Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-13
CHRISTIAN SESSION.
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10oth Anniversary and lem
pie Dedication Feature
Opening Tomorrow.

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nation and the dedication of its great
national temple of worship in Wash
ington, the International Convention of
the Disciples of Christ will open to-
morrow evening.
Delegates from 80 countries. as well
as all parts of the United States, are
beginning to arrive for the 10 days of
worship and elaboration which cul-
inmate for the Disciples of Christ a
years observance of the 190oth ami
versary of Pentecost. With headquar-
tiers established in half a dozen halls
and churches in the CITY, two other
great assemblies of the faith, the World
and Youth Convention, will be held
during the period from tomorrow until
October 90.
Chairmen of the various committees
In charge of this great religious gath
ering, which is expected to bring to
Washington nearly $4,000 clerical and
lay leaders, were working today on the
last-moment preparations at the various
convention halls. The international
convention, first of the three to meet,
will continue until the close of COM
munion service on october 10. With
that service there begins the world
convention, first of its kind ever called
by the Disciples of Christ, closing on
the following Thursday evening. The
youth convention, which will bring here
Young people from 900 Christian
churches begins next Wednesday after
noon and closes with the communion
services Sunday.
Large Number Arrive.
Large numbers of the advance guard
of delegates had arrived this morning
and were being quartered at their vari-
Gus hotels and in private homes in the
city. each church having constituted
itself as an individual convention host.
r. A. Long of Kansas City, nationally
known philanthropist and president of
the International Convention, will ar
rive in Washington tomorrow with most
of the foreign delegates who are COM
ing on special trains.
A group of about a hundred women
and few men worked last night at
the Washington Auditorium, where the
opening session will be held, to get the
headquarters of the convention in readi-
ness for the registration that began to-
day The remains of the sixth Inter-
national Roads Congress were still in
evidence when they began work, but it
was not long before the hall was cleared
and the convention booths put in place.
Committees were on hand today dis
tributing special literature and regis
tering incoming delegates.
Three hundred men who are to have
a part in passing the emblems at the
communion services next Sunday after
noon in connection with the conven-
ton. met yesterday at the Auditorium
to hear general instructions from Rev.
F. E. Dawson, minister of the Austin
Boulevard Christian Church of Oak
Park, Ill. Mr.. Dawson has had the
general direction of these annual COM
r1union gatherings for nine years The
chairman of the Washington commit
tee Is Rev. D. C. Gordon, pastor of the
Mount Rainier Christian Church.
Meeting Place Arrangements.
The present understanding is that
the auditorium and Constitution Hall,
will both be used as well as the Ma
tional City Christian Church for the
convention proceedings.
It was decided yesterday that the
Communion Committee would be di-
vided into three groups for special
meetings. Men from the following
churches viii be asked to meet at the
auditorium tonight at $3.50 O'Clock:
Ninth Street Christian Church, Mount
Rainier, H Street. Takoma Park, Fiji
teenth Street, Park View, Ballston, Va
and Rockville, Md. Christian Churches
Those asked to meet in Constitution
Hall Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock
are from the Columbus Heights Church,
Lyon Park, Capitol Heights, Vienna,
Suitland, Tuxedo, McGruder Strauss
Memorial Maryland Park and Twelfth
Street Christian Churches Those Sc
lected from the National City Church
are to meet at the Vermont Avenue
Church on Thursday, at 8 pm.
1t Is expected that many Disciples
from nearby territory who may not be
able TO attend the regular sessions of
the conventions will come to Washing
ton for the communion service. Regis
tration Is not required for this serv-
ice, 1t was announced At this serv-
Ice, the great spiritual feast of the
convention period, all three groups will
participate.
Aside from the dedication of the Ma
tional City Church. newly erected at a
cost of more than ST. 500 900 at Thomas
Circle. the deliberations of the three
conventions will focus attention on the
100 years of activity in the past and
tne responsibilities of the church in the
future. This latter phase will be the
theme of Mr.. Longs keynote address
tomorrow evening.
100000 Pension Fund.
Among some of the principal objects
OF the convention is the raising of
s6,o90,o0o as pension fund for the
retiring OF ministers and missionaries.
This will come before the Interna-
tional Convention at Wednesdays ses-
sion. The election of a president of
the United Christian Missionary. So
cieLy, one OF the largest organizations
afflllated with the church, holds snecial
interest also for the delegates. =,
PRESIDENT Hooveris reception of dele
gates at the White House October 81
at O'Clock during the world conyer-
tlon, VIII be one of the principal fea-
lures. The President has consented to
pose with officers of the conventions
Tor a group photograph.
Following the reception at the white
House the delegation will 90 to the
Garfield Memorial Monument. where
appropriate exercises will he held
IneSe exercises VIII be in the nattre-uf
a tribute to the President who worship
PED regularly in the little frame
Christian Church on Vermont avenue
forerunner of the great National Citv
Church. The first of the series of
daily dedication of parts of the National
City Church will take place Wednesday
Laymen who have had a prominent
part In the erection of the church will
preside at these services and the preach
ers VIII De among the foremost attend
ing the conventions. While 81 $40 100
already has been raised by Disciples
throughout the world toward its erec-
ton, the ultimate goal is said 10 be
$l,75O 900.
At the first of these dedicatory sery-
ices, at lZ:50 O'Clock, the pulpit will be
dedicated. Others parts of the church
will be dedicated on the following davs.
the baptistry on Thursday, the choir on
Friday and the new organ on Saturday.
Amplifers will be used for the final
dedication of the church building Sun
DAY morning and traffic at Thomas
Circle Will be changed. DR. Earle Will
fey, minister of the church, who has
been pastor here for many years of the
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conduct services in the building at
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