Evening star., 1916-09-30

Lewis, assisted by the pastor. was ap-
! pointed to take charge of this work
| Two of the wonens societies OF this
church installed officers last Tuesday as
! follows: Missionary society-Mrs. Earle
Whitley, president; Mrs w. Y. Handy,
vice president; Mrs. Parker. secretary,
department-Mrs. William Lockwood.
president: Mrs. Faith Jenkins vice presi-
dent; Mrs. Thad Stone, secretary, and
Mrs Joseph W. Saunders, treasurer.
| Sunday, October s. will be set ASIDE as
rally day in the Sunday school, with Mrs
IT, N. Garner in charge of special ex-
| ercises.
| Special rally day services will be held
by the Calvary Methodist Episcopal
Sunday school tomorrow morning at
$50 o'clock.
Dr.. Montgomery will preach special
rally day sermon at the Calvary
Church in the morning at Il o'clock.
| The subject will be The Place That Is
Better Than Heaven"
Tomorrow evening at o'clock DR..
Montgomery will give the third sermon
lecture in the series on Everyday
Life Sermons" The selected topic for
the service will be THE Whittlers
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Dr. James Shera Montgomery, pastor
of the Calvary Methodist Episcopal
! Church. is planning an extended series
of cottage prayer meetings TO take
place in the Mount Pleasant district.
| These meetings will be held week day
| evenings and, it is declared, Will ,prac.
| tically touch every neighborhood or
that section of the city.
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| AS a speaker for the opening vesper
| service of the fall, the Young Women
| Kew,
John Britain Clark of the First Pres
| byterian Church of this city
| Dr. Clark will speak in the associa-
ton parlors at 4:3o o'clock tomorrow;
Value of Bible Study" Mrs. Newton
D. Baker, wife of the Secretary of war,
| will sing Following the service Will
| come the acquaintance hour
charge of the associations religious
work, has planned, in addition to the
vesper services. number OF biple
| classes, which will meet weekly through h
the year. Among them are the Sunday
school lesson class, at $3.50 o'clock sun
day; the Bible Students Club, meeting
Tuesday evening, with Miss Mabel Nell
| son Thurston as leader, and course
on Lives Worth Living" which will
| be a series of character studies with
! special application to the economic and
! industrial problems of women today.
| The executive committee of the South
| American CluD Will meet ~
plan it's work for the fall, an impor-
| tant part of which will be the vesper
service, in charge of this club, which
| will probably be held at vacation
Lodge, in Cherrydale, late this month
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| Elaborate ceremonies covering the
week from tomorrow until October $
will mark the dedication of the new Pet
worth Methodist Episcopal Church. at
New Hampshire avenue and Grant Cir
Gle The church has just been completed
and represents a cost OF about s3o'ooo
garded as one of the handsomest
churches in the city. 1t is octa gonal In
shape and of the Tudor-Gothic design
with splendid interior finish.
Adjoining the church, Il parsonage
was built early in the spring at f21t
New Hampshire avenue, which has been
occupied by the pastor. Rev. G. Ellis
Williams, since April last Charles f.
Wire, member of the church. was the
builder of the new edifce. the plans
being drawn by NJ. f. Moore, architect.
Ground for the church was broken In
March. 1915. and the corner stone laid
in November.
The exterior of the church is of gray
brick with terra Gotta trimming and
minarets with over sixty stained glass
windows. O. J. Randall was chairman
of the building committee, and Dwight
lS Church, musical director, drew the
specifications for the pipe organ which
was built by &. Il. Morey of Utica, n. Y
Mr. Church will have charge of a vested
choir of forty-six voices, which will
sing at all the services, and Mrs. j. NJ
Sylvester will preside at the organ. The
pastors study and the choirroom are
located in the rear of the organ loft
The church will be lighted by a semi
indirect system, Tara Gothic bowls be-
ing suspended from the eight points OF
the octagon. There are terrazzo floors
In the vestibule and halls. ana the
whole interior is finished in dark OAK
with pews and pulpit furniture to
match. To the rear of the church audi
torium is the primary and beginners
department of the Sunday school, sepa-
rated by movable PATTON TO en-
large the auditorium when necessary
The main Sunday school will be held in
the basement, which also contains a
banquet hall and a modern Kitchen.
There are also shower baths and "a cub
room for boys in the basement. over
the vestibule there arc two large rooms
one for a nursery and the other as an
official board and committee room:
Dedicatory exercises VIII be IN charge
of a committee consisting of Rev. G
Ellis williams. Mrs. NJ. A. Perry. Mrs
, Earl b. Smith. Dwight S: Church
Charles f. Wire, O. J. Randall and Max
Winkler
Three services will be held tomorrow
The Sunday school will meet at the
old church, at Sth and Shepherd streets
and march to the new building, where
the opening service VIII DesIn az
1890 am. when Rev. DR.. John krantz
of New York city will preach. At
pm. Rev. F. F. L. Hitler. local preach
er, and one of the original members
of the Petworth church, Will preside al
a service to be addressed by DR.. krantz
Rev. John MacMurray. pastor OF Union
NJ. E. Church, will offer prayer. In the
evening at o'clock another service
will be held, with prominent speak
er. and Mrs. Arthur j. Richards will
, sing.
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Rev Charles A. Shreve, pastor OF
, Bruen NJ E. Church, at 1st and
streets southeast, has prepared a Sc
ries of Sunday evening sermons on
Domestic Life" and plans tomorrow
evening to take as his special topic
What Kind of Woman Should Man
Marry" The other dates and topics
. are as follows: October g. The We'd
ding Ring: or, The Significance of the
, Marriage Ceremony; October Is. THE
Home: or, Building the Nest; October
!, %, .Learning to Live Together; Octo-
ber 90. The Children; November 5.
.'The Evils of Divorce; November IL.
Happy Married Life.
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1 Harvest home will be celebrated in
. st. Johns Lutheran Church tomorrow