Evening star., 1926-06-11
NEW HOME SOUGHT
BY CLOSED Church
First Congregational Men,
bers to Meet Sunday Morn
ing in Palace Theater.

After accepting the invitation oil
the mana cement of LoeW'S Palace
Theater To hold the morning service
for its congregation next Sunday at
that theater. officials of the Flfst
Congregational Church, at Tenth ana
e. streets. which was permanently
closed Yesterday as an unsafe Struc-
ture. at a meeting last night appoint
ed a special committee to arrange
for a place of worship pending con
struction of the proposed new church.
After the II o'clock service SUNDAY
morning i'll the theater the consresa-
ZION. of which President and MIS-
Coolidge and many other notableS are
members. will join with that or the
New York Avenue presbyterian
church for the evening service at d
o'clock in that church. AS Dr. Jason
Noble Pierce pastor of the F1rst
congregational Church, is leaving the
city Sunday afternoon, his congfesa-
ZION will be represented at the Jolnt
services by Rev. Don Ivan Patch'
associate minister of the First on
erecational, and DIR. Joseph X. Slzoo'
pastor Of the New York Avenue
Church, will preach the sermon,
DIR. Pierce and church oficiaIs
named on the special committee Win
him hone to be able to arrange lot
permanent place of worship peiluiiiS rs
construction of the new church pE
sunday after next. Hugh A Thrift
one of the church trustees, IS cililtr-
man of tie committee, other mennperS
of which are DIR. Carlton X. Idi'
president of the church society, diiu
four other trustees.
The committee hopes to be aplc
10 obtain use of a large auditorium
10 accommodate its congregation al
both morning and evening sefNice9'
Pending the construction OF the
new church on the site OF the pres
ent structure. which was declueu
,non at the National Conference OF
the congregational Church held mere
several months ago. 1t Is plaliiieu
to establish the headquarters 10,
church activities in the Two slildii
buildings now owned by the con
Cregation on Grant place. IN the
rear of the church. 1t is planned
10 hold the union service OF ohrls-
,ian Endeavor societies on sunday
evenings at 80 o'clock at = Grant
place. The Sunday school class next
Sunday morning probably VIII De
held at the Palace Theater.
With the enforced closing of the
church at the direction of the Dls-
irict building inspector, following tne
incident of 10 days ago. when
shower of plaster fell on worshlpers
during service. officials OF the
church said the effort to raise sum
cient funds TO begin constructlon OF
the new edifice would be redoubled.
President Coolidge would have no
objection to attending church services
in a playhouse or motion picture
theater. 1t is understood that before
DIR. Pierce entertained the idea OF
using some centrally located theater
in which to hold services next sun
day, he conferred with the President
about it and received his sanction.
The President has always regretted
that more persons could not be ad-
mitted to the First Congregational
Church for the services which he at
tends, and the fact that the occupancy
of a theater will make it possible for
larger attendance will be pleasing to
the Executive. Many hundreds OF
persons are turned away Sunday
mornings because of lack of space
within the church. and the President
is known to have said on more than
one occasion that it was too bad these
persons could not be admitted.