Evening star., 1908-01-11
CoNCoRDIA LUTHERAN CHURCH.

jubilee services which will begin to-
morrow and continue throughout the week
have been planned by the congregation OF
the Concordia Evangelical Lutheran
Church. at Goth and G. streets northwest,
in celebration of the seventy-fifth ami
versary of it's founding. The meetings
are in the general charge of the pastor
of the church. Rev. Paul a. Menzel, and
much interest is being taken in the cele-
bration bi the members of the congresa-
tion. their friends and the other Luther
ans of the city. Several prominent Lu-
therans from nearby cities will take part
The initial festival service is announced
to he held at IL O'Clock tomorrow morn
ing and will be in German. One OF the
features of the service Will be the play
ing OF trombone quartet and they Will
sound the greeting at the service After
the Invocation and hymn, there WILL De
responsive reading. The washington
Saeagerbund will then sing some Ger
man hymns The principal address of the
service will be made by Rev. Oscar Guthe
of Richmond After the announcements
by the pastor and the singing of hymn,
the trombone quartet will play wagner
.'Pilgrim's Chorus" The organist of the
chairch Emil Mori. is in charge of the
music for the festival service and he ar
ranged the trombone greeting which VIII
formally open the festival. The quartet
Is composed L. SciohC icodCi
@. o. Frye Lee Sanford anrE. Nj. kru-
ger.
Tomorrow evening the festival of the
Sunday school will be held. The children
of the school will march in to the strains
of an orchestra of the school. After pre-
Hminary songs, Rev. George Bailey, pas
tor of the Western Presbyterian Churcn,
will speak in English. Following a hymn,
a German address will be given by Rev.
Guthe of Richmond. A recitation by MISS
I ID fol and
marks will be made by Rev. MenZel the
pastor of the church The service VIII be
closed with motion song by the chill
dren of the Sunday school.
A Young peoples reunion and fellowship
meeting will be held Monday evening. At
ter the usual preliminaries. Miss Emily
Sprightly will read poem especially COM
posed for the celebration of the diamond
jubilee of Concordia Church. The pastors
Of the various Lutheran and Reformed
churches of the city Will be present thai
evening to present their felicitations and
addresses will be made by Rev. John
Shick. ID. D.. and Rev. John Weidley
president of the Lutheran Young People
Union. At the close of the service. re-
freshments will be served and the occa-
sion is expected. to be a social one.
The celebration on the part of the ladies'
societies of the church will occur Wednes-
day night at S o'clock. After the opening
hymn, prayer and scripture reading. Mrs
Sofie Veerhoff. president of the Ladies Aid
Society will express the welcome to those
present. The principal address of the even
ing will be given by Rev. H. Noehren.
president CT the Atlantic district of the
German Evangelical Synod of North
America. Rev w. c. Locher of Baltimore
Will speak TO the members of the mission
AIRY society.
The congregational banquet. which is
expected to be the chief social event of the
jubilee. will be held Friday evening at S
o'clock. in the basement of the church Ii
IS announced that John kolb. member
Of the church. will be the caterer for the
occasion. and the arrangements are in
the hands of Henry Alschwee. The speak
ers on this occasion have not yet been an
nounced.
The church was founded January. Il
1S:. at the home of J. l. Lehmanowsky
Sxty-tive men and women signed the
membership roll as charter members. and
thew subscribed sJ96 toward a building
fund They erected their church building
at once at Goth and G. streets where the
present structure stands. Rev. Mr.. I'm
Serer was the first pastor. The new edifice
was completed IN 1891, and. except for an
addition made in 1854 il continued in use
intact until 1892. when il was taken down
to give way 10 the present structure. Rev
Mr. Gngerer resigned in 1880 and Pastor
Martens succeeded him. Other early pas
tors were Rev. IIenry Borchers and Rev
Biewend In 1877 Rev. Samuel ID. Fincke
becaHc the pastor and until he resigned in
1Sta he built Up the church membership
and interest. lie was succeeded by Rev
Gustav RietZ. who was pastor for eight
years. Rev. Martin Kraft was the leader
of the church from 1879 until 1881. Rev
Louis II. Schneider from 1882 until 1887
and Rev. Johannes Mueller from 1883 unit
1Sfi During the pastorate of Rev Ernst
DrewitZ from 1890 until 1896 the new
church Was built. After his death Rev
Paul \. MenZei was installed and he has
since been at the head of the congregation
and his pastorship is regarded as a sue.
CeSSful one.
In nearly every one of the Christian
churches throughout the District tornor-
row morning. the ministers will exhori
their congregations to more reveren,
observance % Sunday. In accordanc,
with the plan formulated al a recan,
meeting OF the pastors. tomorrow they
Will deliver sermons along that line Tl
the members Of the congregations. also
there will be distributed a printed appeal
day breaking known Ia exist openly in tn,
District and asking Christian people tc
support actively movement against Sun
day work and Sunday traffic in amuse
mentS.
This same line of thought will also bs
followed in the societies of young people
which meet in the various churches To-
morrow. The Christian Endeavor socie
ties have an official order from the Dis
trict Union TO consider this topic.
DR.. Wallace Radcliffe. pasto- of the
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
and chairman OF the committee on Sun
day observance. stated yesterday that n,
would soon name committee to make