Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-02

The executive committee of the
Luther League of the District of Co.
lumbia met at the home of the first
vice president, Miss Selma A. Trede,
1905 Thirty-eighth street. The meeting
was opened with prayer by the District
League treasurer, c. Bertram Gelston.
A tentative program for the March
quarterly meeting was outlined. Robert
j. Volland, District League president,
will preside at this meeting, which will
be held at the Lutheran Church of the
Incarnation, Fourteenth and Gallatin
streets, March 5. The devotionals will
be in charge Of Rev. Henry Manken,
jr., pastor of the Incarnation Church.
AS the theme of this meeting will be
Life Service" a brief address will be
delivered by Ramsay Small, Life Service
secretary of the Luther League of the
District of Columbia, followed by
pageant entitled Signal HILL" enacted
by Incarnation leaguers. Rev. Harold S.
Miller of Brooklyn, N. Y. will deliver
the inSpirational address of the evening.
The Luther League of the District of
Columbia will hold it's stunt night"
February II at Pierce Hall, Fifteenth
and Harvard streets A program will be
presented, each local league contributing
an attraction. The committee on ar
rangements includes Robert j. Volland,
Henry j. Whiting, c. Bertram Gelston.
Charles c. Weitzel. jr; Miss Gladys
Broker, Paul l.. Brindle, Mr.. Weber
and Fred L. Schickler.
A general District League visitation
Will be made tomorrow evening. In con-
nection Herewith the following assign
ments have been announced: Paul l..
Brindle of st. Paul's League. chairman
extension committee, will visit Atone
ment League; Miss Monica Snyder of
Atonement League, secretary of the Dis
trlct Junior Leagues, will visit Incarna-
ton; Fred l.. Schickler of Zion, pub
licity chairman. will visit Luther Place
Memorial; c. Bertram Gelston of Ref
ormation, District League treasurer, will
visit st. Johns (SouthWest); Miss Selma
A. Trede Of ST. Marks, first vice presi-
dent, will visit st. Johns EAST River
dale, Md; Miss Gladys Broker of
Zion. corresponding secretary, will visit
st. Pauls; Robert J. Volland of Atone
ment, District League president, will
visit st. Marks; Henry j. Whiting of
Atonement, secretary District Intermedi-
ate Leagues, will visit st. Stephens,
and Miss Virginia Wise of Incarnation,
recording secretary, will visit Zion.
An illustrated lecture on "The Virgin
Islands" was delivered at Luther Place,
Fourteenth and N streets, last Tuesday
evening by Rev. DR.. D. e. Wiseman, a
native OF the Virgin Islands and pastor
OF the Church of the Redeemer.
AS the result of losing a local eff
cheney contest the girls of st. Johns
Cast Rlverdale) League recently pre-
pared a banquet for the boys of that
league. Rev. and Mrs. George Eveler
and Rev. l.. H. Warning were guests. The
banquet was followed by games.
1.-THE Educational Service of the
Church" was the subject of the lecture
last Monday evening by Rev. John G.
Fleck Of Baltimore. Md, at the Wash
ington Lutheran Training School for
Church Workers. Rev. Foster U. Gift
OF Baltimore will deliver the final lee
ture February upon the subject Cur
riculum Building" and present credits
awarded the pupils of the school who
have satisfactorily completed their re-
Spective courses.
George Cornell presented the topic
Jesus Teaching Us to Serve" at st.
Marks League last Wednesday evening
Recruiting for Christ" is 'the topic
which will be presented by Miss Marie
Trede at st. Marks next Wednesday,
A social will follow the devotional
league service.
MISSES A. BARBARA Wlegand, mis-
sionary secretary of the Luther League
of the Maryland synod; Frances Dy-
singer. inner mission executive of the
Washington Lutheran Churches, and
Emma A. Holzer District league mis-
sionary secretary. were speakers. at st.
Johns (Southwest) League last Sunday
evening, when the missionary topic
How Can We Best Serve the World
Through Our church," was discussed.
THE Call of Christ to the Youth of
the World" is the topic which will be
presented tomorrow evening at st.
Paul's Luther League by Mrs. Paul
Loehler and at lions by Miss Clara c.
Schickler.