Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-21
Activities and Plans of Various Congregations
Many Thanksgiving Services in Churches.
Notes of Both Pew and Pulpit.

a piano solo. PoiOnaise in T.. by List
II. g. Oberholser. leader and president OF
the class. made his annual address. tell
ing of the work of the class during the
Tast year and outlining plans for the flu
ture. a class membership contest between
reds and whites was proposed, in
the hone 1t will result in doubling the
membership of the class. thus bringing
it uo to the 800 mark.
Miss Edith Pickering sang a sopran,
solo and Dana c. Holland sang two bass
solos.
The Value of ali Adult Bible Class
was the subject on which Rev. J. W. r
Sumwalt. district superintendent, spoke.
DR.. John X. Shannon. pastor of the
church. responded to the toast Greet
ingS From Our New Pastor" He spoke
of the high regard i'll which he held the
class ana of it's value to the church.
violoncello. consisting of Mr. and Mrs j.
X. Phillips. J. X. Phillips. jr., and H. w
Hoeke, played several selections
Miss Elizabeth ]. Ralston reviewed the
work of the class i'm the past year and
indicated what the class hopes to do ir
the coming year, her subject being a
Glimpse Into tn Future
All present showed enthusiasm in the
plans for increasing the membership and
for broadening it's sphere of usefulness
With the singing of the class song the
festivities came to Il close
Announcement has been made that DR.
l.. NJ Bartlett. orchestra conductor and
author of several familiar musical com
positions, will deliver an address on 1.-The
Place of Song in Worship in the New
York Avenue Presbyterian Church to-
morrow evening, and the choir will il
lustrate his remarks with musical num-
bers, using DIR. Bartlett's cOmpOsitiOnS
DR.. Bartlett was formerly a soloist in
Grace and Madison Avenue churches. in
New York city, and has recently been a
Chautauqua lecturer on musical themes.
In the Metropolitan Bible class an en-
thusiastic membership contest is in prog
ress. The members intend to add 800
men and women to their ranks before
next April. The class meets in Metropoli-
tan Nj. r. Church, corner Of G. street anG
John Marshall place, from 9:3O to 40
each Sunday morning.
Rev. L. T.. Davis. pastor of the West
minister Presbyterian Church, WILL it is
announced, be the speaker at the second
southwest section of the city. to be held
tomorrow afternoon i'm the Sixth Presby-
terrain Church. His subject will be The
Last Dollar.
Rev. DIR. Donald c. Macleod will give
the second of his travelogues based on
his trip to the Holy Land and Egypt
next Tuesday evening in the First Pres
byterian Church. The subject Will be
Cairo and Its EnvirOnS.
Plans have been made for the blessing
and laying of the corner stone of the
Chapel of the Nativity, now being erected
at 14th and A streets southeast, Advent
Sunday. November %. at o'clock. Bishop
elect Harding will conduct the services
assisted by the rector. Rev. Enoch NJ
Thompson. 1t is hoped the ediice will
be completed early in January, so that
the congregation can secure permanent
quarters there as soon as possible. The
cost of the building is about $1,000, which
the other parishes of the city are help
ing to raise.
The same day. Advent Sunday, the fifth
anniversary of the beginning of this work
is to be observed with special services.
and during the following week a birth
day party will be held in Naval Lodge
Hall. Music, refreshments and dancing
will be on the program.
A mission study class for leaders in
home mission work held it's first meeting
in the New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church recently. There were many pres
ent from the different denominations, all
interested in the mission enterprises.
Mrs D. f. Wiber gave the first of a
series of lectures on THE Call Of the
Waters outlining the pioneer work along
mission lines. The other lectures will be
given the remaining Fridays in Novem-
Der and the first Friday in December at
the same place at 1890 am.