Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-29
COMMUNITY HOME
TO Be DEDICATED
Bethany Baptist Church to
Hold Week of Special
Exercises.

Bethany Baptist Church, Rhode
Island avenue and Second street. will
hold special services next week in con-
nection with the opening of the Com
munity Building, and the re-opening
of their new auditorium and enlarged
social rooms.
Sunday will be observed as a rally
day in all departments Of the church.
President Milton G. Evans of Grocer
Theological Seminary will be the
preacher.
Community Night.
Monday evening will be observed as
community night. The North Wash
ington Citizens Association will meet
in the new Community Building and
addresses will be delivered by the pas
tors and representatives of the COM
munity. Among the speakers will be
Rev. M J. Riordan of st. Martins. Rev
r. Y. Nicholson of the Rhode Island
Avenue Methodist Protestant, Rev.
Clarence H. Corkran of the Lincoln
Road Methodist, Rev. Henry B. Wood
ing of the lexington Presbyterian
Church, Rev. Howard E. Snyder of the
Church of the Atonement, and repre-
sentatives from the United Brethren
Church, whose pastor will be absent at
the annual conference, and from the
Church of the Advent, because the
church is at the moment without a
rector.
Tuesday evening will be city night.
The speakers will be leaders in our civic
and charitable life, who have been
friends either of the late Henry Lans-
burgh or John H Carter, whose gener-
Gus provision secured the lots upon
which not only the present building has
been built, but the future buildings for
the enlargement of the community work
will be built Among those who will de-
liver congratulations will be Commits
Sioner Proctor l.. Dougherty, Rabbi
Abram Simon, Isaac Cans, Charles w.
Darr, E. w. Bradford. j. G. Yaden,
George S. Wales, Robert S. Harper and
representatives of AlmaS Temple. Music
will be furnished by the Masonic Glee
Club.
Young Peoples Night.
Wednesday will be young peoples
night. The Baptist Young Peoples
Union of the District will be present.
The president of the Baptist Young
PEOPLES Union of America, j. Willard
MacCrosson, will be the principal speak
er. Addresses will be made by Elgln
Smith and John Ruthym.
Thursday evening will be church
night. and Rev. Charles w. Daniels OF
the First Baptist Church of Richmond,
Va, and Rev A. K. de Blois, president
of the Eastern Theological Seminary of
Philadelphia, have accepted invitations
to give addresses.
Friday will be Sunday school night,
and DR.. Russell Bradley Jones, the pas
tor of the University Baptist Church,
Baltimore, Md, will be the speaker.
Dedication and denominational day
will be observed october Z. The Bap-
list pastors and churches of the city
have been especially invited for the de-
nominational services at $3.50 pm,
when DR.. w. S. Abernethy and Rev. G.
G. Johnson will be the speakers.
The services Monday and Tuesday
evenings will be held in the new COM
munity building. The other services
will be held in the new auditorium of
the church. Each of these services will
be preceded by an organ recital upon
the new organ. The guest organists
for these services will be Mrs. H. Clyde
Grimes. Mrs. j. w. Stewart, Mrs. Ger
trude Smallwood Mockgee and Fulton
Kari,