The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-10-01
Notes of The Churches

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Thes pastors and Sunday school Off.
4 GERS Of Calvary Baptist Church be-
lieve that large Sunday school mem
bership should not be the cause of
easing up" in the effort to obtain
new members. Despite the fact that
the Sunday school now numbers near
ly 5000. plans have been completed
for making tomorrow a Rally Day"
Exercises will be held at $3.50 a. M,
the regular Sunday school hour, and
pastors and officers announce that
they will be delighted to greet q large
attendance. Strangers and visitors to
the city are cordially invited.
Rally Service for the Sunday school
will be held tomorrow at the Mt. Pleas.
ant Congregational Church, Columbia
road, near Fourteenth street. The Rev.
Walter Amos Morgan. minister, will
preach at the IL a. m. service on
Gods Way With Man" and at the
Vesper service at p. m. on MANS
Way With God" Sunday school SER
vice is at s:46 a. m.
Spiritual Emancipation" will be
the subject Of Rev. DR.. Earle wiifey's
sermon tomorrow morning at the
Vermont Avenue Christian church. DR..
Whitley will also preach at the eve
ring service.
Rally day will be observed by the
Sunday school tomorrow morning
when religious pageant will be given
under the auspices of committee led
by Mrs. Mark 4. Taylor. Mrs. Mabel
Owens Wilcox will take the part of
Columbia" while .forty-eight young
women viii represent the States of
the Union. The Womens Society will
present a Christian flag to the church.
Sunday. October 2, has been set as
Rally Day for the Nativity and Resur-
rection church schools. Believing that
Rally Day is the time when every
member Of the church school should
make a special effort to be on hand,
the pastors earnestly urge that all who
have even attended either of these
church schools, come again this Sun
day.
An extra effort is being made to
increase membership.
During the summer months the
city missions are not called upon to
provide shelter for a large number Of
homeless. The August sun serves as
a fairly good substitute for the home
fire and cloudless skies beckon the
jobless to the great outdoors.
1t is a different story IN winter
when wind and snow batter the un-
employed and drive the ragged way
farers to the protection Of city insti-
buttons. The first nip Of frost Is the
signal to forsake the open way and
hasten to the shadow of the sky
scrapers. This yearly migration will
soon be under way and Superintend-
ent Kline, Of the Gospel Mission. 214
John Marshal place. has about com
pleted plans for their reception. He
reports that more funds are needed
for this work as we'll as for relief
! work in the homes Of Washington's
poor.
! The fourteenth annual Fall Jubilee
Of the Gospel Mission begins tonight
and will continue throughout October.
Mrs. Fitch, the celebrated Ocean
Grove singer will be heard tonight and
Is scheduled to appear every night
next week Mr.. John Thompson, mis-
sion worked from Pawtucket, r. l.,
will speak tonight and Sunday night.
| A success lecture fro mthe subject
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given. by Vova NJ. January, Sunday
evening, at the Unity Auditorium, 500
Homer building. The Thursday even
ing service, beginning at 1880, will CON
sist of healing, uplifting songs, q dis
cussion of definitions and a healing
service.
Episcopal churches throughout the
city have been arranged in groups for
the mission services to be held In the
diocese October 16 to 10. leading to
the Inauguration of the nationwide
campaign. the every member can.
vass," which begins November 20, and
the centennial missionary observance
throughout the country on November
6. The Rev. D. Wellington Curran,
in charge of the church offices, has
| grouped the churches for these sew
ices.
! The churches have been arranged
In four groups. with q missionary as
signed to each group. 1t Is the In
tention of, Mr.. Curran that the nation
wide campaign workers Of the
attend the services designated for
that group. though this Is by no
means compulsory. ~
Services will be held at Epiphany
Church every day except October 10,
at which time the Sunday school In
stitute will be in session. AT the
other three churches services will be
held the four days. The missions
open on Sunday night, October 16,
when sermons will be preached by
the missioners at each of the
churches designated as group head
The Ladies' Guild Of the Church Of
the Advent will give reception in
the parish hall Of the church on Wed
nesday night, at which the members
OF the church will meet the new rec
1 tor and his wife, the Rev. and Mrs.
Thorn Williamson, jr.
| The Washington Secular League,
an organization formed for the dis
cussion of subjects Of human inter-
est" will resume its sessions tomor-
row afternoon at 8 o'clock at the Per-
petual building, 1101 Il street north
west. The speaker will be John d.
Bradley, secretary Of the league.