The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-28
CHURCH OF ADVENT
 STARTS CHRISTMAS
 PREPARATIONS NOW
Sunday School Pupils In Active Work to Help Make Occasion Happy for the Needy.
 Arranging for Music

Now that Thanksgiving Day is past, and all the well-filled baskets haVe been delivered, pupils of the Church school at the Church of the Advent are as busy as bees, planning a merry Christmas for a great many boys ana girls of Birmingham for the little peo- ple of the orphanage in Mobile, and TOT those enrolled ip the EplscopaA hihoeh garten in Japan.
 finder direction of Mrs. Lewis Un- derwood. the tots of the primary de- partment have been collecting attrac- five and instructive pictures during the entire summer to make scrapbooks for the Japanese babies. Every Sunday thev have brought their gifts oi money. each one with the assurance q saved this for some child in our home at Mobile who hasn't any mother"
 Miss Gertrude DeArmond's junior bows and girls are especially interested in the sufferers of the children's hos pital in Birmingham. The members oi the class have visited the hospital carrying lots of good cheer with their gifts of flowers and fruit. On Thanks giving eve they also delivered baskets they had prepared themselves to the less fortunate children of the parish.
 KINGS DAUGHTERS
 The Kings Daughters" better known as Mrs. Vests class of girls have for their motto, service. splendid organization enables them to carry out their slogan efficiently. The officers elected last Sunday who will take up plans for the Christmas hoh- days are: Edith Mabry, president; Bar bara Gonzales, vice president; Emily Worth, secretary; Cecil Green, corre- spending secretary; Lynn Mcconnell treasurer; Barbara Gonzales, editor Dove Whitfield, chairman membership committees; Mary Privett chairman social committee.
 When the intermediate department of the church school is mentioned, there is a picture of the lower floor of the parish house filled with wide-awakt teen-age boys and girls who are enthu. siastic in the community service pro gramme they have adopted for tho winter. The four classes of this de partment, composed of girls, enroll tho ! same pupils who are interested mem bers of All Saints guild.
 ALL SAINTS GUILD | As their special service during thu 1 holiday season, the girls of the guile ! will make" Christmas for the girl! 1 of the state training school at Matsu yama. A delightful programme is be | ing. arranged, and the prettiest Christ
 mas tree that can be found will b' 1 filled with gifts that girls know s' l well how to select.
 l At the open meeting of the guild las week, the officers elected were Mis- ] Mary Privett, president; Miss Norm' l Pendlecock,, secretary Miss Clara De l Bardeleben, treasurer; Miss Susi 1 Gould. chairman of committee 0 1 ueighborhood house
 SPECIAL CHRISTMAS SERVICE 1 As an introduction of the Christina l cheer, in which every class of tn 1 church school will have a part, spe | ciaI service wnl be held the Sunda.
 before Christmas, December 19. whel Dr. Barnwell will have a message fo | the members of the school. At the 1 o'clock service on that day, the boy 1 and girls of the church school vii 1 compose the vested choir, and at o'clock in the afternoon Mir. Dunkle. | will present one of his rare musica ! programmes, in which the young peo | pie will participate. To each of thes 1 services cordial invitation is extende' ' every family of the parish and to al 1 friends who wish to attend.