Evening star., 1935-11-02
CHURCH TO MARK
/ GOLDEN JUBILEE
DR.. A. J. Mccartney Will
Preach at Church of
f Covenant Service.

The Church of the Covenant will
celebrate Its golden jubilee beginning
with its II O'Clock service tomorrow
morning. The Sunday school WILL
meet together for a service under
direction Of Rev Mr.. Allison. DR.. A
j. Mccartney will take as his sermon
subject 1.-The Changing World and the
Changeless Christ"
At the o'clock vesper service. cele-
bration of holy communion will be
held. DR.. Mccartney will be as
sisted by DR.. Bernard Braskamp' MIN
lister of Gunton-Temple Memorial
Church and former assistant at tne
Church of the Covenant for several
wears under DR.. Charles Wood Al .
o'clock the Christian EndeaVor So
cieties will be hosts at tea, followed
bv a program in which "Mother
Clark. widow of the founder OF Chris
tian Endeavor. will participate.
The Mems Society will give a re-
eeption Monday evening, IN Whlcn
former members will participate un-
der the leadership of Judge James
Ouarles, president. with Clarence "A
Aspinwall in charge.
Omen house in which the Society OF
the Covenant the League OF the Gov
enant. the Evening Missionary society
and the Sadler Missionary League Will
participate, will be "Wednesday from
4 to 6 pm. :
At a vesper service Thursday at D
EicpnhprQPr 0I
Cumberland. Md, formerly assistant
a. this church, will speak AT b'5O
there will be a dinner, followed by
addresses.
In the early history of the Church
Of the Covenant, a group of prominent
men of the city met at the nome OF
Justice william H. Strong IN 1888 10
organize the church Those present
were Admiral Calhoun, William Bal
lantyne Gen. r. c. Drum, Matthe"
W Gait, Solicitor General Philips,
Chief Justice Charles D. Drake, VII"
liam M. Gait, Otis Bigelow, Brainard
H. Warner and Reginald Fendall. and
after subsequent meetings the church
was organized October l3, 1885, in
It's chapel on N street near Eight
eenth with a membership OF SO. The
cornerstone of the church was laid IN
1887 and large temple erected on the
site at Eighteenth street, CONNECTICUT
avenue and N street at cost of more
than s46O, 900. On February "a, 1889
services we're held in this building
The mission known now as Peck Me-
mortal Chapel, Twenty-eightn and NJ
streets. was built simultaneously at a
cost of $4,000. Dedication OF the
church was postponed until January
z, 1901, when the church was paid for
in full, at which time there were 95I
members.
The tower, in the process of building
and before completion, fell August p
1888. and was restored at cost OF
$4,000.
The first minister was DR.. Teunis S
Hamlin, who came from Troy, N. Y
Following his death in 1907. DR.. Charles
Wood was called from Philadelphia
. DR.. Wood served until his retirement
in 1928, after which DR.. Mccartney,
Cne pIeSellG pdSJOl, was SoAACO AiOAiA
Santa Monica, Calf.
During DR.. Woods pastorate the
, church took a very prominent part in
World War work. having very large
choir of approximately 110 to $50
voices. The first radio broadcasting
In the District of Columbia was done
August 13. 1912. at this church, known
as Station WDM. The church con-
tinued to maintain the station, and
the first marriage ceremony ever to be
broadcast went out over this station
when Rev. John Palmer. now minister
of the Columbia Heights Presbyterian
Church of this city, officiated at the
ceremony uniting Miss Helen B. Cook
and John H. Collier.
In 1880 the Church of the Covenant
and the First Presbyterian Church of
this city united in what is to become
the National Presbyterian Church, U.
S. A., and added to its properties in
addition to the present church and
church house at Connecticut avenue,
Eighteenth and N streets, and Peck
Memorial Chapel, chapel at Thirty
sixth and Massachusetts, avenue.
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