Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-29
SUNDAY NIGHT SERVICE
MARKS CLOSE OF CHURCH
Grace Covenant Presbyterian Con-
grcgation VIII Meet i'm Bin.
ELL ford School
SPECIAL PROGRAM ARRANGED
members Expect That Their New
Building Will BE Completed and
Ready for Occupancy by tho Early
Autumn

Tomorrows services in C;race-Cove
nant Presbyterian Church. on the cor
nor OF Park Avenue and Harrison
Streets. have peculiarly sad signin-
canoe to the congregation, in view OF
the fact that with the final services
tomorrow night the church will he
permanently abandoned. and The con-
EreSation housed temporarily in Bin
FORD Junior High School. at the corner
OF Floyd and Allen Avenues.
The session OF church Will meet in
, The chapel this afternoon at 4:3o
O'CLOCK 10 receive new members. Many
OF the young people OF the congreg ga :
ton are expected TO appear and any
Others whc desire 20 join before icav-
ins the old building forever.
Thu order OF service tomorrow will
be appropriate to the occasion. i, Is
announced The, SUNDAY school viii
rs being made 10 &c, 100 per cent at
tendance. During a membership cam
palgn' which was conducted in Feb
ruarE. go Now pupils were added TO
~ the u o'clock service. the pas
or.eicc'' Rev. Charles l. King. viii
large number OF additions TO the church
are expected a; this time
AZ the evening service at o'clock
Rev NJ. r. Turnbull Will preach a Spc-
ciaf sermon. at The conriusion Of whi"h
Rex j. Calvin Stewart. u. D. Mil
oinciate Al the formal ceremony OF low
erlns the service nag. on which there
are cighty-four blue starts and three
gold ones.
CONGREGATION WILL.
OCCUPY PUBLIC SCHOOL
,Bcsinnins Arri s. the SUNDAY SER
d,tortum o: isinro-d schooi. The pr %@
meetings Will be held at ?2l West
franklin street al r. NJ. every We'd
nesday All the social activities of
Inc Inc churth will be conducted a, o2l
West Franklin street until the concre-
CATION has Il. new church cdincc
The new building will hc let to
having already been prepared II is
confidently hopcd by the congrSca
,i ion i ,i,;,, The ror;ion Of the proposed
the sunday School will be ready for
occupancy in the autumn.
AGREEMENT MADE NEW
EDIfICE NECESSARY
Eichnondcrs will recall III. fac, tina,
the TWO congregations of Grace Street
Presbyterian Church and the Church or
the Cov.nnnt formed merger on
hrril !. 1915. and ono feature of thu.
agreement chen reached was that both
( the ola buildings should he abandoned.
and the combined congregation should
I bull new buildings for tho church ANA
Sunday School on Monument Avenue.
: near tho Ice Monument, In consc-
Z qucnce Of this aErce mont tho building
s sold 10 thc Scottish Rite Masons in
APRIL 1919. but possession was re-
: ,ainod for three years. during which
: ;iInc - was the intention of the con-
L SreEation TO erect the ncw buildings
Z The war Va. even then affecting build
8 ing conditions 50 that i, was decided
TO visit for more settled times. The
situation in the building world grew
worse rather than better. AMI after
America entered The. war it was i'm
possible for building enterprise o:
this character TO be carried ON
The Scottish Kite Masons conscn;c,!
TO an extension OF ono year tor the
delivery OF the building. This time is
10" out, and they declined 10 grant a
. further extension. SO il became ncccs-
sary for the church 10 move.