Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24
CAPITAL CHURCHES WILL OPEN
YULETIDE PROGRAMS TONIGHT
Many Congregations Plan to Welcome
Christmas Season With Special
Exercises Ending Sunday

Christmas will be observed tonight
or tomorrow in many of the churches
of the District with special exercises.
At st. Columbia's Episcopal Church,
where a new edifice is being erected,
large window in the rear OF the
chancel will be dedicated this evening.
This will follow the exercises held In
the temporary building, adjoining the
new structure. Rev. William w.
Shearer, rector, will conduct the cere-
mony.
Rev. James Miers, pastor of the
Fourth Presbyterian Church, Will
preach a short sermon tomorrow at
services from to s am the CON-
munity Bible Readers League VIII
hold a service from to $50.
Rev. DR.. Abram Simon will discuss
the book 1.-THE City Without Jews" at
8 o'clock tonight and at 1880 O'Clock
tomorrow morning there will be n
service.
The pastor, Rev. DR.. Waldron, will
preach a short sermon at Shiloh Bap-
fist Church tomorrow at am. on
1.-The First Christmas; and the choir,
Sunday school and Young Peoples So
ciety will lead the congregation IN
singing Christmas carols. The choir
and quartet will render special Christ
mas music. If the weather permits,
a large part Of this service will take
place on the lawn of the church.
Sunday School Festival.
A Christmas eve festival for the
Sunday school children of All Saints
Episcopal Church, Chevy Chase circle,
will be held tonight at 1880 o'clock.
There will be a tree for the small
children and a feature of the program
will be. the singing of Christmas
carols. At 1870 o'clock in the evening
there will be a midnight service con-
Quoted by the Rev. Henry Teller
Cooke, rector of the church. Holy
communion will be observed tomorrow
morning at 1880 o'clock and the regu-
lar festival service will be held at IL
o'clock, when the rector will preach.
Special music has been arranged. The
Christmas offering will be devoted
to cutting down the $4,000 Indebted
ness of the parish.
Services at the National Cathedral
will be held. today at 4:30 pm. To-
morrow there will be celebrations of
the holy communion at 1880 and 3
am, morning prayer at 10, holy com
munion and sermon at IL and evening
with even song at 4 pm.
The annual Christmas carol service
will be held Sunday, in connection
with evening song at pm.
In Christ Church, Georgetown, the
holy communion will be celebrated
tonight at midnight. Similar service
will be held at st. Adams Church.
There a carol service will begin at IL
o'clock. the service of holy commun-
ion beginning at 1870. At Epiphany
Church there will also be Christmas
music, including the singing of the
at IL o'clock, with holy communion at
midnight.
Midnight Services.
At the Church of the Ascension, at
Grace Church, Georgetown; at st.
Marks Church, at st. Paul's Church.
at Holy Comforter Chapel and at
Christ Church. Washington Parish
the hour for the midnight celebration
will be II 80. At st. Agnes Church.
St. Margaret's Church, st. Stephens
Church and Epiphany Chapel the
midnight service win begin at IL.
There will also be a celebration Of
holy communion at All Saints Church,
Saints Sunday School festival service
will be held tonight at 1880.
The Sunday school of st. Margaret's
Church, Connecticut avenue and Ban
croft place, will hold it's Christmas
festival and reunion this afternoon at
4 o'clock.
In all the Episcopal churches there
will be one or more celebrations of
the holy communion in the early
morning Christmas day and festival
services, generally with sermons, at
II o'clock, at which visitors will be
welcomed
Christmas observance at the Ma
tional Shrine of the Immaculate
Conception, at Catholic University,
this year is to be distinctive.
1t will be the first midnight mass
ever celebrated in the shine. Seventy.
eight masses will be said in the
crypt during the morning hours, the
16 affairs being occupied at the same
time, and 10 nationalities will be repre-