Evening star., 1935-11-23
CHURCHES UNITE
FOR THANKSGIVING
Services to Be Held Thurs
day Morning in Many
Parts of City.

AT FRANCIS ASDuTy NJ. e. oou1ii
other churches uniting at II o'clock
are: All Souls Unitarian, Church OF
the Latter Day Saints, Cleveland Park
Congregational, Columbia Heights
Christian, Mount Pleasant Congrega-
tional and UniversaliSt Memorial.
DR.. Frederick w. Perkins, pastor of
the Universalist Church, will give the
invocation and Lords Prayer. Rev.
Edward P. Kimball, Latter Day Saints,
will give the Thanksgiving proclama-
tion. The Scripture lesson will be read
by Rev. Russell j. Clinchy of Mount
Pleasant Church. The sermon Will
be preached by Rev. Joseph S. Lough-
ran of the Cleveland Park Church, on
Americas Spiritual Heritage" DR..
ULYSSES G. B. Pierce of All Souls Uni
tartan, will offer prayer and the bene-
diction.
At Ninth Street Christian, at 1890
am, Rev. w. C. Hook, pastor OF In
gram Memorial Congregational
Church, will preach the sermon.
Churches in Northeast Washington
will unite. Rev. Clarence Corkran will
give the invocation. Rev. Alfred E.
Barrows will read the Presidents
proclamation. The Scripture reading
will be by Rev. H. NJ. Canter. Rev. D
r. Nicholas will offer prayer.
Downtown churches uniting at ii
O'Clock at the Mount Vernon Place M.
f. Church South are National City
Christian, Calvary Baptist and First
Congregational. DR.. Allan A. Stock
dale of First Church will deliver the
address. He will be assisted by DR.. w.
Angie Smith of Mount Vernon Place
and DR.. r. H. Miller of National City.
In the Petworth section at 1880 IN
PetWorth Baptist Church otner
churches participating will be Pet
worth Methodist and Wallace Memo
rial United Presbyterian. Rev. R. l..
Wood of the Methodist Church will
preach the sermon.
The Protestant churches in George
town will unite at West Washington
Baptist at 1920 am Canon Anson
Phelps Stokes of Washington Cathe-
dral will deliver the address. Ten
churches will participate in the pro-
gram.
The Chevy Chase service will be
held at 10 am. in the Chevy Chase
M. E. Church.
o,.I will
the sermon and Rev. Edward G. Latch
will preside.
The churches uniting in this service
are the Chevy Chase Presbyterian,
Wesley Methodist, Chevy Chase Meth
odist and Chevy Chase Baptist.
There will be union service at
the Takoma Park Baptist Church,
the Takoma Park Presbyterian Church
and the Takoma Park Christian
CAurch participating Rev. William
E. La Rue will preside; F. B. Linton
will read the Presidents Proclama-
ton; Rev. w. H. Pinkerton will offer
prayer; Rev. r. Paul Schearrer will
deliver the sermon. The choir and
sing. The Offering will be divided
between the Washington Federation
of Churches and the Central Union
Mission. The service will begin at
1890 o'clock.
The union service of Baptist
Churches will be held at the National
Baptist Memorial at 10:45 am. The
guest preacher will be DR.. James
Shera Montgomery, chaplain of the
Houose of Representatives. The offer
ing will be for the Baptist Home in
Georgetown.
There will be union service of the
Western Presbyterian Church and the
Union Methodist Episcopal Church at
IL O'Clock in the Western Presbyterian
Church. The sermon will be delivered
by Rev. John Edward Fort.
The annual union service Of the
churches of the Bloomingdale section
will be held at the lexington Presby-
terian Church at 10 O'Clock. The
speaker will be Rev. Raymond w.
White, pastor of the Rhode Island
Avenue M P. Church. The following
ministers will participate: Rev. S. B.
Dougherty, Rev. Robert Barnes, Rev.
M. P. German and Rev. Henry B.
Woodring. The following churches
unite: Lincoln Road M. E, Bethany
Baptist, Rhode Island Avenue M. P,
United Brethren and lexington Pres
byterian.
Three churches of Takoma Park
will unite at 1920 o'clock. The serv-
ice will be in the Takoma Park Bap-
tist Church. The pastor of the Pres
byterian Church, Rev. DR.. Schearrer,
will preach. The cooperative churches
are the Baptist, the Disciples and the
Presbyterian.
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