The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1921-12-17
How the Churches
Observe Christmas
Many Programs of Varied
Natures Will Be Fea-
tured i'm COlville

The special Christmas music to be
given by the choir of the Congrega-
tional church next Sunday morning,
December 18, IL a. M, consisting of
anthems and solos, will be rendered
by the following members: Sopranos,
Mrs. w. C. Keller, Mrs. Glenn
Crewse, Mrs. Harry Noble; altos, Mrs.
f. C. Durdle, Mrs. E. E. Page, Mrs.
Quinn McCord; tenors, Ludwig john
sen, w. C. Keller; basses, Quinn Nc
Cord, H. j. Plumb, with Mrs. E. r.
Lavigne as pianist.
Program: Prelude (Ketelbey) Mrs.
E. r. Lavigne; professional, Joyfully
the Angels are Singing (McPhaiD,
choir; hymn, o, Little Town of Beth
lehem (Baraby), congregation; scrip
ture reading and prayer; response,
Bow Down Thine Ear (Herbert),
choir; anthem, Joyously Peal, ye
Christmas Bells (Coombs), choir;
offertory, Charmeuse (Clarke), Mrs.
+. R. Lavigne; solo, What Star is
This? (from "The NativityD, H. j.
Plumb; sermon, The Coming of the
Messiah, Rev. J. M. Higgins; an
them, Fear Not (Ferris), choir.
Solemn high mass will be sung at
the church of the Immaculate Concep-
tion on Saturday night, Dec. "a, at
midnight, by the following quartet:
Mrs. j. C. Harrigan, Mrs. Lester
Cohrs, G. o. Morris, H. ]. Plumb.
Mrs. Daniel H. Carey will be or
ganist. A mass written by P. A.
Kaufer of Seattle entitled "The Lit
tie Flaver Mass" will be rendered.
Masses on Christmas day at 8 and
10 a. m. Rev. f. Boil, S. j., officiat-
ing.
Christmas services will not be OBJ
served this year in the Baptist
church, owing to vacancy in the
pulpit
The Seventh Day Adventist church
will observe Christmas Saturday,
Dec. %, at the church, with a special
program. Festivity and the tree in
this denomination at Christmastide
are in the homes. Church giving is
confined to missionary funds.
The Christian Science Society at
the chapel on Cedar street will have
the Christmas service from the les
son-sermon, entitled christian
Science" with appropriate musical
program and scriptural reading.
Rev. Gurr of Spokane will conduct
the Christmas services at the St.
Johns Episcopal church Sunday
morning. Miss Agnes Roberts will
have charge of the musical program.
st. Johns Episcopal church will also
observe the Christmastide with a
children's party and tree Dec. 20.
A children's party Thursday eve
ming with the Christmas tree as the
feature, given by Mrs. r. K. Hagen's
Sunday school class of the Christian
church, will be the only observance
of the Christmastide this year by the
Christian church. Rev. Fred Thomas
of Indiana, who has recently been
appointed pastor of the church, will
spend the holidays with relatives in
Wenatchee, and formally begin his
work after the first of the year.
Observation of Christmas in the
Free Methodist church has not de-
parted from the original movement
founded by John Wesley, except that
the local church will not have a
Christmas tree. The sermon will be
by the pastor Rev. Guy b. Denney
on "The Resurrection" There will
be recitations, and the musical pro-
gram prepared by Mrs. A. M. Wind
hurst will include THAT Beautiful,
Wonderful Night" Christmas Bells"
and "Silent Night"