The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-11-16
Episcopal.

The regular fall meeting OF the arch
deaconry OF Washington will be held on
Wednesday next, November 20. in st.
Johns Parish Hall, Sixteenth and II
Streets, beginning with holy commun-
Ion at II o'clock.
The business meeting begins at 2
o'clock and 1t cannot be too widely
known that at this meeting all members
of the various congregations will be
made most welcome.
For each clergyman in attendance the
rule OF the Archdeaconry requires also
a lay delegate to be in attendance II
possible For these lay delegates and
for the clergy luncheon will be served at
/ o'clock.
Canon helms. D. D.. and Revs. w. @.
Davenport, W. J. d. Thomas. and E. s
Dunlap. as clerical delegates. and Rear
Admiral c. H. Stockton. Messrs. 8. z.
Kramer. W. II. Singleton. and W. NJ.
levin, as lay delegates, have been at
tending the sessions OF the third mis-
sionary department council held this
week in Norfolk, Va.
Mr.. S. E. Kramer was honored by be-
ing called upon for an address, as was
also Archdeacon R. p. Williams.
The Church Of the Good Shepherd. a
seIf-supportinG mission chapel. Sixth
Streets Northeast. asks the church's
nelp TO raise IS, 600 necessary TO COM
plete its church building II appeals to
the whole church throughout the coun-
try, but, Of course, in the first instance
1t turns to the men and women OF Wash
ington Interested in the welfare and ad-
vancement OF the diocese in general and
Of its parishes and mission stations in
particular.
The church has on its rolls 800 con-
firmed persons; 400 children are in its
Sunday school. and a volunteer choir Of
forty-ive men and boys fills its chancel
at the Sunday services. II has the usual
organizations for adults and young peo-
pie. Also II has fitted up a portion OF
the basement of its parish hall as a
temporary chapel for deaf-mutes. and
services arc held in the sign language
every Sunday morning.
The neighborhood in which the church
works Is rapidly filling up with small
six and eight room houses and there are
in the large territory to which it min
listers but three other churches. Prob
ably the fact that the people are not
able 10 build them accounts for the alb
sence of churches In better proportion
to the population. Checks and offerings
are asked for, to be sent to Mr.. D. W.
Peters. go + Street Northeast. Wash
ington. or to the/vicar. Rev. Cornelius
Stevenson Abbott, 500 l Street Northeast.
The diocesan officers of the Girls
Friendly Society met last Thursday aft
ernoon ut the residence of Miss Marion
Oliver. 1861 . Street.
There will be a conference with the
clergy and members OF the Brotherhood
of St. Andrew at the residence of Bishop
Harding, 1907 Massa chusetts Avenue. on
Tuesday. November 10. at O'Clock
The parishioners Of Emmanuel Church,
Anacostia. will hold a church fair, at
the Masonic Temple. Fourteenth and u
Streets Southeast. on November. Is, 10.
20. 81, %, and @ II will therefore be a
six days fair, and il energy and enthu-
siasm and a spirit OF self-sacrIfice will
accomplish II the fair will be a great
success.
In view of Thanksgiving Days ap-
proach. Rev. Alfred J. p. Mcclure. treas
urer and financial agent of the General
Clergy Relief Fund. is mailing literature
concerning the claims Of the poor and
inflrm clergy and the widows and
orphans of the clergy to those interested.
When the State corporations, the tele-
phone companies. the railroad COM
panies, are all making large provision for
their employees, and Mr.. Carnegie is look
ing after school-teachers in a similar
way. It seems high time that church peo-
pie should do something for the worn
out clergy and those dependent on them.
The indifference on this subject so ap-
paIled Ian Maclaren CDR. John Watson)
that he suggested that the old ministers
should be shot!
The annual meeting OF the First Needle
Work Guild of Washington City will be
held at the residence of Mrs. Robert
Craig. 1872 I Street Northwest, Friday
November p, at II O'Clock. The
Of two or more articles of
clothing for the poor constitutes member
ship in this organization. Miss Virginia
Mason Dorsey is secretary OF the guild.
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