Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-02
A. NJ. {. CONVENTION
BEGINS TOMORROW
National Rally Here viii Gen.
ter on Phases of ReIi-
giouS Education.

The Third General Church School
Convention of the African Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, embracing
3,777 churches and $4,000 communi
cants will meet tomorrow night at
S o'clock at the John Wesley A. NJ.
E.. Zion Church. Fourteenth and Cor
coran streets. and will continue in
session through August s.
Engineer Commissioner j. Frank
lin Bell and Thaddeus H. Chase of
the City Christian Endeavor Union,
will make addresses OF welcome TO
1900 delegates. W.. J. Trent, presi-
dent of Livingstone College. Sails
bury, n. c., will make the response
and Frank A. Ray. president of the
convention, will deliver the annual
address. Sectional meetings will be
held at Union Wesley. Galbraith.
Metropolitan and Trinity Churches
throughout the week as well as at
John Wesley Church.
The Church and the Making of a
Christian" will be the theme of We'd
nesday, when lectures will begin at
10 am. at the Headquarters Church,
with the following topics and speak
ers: THE Meaning and Primary func-
ton of the Church" Bishop p. A.
Wallace, Brooklyn; THE Church's Or
ganization and Enterprises" DR.. w.
III. Davenport. Charlotte. n. c.; The
Significance of Conversion in Chris
tian Experience" DIR. E. l.. Madison,
Pittsburgh; THE Place OF Prayer and
Worship in Christian Experience"
DIR. w. l.. Hamblin. Pensacola, Fla:
and THE Place and Value OF Educa,
ton in the Development of Christian
Character" Prof. ]. w. Young, Green
vile, Tenn.
Other Topics Listed.
The convention theme Thursday
morning will be THE Educational
Task of the Church. What the
Church Should Teach will be dis.
cussed and pilgrimage will be made
to the Lincoln Memorial in the after
noon, followed by the evening topic
of 1.-THE Church and the Social Order. -
Friday morning the subject will be
THE Unified Program of the Church, .
and in the afternoon a visit will be
made to Arlington and Harmony Gem
eter1es, while the Saturday theme
will be Church and YOUTH and the
Sunday afternoon theme The Church
Facing its World Task
AIlIOLE NttOSG WHO VIII uel1VoT a0s
dresses during the week will be Canon
William Sheafe Chase of Brooklyn.
who will speak on 1.-THE Federal
Supervision of Motion Pictures; Miss
Elizabeth Edlund, "Syndicating Chill
dren's Religious Stories: Bishop
George c. Clement. chairman race re-
lation committee Federal Council of
Churches of Christ in America; DIR.
w. q. B. Du Bots. editor of the
Crisis: DIR. Carter G. Woodson and
George E. Haynes. The slogan of
the convention is "On to Washing
ton"
Various Groups Included.
Among the organizations represent.
ed at the convention will be the Young
Peoples Conference, the A. M. E.
Sunday schools, Varick C. e. Society,
correctional colleges, junior churches,
missionary societies, Boy Scouts.
Camp Fire Girls, bishops, presiding
elders and pastors. The administra-
tive and adult divisions will meet at
the Metropolitan Wesley Church. d
and Second streets southwest: the
young peoples division at Union Yves.
ley, 1113 Twenty.third street, and the
children's division at Galbraith, Sixth
and NJ streets.
The local off1cers of the convention
are: Rev +. B. Watson, president
T. H. Chase. first vice president; Rev
o. L. Rand, second vice president
Rev. w. Fl. French. third vice presi
dent: ". J. Tulane, secretary; Mrs E
B, Watson, assistant secretary; G. III
Anderson, corresponding secretary
and Miss S. j. Janifer. r. E. B. The
presiding bishop is Right Rev. j s
Caldwell, and the presiding elder Rev
J. H. Tucker
Chairmen of the local committees
are: Rev. c. c. Williams, finance;
Joseph Howard, decorations; Rev. H
T.. Medford. pastor of John Wesley
Church, printing and publicity; Mis-.
M. l.. Mason, recreation: Miss Alice
Henson, entertainment: Rev W.. r
Jones. program; Mrs. o. r. Rand, reg.
istration; Rev w. ID. Battle. reserva,
ton; G.. HI. Anderson, parade, and
Francis Wells. chief marshal.