The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-05
GREENS FARMS CHURCH BOOTH
 BIRTHDAY SOON
Occasion Will be Observed With Three Days CeIebra- ton at Historic
 Edifice

June II, F and 13 will be great days in the history of Greens Farms, marking the 20Oth anniversary of the founding of the Greens Farms Con- gregationaI Society and church. Ap- propriate exercises of a. historical and memorial character have been planned for all three days and it is probable that Greens Farms will be thronged with visitors while the celebatiOn is in pogress.
 Gutzon Borglum, one of the coun- try's most celebrated sculptors, has designed a memorial tablet containing bas-relief replicas of the first three church, or rather meeting houses, and the unveiling of this memorial will be one of the features of the first days exercises.
 The complete program is as fol- lows:
 SUNDAY. JUNE Il.
 10:3O a. m., Historical sermon. Rev. Charlton Bates Strayer, Lights and Shadows of Two Hundred Years
 Unveiling of Memorial Tablet, first three meeting houses in bas-rilief, MT. Gutzon Borglum, sculptor.
 Communion of the Lords Supper.
  field, Southport, Greenfield Hill, Vest port and Weston have been requested to send deacon to assist in the com munion service
 12 m Sunday school celebration. Parade on the green. History of the Sunday school, dating from 1877. Supt Everett C.. Elwood.
 6:45 D. m., Christian Endeavor rally. Society organized March 10, 1890) Greetings from the organizer of the local society, Rev. Henry Davies, Ph. D. Twenty-one Years of Christian Endeavor, J. Frank Elwood.
 7:3O p. m., Fellowship meeting. The Backward and Forward Look. Rem iniscences, Rev. Robert J. Thomson, (pastor 1s94-19O2).
 The Religious Outlook, Rev. Henry Davies, Pr, D.. (pastor 1S90-1S93)
 To this service the following churches have been invited: Congrega tional and St. Paul's Episcopal of Fairfield; Congregational, Trinity Episcopal and Methodist Episcopal of Southport: Congregational of Green field Hill; Congregational, Trinity Episcopal, Methodist Episcopal and Christ Episcopal of Westport; Method ist Episcopal of Saugatuck and Nor field Congregational of Weston.
 MONDAY, JUNE 12.
 D. m. Special meeting of the Par ish Society called to accept the act of the General Assembly changing the sociated Presbyterian Society of Greens Farms to the Congregational Society of Greens Farms. Also to receive final report from the commit tee on improvement of the Old Bury ing Ground.
 (The date of this meeting is precise ly 200 years from the date of the first hoI I'll, under the grant of parish privil eges to the Western Farmers in Fairfield' by the General Court, at which meeting Rev Daniel Chapman was engaged as minister.)
 TUESDAY, JUNE 13
 10 a. m. Annual meeting Fairfield West Association of Churches and Ministers.
 Words of Welcome from Church and Society, Deacon Edward C. Birge.
 Response, Rev. c. F. Taylor.
 Three minute written reports from the churches. Unfinished business. Election of officers and committees. New business.
 1230 D. m. Luncheon. Church parlors. Postmaster. Rev. c. B. Strayer Toasts:
 John DePeu.
 Ye Women in Ye Churches in Ye Olden Days, Miss M Louisa Hyde. Ye Church Customs in Ye Olden Days, Rev. E. N. Packard, D. D.
 Ye Social Life in Ye Olden Days, Rev. w. H. Holman.
 Ye General Court, Past and Pres ent, Hon. Wm. H. Burr.
 Ye Original Poem for Ye Occasion, Miss Fanny Crosby.
 2 D. m. Anniversary addresses Church Auditorium. Edward T. Bed ford, Esq., presiding.
 Devotional Service, Rev. Henry Schlosser.
 The Four Meeting Houses, Deacon George P. Jennings.
 The Parish, Ancient and Modern, Rev. Frank s. Child, D. D.
 The Struggle for Religious Liberty in Connecticut, Rev. Charlton Bates Strayer
 The following churches not in the Fairfield West Association of Churches and Ministers have been invited to be represented at the luncheon hour and afternoon services by pastor and two delegates:
 First, Park Street, Olivet, West End, Kings Highway, Swedish and Italian of Bridgeport; Stratford; St. Paul's Episcopal of Fairfield; Methodist Epis- copal and Trinity Episcopal of South port; Methodist Episcopal, Trinity Episcopal and Christ Episcopal of Westport and Methodist Episcopal of Saugatuck.
 The officers of the Greens Farms church and society are as follows: Pastor, Charlton Bates Strayer; dea- cons, Henry G. Birge. Everett c. FL wood, George P. Jennings, Edward c. Birge; clerk, Lewis P Wakeman; treasurer, Albert w Mills; Sunday school superintendent, Everett C. FL wood; society committee, Joseph Adams, chairman, M. Wesley Sher- wood, Rollin Stoddard, Edward c. Birge, clerk, and Edward J. Taylor, treasurer; church choir, Miss S. Belle Bla ckstone, organist and drectress; Mrs Ernest $. Malkin, soprano; Miss Ruth Child, contralto: James F. Ma honey, tenor; Ernest s. Malkin, bass.