Evening star., 1933-01-14
CHURCH WILL MARK
Tooth ANNIVERSARY
Weeks Celebration to Open
at ConCordia Luth-
eran Tomorrow.

The Concordia Lutheran Evangelical
Church, Twentieth and G streets, viii
open tomorrow a weeks celebration oI
its Tooth anniversary. Rev. c, w
Iocher. a former pastor, 1919 to 1924
and now the president of the EvangeI-
cal Synod of North America, will be
the speaker in the Bible seScol at GAS
am. and in the English service al
1i:l5 am
In the German service at 10 am
Rev. Ernst Drewitz pastor, 1890 tc
1896. under whose leadership the pres
ent church edifice was built, will de-
liver the sermon. In this service the
German Ambassador will extend greet
ines to the congregation.
The new church school building will
be dedicated al $3.50 o'clock. The
dedicatory prayer will be offered by the
pastor, Rev Charles Enders. Rev. F
c. Rueggeberg of Baltimore, president
Of the Atlantic district of the Evangeli-
cal Synod, will deliver the sermon.
At 8 pm meeting of the Oxford
group will be held. Frau Anneliese Won
Cramon (nee Prittwitz und Gaffron)
will speak in German and DR.. Frank
N. D. Buchanan in English. Other
members of the international team
which has been conducting meetings in
Detroit, Toronto and other cities, may
also speak briefly
The Baltimore Pastors Circle of the
Evangelical Synod will meet at the
@urch Tuesday at pm. The Luth-
Ten and the Reformed ministers OF
Washington and several other invited
guests will join them at dinner at 6 pm
in the Fellowship Hall A neighbor-
hood service will be held at 8 pm. At
this service brief greetings will be re-
ceived from the neighbor churches, the
Y. M. C. A, representatives OF the
Lutheran and the Reformed Churches
and the Federation Of Churches. Rev.
Frank Schaefer of Baltimore, Nd,
president of the Baltimore Pastors
Circle, will speak.
A banquet for the men and the wom-
en- Of the congregation and their friends
will be given January 18 at $50 pm.
Rev. Louis H. Schneider, pastor Of the
church from 1881 to 1888, and Miss
Elise Kettler, former missionary to In
dia, will be the chief speakers.
The Bible school and young peoples
evening will be January 20. Living pic
tures, showing scenes from the his
tory of the church, will be presented
at this time. A social will follow.
IN Jle morning SERVICES JduudIy 81
the pastor will give his anniversary
message, and in the evening the choir,
under the leadership Of John R. Mon
roe, will sing Handel's Messiah" Prof.
CHRISTIANS Orchestra will accompany
the choir for this occasion.
Concordia Church was organized
January IT, 1888. The first church
edifice was erected in 1888 In 1889
the chapel was built for Sunday school
purposes. The present church build
ing was erected in 1892. The new
church school building is erected On
the site of the old chapel.
During the hundred years it has
been served by the following pastors:
Rev. Mr.. Ungerer, 1885: Rev. Mr..
Maertens. 1868; Rev. Henry Bor-
chers, 1839-43; Rev. Mr.. Biewend, 1843-
As; DR.. Samuel Finckel, 1847-70; Rev.
Gustave Rietz, 1870-79; Rev. Martin
Kraft, 1879-81; Rev. Louis H. Schneider,
1SS1-68; Rev. Johannes Mueller, 1888
90; Rev Ernst Drewitz, 1890-96; Rev.
Dr.. Paul A. Menzel, 1896-l9l9; Dr.. C.
W. Locher, 1919-24. Rev. Charles
Enders is the present pastor.