The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-11-27
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OBSERVE
DAY
Attend Services In Morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stearns Are
Only Dinner Guests
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Red Cross, veterans organizations
and auxiliary bodies.

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Red Cross, veterans organizations
and auxiliary bodies.
Pan.American Mass
One Of the days most important
religious services was the annual
Pan-American mass in st. Patrick's
Church this morning. High Off
Gals of the State Department and
members of the diplomatic corps
from the South and Central Ameri.
can nations were in attendance.
The mass was celebrated by the
Most Reverend Fumasoni- Biondi,
apostolic delegate, and the Most
Reverend Michael J. Curley, arch
bishop of Baltimore, assisted by
the Reverend Clarence e. Wheeler,
of the Church of the Holy Com
forter. The sermon Was preached
by the Reverend George w. John.
son, of Catholic University. The
music was by the mixed choir,
sanctuary choir, organ and full
orchestra. a quartet and soloists.
The services were broadcast by
Station WRC.
Festival services were held in the
Bethlehem Chapel, National Cath
edral on Mount st. Alban. The
Very Reverend William L. De Vries
preached the sermon.
The Right Reverend William r.
Mcdowell, resident bishop of the
Methodist Church, preached The SER
mon at the Metropolitan Memorial
Church.
Georgetown churches co-operated
in holding a union Thanksgiving
service in the West Washington
Baptist Church, Thirty-first anl N
streets northwest. The sermon
was preached by the Reverend J.
Stanley Durkee and music was pro-
vided by the choir of st. Johns
Protestant Episcopal Church. Other
churches participating were the
Georgetown Evangelical Lutheran,
Dumbarton Avenue Methodist Epis-
copal, Mt. Tabor Methodist Protest
ant, Congress Street Methodist Pro-
testant, Georgetown Presbyterian,
Grace Protestant Episcopal, Peck
Memorial Chapel and Calvary Meth
odisA Episcopal South.
Combined Services.
In accordance with the custom of
sixteen years, churches on Capitol
Hill also combined their services in
the Epworth Methodist Episcopal
Church, North Carolina avenue and
Thirteenth street northeast. The
Reverend Kyle Booth, pastor of
Ingram Memorial Church, preached
the sermon, the Reverend J. o.
Wrightson, of Douglas Memorial Of
fered the invocation, and the Rever.
eLd s. 7. Nicholas, of Keller Me-
mortal Church, read the Presidents
Thanksgiving Proclamation. The
Reverend C. r. Stauffer, of the
Ninth Street Christian Church, re.
ceived the offering And the lesson
was read by the Reverend Alfred e.
Barrow.
United Baptist Thanksgiving serv-
ices were held at Calvary Baptist
Church, with the Reverend Edward
o. Clark, pastor of the Chevy Chase
Baptist Church, preaching the SER
mon.
st. Paul's English Lutheran,
Epiphany Lutheran and Luther
Memorial Churches held Joint serv.
Ices at st. Paul's Church.
An elaborate musical program
marked the services at Gunton-Tem.
pie Memorial Presbyterian Church.
Sixteenth and Newton streets north.
west. The sermon was by the Rev.
erend Bernard Braskamp.
The sermon of the Reverend
Charles Wood, at the Church of the
Covenant, was broadcast by Station
WDM.
Union services were held at the
Church of the Reformation by ST.
Marks, st. Johns Columbia Heights
and the Church of the Reformation
Lutheran churches. The Reverend
III. bennington Hayes preached.
At Christ Lutheran Church the
Reverend J. Frederick WencheI
preached on 1.-THE Blessings of
Prosperity"
Churches In Chevy, Chase cooper.
ated in joint service in the Chevy
Chase Presbyterian Church. The
Reverend s. G. Reynolds, Of Wesley
Methodist Church, preached the
sermon.