Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-23
CHURCHES HOLD
UNION SERVICES
WILL CONSOLIDATE FOR
THANKSGIVING
Temple Auditorium viii BE Thrown
Open to Downtown coneregs-
tlons-Free Dinners
Are Planned

The great American feast day of
turkeys and cranberry sauce will be OBJ
served i'm Los Angeles next Thursday
with all the traditional ceremonies. It
will be a day of general family reun-
ions, when old and young will gather
around the festive board.
The original character of the day, de-
spite the many changes in customs,
has not been lost sight of and religious
services will form the main feature of
the morning. No longer the maidens
will go in simple Puritan garb, but
the young women, in all their finery,
will attend church services as did the
maids who came over in the May
flower.
In the different localities the idea of
reunions will be carried out by the
Protestant churches who will hold
union services.
The great event of the day will be
the monster union service to be held
at the Temple auditorium. All the
downtown evangelical churches VIII
unite in this service from Hill street
west and south to Twenty-third
street, including the Angeleno Heights
section. DR.. Robert ]. Burdette will
preside and Rev. Robert Mcintyre will
preach the sermon.
At Catholic Churches
Solemn masses will be celebrated in
Catholic churches according to instruc-
tions issued by Bishop Conaty. At
these services the prayer for author
tiles in the manual of prayer author
lied by the third plenary council of
Baltimore will be read.
In the University section the churches
will unite in a union service at the
University Methodist church. Rev.
John Habbick, pastor of the Church
of the Redeemer, will preach the SER
mon. Uniting in this service will be
the Orchard Avenue Baptist, Church
of the Redeemer and University
church.
In Boyle Heights the service will be
held in the Christian church, corner
Second ana Breed streets. Rev. Mr..
Kershaw, pastor of the Presbyterian
church, will preach the sermon. The
churches which will Unite in this SER
vice are the Methodist, Presbyterian,
Baptist, Christian and congregational.
Unite at Baptist Church
In East Los Angeles union services
will be held at the Baptist church. Rev.
Mr.. Owen. pastor of the Lutheran
church. will preach. The churches that
will unite will be the Presbyterian,
Congregational, Baptist, Methodist and
Evangelical Lutheran.
The evangelical churches of Hol-
will be no service at Unity church.
at which service Rev. e. P. Ryland,
recently sent to the Memorial Methodist
church as pastor, will preach the SER
mon.
The Church of the Unity and the
Temple B'nai Birth have heretofore
held union services, but this custom
will be discontinued this year. There
will be no service at the Unity church.
A thanksgiving service will be held at
the Temple B'nai Birth at 10:30 O'Clock
at which DR.. Sigmund Hecht, the
rabbi will preach.
A Thanksgiving service will be held
at the First New Testament church in
New England hall at 9;45 o'clock.
In several of the churches special
Thanksgiving prayer meetings will be
held on Wednesday night, including the
Emmanuel Presbyterian and the Cen
trail Presbyterian churches. In nearly
all the churches the weekly prayer
service will be marked by the approach
of the feast.
Hold AlI-Day Service
The mems praying band of the First
Methodist church will hold an all day
service, with the exception of the hour
odist church.
The Episcopal churches will hold
special services in honor of the day,
and Dean Wilkins will preach at the
1913 o'clock service at st. PauPs pro-
cathedral
The First Presbyterian, Plymouth
Congregational, Memorial Baptist,
Third Presbyterian, Knox Presby-
terian, Christian and Vincent Meth
1 H.
mouth Congregational church. Rev
G. c. Pierce, pastor of the Memorial
Baptist, will preach the sermon.
In the Protestant churches the gen.
eral hour of the union services will
be 10:30 o'clock, in order to give the
good housewives sufficient time to pre-
pare the thanksgiving dinner following
the services.
In the Catholic churches the general
hour of services will be 9 o'clock.
Masses will be celebrated at this houI
at the Cathedral of st. Vibiana with
sermon by Rt. Rev. Mgr Harnett; st
Vincent's, Church of the Sacred Heart
| Church of st. Thomas the Apostle, and
Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Hol-
lywood. Mass will be celebrated at s
o'clock at st. Mary's church and the
Church of Our Lady of Loretto.
Give Free Dinners
Thanksgiving day will also be OBJ
served by several church dinners
prominent among which will be the
| fellowship dinner at the Bethlehem
institutional church which will follow
the church service According to q
time honored custom in that section OF
the city the residents to the number
of about 500 will gather at the church
for the dinner, and all nationalitie'
will participate. This dinner, while
Free will not be a charity affair. The
neighbors will contribute gifts for the
table and help In many ways. So fal
as possible it will be made genera
family event.
Children of Ell Hogar Feliz classes
of the Plaza church will be given 9
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