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cided to renovate several of the outbuild-
ings OF the church and parsonage, AMI
place a new fencing around the entire
church property. 1t is expected that work
will begin next week, and will be finished
in about three weeks
Rev. c. c. Norhardt, pastor Of Christ
Evangelical Lutheran Church, was Offered
some weeks ago profess orship in the the
olog1cal department OF Concordia College
at Conover, n. c. The college is under the
direction of the Missouri synod, to which
Mr.. Morhafdt belongs, but he was obliged
to decline it, Mr. Morhardt left today for
Ric hmond to officiate at a church there to-
morrow, and in mis- absence the Rev. Mr..
Gaensle of Baltimore is to preach at Christ
Church.
Last Sunday was rally day at the Metro
politan Baptist Sunday school. Mr.. ID. j.
Sharp has been selected as superintendent
of the Sunday school Mr.. Sharp was for
merry widely known as a Sunday school
worker in San Francisco, Cal The Junior
Christian Endeavor Society of the church
rendered their friends social yesterday
evening. The newly elected director of tine
society, Miss Edna Mills, was in charge.
and was assisted by Miss Rosa Marcia
Church and Mr.. Gilbert T. Clark.
Tenleyto~n Epworth League Chapter has
elected as delegates to the annual conyen-
ton OF the league the pastor of the church,
Rev. J. II. Cannon, and the Misses Mary &.
Dean, Mamie Shoemaker and Ida Paxton.
The Washington District League united
in a meeting Wednesday evening of this
week with Friendship Chapter of Alexan-
dria in Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church
Of that city. Quite number OF the local
leaders were present in a body.
The Woman's Auxiliary Foreign Mission
ary Society OF the Vermont Avenue Chris
tian Church has elected the following OIL
GERS: President, Mrs. Frances Parker: vice
president, Miss Annie Johns; secretary,
Mrs. J. T. Orchard; treasurer Mrs. IL. N
Whitcomb: auditor, Mrs. j. S. VanArsdale
and superintendent of literature. Mrs. En-
ma baltimore.
A Young Peoples Society of Christian
Endeavor was organized last Sunday at
the Southwest Christian Church. The pres
ident Is Miss Lena Sunny. The new
church which was recently organized there
has now a membership of about fifty, and
the pastor of the church, Rev. W. j.
Wright, together with Heys. F. ID. Power
and E. b. Bagby. are now on the lookout
for building sites.
The quarterly meeting OF the Woman's
Presbyterial Foreign Missionary Society
was held Tuesday morning in .he First
Presbyterian Church. A number Of oele-
gates represented the society al the annual
meeting of the Baltimore synod. held
Thursday of this week at Wilmington. Del.
Several days ago a leading Methodist
church advertised in The Star for a So
prano for the choir. and as a result there
were forty responses. The committee, ow-
ing 10 the large number Of applicants. has
been unable to decide as yet to whom to
give the preference.
Revival services have been in progress
for some days at Grace Methodist Episco-
pal church. of which Rev. G. V. Leech Is
pastor DR.. Leech has been assisted by the
Revs. L. B. Wilson, j. l.. Walsh and 5. NJ
Hartsock. and Mrs. weech of Alexandria.
A missionary concert was given yester-
day evening at the First Baptist Church.
corner of 10th and o streets northwest. by
the young people of the congregation.
Rev. James A. Buck, rector of St. Pauls
Church, Rock Creek parish. has been
minister of the Protestant Episcopal
Church for over nifty years. spending all of
this time within the boundaries of the dio-
cese of Maryland and the present diocese
Of Washington. Last evening, for the first
time. he gave his experiences during this
period in a lecture delivered at the resi-
dence of Capt. Herman Gross for the ben
fit of the Church of the Advent, LIE Droit
Park.
At Trinity NJ. E. Church. Rev G. W.
Hobbs pastor, a series Of protracted meet
ings have been held during the past two
weeks. Several OF the Methodist pastors
of the city have assisted in the work and
there have been about twenty conversions.
The meetings will be continued during the
coming Weak