Evening star., 1927-05-25
LUTHERANS TOADD
TOHOME FOR AGED
Plans for SIS, 900 Two-Story
Annex Announced at Ses-
sion Here.

Plans for building and equipping a
two-story addition to the National Lu-
theran Home for the Aged, Eighteenth
and Douglas streets northeast, at a
cost of about $4,000, were announced
at today's session of the Lutheran
Synod of Maryland in the Church OF
the Reformation, Second and 3 streets
southeast.
This, with the $4,000, 900 women's col.
iege to be built near kensington, Md,
and the church to be erected at Con
necticut avenue and Ellicott streets.
make a total of So 1926 900 to be spent
in Washington and nearby vicinity in
building projects in the near future.
$4,000 Already Raised.
Rev. l.. NJ. Zimmerman, who report
cd on the home addition, stated that
S45 900 has been raised for that project
and indicated that building would COM
mence when the total has reached the
sum of 5000, the cost of the addi-
ton without furnishings. The new
structure is to have u basement and
two stories above ground and is cal
culated to provide space for 80 occu-
pants. There are So persons in the
home at present. Rev. John Weidley,
pastor of the Church of the Reforma-
ton, is president of the board of trus-
tees of the home, which is in charge
of Sister Mabel Stanley, matron.
DIR. Zimmerman also made a plea for
a large endowment fund to care for
the upkeep of the home.
Reports at today's session showed
the synod has 142 parish and church
schools under it's jurisdiction, with
3,343 officers and 33,70S students. In
this number, it is stated, are more
than 16 week day church schools.
Ministerial Relief Urged.
A resolution was adopted to effect
the organization of more conference
Sunday schools. Another resolution
placed the synod definitely on record
as favoring the raising Of $4,000, 900
for ministerial re.icf, this question
having been discus31d ut yesterday s
meetings.
Consideration of new synodical
constitution and reports b. members
of the board of directors OF the synod S
Theological Seminary, it's board of
education and reports by representa-
tiveS of the Lutheran brotherhood
are to come up during the afternoon.
An ordination service will be held in
the Keller Memorial Lutheran Church
tonight at o'clock. Those to be or
dained are Hugh j. Rhyme and Hugh
Il. Yost, while l.. Barnes, j. II. A.
Borleis, Carroll S. klug, Walter V.
Simon and Howard l.. Wink are to
receive licenses. The sermon will be
delivered by Rev. Charles T. Wiles of
Philadelphia.
Mission Work Described.
Addresses on mission work spon-
sored by the synod marked services
in the church last night. Those who
spoke were:
Rev. j. S. Simon. of Hagerstown,
Md, who told of the need of more
funds for extending foreign mission
work; Rev. j. M. Francis of Waynes-
boro, Pa, who stressed the value of
home missionary work; Rev. r. d.
Clare of Baltimore, on the work the
synod has done toward helping edu
cate ministerial students, explaining
that $4,000 had been spent by the
organization for that purpose last
year, and Rev. S. ]. Mcdowell. whose
subject was Inner Missions"
A report by the statistical secretary
Rev. w. G. Minnick of Baltimore, Civ.
ing expenditures for various phases
of the Synodical work during the past
year preceded other business yeSter
day afternoon. The report showed a
total of 139 congregations, including
| one non-synodical congregation, with
81 $50 communing members and q to
tai of 62,544 baptized members. II
also showed a total valuation ir
church properties of $6654, ,146 and ex
penditures of $1,066,150 the sum OF
| $4,000 having been spent for benev
olent purposes. - ."r''@ -'ar. ~.s
Home Mission Report,
Other business included 81 report or
the work of the Synodical Home Mis-
sion Board by Rev. w. A. Wade, the
secretary, who stated that $4,000 had
been spent for it's work during the
past year; a report on the work OF
the Board of American Missions by
| DR. F. F. FRY of New York City: "A