Evening star., 1928-11-28

Services of thanksgiving will be OBJ
served In the churches OF the District
tomorrow. In several sections OF the
city groups of churches will hold union
services.
The national Thanksgiving services
will be held at the Metropolitan Memo
rial Methodist Episcopal Church, John
Marshall place and G street. at 1890
am. Bishop William F. Mcdowell will
preach the sermon and the pastor, DR.;
James Shera Montgomery, Will conduct
the Introductory service.
The following Methodist churches
are cooperating in this service: Bruen,
Gofsueh, RyIand, McKendree, Trinity,
Wilson Memorial, Waugh, Congress
Heights and Rosedale and the Lucy
Webb Hayes Training School.
Service at st. Patrick's.
The annual Pan-American mass will
be observed at st. Patricks Church at
10 o'clock with Mgr. G, F. Thomas,
pastor of the church, delivering the
sermon.
The Archbishop of Baltimore, Most
Rev. Michael J. Curley, will attend tne
services. Rev. Pietro -Biondl
apostolic delegate, will preside. The
deacon of the mass will be Rev. Tnomas
E. Healy and Rev, John F. Donneily
will act as sub-deacon. Many OF tne
South American diplomats will attend
A luncheon will follow the mass al
1890 o'clock.
Members Of the diplomatic corps
Army and Navy and government oln'
ciaIs have been invited to attend.
Two special services, one at $50 ano
the other at IL O'Clock in addition te
the regular daily cathedral services al
7 40 and 4 80 will mark the observance
of Thanksgiving at Washington Cathe'
dral.
Bishop Freeman to Speak.
Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop
~ Washington. will occupy the pulpit oi
the Bethlehem Chapel at the IL O'Clock
service. His sermon will pe broadcast
over station WRC and will be OF ma
ture to appeal to family groups assem-
bled for Thanksgiving.
The first service of the day viii take
place at 7;30 o'clock. 1t VIII be tnt
celebration of the Holy Communion
with Very Rev. @. G. F. Bratenahl, dear
of Washington, as the celehrant.
Rev. William L. De VrleS, canon ane
chancellor of Washington Cathedral
will be the celebrant at a celebration o.
Bratenahl will conduct the ii o'elocH
service, with Bishop Freeman as the
preacher, and Rev. Raymond l.. WoiVen
canon of Washington Cathedral, VII
conduct the 4;30 o'clock evening prayer
service.
The Washington Cathedral Choir OF
men and boys under the direction OF
Edgar Priest, organist and choirmaster
will take part In the festival service al
II o'clock, whiclr- will be the principa
service of the day.
Union Synagogue Rites.
The annual Thanksgiving service o.
the leading synagogues in Washington
will be held jointly at the Sixth STREE
Synagogue, Sixth and streets. This Il
the fourth year in which union serv'
Ice for all Jews in the city has beer
held with the Eighth Street Temple
Fifth Street Synagogue and sixth stree
Synagogue combined for this service,
The main speaker at this occasion
viii be Judge Nathan Cayton OF I'M
Municipal Court. Hhis subject VIII n'
''The Thanksgiving OF Jews II
America"
Rabbi Abraham Simon, Rabbi Juliu!
T. Loeb Rabbi w. F. Rosenhloom ane
Rabbi Louis j. Sehwefel will participate
In the joint prayers of the eongrega'
ton. while Cantor Louis Novick ane
the large choir of the congregation act,
inc as host will render the Psalms ane
Hebrew snuSic appropriate to the oc'
casion. The service begins at IL o'clock
The Shiloh Baptist Institutional
Church, Ninth and p streets. VIII noe
a. Thanksgiving service at II o'clock
The pastor, Rev. DIR. Waldron, VIII de'
liver a sermon on the subject, "Somt
Especial Reasons for Thanksgiving Q.
the People of the United States" II
addition to the regular patriotic song,
by the choir. the male .auartet w
| render several Jubilee" selections, anC
| the Presidents proclamation WIZ ns
read by the church clerk, Prof.. Maai'
son w. Tignor,
DIR. Smith to Preach.
THANKSGIVING day will be observed a.
st Margaret's Church, Connecticu'
avenue and, Bancroft place, by two
services Holy communion at 7;S0 am
and festival service of morning prayel
with sermon by the rector, DR.. Herner'
scott Smith, at II am. On Frlaay
St. Andrews day, there WIZ oe eeIe'
bration of holy communion at IL am;
THE regular Thanksgiving service vii
be held at Central Presbyterian Churcr
tomorrow at II am. The pastor. DR.
james II, Taylor, will preach the ser
mon on the theme What ThanksglV,
ing Day Should Mean to America anc
to the World" The music will be IN
charge of John Russell Mason, organ
list. and Earl Carhauh, baritone, pre-
centor of the church.
At Emmanuel Baptist Chufcn tne
Baptist Young Peoples Union will hold
sunrise prayer service tomorrow
morning, DR.. Taylor will speak to the
Young people at this service. :,
Mrs. Annie G.. Bill OF London VIII
give an address on the subject
"Thanksgiving," at the church services
tomorrow at the La Fayette Hotel at II
am. . n,.a
ant district will unite in Union
THANKSGIVING Service, to be held at AL
souls Church (Unitarian, Sixteentn
and Harvard streets, tomorrow at
o'clock. The sermon will be preached
bv Rev Harvey Baker Smith OF the
Columbia Heights Christian Church on
the subject "A Christians ThanksglV-
rT1l.o ,,,i,aicfarS of the other CO.