Evening star., 1934-03-31
EASTER SERVICES
HAVE FIVE PARTS
st. Thomas Church Pro-
uram Includes Sermon
by Dr.. Smith.

At St Thomas Church, Eighteenth
street near Dupont Circle, tomorrow
there will be five services, three Cele-
brations of the holy eucharist at Z, 8
and 9:30, without music. AT II there
will be celebration with elaborate
music and a sermon by the rector,
DR.. c. Ernest Smith. on the text (St
Matthew, XXviii.1O, But Some Doubt
ed" There will be shortened even
song at 4 pm, with an address to the
young people. also by the rector, on
the word "Rabboni."
AT the II o'clock service it is hoped
that the offcrtory will be sufficiently
large to cover the expense of thor
oughly repairing the roof of st. ThOm-
as and of installing a new heating
plant. The amount asked for is 5000.
Tickets will be required for this SerV-
ice, but at 1885 all seats not occupied
will be regarded as free. and those
who come, whether possessing tickets
or not, will be seated as far as pos
Slble. In the distribution of seats for
this Easter service the uSherS have
observed the rule, first. of sending
tickets to the pew holders. to assure
them of obtaining their own pew; sec
ond, of issuing tickets to those who
are envelope subscribers TO the in
come Of the church.
Issuance in Order.
The rest will be issued in order of
application. At this, the chief service
on Easter day, there will be a solemn
procession which will enter the church
by the central door, returning the
same way to St. Thomas Hall There
will be no church school on Easter
day.
At the 3 O'Clock service those who
we're confirmed at the service on Pas
sion Sunday will make their first
communion, occupying the same seats
they did then, and the women and
girls wearing their confirmation
dresses and wells. Five others who,
due to sickness, were not confirmed,
will be confirmed at a service specially
arranged for them. At the o'clock
service Dr.. Bishop, vicar, will be the
celebrant, the rector officiating at II
O'Clock.
Parish Meeting Monday.
On Easter Monday at 8 O'Clock the
annual parish meeting will be held.
-Four new vestrymen will be voted
Wardens will also be elected The
present WardenS are: Chief Justice
A. A. Wheat and Comdr Needham L.
Jones, who are also members of the
vestry. other members of the vestry
being Theodore w. Noyes. Mai. Ennalls
Waggaman. Ambassador Walter E.
Edge, c. Leslie McCrea. William L.
Beale, COmdr Norman B. Hall. John
H. Edwards and Representative Ber-
trand H. Smell. Two OF the vestrvmen
VIII not be able to attend this meet
ing, Ambassador Edge being in Paris
and MAJ. Ennalls Waggaman in
Florida.
The April meeting of the Rector's
Ald Society Of the parish will be
held next Thursday. This meeting
will be followed by luncheon.
A pageant, The Builders Of the
Kingdom will be given by the
Church school in ST Thomas Hall,
April 8 at 4 pm, when the offerings
of the school for the extension of
the Kingdom will be presented. This
pageant has been prepared under the
direction of Miss Frances H. Withers.
superintendent
Previous to the wedding which Is
to take place in St Thomas of Miss
Sarah Wadhams Pearson and Rev.
William Stephen Turner of St.
Philips Parish. Atlanta, Ga, on
Saturday next, the banns of mar
riage have been called on three sue
CeSSive Sundays This is a custom
which is universal in the English
Church and the dominions.