Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-03
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH TO
BE OPENED WITH SERIES
OF SERVICES.
BEGIN SUNDAY; TO END
ON EASTER SABBATH
Sunday School and Church Dedication
Services Next Sunday Morning
State Dedication Tuesday Evening"
Former Pastors and Visiting Clergy
men to Be Here.

tinuing each day OF the following WeeN-
and ending with Easter Sabbath. ser
vices and gatherings that constitute
the dedication and opening of the new
Congregational church will be held. De-
tailed and final plans have been fin
ished for the series, which comprises
no less than sixteen services. recep-
tons, suppers, luncheons. and other
gatherings.
All the societies and branches Of the
church are to have a part in these SER
vices during the first week in the new
building. and in addition several OF
them are for the other religious bodies
and societies and the public.
They will include dedicatory services
by the Sunday school. the congrega-
ton, and the dedication Of the building
to the state work: suppers for the
brotherhood and the boys of the
church. meetings and soc!als for the
girls club. the Covenant Daughters.
and their friends. the Y. P. s. c. E,
and the ladies aid and women's mis-
sionary societies.
Sunday School First Service.
The hrst service to be held in the
| building will be the dedication by the
Sunday school al g: 40 Sunday morning.
Rev. L. B. Hix, Of Waterloo, and DR..
George NJ. Johnson will speak. The
musical program will include a solo
, by Miss Dorothy Shove and numbers
! by the school orchestra. The service.
which will ne short. viii! end with the
assignment of classes TO their class
! rooms.
Dedication by the congregation fol-
lows. beginning al Il O'Clock. Gods
! Challenge 10 the Modern Church Will
, pc the subject of the dedicatorv seq
| mon 70 De prea ched by the pastor. Rev.
B. F Martin. Rev. T. o. Douglass, D.
! D. Of Grirnell Will read the scripture
4, lesson, and Rev. L. B. Hix. of Water
/ loo. viii offer prayer. The church will
be formally dedicated with -espon-
/ sive service called the act of dedica-
[ ton. read by the pastor and congre-
CATION.
| a new feature Of the service. that
! may become permanent detail Of fu-
ture services. will be the choir pro-
cessiona! "Adesre Fideiis" which will
be sung for the first time The other
musical numbers of this service in
Guide the anthems The Palm Trees"
~. Faure arranged BY Btederman)
and How Lovely IL Thy Dwelling
Place" fBrahns) by the quartet and
tcBranderl. that Mrs. = L. Meeker Will
dedca corv prayer.
Other Sunday Services.
At $50 in the afternoon special
-:cn ~ -aII ---rs -
tors IF the churches Of the city and
the secretaries of the Z. NJ c. A. and
Y. ". c. A. will speak briefly A spe-
cial musical program will be given.
The closing service of Sunday Will
be al 30 Rev. A. ". Sinden Of
Reinbec<. and Rev. L. 3. Xix. Of Wat
erloo. former pastors Of the church,
will deliver the addresses.
Monday evening. the opening week
day gathering of dedication week. will
be ushered in with a supper at go
o'clock for the brotherhood. II will
have as its guests members of the
nrotherfoods and mems clubs of the
other churches. James T. Pound will
he POSTMASTER. and the speakers will
be one from each of the visiting
| orotherhCods. Later a gathering will
De held in the auditorium, when Prof
J. D. Stops, of Grinnell. and Roge,
/ Leavitt. Of Cedar Falls, will speak A
male quartet will sing.
State Dedication Tuesday,
|! The boys of the church will be tbs
| guests OF the brotherhood. whose mem
! bers will serve supper at o'cloc:
] Tuesday evening At 80 a servic;
dedicatiag the church to the state worp
will begin. Rev. Mr.. Martin. and tn.
other foui members of the executiv.
committee Of the state board. will b.
present ard speak. The out tow,
! members of the committee are Rev. W
J. Minchin. A,nes; Rev. Wilson Denney
Cedar Rapids: Rev. W. A. Briggs
Perry: and Rev. ?. F. Marston Grin
nell. Rev. P. A. Johnson, Of Grinnell
i state superintendent Of the denomina
ton. will also speak. The genera
| theme for this service will be The Re
ation Of the Individual Church to tn
] State"
Wednesday and Thursday.
l. AT 1870 Wednesday evening the y
P. S. c. E. will have as it's guests tn
members of the young peoples socie
ties of the churches of the city Re,
Walter H. Rollins. Of Waterloo. will
deliver the address which will be fol
1 iO"eu Os SoCldl HOOE ana Te1feSh
l meEts.
II Beginning at 2 Thursday Afternoon
and continuing until the ladies Of tn
church will be hostesses at an informa
| public reception.
Il The mid service at ocIoc
Thursday will be union service Z
which all the churches have been in
vited. A layman from each will brn
greetings from his congregation.
Friday and Saturday.
The Woman's Missionary Societ
will give luncheon at 1 O'Clock Fri
. day afternoon for all the women {
f, the church and the parish. Mrs. D. !
Breed, of Grinnell. and Miss Jenni
M;n:;e-, Of Des Moines nissionar
who recently returned from Mexic
will speak.
From \ to s Friday afternoon tn
girls club will be at nome to the men
n bers of the Miowa Camp of the Cour
Gil Fire u the Y. ". G. A.
7. At 7:30 the Covenant Daughters wi
entertain the young women OF the
VIC. A. at a social evening. Miss Mir
liter will deliver an address.
saturday the Ladies' Aid societ