The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-23
LOCAL CHURCHES
OBSERVE SEASON
WITH PROGRAMS
Christmas Programs Being Held In
All Houses Of Worship: Children
10 Be Recipients Of Gifts
From Trees.
SPECIAL SERVICE AT
METH. SUNDAY NIGHT
Choir TO Give cantata In Evening;
Service In Morning VIII Feature
Special Sermon and Musical
Numbers.

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their usual part In the Christmas
obscryancos here. Before the pass
ing of the Yulctldc, every church
IN the city will have held appropri'
ate Christmas services. II was
learned this morning.
Christmas entertainment was held
last night IN the Methodist church.
corner Fourth street and Iowa ave.
nue.. The program was appropriate
TO the occasion and gifts were dis.
tributed from the Christmas tree.
Services Of the same nature were
held In the Second Baptist church,
Friday evening.
Featured by the distribution OF
gifts from the Christmas tree. a
program will be rendered this even
ing. beginning at 700 o'clock, in
teh First Baptist church. corner
Fourth street and Colorado avenue.
Congregational singing and reel.
tatlons and numbers by quartette
OF small girls will feature the pro.
gram In the First Christian church
Sunday evening. beginning at 1880
o'clock. The Christmas tree will be
ladened with gifts for the children.
Rev. c. b. James, pastor of the
church, announced that the morning
services will be dedicated to Christ
mas. The topic OF his sermon will
be "The Significance of Christmas"
The Christmas tree and services
will mark the close Of the regular
morning services Of the First Pres.
hyterian church, TO be held in the
X. of p. hall on Chickasha avenue.
A program will be rendered and
small gifts distributed among the
children. An offering for the pres
byterian Orphans Home at Albany,
Texas. will be taken.
Christmas services in the Con.
gregational church, corner Ninth
street and Texas avenue. will be
held Sunday evening. Children of
the church will participate in the
entertainment. Gifts will be dis
lributed. Rev. Samuel Pearson will
preach a special christmas" SER
mon in the morning at which time
special music will be rendered.
Children's Christmas program in
ahe st. Luke's Episcopal church,
corner Sixth street and Kansas
avenue, will be held Sunday after.
noon at 4:0O o'clock. Gifts will be
distributed from the manger The
services in the church Sunday morn
ing will be appropriate to Christmas,
Rev. II. e. Toothaker, rector of the
church, announced.
Midnight mass well be held in the
Catholic church.
Sunday evening at 1880 at the
Methodist church, the choir will give
a Christmas cantata, "The Salvation
of israel" under the direction of
J. e. McNeill
The cantata program, will consist
of solos, duets and chorus numbers,
telling the Christmas story. While.
several of the solos and duets are
expected to prove OF the highest
class. the church work in general,
is to. be the feature of the program
as exceptionally good results have
been obtained in the rehearsals for
this special program, Mr.. Mcneil
states.
Before the regular program, the
choir will sing several Christmas
carols. The entire evening will be
taken up by the choir's program.
AT the Methodist church on Sun
day morning, Rev. r. e. L. Morgan
will take as his sermon subject,
1.-THE Name Wonderful" Supporting
tie special service, the choir hasSI
prepared, among several numbers, an
especially strong anthem entitled,
Hills of God, Break Forth" by ].
w. Lerman.
An interesting program has been
arranged for the services in the
Lutheran church this evening in
the church chapel, S2S Minnesota
avenue. A Christmas tree will be
one Of the features of the program.
Children Of the Sunday school will
receive gifts of candy and fruit.