Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-25
WILL DEDICATE
BETHESDA CHURCH
NEW EDlFICE is READY FOR
OCCUPANCY
Emmanuel 5aptists Plan for First Ser
Vices In Portable Chapel on
Western Avenue-Chureh
News

The Bethesda Presbyterian church
will hold its opening day services to-
morrow in its new and modern home
Just completed at the corner of Clanton
and Paloma streets.
The new edifice is a handsome build
ing of composite design, built from
drawings and plans by Thornton Fitz-
hugh the architect. The building Is
steam heated, and the full seating ca
pacity when the auditorium and Sab
bath school room are thrown into one
Is 1900. The cost when completely fur
nished will be about $1S,00O
The members and congregation are
very proud of their new house of wor-
ship and much interst has been and
Is being displayed by the various COM
Inittees in the work of furnishing and
decoration for the opening day eXer-
cises.
The pastor, Rev. J. NJ. Newell has
Just completed the eleventh year Of his
pastorate. He has labored hard and
faithfully in upbuilding the church,
which has grown under his ministra-
tion to a membership of over 200 per-
sons. A cordial invitation is extended
to all to be present next Sunday.
Following is the order of exercises:
2 a. M, meeting for prayer; 9:45 a. M,
Sunday school dedication; II a. M,
opening service, conducted by the pas
tor; d. m, Sermon, Rev. Hugh *.
Walker; $3.50 p. M, c. e. meeting; sub
5ect, Keeping the Covenant" 1880 p.
m, praise meeting. address by Rev. S.
II. Montgomery. There Will be special
and appropriate music at all these SER
vices.
Regular Services-Meetings will
be held hereafter regularly on
each Lords day, as follows: 9:45 a. M,
Sunday school; IL a. m, preaching SER
vice; $3.50 p. m, Christian endeavor;
7:30 p. m, preaching service; Wednes-
day, 1880 p. M, prayer meeting.
The Emmanuel Baptist church will
hold its first service in the portable
chapel which has been erected on the
church lot recently purchased on West
ern avenue, between Pico and Six
teenth street. On Sunday afternoon,
December 8, at 2:45 O'Clock, the dedi-
catory service will be held, at which
Rev. J. II. Garnett will preach the ded-
icatory sermon. Several of the city
pastors will take part in the service.
Rev. w. G.. Clatworthy, the pastor,
organized the church twenty months
ago with S5 members Since that time
100 members have been received into
the church, but which now numbers 90
members The removal of the Central
Baptist church to the vicinity where
services were held by the Emmanuel
st is for that reason that the move
farther west Is made. Services have
heretofore been held in Masonic hall,
corner Pico and Ell Molino streets.
e. Howard, D. K. Edwards Richard
Green. NJ Mead of the Temple Baptist
church, and c. H. Barker of Pasadena,
have become greatly interested in the
welfare of Emmanuel church and pur-
chased the present lot at cost of
$4,000, which they have presented to the
church. The portable church is the
property of the Baptist mission board
and will be used until funds are Sc
cured to erect permanent chapel,
which. when the main church build
ing is erected, will form the Sunday
school room. 1t is expected this chapel
will cost about $4,000. The church lot
occupies a commanding site, facing
Cambridge street, and is T4x16S feet.
The annual Southern California con-
ference of the English Lutheran
church will convene in the First Eng
lish Lutheran church of Los Angeles
Tuesday evening and Wednesday, De
Hartman, d. D., of Baltimore, Mary
land. who is general secretary for the
home missions, will be present and
will make an address Tuesday even
ing. The women of the church will
hold a missionary convention Wednes-
White of San Diego will preside.
An old-fashioned covenant meeting
will be held next Wednesday evening
at the Central Baptist church, at which
Rev. Arthur s. Phelps. the pastor will
speak on Shifting Church Member
ship" The Christian Endeavor socie-
ty of this church will hold a sunrise
service Thanksgiving morning at
O'Clock at the home of the pastor, 1853
Westlake avenue.
Benjamin Fay Mills, the permanent
minister of the Los Angeles Fellow
ship will speak in Blanchard hall at
II o'clock on "Is the World Getting
Better or Worse?" Miss Helen o.
prano will sing "The Star of Love" D."
by Ryder. William d. Phillips, tenor,
will sing "The Perfect Life" by Hart
well Jones. Alfred u. Walper will
play a violin solo, melodies in F.
by Rubinstein. Mrs. Mills class, dis
cussing "How to Use Surplus Wealth. -
will meet in the music room, 232 South
Hill street, at 9:55 O'Clock. The Chill
dren's church meets in the music room
at II o'clock. The Sunday school ses-
sion will be held at Fellowship house.
400 West Sixth street, at $3.50, studying
''Thanksgiving."
1t is expected that Rev. +. p How
ell, presiding elder. will preach tomor-
row at the Trinity Methodist church,
south. Rev. f. p. Ryland, who at
tended the church federation in New
York, is expected to arrive here about
December Is.
Two sodalities for the younger chill
dren of the Sacred Heart parish have
been formed within the week to be
known as the Children of Mary for the
girls and st. Thomas of Acquinas for
the boys. Miss Nellie White and John
White have charge of the sodalties, re-
spectively. A meeting was held yester-
day afternoon at which Rev. M. Nc
Auliffe, the pastor, addressed the chill
dren.
Rev A. w. Atkinson, presiding ell
der. Will nreanh at the nMnnincr enr-