “A Personal Experience,”
Helen Banks, Wilson Teachers’ Col
lege; “For Planning My Life,” Mary
Hudson, American University; “For
Changing the World,” Haley Scur
lock, president of District of Co
lumbia and Maryland B. S. U.
The service Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
Will be in charge of the Senior
B. Y. P. U.
The annual Sunday school Christ
mas entertainment will be held Fri
day evening.
Dr. Pierce Announces
His Sermon Topic
At 11 a.m. tomorrow at All Souls’
Unitarian Church Dr. Ulysses G. B.
Pierce will preach on “The Christ
mas Gift Supreme.’’ The church
school will participate in a special
Christmas pageant, "The Christmas
Light,” at 9:45 a.m. Miss Carol
Hogan will act as reader.
Following the half hour of Christ
mas music at 5:30 p.m.. Dr. George
Gaylord Simpson of the American
Museum of Natural History’, New
York, will give an illustrated talk on
“Patagonia.” Miss Kate D. Buck
nam will act as hostess at the fel
lowship tea at 6 p.m. For the young
people, there will be a Christmas
carol service at 6:30 p.m. At the
motion picture hour at 7:30 p.m. the
feature will be “You Can't Take It
With You.”
'Christmas Essentials'
Dr. Braskamp's Topic
Dr. Bernard Braskamp, pastor of
the Gvinton-Temple Memorial Pres
byterian Church, will take as his
subject at the 11 a.m. service “The
Essentials of Christmas.” There will
be special music, vocal and instru
mental. Several young men who
are home for the holidays will as
sist in this service.
The young people will hold a fel
lowship tea in the chapel at 6 p.m.,
when the young people who are
home for the Christmas season will
be the special guests. Gordon Leech
a student in Princeton Theological
Seminary, will lead the meeting.
The meeting on Thursday at £
p.m. will be held in the parlor rooms
and will be led by Dr. Braskamp
Trinity Episcopal Church
The festival Christmas service will
begin at 11 p.m. Christmas eve
There will be a Christmas greet
ing by the Rev. Reno S. Harp. Or
Christmas Day there will be holy
communion and sermon at 10 a.m
The children will bring gifts ol
food to be presented during theii
Christmas service tomorrow at 9:3(
a.m., and which will be given tc
the Episcopal Home for Childrer
and to the city missioner for hi;
work. The children will present i
Nativity tableau at their service
Other services tomorrow are holy
communion, 8 am., and morning
prayer and sermon by the rectoi
at 11 a.m. The children’s Christ
mas party will be Thursday at
3 p.m.
Boston Pastor to Preach
At Eldbrooke Church
The Rev. Marlon S. Michael, as
sistant minister of Harvard Street
Methodist Church, Boston, will be
the guest preacher in Eldbrooke
Methodist Church tomorrow morn
ing. His subject is “We Have Seen
His Star.”
At 9:45 p.m. trumpeters will play
Christmas carols from the church
portico. At 10 p.m. the Christmas
cantata, “The Christ Child,” by
Hawley, will be presented under the
direction of Clara Young Brown,
with Thomas J. Reynolds as organ
ist. Featured in this service will be
vibraphone selections rendered by
Robert Ray Fox. The service will be
rendered by candlelight with deco
rations by Boy Scout Troop No. 19.
Prayer meeting at the Home for
Incurables will be held Wednesday
at 7:30 p.m.
Carol Service Planned
Tomorrow Night at
St. Thomas’ Church
Garfield Swift, Guest
Soloist, to Sing at
Morning Hours
A carol service will be held tomor
row night at 11 o’clock at St.
Thomas' Episcopal Church, with the
Rev. Dr. Howard S. Wilkinson, rec
tor, presiding. Holy communion will
be observed.
Garfield Swift, concert, radio and
theater baritone, will be the guest
soloist tomorrow at the 11 am.
service and also on Christmas Day.
There will be celebration of holy
communion at 8 am. on Monday and
choral eucharist and sermon by Dr.
j Wilkinson at 11 am. Special music
has been arranged for this service.
On St. Stephen's day, Tuesday, at
10 am. holy communion will be ob
served On Wednesday, St. John
the Evangelist day, will be holy
communion at 8 a.m. From 3 to 5
pm. will be a Christmas party for
members of the kindergarten and
\ primary departments of the church
I school. On Thursday, Holy Inno
cents day, will be holy communion
at 11 am. and a Christmas party
from 3 to 5 pm. for members of the
junior church school.
A Christmas party for the high
school students will be on Friday
from 8 to 10:30 pm.
All Saints' Episcopal
Tire Rev. Henry Teller Cocke will
have as his theme at 11 a.m. “The
Joy of Christ.” Holy communion
at 7:30 a.m. Tire Christmas eve
service will begin at 11:30.
Services on Christmas morning
j will begin with holy communion at
I 7:30, followed by the service at 11
a.m., when the rector will speak and
preside- over the festival holy com
munion.
i There will be special services on
Tuesday at 10 a.m. and again on
Thursday morning.
St. Andrew's Episcopal
Owing to the Christmas eve prep
arations this congregation will not
hold its 4 p.m. services tomorrow at
St. Thomas' Church, but will cele
brate holy communion at 9:30 a.m.
Keller Memorial
Lutheran Rededicates
Church Auditorium
Six New Stained Glass
Windows Will Be
Consecrated Tomorrow
Keller Memorial Lutheran Church
will rededicate Its newly renovated
church auditorium tomorrow at 11
a.m., when six new stained glass
windows will be consecrated.
The windows consist of one large
rose window, 24 by 12 feet, and five
smaller windows along the Mary
land avenue and Ninth street N.E.
sides of the building. The large rose
has in Its center medallion a figure
of the ‘‘Agnus Dei,” the "Lamb of
God,” bearing the banner of the
cross, the symbol of His sacrifice.
The center medallion is flanked by
eight quatrefoils bearing the sym
bols of God, the Father; the Holy
Spirit, the four Gospels and the
sacraments. Beneath the large rose
are three Romanesque lancets bear
ing a large central figure of the
exalted Christ surrounded by seven
medallions depicting the principal
events of Christ’s life. The window
is of full-colored antique glass with
jeweled treatment.
The chancel windows are of a
rich ornamental freehand treat
ment, producing a tapestry effect.
Shields in the windows carry the
symbols of the Passion and Resur
rection.
The remaining three windows are
of typical grisaille pattern, with a
jewel-like treatment. The center
lancet of each window bears a fig
ure, the first symbolic of law, the
second of prophecy and the third
of the church.
The Rev. J. Harold Mumper will
be in charge of the services of dedi
cation. The dedicatory sermon will
be preached by the pastor emeritus
the Rev. Dr. Samuel T. Nicholas
At the carol-vespers at 6:30 p.m. the
Rev. Edward G. Goetz, pastor oi
Zion Lutheran Church and presi
dent of the Eastern Conference oi
the Maryland Synod, will bring the
greetings of the synod.
Mount Tabor Church
Christmas Programs
Dr. G. Ellis Williams, district
superintendent of the West Wash
ington district, of the Methodist
Church, will preach the Christmas
sermon at 11 am. at Mount Taboi
Methodist Church. The Rev. W. K
Lyons will conduct the service. The
junior and senior choirs will sing
At the carol candlelight service
at 8 p.m. the Rev. Mr. Lyons will
preach on "The Old But Ever New
Story.” After the lighting of the
nativity scene in front of the church
! at 10 o'clock, a group of carolers
will leave by truck to sing carols
through the streets of Georgetown
The Christian Endeavor Society
will visit a colored alley Christmas
Eve to light a Christmas tree, tel'
the Christmas story and distribute
food and clothing.
The Young People’s Bible Class
will have their Christmas party De
cember 28 at the home of Miss Mary
Ellen Dowden, 2134 Thirty-seventh
street N.W.
News of the Bible Classes
Activities of Interest to
Local Organizations
By PAGE McK. ETCHISON,
President Organized Bible Class Association.
The Brotherhood Bible Class of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church elected
the following officers: H. R. Felllnger, president; C. C. Moberly, vice
president; T. E. Lynn, secretary; G. P. Lelshear, treasurer; Rev. J. Luther
Frantz, teacher, and Austin M. Cooper, assistant teacher. The class Is
sponsoring a Christmas pageant tomorrow at 7 p.m.
The Men’s Bible Class of St. Paul’s Methodist Church joined the
Organized Bible Class Association <•
ana received me -ceruncare oi mem
bership. Bernard L. Amiss is teach
er; Harry L. Slye, president, and
D. H. Johnson delegate to the Cen
tral Committee of the association.
The Sadie Bowen Philathea Bible
Class of Clarendon Baptist Church
installed the following officers: Mrs.
Louise Lukens, teacher; Mrs. Elsie
English, associ
aiv- n l n v u w , .
Mrs. Pemmie '
Yetton, presi- :
dent; Mrs.;
Louise Brawner, j
Mrs. Pauline
Hough, Mrs. j
Helen Lewis, vice
presidents; Mrs.
Anna Waller,
recording secre
tary; Mrs. Sadie
Fox, assistant;
Mrs. C u s t y s
Hightower,
Clara Norris, Mr- Etchison.
assistant; Mrs. Edith Washington,
corresponding secretary; Miss
Bertha Horner, historian; Mrs.
Betsy James, hostess; Mrs. Sadie
Pergusson, pianist, and Mrs. Marlon
Stockett, assistant.
The Rev. William H. Hantzmon
will speak to the Box Bible Class of
Emory Methodist Church tomorrow
morning on “The Child and the
Kingdom."
"Christmas in Bethlehem” will be
the subject of Mrs. William S.
Abernethy tomorrow morning at the
Burrall Class of Calvary Baptist
Church. The Burrall Ensemble, as
sisted by Miss Evelyn Scott, violinist,
will present a program of Christmas
music.
The Men’s Bible Class of Mount
Rainier Christian Church will assist
in the alley Christmas Eve program.
The business meeting and installa
tion of new officers will be held
Tuesday at 7:45 p.m. The annual
photographic exhibit will also be
held. Carl Bock will teach the lesson
tomorrow morning.
Dr. Wesley M. Gewehr, professor
of history at American University,
will deliver an address to the Men's
Bible Class of Eldbrooke Methodist
j Church tomorrow morning on
i “Some Aspects of the International
Situation.” President Alden W.
Hoage will preside,
i The Golden Page Class of Ana
costia Methodist Church will honor
their teacher. Mrs. Elizabeth Page,
tomorrow morning, which will be
her 85th birthday anniversary. Mrs.
Page has taught a Bible class for
more than 40 years.
Miss Ann Strickland will tell a
Christmas story in the Vaughn Class
of Calvary Baptist Church tomorrow
morning. Special music will be
given by the orchestra, assisted by
Miss Ida Jeanne Dagger, pianist;
Robert Gasser, cornetist, and Mrs.
Erna Embrey, soprano soloist.
Mrs. W. A. McMillan will speak to
a joint meeting of the adult Bible
classes of Mount Vernon Place
Methodist Church tomorrow morn
ing, on "Broadening Vision and
Sympathy.” Mrs. C. E. Ruffner will
sing.
The A. B. Pugh Bible Class will
be taught by Justice Bolitha J. Laws.
President Frank E. Amick will pre
side.
The Randall Bible Class of Poto
mas Heights Community Church
will hold a “white gift service” to
morrow morning for the benefit of
the aged women's home in George
town. Motion pictures of the sum
mer conference of the Organized
Bible Class Association, taken by
M. H. Hess, were shown at the
monthly business meeting. A large
delegation from the class attended
this conference. Mrs. Charles Goude
has been appointed chairman of the
committee in charge of the distri
bution of baskets to needy families.
The Rev. E. E. Overholt will be
the guest teacher at the P. W. Jef
fries Class of Francis Asbury Metho
dist Church tomorrow morning.
Mrs. Henry J. Smith will teach the
Philathea Class of Petworth Baptist
Church tomorrow morning. Mrs.
Judith King has been elected class
representative on the Central Com
mittee of the Organized Bible Class
Association.
The Phi Gamma Kappa Class of
Metropolitan Baptist Church elected
the following officers: Jack Frost,
president; Fletcher Harper, vice
president; Theodore Williams, sec
retary; David Clamp, assistant sec
retary, and Cleo Morrill, treasurer.
The installation service will be held
in January. Miss Frances L. Gus
chewsky is the teacher.
George E. Harris, executive sec
retary of the Organized Bible Class
Association, announces a meeting of
the association on January 15, at
| the Metropolitan Baptist Church.
H. C. McClintock, president Na
; tional Federation of Men's Bible
Classes, announces that the Ad
visory Committee met in New York
City last Saturday and voted not to
hold a convention in 1940. He
further states that the General
Council will hold a meeting at West
ern Maryland College in connection
with the 19th Annual Convention of
the Organized Bible Class Associa
tion of the District of Columbia.
Officers and members of committees
of the national federation, as well
as officers of State and regional
federations, will be invited to this
meeting.
Bishop Freeman
To Deliver Sermon
Christmas Morning
Carol Service to Be
Given at Cathedral
Tomorrow at 4 P.M.
Bishop James E. Freeman will de
liver the sermon at the festival serv
ice of holy communion and sermon
at 11 a.m. on Monday, Christmas
Day, in Washington Cathedral.
Other services on Christmas Day
will include celebration of the holy
communion in Bethlehem Chapel of
the Holy Nativity at 7:30 a.m. and
9:30 am. and evensong at 4 p.m.
At the Christmas carol service to
morrow at 4 p.m. the choir will sing,
unaccompanied, carols from the gal
lery of the north transept. Bishop
Freeman will give a brief Christ
mas greeting. Carols by two for
mer organists of the Cathedral, the
late Edgar Priest and Robert Bar
row, will be sung at this service.
The Very Rey. Noble C. Powell,
dean of Washington, will be the
preacher at 11 a.m. tomorrow. Cele
bration of the holy communion in
the Bethlehem Chapel of the Holy
Nativity at 7:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m.
Holy communion is celebrated on
weekdays at 7:30 a.m.
Pilgrimages will follow the 11 and
4 o'clock services tomorrow, led by
pilgrim aides and members of the
Cathedral Brotherhood.
The bishop’s garden will be open
from 12 m. to 2 p.m. tomorrow.
'Mystery of Christmas'
Topic of Rev. C. H. Jope
At Ninth Street Christian Church
programs celebrating the birth of
Christ will be held tomorrow in the
Sunday school departments.
At 11 am., Christmas music and
a sermon by the Rev. Clifford H.
Jope on "The Beautiful Mystery of
Christmas.”
The junior church, under the lead
ership of Andrew Shannon, will
meet at 11 a.m. Joseph Scott will
give the Christmas story and Betty
Ann Shepherd will lead. ^Others
participating on the program will
be Clara O’Neill, Robert Dixon and
Faith Caulfield.
The combined adult and junior
choirs and the orchestra will pre
sent a candlelight service of music
at 7:45 p.m.
After church tomorrow evening,
the Forum and Young People’s C. E.
Societies will sing Christmas carols
to the shut-ins of the church and
return to the church for refresh
ments and the closing friendship
circle.
There will be no prayer meeting
Thursday evening.
Dr. Raphael H. Miller
Announces Theme
Dr. Raphael Harwood Miller,
pastor of the National City Chris
tian Church, has for his theme to
morrow morning “Christmas Gifts
for the Christ of Christmas.” Special
music will be given.
At 5:15 p.m. a candlelight service
will be presented by the church,
under the leadership of William E.
Braithwaite.
Sixth Presbyterian
Yule Plans Made
“You Shall Find” will be the sub
ject of the Christmas sermon tomor
row at 11 a.m. in the Sixth Presby
terian Church by the Rev. J. H.
Gamer. There will be an inter
polated reading of the Christmas
story.
The Sunday church school will
have a Christmas program at 9:45
a.m. with participation by children
and others. Awards for perfect at
tendance will be made. The pro
gram will be in charge of-C. J.
Parnell, superintendent.
The College Age Young People
will meet at 7 p.m.
The Senior Hi Young People will
meet in the form of an alumni pro
gram, with Jane Del Vecchio as topic
leader, Kent Ellis in charge of devo
tions and Edward Stahl as forum
leader.
First Congregational
Will Have Music,
Drama and Sermon
Further White Gifts
Will Be Received at
Christmas Observance
Christmas worship in music,
drama and sermon will mark to
morrow at the First Congregational
Church. At 11 a.m. the Rev. How
ard Stone Anderson will preach on
“The Angels’ Two-Fold Announce
ment.” An ambitious musical pro
gram of six anthems will be sung
by the Washington A Cappella
Choir. Further white gifts will be
received.
At the 5 o clock vesper a mod- I
ern Christmas play, “Mimi Lights I
j the Candle," by Edith Isham Coul
j ter, will be given by a cast, in- j
j eluding Mrs. Gail Whiton Gable,
! Mrs. Adeline McNally, Marion E.
Radley, Doris Mae Radley, Lois Ann
Conklin, Sylvia Duerksen, Harry
j Hughes. Amy McNally and Mrs. I
I Elizabeth Blanchard. Director of !
, the play is Mrs. Howard Stone An- i
derson.
The Tuxis Club will rent a bus
and will go Christmas caroling after
the vesper service. The Scrooby Club
will not meet, but members of the
club are planning to join the Tuxis
Club's caroling expedition.
There will be no Young Women's
Club meeting on Tuesday or church
dinner or service on Thursday.
The Tuxis Club is sponsoring a
; Christmas frolic on Thursday at
8:30. Dancing and entertainment
will feature.
'Why Obey?' Is Subject
Of Radio Hour Sermon
‘‘Why Obey?” will be the subject
of the sermon by the Very Rev.
Ignatius Smith tomorrow at 7:30
p.m. on the Catholic Radio Hour
from the Church of the Immaculate
j Conception. It will be broadcast by
WOL. Music will be rendered by
the boy choristers.
The Rev. Joseph E. Gedra will
preach the sermon at high mass at
noon. It will be celebrated by the
Rev. Joseph Bradley. The boys will
sing.
Philosophy of Slate'
Meeting at C. U.
Dec. 28 and 29
Churchmen to Discuss
Topic Suggested by
Late Pope Pius XI
In response to the appeal of the
late Pope Pius XI in his encyclical to
Catholic University on the occasion
of the university’s golden Jubilee,
the American Catholic Philosophical
Association will meet at Catholic
University December 28 and 29 to
discuss various phases of the general
theme "Philosophy of the State.”
More than a score of papers covering
every pnase cf the si,b»act will be
read and discussed at the meeting
and at the annual dinner in the
university dining room on Decem
ber 28.
The speakers at the dinner will
be the Very Rev. Martin C. D’Arcy, •
recently of Oxford University and
now head of the department of
philosophy at Fordham University,
who will speak on “Philosophy in
Europe Today”; the Right Rev. Ful
ton J. Sheen, who will speak on
"Philosophy and the World Crisis,”
and the Rev. William P. O’Connor, -
president of the association, who
will speak on "The Political Philos
opher.” ' Prof. Francis E. McMahon
of the University of Notre Dame
will preside and the Right Rev.
Msgr. Corrigan, rector of the uni
versity, will extend the greetings of
the university.
Three broadcasts in connection
with the meeting are as follows:
December 28 at 10:15 p.m., on WOL
and the Mutual Broadcasting Sys
tem, Dr. Martin C. D’Arcy, on
"Philosophy in Europe TodayDe-»
cember 29 at 1:15 pm., the Rev.
Dr. Charles A. Hart, secretary of the
association, will speak from Station
WOL and intercity stations on "The
Church and the State,” and De
cember 29 at 10:45 p.m., Prof. Mc
Mahon will speak on Station WRC
on “The Philosophy of the State.”
All the sessions of the meeting
will be held in the McMahon Hall
and are open to the public, as is also
the annual dinner.
Wallace Memorial Plans .
Carols and Lights Service
A service of carols and lights will
feature the observance of Christ
mas eve tomorrow in the Wallace
Memorial United Presbyterian
Church. At 10:45 p.m. carols will
be played on the memorial tower
chimes and then again at midnight,
immediately following the service.
There will be special music and
carol singing by the congregation.
Dr. C. E. Hawthorne will speak cn
“Lights and The Light.” A student
minister, Eugene Allen, home cn
vacation, and one of the older mem
bers of the congregation, Mrs. Eff ?
Laing, will bring brief messages.
This service will take the place cf
the usual 8 o'clock worship.
At 9:30 a.m. a special Christmas
worship program will be given, one
feature being a‘reading by Mrs.
John M. Wilson.
The 11 am. service will also com
momorate Christmas in several
special organ and vocal musical
numbers and Dr. Hawthorne will
preach a Christmas message. The
sacrament of infant baptism will be
administered at this time.
The Junior Christian Endeavor
i Society, under the chaperonage o!
its advisers, will go caroling about
7 pm. and the Intermediate and
Senior Christian Endeavor groups
I will sing carols in other home* for
■ shut-in members. They will also
I sing carols early Christmas morning
at the District Jail and Columbia
Hospital. On Wednesday evening
the Senior C. E. holds its annual
banquet at Wesley Hall.
Metropolitan Memorial
Plans Special Program
At 9:45 a.m. the church school of
Metropolitan Memorial will observe
Christmas with a special program of
pageantry and music.
At 11 a.m. the Rev. W. A. Keese
will preach the Christmas sermon on
“Our Lord Immanuel.” Festival
music will be given by the organ
and the choir. A special Christmas
litany, written especially for Christ
mas, by the minister, will be used in
the worship. New members will be
received. The rite of Christian
baptism will be administered to
infants at the conclusion of the
morning service.
The candlelight and carol serv
ice will begin at 10:30 pm. with an
organ recital by Mrs. James Shera
Montgomery, organist. A service of
candlelighting will precede the pro
cessional hymn. Carols from foreign
lands will be sung by the choir. The
Gothic church will be lighted only
by hundreds of candles on the altar,
in the chancel, and along the cleres
tory and nave. The minister will
give a brief meditation, “And For
Christ—What?”
Christmas Services
At Church of Brethren
At the Church of the Brethren at
9 a.m. and 11 a m. Dr. Warren D.
Bowman will preach on ‘‘The Un
known Savior.” Special Christmas
music. The junior choir will sing at
the first service and the senior choir
at the second. The rite of baptism
will be administered at 3:30.
At 8 p.m. the pastor will speak on
the Christmas carol, ‘‘O Little Town
of Bethlehem.” Special music.
At 5 p.m. the senior B. Y. P. D.
will go to an alley where they will
decorate a Christmas tree and give
each child in attendance a present.
The intermediate B. Y. P. D. will
meet at 6:50. Their subject will be
‘‘Christmas Around the World.” A
number of their group will give
talks on Christmas celebrations in
other countries.
The young people will hold their
Christmas party at the home of Dr.
and Mrs. W. D. Bowman, 2910
Twentieth street NJE., Monday. The
program will consist of the singing
of Christmas carols and the reading
of a Christmas story.
Waugh Methodist
The sermon subject of the Rev.
Clarkson R. Banes tomorrow morn
ing will be ‘‘The Angel's Message.”
Christmas music. At 8 p.m. will be
a Christmas program, including a
pageant, "Christmas Voices,” pre
sented by the young people.
The monthly musical evening
given by the choirs will be Decem
ber 31 at 10:30 pm. This pro
gram will be followed by a watch
night aerrica at 11:30 pm.
1
Schedule of Activities in Washington Churches
Baptist
Brookland.
The Rev. J. M. Gillum will preach
in the morning on “Putting Christ
Into Christmas.” The next service
will be a midnight singing of carols, j
with brief address by the pastor,
from 11 to 12 o'clock. Special |
Christmas anthems by the chorus
choir at both services.
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Petworth.
Services in the morning will
have as the Christmas theme. “The
Unchanging Persistence of God,”
Pastor Henry J. Smith preaching.
In the evening Mrs. Ruth Davis will
direct the “White Christmas” pro
gram, with the presentation of
white gifts for the King. The
quartet will sing. i
Fountain Memorial. !
At 11 a.m. the subject will be
“What Can I Give to Christ for
Christmas?” At 6:30 p.m. the young
people are having a special Christ
mas play. At 7:45 p.m. the Christ
mas pageant “The Birth of the |
Christ Child” will be presented. A
feature will be the presentation by
the various departments of a part
each of the model of the new church.
Each part will contain some gift to
go toward the new church building,
which is to be erected this spring.
East Washington Heights.
A combined service of the church
and Sunday school will be held at
10:30 am. The superintendent of
the school, Clifford H. Jenkins, will
conduct the opening part of the
service bringing the story “The
Other Wise Man.” The Rev. Glenn
B. Faucett, in his message of the
morning, will use the Sunday school
lesson as a background.
Ai 7:30 pm. Prof. Oscar Autritt,
who was born in Russia, will illus
trate with lecture “Palestine, the
Land of the Bible” with five reels of
motion pictures.
Chillum.
The Rev. George W. Griffin will
preach tomorrow morning on “The
Christ's Influence Today” and in the
evening on “Youth Choosing Christ.”
Trinidad (Colored).
At 11:30 a.m. tomorrow the Rev.
Spencer D. Franklin will preach on
“God’s Love for a Perishing World.”
At 8 p.m. the Rev. I. J. Barbee will
preach on “Who Can Save the
World?” The Missionary Society
officers will be installed.
Liberty (Colored).
Dr. Hampton T. Gaskins will
preach at 11 a.m. on "True Worship”
and at 8 p.m. on “The First Noel.”.
On Monday, 7 a.m. to 9 a.m., Christ
mas Day service.
Good Will (Colored).
Dr. James L. Pinn will speak in
the morning on “God's Unspeakable
Gift.” At 2 p.m. he will conduct
services at the District Jail. In the
evening a Christmas program will
be given by the Sunday school,
under the direction of Norman S.
Anthony.
Emmanuel (Colored).
The Rev. F. D. Thornton will use
as his subject “The Wonderful
Name” at 11:45 a.m. and at 8:30 pm.
"The Deity of Christ.” Four churches
In the Southwest section have united
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with this church in a union revival
beginning January 1, to continue
until February 7, one week at each
church. A chorus of 100 voices wit
sing each night, beginning a!
Delaware Avenue and going frorr
church to church.
Mount Bethel (Colored).
Dr. K. W. Roy will preach at 11
a.m. on “The Wonderful Christ"; f
p.m.. sermon by the Rev. W. B
Marsh. On Chrisfmas Day at 11
a.m. the pastor will preach on “God’s
Christmas Gift to the World.”
Second (Colored).
Dr. J. L. S. Holloman will preach
at 11 a.m. on “The Ministry ol
Angels.” There will be special music
by the choir. In the evening the
choir will render special Christmas
music. The pastor will deliver 8
brief sermon. The Christmas Unior
Service with Mount Carmel Baptist
Church will be held in this church
on Monday at 11 a.m.
Mount Moriah (Colored).
Dr. J. Harvey Randolph wil
preach at 11 a.m. on “The Message
of World Joy.” At 4 p.m. and 5:3(
special union Christmas carol serv
ices will be conducted in Allen anc
Dixon courts S.W. Committees frorr
the Calvary Baptist Church, Eighth
street N.W., and the Presbyteriar
Church, Chevy Chase, will visit anc
distribute gifts to the families ir
these courts.
Tenth Street (Colored).
At 11 a.m. the sermon will be bj
the Rev. J. L. Henry. At 4 p.m. the
annual candlelight carol servic<
by the combined choirs. At 6 p.m
the combined choirs will sing Christ
mas carols at the lighting of thi
Christmas tree for the Community
Civic League at Tenth and U street!
N.W. At 7:30 p.m., preaching serv
ice. Music by the senior choir.
Third (Colored).
Christmas will be observed tomor
row. Dr. George O. Bullock wil
preach in the morning on “Thi
Birth of Christ, A Miracle of A1
Ages.” In the evening the Sunday
school will have their Christma:
Cantata. The senior choir will sing
Pilgrim (Colored).
“The Christmas Message” will b<
the subject of the Rev. John S
Miller tomorrow at 11 a.m. He wil
preach at the Second Baptis
Church, Southwest, at 3 pm. Thi
Pilgrim Baptist will join with thi
Second Baptist in their last com
munion in 1939.
Vermont Avenue (Colored).
At 11 am. Dr. C. T. Murray wil
preach on “The Other Side of thi
Manger.” At 11:20 am. service
will be held in the junior depart
ment, with the Rev. S. W. William
preaching. At 8 p.m„ program by th
senior choir.
On Monday at 5 a.m. Christma
prayer service will be held. At 11:41
a.m. the pastor will deliver th
Christmas message. On Wednesda;
the Sunday school will have . It
Christmas exercises.
Friendship (Colored).
“The Spirit of Christmas” will b
the subject of the Rev. B. H. Whit
ing at 11 am. The Rev. G. W
Coleman will preach to the Sunda;
| school at 3:30 pm. Music will b
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furnished by the Rosebud Chorus
and Third Baptist Church School
Orchestra. The Rev. P. O. Dosumer
of Africa will speak at 8 p.m. The
Rev. T. R. Peters will preach at noon
Christmas Day. Music will be fur
nished by volunteer choir. The
North Baltimore Spiritual Singers
will render a program at 8 p.m.
Florida Avenue (Colored).
The Rev. P. P. Samuel of Phila
delphia will be the guest speaker at
11 a.m. Music by the young people’s
choir. At 8 p.m., sermon by the Rev.
Robert H. Rollins. On Christmas at
4 a.m., prayer service. At 11 a.m.,
sermon by the pastor.
McKinley Memorial (Colored).
Dr. S. Geriah Lamkins will preach
at 11 am. on "Glory to God in the
Highest.” Sermonet and song serv
ice at 8 p.m. Christmas tree
Wednesday night.
Capitol View (Colored).
The Rev. J. Clarke Griffin will
preach on “The Birth of Christ” at
11 am. Christian Endeavor at 6
p.m. Topic, "Good Tidings of Great
Joy.” At 8 pm. the Rev. Mr. Griffin
will preach on “Good Tidings.”
Sunday school Christmas tree Tues
day night. Christmas cantata pag
eant by the choir Wednesday night.
Christmas program by the junior
choir on Friday night.
Christian
Columbia Heights.
“White gifts for the King” will be
received at all services on Sunday.
The Rev. A. P. Wilson will take for
his morning topic "Following the
Star.” In the evening, the Rev.
James Hamilton from Jerusalem will
1 present a stereopticon lecture on
“Palestine, Ancient and Modern.”
Following the evening service the
young people’s groups will sing
Christmas carols to the shut-ins.
Third.
“What Is Back of Christianity”
; is the topic tomorrow at 11 a.m.
by the Rev. C. N. Williams. The
. Lord's supper will be observed.
’ Congregational
Lincoln (Colored).
Christmas exercises will be held
! Sunday morning. Dr. R. W. Brooks
: will speak on “Humanity Needs a
1 Savior.” The vested chorus choir
; will render special music. The Men’s
| Brotherhood will meet at 10 a.m.
! Dr. John Mixon, director of the
social welfare department of the
Washington Federation of Churches,
will discuss “The Spirit of Christ
I mas.” The Young Peoples’ Fellow
, ship Club will meet at 6 p.m. The
' program will be “Christmas for
Students of High School and College
’ Age.”
Plymouth (Colored).
The Rev. Arthur D. Gray will
3 preach on “The Visit of the Wise
' Men.” At 6 p.m. the Sunday school,
! assisted by the HP Montgomery
1 Glee Club, will present a Christmas
3 program. Holy communion will be
celebrated at 6:30 am. on Christmas
Day.
; Episcopal
Church of Our Saviour.
r Holy communion at 7:30 am.
i Morning prayer and sermon at 11
o'clock. The Rev. Alvin Lamar
Wills will speak on "Projecting the
Christmas Spirit Across the Years.”
At 10:30 pm. Christmas music and
at 11 p.m. holy communion. On
Christmas Day there will be a cele
bration of the holy communion at
9 am.
Chapel of the Redeemer.
The singing of Christmas hymns
and carols will constitute the mu
sical portion of the morning service
tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. There will
be a brief address. At 9 pm. there
will be a pre-Christmas celebration
of the holy communion, and on
Christmas Day at 10:30 a.m., there
will be festival service, holy com
munion and sermon by the Rev. M.
M. Perkins.
Church of the Ascension.
The services of Christmas will be
gin with a carol service at 11:30
pm. tomorrow, to be followed at
midnight by a celebration of the
holy communion.
On Christmas at 11 am. there
will oe a festival service of holy
communion with sermon by the
Rev. Raymond L. Wolven, minister
in charge.
Tomorrow there will be the usual
services at 8 and 11 am.
The Christmas party for the
church school will be held in the
parish hall on Thursday at 7:30
pm.
St. Agnes’.
The Christmas Eve services will
begin at 11:15 p.m. with a musical
prelude. Solemn high mass at
11:30 pm. On Christmas Day there
will be a low mass at 7:30 a.m. and
a sung mass at 9:30 am. On Tues
day, Wednesday and Thursday there
will be daily masses at 7 and 9:30
a.m.
Transfiguration.
On Sunday the services are at
7:30 and 11 a.m. Christmas services
are as follows: 12 o'clock midnight,
Christmas Eve, and 11 a.m. Christ
mas. Special music will be rendered
by the choir.
St. Mary’s (Colored).
Holy Communion will be cele
brated at 7:30 am. The playlet
given by the children of the Sunday
school will begin at 9:15 a.m. Morn
ing prayer and sermon by the rector
at 11 am. He will preach on “The
Sword and Good Will.”
The Christmas midnight service
will begin at 11:45 pm. The music
will be furnished by the choir, holy
communion will be celebrated and
a short sermon will be preached by
the rector. From 11:20 to 11:45 p.m.
the organist will give a recital. On
Christmas Day at 8 a.m. there will
be a celebration of the holy com
munion.
Lutheran
Trinity.
The Rev. H. M. Hennig's topic to
morrow is “John the Baptist’s Wit
ness of the Deity of the Christ.”
The Christmas eve service will be
held at 11 pm. The Christmas Day
service, German, at 10 am. The
children’s Christmas service Christ
mas night at 7 pm.
Georgetown.
"Like the Stars of the Morning"
will be the subject at 11 am. by the
Rev. Harold E. Beatty, pastor. At
the midnight service, beginning at
11 p.m., the choir will sing. The
program by the Sunday school will
be given Christmas day at 7 p.m.
The junior choir will sing.
Mount Olivet (Colored).
The second in a series of two ad
vent sermons on “The Surpassing
Christ” will be preached by the Rev.
Mr. Schiebel at 11 a.m. His subject
will be “Christ and Moses.”
The children’s Christmas service
will be held on Christmas morning at
10:30 o’clock. The program is “The
Nativity.” The sermonette on
Christmas morning by the paster
will be on “The Significance of the
Stable Scene.” Gifts are to be dis
tributed to all children taking part
in the presentation of the program.
Special Christmas music.
Methodist
Chevy Chase.
“The Christmas Love” will be the
Rev. Edward Gardiner Latch’s theme
at 11 a.m. The Christmas eve carol
and candlelight service will begin at
11 o’clock.
Congress Street.
The Harrison Bible Class will meet
tomorrow at 9:45 am. William N.
Payne, jr„ third vice president, will
preside. Thomas G. Luckett will
have charge of the lesson. Dr. Hirl A.
Kester, pastor, will give a short talk,
Dr. Elmer Louis Kayser, dean of
George Washington University, will
be (the guest speaker. The lesson
theme is “The Child and the King
dom.” Dr. Kester will preach at 11
am. There will be no night service.
Congress Heights.
“God’s Supreme Gift” be the
subject of Rev. George L. Conner at
the morning service. The regular
schedule of evening meetings will
be omitted and instead a special
service will be held at 10:30 p.m.,
when an original painting, “Christ—
the Way,” by John Eldon Edgerton,
will be unveiled. This painting will
be on exhibit daily from 8 to 9
pm. during Christmas week. The
public is invited.
Lincoln Road.
Dr. Reginald Heber Stone will
speak on “The Word Was Made
Flesh” at 11 am. Special music.
At 8 pm. the story of Christ's birth
will be told with colored pictures.
Singing from the screen, assisted by
the choir.
McKendree.
Christmas service at 11 a.m. Ser
mon by the Rev. Samuel E. Rose
on “The Christmas Song.” Christ
mas selections by the choir. Service
will be held in the Masonic Hall,
Rhode Island and Mills avenue N.E.
“The Christmas Cradle” is a pro
gram which will be given at 8 pm.
Christmas entertainment by the
Sunday school in the old Langdon
Church on Wednesday at 8 pm.
The first quarterly conference will
be held in the old Langdon Church
on Thursday at 8 pm. with the Rev.
Dr. E. A. Beery, district superin
tendent, presiding.
Gorsuch.
The Rev. Richard T. Scholl will
preach Sunday morning at the an
nual white gift service on “Love
Came Down at Christmas.” There
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will be a candlelight service at 8
p.m. The church school Christmas
entertainment will be held Thursday
evening.
Union.
Christmas will be observed in all
the services tomorrow. Dr. J. R.
Edwards will preach at 11 a.m
on “The Star Rediscovered.” There
will be special music. A candlelight
Christmas carol service will be pre
sented at 7 p.m. The following will
participate: Miss Dorothy Palmer,
Miss Janet Bradham and Hard Lee.
After the service carols will be sung
in the immediate neighborhood.
Dr. and Mrs. Edwards will be “at
. home” to members and friends of
i the church on December 30, 3 to 6
pm.
Ebenezer (Colored.)
At 11 a.m. the Rev. F. F. King will
deliver the Christmas sermon on
“Let Us Now Go and See”; 6:30 p.m.,
the Epworth League will have a
special Christmas service; 8 p.m., a
Christmas cantata will be rendered
by the Wistaria Club entitled “Ye
That Sit by the Fire.” A sunrise
prayer meeting will be held Christ
mas morning.
Israel C. M. E.
The Right Rev. C. L. Russell, pre
siding bishop of the ninth Episcopal
district, will preach at 11 am. on
“God's Greatest Gift.” The senior
choir will render the music.
Jones Memorial (Colored).
Christmas services tomorrow. At
9:30 a.m. the church school will
render a special Christmas program,
at 11 a.m. Dr. Julius S. Carroll will
preach on “Goins to See the Kiny ”
Ebenezer A. M. E.
The senior choir will sing Christ
mas carols at 11 am. and 8 p.m. The
Rev. J. T. Bailey will speak at 11 am.
on “Comfort From the Cradle,” and
8 p.m., “How God Visits Men.” At 3
p.m. the Sunday school will sponsor
a playlet, “Christmas Hearts.”
John Wesley A. M. E.
Dr. Stephen Gill Spottswood will
preach at 11 a.m. on “Bethlehem.”
Music will be furnished by the Ca
thedral Choir. At 8 p.m. the annual
Christmas eve service will be fea
tured by the three choirs.
Metropolitan Wesley A. M. E.
The Rev. David Cecil Lynch will
preach on “Reviewing the World in
Which Jesus Came” at the 6 o’clock
service Sunday morning. The gospel
chorus will provide the music. “God’s
Love Expressed” will be the topic
at 11 a.m., the senior choir will sing.
The senior choir will sing at 8 p.m.
Miles Memorial C. M. E.
The Rev. L. Q. Brown will discuss
at 11 a.m. “Reasons for Christmas
Gladness.” At 8 p.m. a Christmas
pageant will be presented. The Sun
day school will hold its Christmas
program at 5 pm. The Epworth
League will meet at 6:30 pm.
Allen A. M. E.
At 11 am. Dr. G. Oliver Wing will
speak on “The Manger Babe the
Wise Men Sought.” The senior
choir will sing Christmas carols. At
8 pm. "union candlelight service”
with eight churches participating.
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