Evening star., 1927-11-23
CHURCH ARRANGE UNION
SERVICES FOR THANKSGIVING
Special Sermons Announced-Musical Fes-
tival to Feature Ceremony by Cathe-
dral Choir of Men and Boys.

'~AANt'
tomorrow. In several sections of the
city arrangements have been made
| for union services.
! National Thanksgiving services Will
! he held at the Metropolitan Memorial
! Methodist Episcopal Church when
| Bishop William +. Mcdowell Will
! preach the sermon at 1879 o'clock.
| The churches uniting in this service
/ are First Presbyterian, BriChtWnod
/ Methodist, Gorsuch Methodist. Nc
! kendree Methodist, Ryland Methodist,
, Trinity Methodist, Waugh Methodist,
| Btooalard Methodist, Wesley Heights
| Methodist. Eoscdale Methodist. Wilson
! Memorial Methodist and Lucy Webb
| Hayes Training School Rev. Dr.
/ James Shcra Montgomery viii preside.
Pan-American Mass.
The annual Pan-American mass will
bo observed at 10 O'Clock at -.
| Patricks 5 Catholic Church. Most Eev.
Bieuo tumasoni-Bioudi, apostolic dele
gate, viii preside. He Will be assisted
by Rev. ". a. Toolcn. The deacons
of honor will be Very Rev. Francis
McBride and Rev. Cornelius j. Dac2y.
Most Rev. Michael Curley, arch
bishop of Baltimore, will be assisted
by Very Rev. Iguatius Smith, with
Very Rev Francis Lyons and Rev.
Michael J. Ri9rdan as deacons OF
honor.
The mass will be celebrated by
Right Rev. Thomas J. Toolen. Bishop
Of Mobile Rev. John NJ. Mcnamara
viii hc the assistant priest. Rev. j.
NJ, NclHZan will be deacon of the
mass with Rev. Lawrence Kilkenny
as suhdeacOn.
Rev. r. J. Hurney will be general
master of ceremonies with Rev.
Henry A. Quinn as master Of cere-
monies for the celebrant. The SER
mon viii be preached by Very Rev
Peter ]. O'Callaghan.
Right Rev. James T.. Freeman,
Bishop Of Washington, VIII he the
preacher at the special service to
be held in bethlehem Chapel Of
WASHINGTON Cathedral II / am. THIS
service will not be broadcast by
radio
Festival Program Of Music.
A festival program Of music will be
furnished by the Cathedral choir q
men and boys under the direction or
Edgar Priest. organist and ch3irhlaS-
ter Of Washington Cathedral
Union services Of the churches IN
the Columbia Heights and Mount
area
lumhja Heights Christian Church at
II o'clock. Rev. DR.. u. G. b. Pierce
of All Souls Church will preach the
sermon. The churches participating
are Columbia Heights Christian,
Mount Pleasant COngregauonal,
Friends. Columbia Heights Lutheran.
All Souls, Unitarian and the Univer-
eaIIst National Memorial The offer
ing will be given to the support of the
Near East orphans.
Churches Of the Northeast section OF
the city will observe for the twentieth
year this custom by holding services
in the Eastern Presbyterian Church
at 1890 o'clock. Rev. DR.. 5. /. Memo
las will preach the sermon.
The churches to participate are:
Ninth Street Christian, Rev. Benjamin
II. Melton. pastor; Ingram Memorial
Conversational, Rev. Kyle Booth, pas
tor; Keller Memorial Lutheran, Rev.
DR.. s. T. Nicholas. pastor: Douglas
Memorial Methodist Episcopal, Rev.
y. II. Mckinley, pastor; Epworth
Methodist Episcopal South, Rev. DR..
John Paul Tyler. pastor; Eastern Pres
byterian, Rev. DR.. Alfred +. BarroWs,
pastor. The Thanksgiving offering
this year will go to Sibley Hospital.
Georgetown Union Services.
The Protestant churches of George
town will hold a union service in st.
Johns Protestant Episcopal Church,
Potomac and O streets. The sermon
will be delivered by Rev. +. G.. Rey-
nolds, pastor of the Wesley Methodist
Episcopal Church. The offering will
be given to the Aged Wom9n's Home
OF Georgetown.
The Western Presbyterian Church
and the Union NJ. +. Church on TWen.
tieth street, Of which the pastor is
Rev. James l.. McLain. will hold a
union Thanksgiving service at the
Union NJ. T.. Church, Thursday at IL
O'Clock.
The sermon will be preached by
Rev. j. II. Dunham, pastor of the
Western Presbyterian Church. The
offering will be divided between the
Methodist and Presbyterian Homes
for the Aged.
All of the Baptist churches will
unite in services Thursday at II
o'clock at Calvary Baptist Church.
The annual union service of the
three PctWOrth churches will be held
at the Methodist Church Thanksgiv-
ing day at 1880 o'clock. Rev. G. f..
Hawthorne, pastor of the Presbyterian
Church, will preach Rev. H. j. Smith
y ". >. T..
Rose Of the Methodist Church will also
be present.
Union Jewish Services.
Union services of the Hebrew con-
gregatons will be held at the Ohev
Sholom Synagogue at Il o'clock. The
Washington Hebrew. Fifth and Sixth
Street congregations will unite. Rabbi
J. T. Loeb. Rabbi l.. j. Schwefel and
Rabbi w. f. Rosenblum will conduct
the services.
The services at st. Paul's Episcopal
Church will be Holy Communion at
730 and 10 am. The 10 O'Clock serv-
ice is arranged particularly for the
children Of the parish who bring their
THANKSGIVING offerings of fruit and
vegetables and present them before
the altar. These gifts are distributed
after the service to various charitable
institutions.
The music for the service will in.
clude "All Things Bright and Beauti-
full" one of the children's favorites.
There will he the regulation hymns,
Come. Ye Thankful People, to Me"
"Praise to God, Immortal Praise" and
praise the Lord. 0 Jerusalem" will
be sung as the offeratory.
At the Church of the Transfgura-
ton the services will be at 1880 and
1890 am The choir, under the direc-
ton of Mrs. Marie II. Little, will rem
der special program of music. Rev.
j. j. Queally, rector, will preach.
Services will be held in Foundry
Methodist Episcoal Church at II am.
The sermon will be by Rev. DR.. Frank
w. Collier of the American Univer-
sity. His subject. Thanksgiving
It's Meaning and Power"
Service at st. Andrews.
The service at st. Andrews Church
will be at II o'clock. The rector Rev.
DR.. Dimon will speak on The Ma
tion's Greatness" and the choir will
render special Thanksgiving music.