Evening star., 1935-12-28
RECEPTION HONORS
DR.. STOCKDALE
Church Friends and Mem
bers to Tender Farewell
Monday Night.

Or. Allen A. Stockdale, who retires
next Tuesday as pastor of the First
Congregational Church, will be ten
dered a farewell reception by men,
bers and friends of the church Mon
day at 8 pm. in the Sunday school
room.
DR.. Stockdale announced his resig-
nation, effective with the end of this
year, on November II last. The an
nouncement shocked his friends, who
had no advance knowledge of his in
tention to resign So far he has not
disclosed his future program of &C
tivity
Brief tributes will be paid to DR..
Stockdale during the reception by DR..
Frederick Brown Harris pastor Of
Foundry NJ E. Church, and DR.. Will
liams S. Abernethy, pastor of Calvary
Baptist Church. The reception has
been arranged jointly for DR.. and Mrs.
Stockdale by the District Fellowship
Committee.
Board Members to Receive.
Hugh A. Thrift, member of the
board of trustees, will be master of
ceremonies. Assisting in the receiving
line will be the members of the board
and their wives, with DR.. Charles G.
Abbot, president of the Church So
ciety, leading the group. Fred A.
Woods is chairman of the board and
other members, in addition to Thrift,
are w. P. Benson, j. V. Craig and
w. w. Gilbert.
Women interested in the various
organizations and other activities Of
the church will aid in serving refresh
ments.
A musical program will be presented
by Mrs. Dorothy Wilson Halbach, con-
tralto; Dale Hamilton, basSo; Malcolm
Loone, violinist, and Paul Gable, ac-
companist.
DR.. Stockdale had served in several
important pastorates in various parts
of the country before coming to the
First Congregational Church in Janu-
airy of 1881. He has had city-wide
popularity not only as minister OF
the gospel, but as a speaker before
civic and social welfare organizations
and other groups interested in civic
and moral advancement. Representa-
tiveS of many of these organizations
are expected to attend the reception.
He was pastor of the Berkeley Tenn
pie in Boston, Mass, from 1903 to
1907; of the Union Church, Boston,
from 1907 to 1914; of the First Con-
gregational Church, Toledo, Ohio,
of
Park Congregational Church, Chicago,
Ill, from 1928 to 1881.
Farewell Tribute Paid.
The church calendar for tomorrow
will publish a farewell tribute to DR..
and Mrs. Stockdale, an excerpt from
which reads: "At this news (of his
resignation) the church was stricken.
But the work and spirit of DR.. and
Mrs. Stockdale will not vanish from
our midst. They both have wrought
well, and the church that they love
and to which they have given five
years of their lives will carry on and
will continue it's mission to humanity
here in Washington and unto the ends
of the earth"
DR.. Stockdale will preach his two
farewell sermons tomorrow In the
morning his subject will be Leaves
From a Minister'S Diary" and the
evening subject will be LAS God Sees
a Day" The vested choir, under the
direction Of Ruby Smith Stahl, will
sing at both services. Paul De Long
Gable at the organ.
DR.. B. B. James will be the speaker
at the Calvin Coolidge Glass meeting
at 10 o'clock. The Young Peoples
Society meets at $50. Miss Gail
Wilton will lead.
The church night supper and service
will be held Thursday at 6 o'clock.
There will be meeting of the society
following the supper to nominate Of
ficers to be presented as candidates at
the annual meeting. Mr.. Winn will
speak at the service.