The Washington herald., 1911-12-24
Christian Endeavor

The gift that transforms the world
is the subject of the Christmas Christian
Endeavor meetings. The Scripture re-
ferred to is II Cor, tx Is. and Luke, i:46-
50. At Temple Baptist Church Mr. Law
renee NJ. Thompson will lead. and the
new Endeavor choir will render special
music At Eastern Presbyterian Church
Mr.. Rexford L. Holmes will have charge
of the meeting. Mrs. W. W. McMaster
will conduct the service at First Baptist
Church. and Pauline Burns will lead the
Fifteenth Street Christian Juniors in
their meeting at $50 o'clock At Keller
Memorial Lutheran Church no Christian
EndeavOr service will be held on Sun
day, but n union meeting for all the
young people of the six churches in the
vicinity will be held at 7:3O o'clock on
Christmas morning. The presidents of
the cooperating Christian Endeavor So
cietes and Epworth leagues will speak
in this meeting, and Mr.. Ralph Little
will preside. An offering will be taken
for the needy Of the neighborhood. The
usual Christmas morning service will
be held at Mount Pleasant Congregational
Church at o'clock, under the auspices
of the three Endeavor societies Mr..
Emery LASER. former president of the
Young Peoples Society. will lead.
Christmas donations have been obtain
ed by a number Of Christian Endeavor
societies and will be- distributed to-day
and tomorrow. First Baptist Endeavor-
ers received this week over $50. which
will be used at the West Washington
branch of the Central Union Mission.
The philanthropic committee of Mount
Pleasant Congregational Young Peoples
Society has prepared three trees. which
with baskets of supplies. Emmanuel Bap--
fist Intermediates have collected both
food and toys for a large family Of chill
dren.
The Christian Endeavor Union will
foId its next meeting on Monday, Janu-
airy g. at st. PauTs Lutheran Church,
when the aims of the organization for the
year 1912 will he set forth by a number
of society officers and workers, and OPP
portunity will be given for a general dis
cussion of /the points presented. The
president and executive committee of the
union have selected Mr.. Archie MCDOWELL,
of Mount Pleasant Congregation Church,
to act as superintendent of supplies.
Calvary Baptist Young Peoples Society
will install its new officers at the annual
meeting, to be held Friday, January 3. at
the church. The new committee chair
upon their duties at that time. They are
Miss Isabel r. Capelle, chairman Of the
lookout committee: Mr.. II. NJ. Gilman,
vice chairman; Mr.. II. II. SaXton, chair
man of missionary committee: Miss JeS-
samine Swartwout. vice chairman; Miss
FIossie Mclaughlin, chairman OF prayer
meeting committee; Mr.. lyon w. Phil
lips. vice chairman: Mr.. Carl Johnston,
chairman of relief committee; Mrs.
George B. Fraser, vice chairman; Mr..
Frank II. Jackson, jr.. chairman OF So
cial committee: Miss Sarah Howdershell,
vice chairman; Mrs. Lulu Evans, chair
man of flower committee: Mr.. J. w. Hay
ME, vice chairman: Miss MCnette Hal
lam, chairman Of information commit
tee; Mr. r. C. Getsinger. vice chairman;
Mr. Adon D.. Phillips, chairman Of good
literature committee, and Mr.. j. H. ].
Yule, vice chairman.
Endeavorers of the colored churches
held their first conference of the winter
on Monday evening at First Baptist
Church, Sixth and G streets southwest
How to have a successful business
meeting was considered in the school
OF Christian Endeavor methods. which
had place on the programme. The or
ganizatIon of two new societies was re-
ported.