The Washington herald., 1911-07-29
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The services during August at St
Johns Church, Georgetown, will be in
charge of Rev. Douglas !. Hobbs, OF
Kansas. and Rev. Paca Kennedy, of
the Virginia Theological Seminary.
AS in former years, the congregations
Of st. Johns and Christ Church will wor-
ship together during August the services
alternating between the two churches,
both at 7:3O and II a. m.
The factory work on the new organ
for st. Johns is about completed, and It
is expected that the instrument will be
set up and ready for use in about three
weeks time. The organ Is of the electro
pneumatic type of action. with twenty
seven speaking stops and the various
accessories which belong to the modern
organ. The console is of the Lemare
model. with vertical oblique jambs, and
is to be detached from the organ so that
it can be played from any part Of the
church. Some of the pipes are to be
placed in the parish house and connected
by electricity with the other parts of the
organ. This will be very helpful fea-
ture for choir work during professionals
and recessionals.
Mr.. Williams. the organist of st. Johns,
is expected to return to his work about
August I. He has been visiting England
with a view to studying methods of choir
training in vogue in the parish churches
and cathedrals there.
Rev. Frederick B. Howden. the popular
rector OF St Johns, Georgetown, left
Monday last for his vacation. His
family left some time ago and are at
their cottage at Fenwick Point, Say
brook, Conn, where Mr.. Howden has
joined them.
Rev. Mr.. Howden will return to WASH
ington September 2.
The preacher at the open-air service at
Mount St. Adams last Sunday afternoon
Rev. c. R. Stetson. was formerly in
charge OF the mission of the Good Shep-
herd, this city. From that position he
was elected to be viscar mot rector, as
stated in some quarters) of
Trinity Church, New York. Mr.. Stet-
sons lessons for the congregation as
sembled were based on the Sermon on the
Mount.
A contract has been made between the
vestry of Rock Creek parish, of which
Rev. c. E. Buck is rector and Rev. II. G.
England curate, with c. A. Langley,
builder, for an addition and alterations
to st. PauTs Church and also to the
on the same grounds. The plans
as prepared by the architects provide
for an addition to the chancel, with a
new recessed baptistry, opening into the
a new vestry room and rector's
study on the first floor, and choir room
on the upper floor, the exterior to be
built of reddish brown bricks, as used for
the original portion of the church and
for the entrance tower recently COM
pleted by the same architects. The addi- |
ton to the rectory will provide for a
library and study on the first floor, and
additional bedrooms and bathrooms on
the second floor, the exterior to corre- |
spond in design with the present build |
Ing.
st. Adams parish, which is the largest |
parish in the District of Columbia, terri |
orially. a few days since acquired by |
he gift OF two generous church women |
/ large lot of ground on the Foxhall road. |
near Reservoir street, in locality which is |
'apidly being built up and where no other |
,hurch is located. 1t is proposed in the |
lear future to erect on this lot a COM |
nodious hall. which will for the present |
'erve for both parish hall and church, |
md later when the work warrants a |
hurch will be erected.
This win give ST. Alban's parish six |
places of worship in the nine square |
niles of territory within the parish lin
Is, namely: st. Adams, st. Columbia !
st. David's. on the Conduit |
Dad; All Souls, Garfield street; st. |
Georges, for colored people. in TenEally-
own. and this new work. Truly. 1t can
,e said OF this parish that It has the
missionary spirit.
Mr.. Norman S. Binsted, who has been
student for orders in st. Johns School.
Jniontown. KY. during the past year,
las returned and is assisting as lay read
Z In st. Adams parish. He expects to-
ontinue his preparatory studies the COM
ng year.
ST. Columba's Church, In Tennallytown.
; being enlarged to accommodate the
rowing congregation. This church. built /
n 1s7s, Is one of tho landmarks In the
ommunity. The architects plans call
or an extension which will double the
eating capacity OF tho church and add
. large tower. which can be seen forl
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