New Britain herald., 1917-07-02

At the church September 30 Rally Sunday will be held. The Daily Va cation Bible school will open at the church Thursday of this week and sessions will be held throughout the summer months Monday. Tuesday, Wednesday,, Thursday. and Friday from 9:3O to 11:30 a. m.
 South and Center Churches.
 The Red Cross sewing meeting will be held all day Friday at the Center church.s Because of. increased duties. Rev. pr. Hill of the South church will omit his weekly calls this week.
 The First church and the First Baptist church will unite and the Trinity Methodist and the South Con- sregational churches will do likewise in carrying out the program which has been arranged for the months of July and August for Union services. Rev. M. w. Maier, pastor of the First Congregational church. spoke yester- day at his own church and announced the program for the remainder of the summer. Rev. T. Edwin Brown, for mer pastor of the First Baptist church, is expected to speak on the war at next Sundays services. Rev. George W. Ray of Piedmont, Tenn, will speak on the third Sunday and on the fourth Sunday Rev. Paul E. Nilsson will be the speaker and on the fifth Sunday Rev. William John- son of Philipsburg, N. J., will be in the pulpit. During the month of August Rev. Earle B. Cross of the First Baptist church will have charge of the services at his church and ex- poets that on August 12, Rev. John Henry Strong, former pastor of the church will be the speaker.
 In connection with the Union serv- ices in August at the South Congre- gational church the following pro- gram of speakers has been arranged: August 5, Rev. James B. Bixler, D. D., of Atlanta Theological seminary; Au- gust 12, Rev. Edward M. Chapman of New London; August 19, Rev. Watson Woodruff, First Church of Christ, Lynn Mass, August 26, Rev. Samuel A. Fiske of Berlin.
 Steps will be taken at meeting to be, held Wednesday evening of this week at 8 o'clock at the parish chapel to combine the various women's so- cieties of the South Congregational church into one large organization to 1 include all the women of that church ! who are interested in missionary and 1 charitable work. This decision of 1 co-operation was reached at a meet ing of the executives of the Woman Home and the Womans Foreign Mis- sionary societies held last week.
 l At communion service yesterday morning at the Trinity Methodist church, twenty new members wero l received. fourteen of them coming from churches in other- cities and six 1 by confession of faith. The follow ing were received by letter:
 Herman C. Jackson and Mrs. Ada M. Jackson, of No. PAS Maple street, from the Eastlake Methodist Episco- pal church Wilmington, Delaware; l Mrs. Anna B. Beardsley, No. 1894 Fair view street, from Trinity Methodist Episcopal church. Norwich; MT. ana Mrs. John A. Ogle of No. 49S Stan'el street, from the First Methodist Epls- copal church, Hartford; B. F. Arm strong and Mrs. Harriet M. Arm- strong of No. 356 Chestnut street, the former from the Episcopal church, | New Haven. and the latter from he l Universalist church, New raven l George Weber, Mrs. George Weber, and Mrs. Rose Warren of NO. 2s Whiting street from the Bristol Meth odist church, Bristol; MT. ana Mrs' Samuel c. Blauvelt of No. 3S3 Arch street, from the Haverstraw Metho- 1 idist church. Haverstraw. N. Y.' Mrs
 Raymond Parketon of No. liz win throp street, from the Metno0ls' church Haverstraw, N. Y: MT. and Mrs. F. G. Mallory of NO 1oI oeS- mour street, from St. Pauls Metho- IINx Nrd rOn1eSS1OI of faith. the following were received; Ravmond Parketon, No. 112 Win throp street; preparatory memper- ship Walter May. No. 29b Maple street, Dorothy Finch, No. 59 Stanley street and Gladys Plumb, No. S2 Elm | street; to be baptised and recelveo into full mem bership, John BlauVel' | and Helen Blauvelt, No. 3SS Arcr 1 street. from the Haverstraw Metho' dist church, Haverstraw, N. Y.
 ct Andrews Lithuanian Church. class of over 100 girls and boys O
 St. Andrews Lithuanian church re
 ceived first holy communion at th' s:3O o'clock mass yesterday mornins $ Rev Father Veillard of La Sallett' college Parkville. celebrated the mas and administered the sacrament. |, inc afternoon at o'clock solemn yes ners was sung and the members of th >>communion class were admltteo U nembership to the Scapular society.
 Al the and 1O:30 o'clock masse vesterdav. Rev. Edward V. Grikls, tn
 pastor, spoke to the parents Of cnll
 dren of the parish regarding neell
 eence during the summer vacatlon The pastor cited instances of the man
 accidents and deaths occurring dur ing the vacation period and attribute
 much of it to lack of proper vigilanc
 on the part of parents.
 A double marriage will De per
 formed tomorrow m orning, by Rev
 rau,ord V crikis when Peter Kival