Evening star., 1931-06-20
LUTHERANS PLAN
DED|CATORY RITES
New st. Paul's Church to Be
Opened Formally Tomor-
row Morning.

Tomorrow morning at II o'clock the
first unit of the new st. PauPS Lutheran
Church at Connecticut avenue ana
Everett street, will be formally oedi-
Gated. The pastor of the church, Dr.
Henry w. Snyder, win preside. j,
The clergy, church council, choir ana
CONVERSATION will form in procession
outside the church, the clery and coun-
ell bearing the Holy Bible and Sacra-
mental vessels, and will march TO the
main entrance. Here the service will
commence and the chairman OF the
Building Committee, Luther w. LinkinS,
will hand the keys to the pastor.
When the door Is unlocked the pro-
ceSsion will enter, the clergy proceeding
to the chAncel, where the Bible ana
sacred vessels will be placed and the
liturgical service will be resumed in &C
cordance with the established order OF
the Lutheran Church.
The dedicAtory sermon will be
preached by DR.. Paul w. Roller OF
Baltimore, executive secretary Of the
Lutheran Board Of Foreign Missions.
Or. w. G. Waltemyer, professor OF Re-
ligious Education at Gettysburg College
a former pastor of st. Pauls, will assist
in the service, as will DR.. J. T. Huddle,
pastor emeritus Of st. Pauls.
Sunday School 10 Meet.
The combined Sunday schools of the
former st. Paul'S Church, at Eleventh
and H streets, and of Epiphany Chapel,
at Sixteenth and u streets will assemble
in the new church at $50 am. The
new superintendent, Henry c. Brunner,
will be in charge. At z the Christian
Endeavor Society and the Luther
League will hold their first sessions in
the new church. The Light Brigade
will meet at Gas.
At O'Clock veSper service will be
conducted by DR.. Snyder, with ad-
dresses by DrS. Waltmyer and Koller.
An elaborate program of events, run
ming through the week, had originally
been planned. but on account of the re-
cent death Of Mrs. Henry W. Snyder,
the pastors wife. these will be omitted.
Only the formal religious services are
being retained.
Thursday evening at 8 O'Clock a serv-
ice of public confession In preparation
for the holy communion will be held
and on the Sunday morning following,
at IL O'Clock, the dedication will reach
its climax in the celebration Of the
blessed sacrament Of the Lords sup
per. The baptism Of children will also
take place at this time.
The services of dedication will mark
the completion OF q movement inausu-
rated in 1926, when the st. Paul's and
Epiphany congregations voted to merge.
The old buildings have continued to be
used for various purposes pending the
erection of the new church, but with
the completion Of this first unit OF the
new group all Of the congregational ac-
tivities will be centered at Connecticut
avenue and Everett street.
st. PauPs Old Church.
The entire building project on the
new site, which covers nearly half the
block, consists Of o monumental church
edif1ce of Indiana limestone in English
Gothic type Of architecture, with crypt
chapel and auditorium on the ground
floor and O Sunday school and parish
house adjoining. The ground-floor unit
is the one now being occupied, but ii
Is expected that further construction
will be resumed in the near future.
st. Paul'S, at Eleventh and H streets.
Is one of the old, historic churches of
the city, occupied in 1845. Church ac-
tivitieS also were held here until the
coming Of DR.. Snyder. the present pas
tor, In November 1929. The congrega-
tions then increased to such size that
1t became unsafe to crowd them into
the old building. The Metropolitan
Theater, on r street near Tenth, was
then secured and has been used for
morning services every Sunday until
the present time. The Epiphany Chapel,
on u street, was dedicated in 1911, the
church services being combined with st.
Paul'S soon after the merger Of the
congregations In 1896. The various
church organizations have been using
both churches according to their needs