Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-27
NEWS OF PULPIT AND PEW IN HARRISBURG !;
SOCIAL CENTER
AT COVENANT
Rebuilt Church to Afford Re-
creative Privileges to West
End Youngsters

With the rededieation of the half
Church, Fifth and PETER streets. to-
morrow, the West End will have q
new social center where the young
people of the community will receive
instructive training as well as recrea-
ton. The church cellar has been
equipped as a community center. In
the middle of the floor is a large open
floor space to be used for indoor games
and church suppers. Provision for
two bowling alleys has also been made
Locker rooms, a storehouse, shower
baths and kitchen are other features.
The Rev. Harvey Il. Klaer, pastor, is
largely responsible for the installation
of the community center. 1t will be
open every evening of the week.
Dedication services of the rebuilt
church will start tomorrow morning
and will continue throughout the week.
Many persons prominent in the
church work of the city and state are
on the program for the week. The
Rev. Charles r. Erdman, d. d., of
Princeton, N. j., will be the principal
speaker at tomorrow mornings serv-
Ice. At the afternoon session, to be
held at $50 o'clock, several of the
local ministers will make addresses,
including the Rev. A. NJ. Stamets,
pastor of the Augsburg Lutheran
Church; the Rev. E. A. Pyles, pastor
of the Fifth Street Methodist Church; !;
the Rev. G.. w. Hartman, pastor of
st. Johns Reformed Church; the Rev
A. 5. Williams, pastor of the Camp
Curtin Memorial Church; the Rev
Floyd Appleton, pastor of st, Paul's
Episcopal Church, and the Rev. Jo-
seph Daugherty, pastor of the Sixth
Street United Brethren Church.
Monday will be former pastors
night. The speakers will be the Rev.
|. P. Hays, New Bloomfield the Rev.
Curtis o. Bosserman, Cape May; the
Rev. j. n. Wagenhurst, Washington,
N. j. Tuesday will be Presbyterian
night. f. u. Gross. DR.. Richard f.
l.. Ridgway and the Rev. s. b. Segelken
will be the speakers. A prayer service
will be held Wednesday. The pastor
will talk on the church history.
The church community social base
ment will be formally opened Thurs
day night. The Rev. George E. Halves,
D. d.. pastor of the Market Square
PRESBYTERIAN Church.; the Rev. w. c.
Hogg, Williamsport, and the Rev. e.
D. Warfeld, president of Wilson Col
lege, will deliver addresses. Prepara-
tory services will be held Friday night.
The church building has been COM
pletely rebuilt at a cost of about
$4,000. 1t is of Fisk tapestry brick
with buff sandstone trimmings. The
inside is divided into a main audi
torium with wings for Sunday school
departments. A large gallery seats
260 persons. The seating capacity of
the entire church, including the gall
lery, will .be 900. On the first floor is
large room, to be used for the Sun
day school library. Directly above is
the committee room.
The church has a membership of
425 and a Sunday school enrolment
of 451. Since the Rev. Mr.. Klaer has
been at the head of the church the
congregation and Sunday school have
grown rapidly.
The board of trustees expect later
on to use the building to be dedicated
tomorrow as q Sunday school room
and to erect q new building at Fifth
and PETER streets when the congre-
CATION increases to such an extent as
to make such step necessary.
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