Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-31
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A conference of the Federation of
Women's Organized Sunday School
Classes of Fairfax county, Va, will be
held in the Methodist Church at Falls
Church, Va. Friday and Saturday, No
vember 13 and IA.
All adult classes in the state are in
vited to send delegates, the teacher (if
woman) and one scholar. Free enter
tainment will be provided for delegates
The conference will open November
IL with banquet to be served in the
church dining room. Every effort is
being used to make this a very at
tractiVe affair with good program.
Saturday morning, at 10 o'clock, the
opening session of the conference will
convene. Mrs. John Fl. Scribner, presi-
dent of the Philadelphia Women's Or
canned Adult Bible Classes, will be
the speaker of the morning There will
be an adult class conference held at the
close of the session.
a basket luncheon will be served to
az present in the church dining room
At o'clock the afternoon session
VIII begin, with Miss Constance Du
bois' specialist in work for 'teen-aee
girls, as the speaker of the afternoon
ohe VIII also hold conference for
teen-age girls alone during the after
noon. The annual business meeting Of
me RECREATION will be held at o'clock.
inese meetings are open to all women
and girls, as well as the delegates.
IL is expected that large numbers will
aa.eno from the Sunday schools of the
county and surrounding places. Some
members of classes in Washington ex-
pect to attend
At o'clock there will be a mass
meeting open to men and boys. The
Triangle Glass Orchestra of Herndon
will assist with the music The speak
err OF the evening will be Mr.. W. H.
Landes, general secretary of Pennsyl-
vania State Sunday School Association
AS Pennsylvania leads all the other
states OF the Union in Sunday school
work. the message Mr.. Landes brings
VIII be an inspiration to greater en-
deavor by the workers of Virginia
Beside these speakers of national repu-
tatiop there will be members of large
working classes of women and girls
Any class desiring to be represented
by delegates should send name of dele
gate at once to Miss Ruth Crupper,
rural route No. 1. Ballston. Va. SO that
the entertainment committee may
know how many persons are to be ac-
commodated
A committee will meet incoming
trains at the Alexandria station No
vember 10. and direct them to trolley
line to rails Church.
At the trolley station members of the
entertainment committee will be wait
ing to take delegates to their homes.
At All Saints Church. Chevy Chase,
the choir will render special program
tomorrow morning.
The program will include 'Te Deum."
sun Shall Be No More" Woodward.
At 5 o'clock in the afternoon there
will be a choral service. with a short
recital at 4:45. Halls evening service
and the anthems, The Saints of God"
Jordan, and 1.-The Souls of the Right
eous," Foster, will be sung.
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In keeping with the policy of Ana
costa Chapter of the Epworth League
President Ralph Williamson has in
augurated an entirely new system Of
conducting meetings of the league.
evening. and will continue in force for
nine weeks. Other chapters in the
District are watching the experiment
with great interest. and if the plan
will adopt the Anacostia method. Sew
eral chapters have sent representatives
to observe the meetings. which are
held at the regular league hour Sun
day evenings.
Instead of the regular devotional
meeting. at which the entire league is
assembled in a body. under the new
plan the members of the four depart
the first half hour. each department
conducting a study class pertaining to
the work of that department
The books used are the regular study
class books issued by the central Of
flee of the league at Chicago First
department. Church of the Apostle"
leader. A. B. Suit. Superintendent of
tlepa rtment. "In Red Mans Land"
leader. Mrs a. z. Suit: third depart
ment. ''rhe Social Creed of the
Churches" leader. Charles f. Linger.
ex-president of the Washington Dis
trict Epworth League: fourth depart
ment. History of Methodism," leader.
W. T.. Marshall.
In addition to these classes, class
is conducted by Mr.. Albert C. Haven
ner. with the subject, Life of David
Livingstone for the smaller boys of
the league Upon the completion of
again assemble i'll the league room
and the ensuing half hour is spent in
a brief discussion OF the regular Fp
worth League topic for the day.
During the week of November - to
% Anacostia Chapter will hold serv-
ices nightly along the lines of Win
My-Chum-Wee The league has been
instrumental in establishing a Metho-
where revival services have been held
at which many members were secured.
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Mr. William J. Baker will lead the
devotional meetings ut Hamline Chap
ter tomorrow evening in the first of Il
special series of meetings which has
been arranged by Mrs. L. Ross. first
vice president. Under the leadership
of Mr.. Clarence J. LETTERS, second vice
president. Hamline Epworth League
will have charge of the services at the
Central Union Mission the second Fri
day night of each month.
The department of social service,
headed by Mrs. Fayette G. Brown, is
making a survey of the neighborhood
surrounding Hamline Church. One of
the interesting features of this sur
vey will be the compilation of sta
tistics showing the various denomina-
The department of recreation and cul- |
ture entertained the members of Ham
line Chapter with country hike and