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Evening star., 1936-10-03
YOUNG PEOPLE
TO BE HONORED
Grace Lutheran Services
Will Be Devoted to
Their Work.

Services at Grace Lutheran Church
tomorrow will be devoted to the spe-
cial interests of the work of young
people. AT IL am. the guests will be
members of the Philadelphia Confer
ence Of the Augustana Synod. The
sermon will be delivered by Rev. Eskil
Englund of Bergenfield. N. j. He will
have for his theme Partners With
God" The pastor, DR.. Gerhard E.
Lenski, will assist.
The visiting members of the young
peoples conference will hold meeting
this evening in the hall. Dinner will
be served at $50 O'Clock. The speaker
will be DR.. J. Gould Wickey. The final
session Of the conference will be to-
morrow at 2:l5 pm.
Confirmation instruction and Luther
League work will be resumed tomor-
row. The pastor will meet juniors and
seniors of the confirmation group Sun
days at 9:45 am. He will meet seniors
Wednesdays at pm. The Junior
Luther League will meet the first and
third Sundays at $50 pm. Arthur
Ackermann will be the leader. The
Senior Luther League will meet the
second and fourth Sundays, $50 pm.
Lawrence Stutz Is president.
The Women's Guild will meet Oc-
tober II at pm. The same evening
the Church Council will meet in the
church Office.
Evening star., 1936-10-03
RALLY DAY PLANNED
Mrs. Martin to Speak at
SUNDAY School Service.

Rally day viii be observed in the
Sunday school at Georgetown Presby-
terrain Church, with Mrs. Ralph Martin
as special speaker.
The sacrament Of the Lords Supper
will be observed at IL O'Clock, Rev.
Robert M. Skinner preaching on
Broken for You"
The Senior Young Peoples Society
will meet at $50 pm. in CiSsel Chapel.
The Fireside Group will meet at z
O'Clock, with Robert Hulburt leading
the meeting.
The Women's Society will meet
Tuesday in Cissel Chapel at 1850 am.
DR.. James Gayley Townsend Of the
United States Public Health Service,
who has recently returned from an
extensive trip to the West Coast and
Alaska, win speak on "Our Frontiers.
Luncheon will be served at / pm.
and the women's Guild will meet at
2 pm.
The mid-week service will be held
In Cissel Chapel Thursday at S pm.
Rev. Mr.. Skinner will speak on THE
Church's One Foundatior.."
Evening star., 1936-10-03
COMMUNION RITES.
Rhode Island Avenue M.
P. Church to Hold Service.

Rev. Raymond w. White. pastor of
Rhode Island Avenue M. P. Church,
will conduct the communion service
tomorrow at IL O'Clock, bringing a
brief message on the topic, Christian
Love-" At the evening service he will
preach on "Self-expression and Re
igion."
Rev. Mr.. White, who is president of
the Maryland Conference Council of
Religious Education, will begin a
course Of study on the Old Testament
teachings tomorrow morning at 8
o'clock. This course is open more par
ticularly to persons in training to
teach Sunday school classes and hold
administrative positions in the church
organizations. These courses will con-
tinue throughout the Winter. Those
who complete each course may receive
credit toward a certificate of training
under the standard curriculum Of the
Department Of Religious Education Of
the Methodist Protestant Church.
DR.. E. A. Sexsmith, president of the
Maryland annual conference Of the
denomination, will conduct a meeting
Thursday night Of this district of
Methodist Protestant churches at the
Congress Street M. p. Church.
Evening star., 1936-10-03
FRENCH SERVICES
Rev. A. F. Liotard Will
Speak Tomorrow.

The French services at the New
York Avenue Presbyterian Church
will be resumed tomorrow at pm.
Rev. Andre Frank Liotard, pastor Of
the French congregation, will speak
on "Pourquoi Une Eglise Francaise q
Washington" This meeting marks
the beginning of the tenth year of the
French congregation, which originated
in services conducted by DR.. Florian
Vurpillot at st. Johns Episcopal
Church.
A parish bulletin issued by Rev.
Liotard outlines other activities to be
resumed this month. For young peo-
pie having a conversational knowledge
of French there Is Franco-American
club whose programs consist of songs
and other music, informal talks, book
reviews, plays and games. In the
Foyer Francois" for persons whose
native language is French (including
Swiss, Belgians and French Cana
dians), the "old-timers" will gather
twice month. Following the weekly
choir rehearsal there will be a song
and study circle, open to all who are
interested, in which the singing of
French songs will be alternated with
brief lectures by Mr.. Liotard in
course on the French reformers.
Evening star., 1936-10-03
SERMON THEME
FOR RALLY DAY
DR.. Frederic w. Perkins
to Preach on "Rally-,
ing for What?"

'Rallying for What?" is the rally
day sermon theme of DR.. Frederic w.
Perkins tomorrow at the Universalist
National Memorial Church. The
church school will observe rally day
at 1915. The Adult Forum of the
church school opens tomorrow also
at 1915 in the Romaine-Van Schaick
room. DIR. F. w. Perkins and DR.. F.
w. Ballou, superintendent of schools
of the District, will speak. C. I. Hen
erickson, director of the forum, will
preside.
The Sunady evening group has ar
ranged a trip to Greenbelt to observe
the housing project tomorrow after
noon Cars. will leave the church at
8 o'clock George Holman is In charge
of the visit. All young people of the
church are invited.
The parish reception for DR.. and
Mrs. Perkins will be held Tuesday
evening in the Romaine-Van Schaick
room at 8:15. The reception is being
arranged by the Optimist Club, of
which Cornelius Ferris is president,
and other auxiliary societies of the
church.
The Church School Association will
meet for supper and meeting Thurs
day at o'clock in Perkins Hall.
Evening star., 1936-10-03
Peace Topic
Of Sermon
DIR. Blackwelder to
Speak at Church Of
Reformation.

A T THE Church Of the Reformation
- tomorrow, at the IL o'clock serv-
ice, DR.. Oscar r. Blackwelder Will
speak on "Let Us Have Peace!" Holy
communion will be administered.
At the evening service DR.. John
Weidley, pastor emeritus, will speak
on "Cross Bearing" Holy communion
will be administered.
The Sunday school will observe
promotion Sunday at at $50 o'clock.
There will be two new departments
set up. The senior department under
the leadership Of John Nordberg and
the cradle roll under the leadership
Of Mrs. Barbara Bachschmid.
The Luther League meets at Z
o'clock. Walter Chism will speak on:
What Is Wrong With the American
Screen and Stage of Today"
The cottage prayer meetings will be
held Thursday evenings in the follow
ing homes: Mr.. and Mrs. T. Weller
Harris, Al Mason avenue, Alexandra,
Va: Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Brown, 6l9
East Capitol street; Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Schul, 1911 Thirty-seventh
street; Mrs. Annie Schaeffer. 223
Ninth street southeast: Mrs. John
Palmer. SIT Crittenden street: Mrs.
Catherine Yount, 20 Sixth street
southeast, and the church chapel,
2l2 East Capitol street. The leaders
will be r. @. Koiner. Miss Harriet
Pierson, Mrs. Merle Cain, T. p. Hick-
man. John Nordberg. Miss Sophia
Huth and DR.. John Weidley.
Evening star., 1936-10-03
CHURCH TO HOLD
ITS COMMUNION
Services Announced for
Incarnation Lutheran
Congregation.

The Incarnation Lutheran Church
will hold its communion services to-
morrow at $50 am. and II am. The
pastor, Rev. Henry Manken, jr.. will
be in charge. At $40 am. the Bible
school begins the new year Of class
lessons. The Lutheran Christian life
course Of graded lessons is taught
throughout the school. a feature of
which is the nursery class, in charge
Of Mrs. Henry Meme.
The intermediate Luther League
will meet at z pm. in the parish hall,
under the supervision of the Misses
Margaret Harris and Gertrude Kluge.
The topic for the senior league,
What Confirmation Has Meant to
Me-" will be in charge of Miss Kath-
crime Shook. leader, and Miss Betty
Becker, speaker.
The pastors cabinet will meet on
Monday at pm.
The Young Womens Missionary
Society will sponsor q public meeting
at the church Thursday at 8 pm,
when DR.. Daniel Z. Wiseman, pastor
of the Redeemer Lutheran Church,
will speak on THE Progress Of the
Negro Race"
Evening star., 1936-10-03
SESSION is SET
FOR OCTOBER 13
Sunday School Associa-
tion to Meet at
EpWOrth M. E..

The forty-third annual convention
Of the District of Columbia Sunday
School Association will be held Octo-
Der 10 at pm. in the Epworth M. E.
Church South. The address will be
given by DR.. Albert w. Beaven, presi-
dent of the Colgate Rochester Divinity
School. His subject will be. "Captur-
ing Youth for Christian Tomorrow.
President w. w. MILAN will present
his annual report. All Sunday school
officers and teachers are official dele
gates to the convention and all others
are invited. The song service will be
led by John L. Bateman, assisted by
Lucille Shannon Etchison at the or
gan. The report of the Nominating
Committee will be given by Edward
H. DeGroot, jr., to be followed by the
election of officers.
Evening star., 1936-10-03
PROGRAM READY
Fall Activities to Begin at
Ryland Church.

Ryland M. Z. Church opens its full
Fall program Of church activities to-
morrow with Rally day. At the IL
a m. service there will be q roll call Of
members. a conservation Of church
school leaders, and q special sermon
on Two Basic Needs"
The evening program begins with
an Epworth and intermediate League
service from 7 to 1880 pm, a half hour
informal church service from 7:30 to 8
and a fellowship program from 8 to
$50. The league theme this Sunday
is The Christian Vision of Life" and
the pastors theme at the evening
service Renewing the Vision" The
fellowship hour will center around
My First Poem"
The Junior League. under the direc-
ton OF Mrs. William Riley and Mrs.
Charles Biggs, will have its first Fall
meeting next week.
Evening star., 1936-10-03
Clinchy
To Deliver
Meditation
Bread ofLife' Subject
at Mount Pleasant
Congregational.

DR. RUSSELL J. CLINCHY, min
lister of Mount Pleasant Con-
gregational Church, will deliver the
communion meditation, THE Bread
Of Life" tomorrow morning.
The first annual Fall rally of the
Brotherhood of Service will be held
at the Cleveland home in Kensington,
Md, at 4 pm. Supper will be served.
Under the leadership of Prof. Carl
D. Wells of George Washington Uni
versity the Young Peoples Forum and
discussion group will have Q joint
program at o'clock.
The business and professional women
are celebrating at Sis pm. dinner
Tuesday the twenty-fifth anniversary
of the League Of Service.
"Christis Alternative to Commu-
nism," by E. Stanley Jones, will be
reviewed by Mrs. Frank z. Wehner for
the guild Wednesday at IL o'clock.
The fireside group will hold supper
for young couples Thursday at 6
o'clock. The Church Committee will
meet at o'clock.
A fiveayear goal, consisting Of 18
objectives, was presented to a meeting
Of 100 of the officers and responsible
leaders Of the church by DR.. Clinchy
this week and unanimously adopted.
Evening star., 1936-10-03
DR.. Snyder
Lists Topic
For Sermon
Look Who's Here!"
Will Be Subject in
Evening.

HOLY communion will be admin
istered at st. Paul's Lutheran
Church tomorrow morning and eve
ming, DR.. Henry w. Snyder ofnciat-
ing. There will be no sermon in the
morning. In the evening DR.. Snyder
will preach on Look Who's Herel"
Prayer services will be held Wednes-
day evening and will be followed by
. meeting Of the Ladies' Aid Society.
The annual church loyalty cam
paign will begin next week and
will include o series Of three sermons,
October IL. 10, and rs: q congrega-
tional canvass, October 26 to No.
vember 8, and flnal report, Novem-
Der 8.
At the raIly-day service of Sunday
school last Sunday two young chill
dren were baptized by DR.. Snyder.
One was the daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Harrison, the other the
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Mid
dlekaufi.
Attending the ceremony for Master
John Wesley Middlekauff, jr, were
flve generations, both paternal and
maternal On the maternal side were
Mrs. Ella G. Vail, great-great-grand-
mother: Mr.. and Mrs. James w.
Burke, great-grandparents; Mrs.
Ethel P. Rives, grandmother, and
Mrs. John w. Middlekauff, mother:
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Clavenger,
great-great-uncle and aunt, and Mr..
and Mrs. Leslie v. Perry, great-uncle
and aunt. On the paternal side were
Mrs. Barbara e. Anderson, great
great-grandmother; Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward C. Anderson. great-grand-
parents; Mr.. Harvey L. Middlekauff,
great-grandfather; Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
vey M. Middlekauf1, grandparents;
and John w. Middlekaufi, father;
Mrs. Thelma Davis, great-great-aunt;
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude r. Colklesser,
uncle and aunt, and Miss Barbara
Middlekauff, aunt.
At the baptism the child's spon-
sors included his parents and his two
Observation-Disclosures.
Evening star., 1936-10-03
Topic Given
For Sermon
Tomorrow
Rev. j. H. Hollister
Will Speak on dis
ease No. l."

AT CHEVY CHASE PRESBYTER-
\ IAN CHURCH tomorrow morn
ing Rev. j. Hillman Hollister will
preach on Disease No. H.
The Hearthstones will meet at $50
pm. in the young peoples room. Mr..
and Mrs. Paul Wolfe are the leaders.
Also at $50 the Alpha Omega group
will meet in the church house under
the leadership of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
B. Mitchell. At 7:30 pm. the Fireside
Group will meet at the home Of DR..
and Mrs. Hollister, and the Collegians
at the home of DIR. and Mrs. William
Blum, 215 Elm street. The Young
Peoples Society will meet at 7:30 in
the young peoples room. They will
discuss Should the Church Save
Souls or Society?" w. Bradford Bay
liss will lead the discussion.
Promotion day will be observed in
the church school. DR.. Nelson v. Rus
sell. formerly professor at Coe College
in Iowa, will assume leadership of the
class for young people beyond high
school age.
The Presbyterian Home Board will
meet for luncheon Tuesday at the
home of Mrs A. L. Baldwin, 5503
Chevy Chase Parkway.
The Missionary Society will meet
Wednesday at IL o'clock in the church
assembly room. Mrs. G.. Winchester
Stone will give brief talk on mission
or,, uork IN, Mnyicn Citu MiSc Etto
Mai Russell. Juvenile Court worker Of
the Federation of Churches, will speak
on Juvenile Delinquency" Luncheon
will be served at 1890 A meeting of
the Women's Guild will follow the
luncheon.
Congregational dinner will be held
Thursday at $50. After the dinner
DR.. Hollister will give high lights of
his recent European trip.
Evening star., 1936-10-03
YOUNG PEOPLES
NIGHT PROGRAM
Promotion Day to Be OBJ
served in Metropolitan
Baptist Church.

DR.. John Compton Ball, pastor of
the Metropolitan Baptist Church, will
have for his theme tomorrow morn
ing, "The Christians Duty, Danger,
Delight and Destiny" The ordinance
of the Lords Supper will oe observed.
In the evening the theme will be, The
First Question God Asked a Man"
This will be young peoples night.
Promotion day will be held in the
Sunday school.
The adult union will hold religious
services at the Home for Aged Ladies,
1855 Wisconsin avenue. today at 2:30
o'clock. The message will be given by
c. K. jenkins.
The Through the Bible class meets
Tuesday at o'clock. Mrs. William
Hasker is teaching. The Fidelis Bible
class meets Tuesday evening. Mrs.
Elsie Keefer will preside. The Phila-
thea class will hold a conference Tues
day evening. Mrs. Arthur House Is
leading.
The Ladies' Aid Society will meet
for an all-day session Wednesday at
10 O'Clock. Prayer service Thursday
evening, led by the pastor.
Evening star., 1936-10-03
CHURCH SCHOOL
TO HOLD RALLY
T. T. Roberts to Speak at
Ninth Street
Christian.

At Ninth Street Christian Church
School Rally day will be held to-
morrow. The IL o'clock communion
service will be in recognition of off,
GERS and teachers of the school. T.
T. Roberts will be the guest preacher.
The pastor. Rev. Clifford H. Jope,
is beginning his third week of evan
gelistic services at the First Chris
tian Church in Decatur, Ill. The
junior church meets at II am.
At 7:45 pm. Rev. William George
Dram will speak on Being Like
Christ in Life" and the Forum Chris
tian Endeavor will present play,
1.-The Lost Church"
The meeting of the Women's Coun-
Gil will be Wednesday at 7:30 pm.
Page NICK. Etchison will speak of his
travels in Europe last Summer. The
devotions will be led by Mrs. Marcy
Gill. Her subject will be Gods Care
for the Individual"
Evening star., 1936-10-03
Bible Glass
Series Will
Be Started
Lessons to Be Con
Quoted by DR.. Nc
Cartney Weekly.

REGINNING tomorrow at 9:45 am,
DR.. Albert Joseph Mccartney,
minister at the Covenant-First Pres
byterian Church, will conduct for a
number of succeeding Sundays Sc
ries of lessons for the All Corners
Mems Bible Glass under the general
theme THE Spread of Christianity"
Wake Up and Live for Christ
will be the sermon subject by Dr. Nc
Cartney at the IL o'clock service.
The young people meet in the
chapel for social and supper from
to o'clock, following which the
Covenant Fellowship will be ad-
dressed by Miss Pauline Davis on
Learning to Say Thy Will Be
Done" The Westminster Club at 7
o'clock in the church house, 1929
Connecticut avenue, will be addressed
by Miss Julia Walker on Have I a
Right to Be Happy" The intermedi-
ate group, under the leadership of
Mrs. Paul Walker and Mrs. Rachel
Deibert, will meet at 6:45 and be
addressed by Rev. Samuel r. ALI
son.
Miss Thurston's Glass for Women
tomorrow at 9:45 will discuss How
Does a Christian Differ From Other
People?"
The Covenant Evening Missionary
Society will meet with the president,
Mrs. William r. Rhoades, 1901 Co.
lumbia road, Monday evening.
The board of trustees will meet
Tuesday at $50 for a dinner meeting
ut the University Club.
Beginning Thursday at O'Clock,
DR.. Mccartney will resume the mid
week service, following which the
monthly church dinner will be served
in the chapel at $50. The session
will convene after the dinner.
The Presbyterian Church School
Workers Conference will be held
Monday at the New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church to $50 and
S:30 to $50.
Evening star., 1936-10-03
Bishop Talks
At Cathedral
To Deliver Sermon at
Evensong Servicein
Great Choir.

RIsHoP JAMES z. FREEMAN will
deliver the sermon at the peoples
evensong service in the great choir
Of Washington Cathedral tomorrow at
4 o'clock. The preacher at the cele-
bration Of the holy communion at II
O'Clock viii be Canon @. Freeland
Peter.
Services for the day will begin with
celebration Of the holy communion In
the Chapel Of st. Mary at 7:30 am.
Group pilgrimages will be held inn
mediately following the 11:0o am.
and 400 pm. services.
Bishop Freeman and other leaders
Of the diocese will leave next Tuesday
to attend the annual synod of the
Province of Washington, to be held in
Wilmington, Del, where Bishop Philip
Cook of Delaware and president Of the
National Council Of the Episcopal
Church, will welcome the delegates.
Evening star., 1936-10-03
VISITING PASTOR
AT ALBRIGHT
DR.. Raymond Veh Of Har-
risburg to Preach
Tomorrow.

Or. Raymond Veh of Harrisburg,
Pa, who conducted a retreat for
members Of the church today at the
Girls Friendly Holiday House, will
preach tomorrow at Albright Me-
mortal Church.
After the Sunday school session
there will be the installation of officers
and teachers. This group will be pre-
sented by Superintendent Wilbur Sny-
der. Dr.. Web will deliver the ad.
dress.
At the evening service Rev. G. E.
Schnabel will preach on "An Invita-
ton to Come to Christ"
The Brotherhood will meet Wednes-
day evening to complete plans for
the annual express wagon and doll
carriage parade October 10 at $40
pm.
The first Of a series of prayer meet
ings for women will be held Thurs
day at 10 am. at the parsonage.
Evening star., 1936-10-03
WOODSIDE SERVICES
DR.. Smith Will Preach on
Supremacy of Christ"

At the IL o'clock service at the
Woodside M. e. Church DR.. Ralph
Della Smith will preach on "The Su-
premacy of Christ" A service of con-
secration for teachers and officers of
the church will be held. Holy COM
munion also will be observed.
At the church school q general as
sembly will be held In observance Of
rally day. Bibles will be presented
to the pupils entering the junior de-
partment. The Bibles are presented
by the Everyman's Bible Class
At $50 pm. fellowship hour, with
refreshments, will be held in the
church parlor for all young people.
followed by the devotional meeting for
the Junior high school group, which
will be reorganized, with Miss Mar
garet Thomas as leader, and another
group for high school and older young
people will meet, with James Dinger
as leader.
DR.. Smith will preach at 8 pm.
on "Fascism, Communism and So
cialism and Their Relation to the
Christian Church"
Evening star., 1936-10-03
GUEST PREACHER
FROM CHASE CITY
DR.. Pruden to Occupy
Pulpit Tomorrow at
First Baptist.

"A Task Worthy of Christians" will
be the morning theme OF DR.. Edward
H. Pruden of Chase City, Va, who
will occupy the pulpit of the First
Baptist Church as guest preacher to-
morrow. In the evening he will take
as his subject In Tune With the
Infinite"
The Board of Deacons will meet
Monday evening. There will be q
joint session of the Executive Coun-
ell, the Board of Deacons and the
Finance Committee Friday evening.
The Naomi Ruth Circle will meet at
the church at 2:30 Wednesday and
the Emily York Circle at the same
time at the home OF Mrs. J. D. Rob-
nett, 1898 @ street.
THE Christians Commitment" Is
the subject of DR.. H. w. o. Millington
for the devotional service Thursday
evening. The Euzelian class Is going
on a picnic and wiener roast" to
Ivakota today.
Evening star., 1936-10-03
RALLY DAY SET
Program Planned at
BrightWood Park M. E.

Rally day programs will be pre-
sented In the church school at Bright
wood Park M. E. Church tomorrow
morning. At IL o'clock Rev. s. Car
roll Coale will administer holy COM
munion. For the children there will
be story, "The Road Upon the Map"
The happy evening hour is at o'clock.
The minister's theme will be what
Is the Matter?"
At 6:45 pm. the Epworth League
will meet. Charles A. Lingsr will be
the guest speaker.
The Friendly Circle will meet Mon
day evening at the home Of Mrs.
Giles Pitt, 239 Concord svenue, and
the Unity Circle at the Swartzell
Methodist Home, 6200 Second street.
The Ladies Guild will serve an
oyster and ham supper in the social
hall Tuesday. The Oficial Board
will meet Tuesday aE pm.
Evening star., 1936-10-03
EDUCATOR HERE

DR.. G. c. Ellis, president Of Juniata
College, Huntington, Pa, will preach
at IL An. tomorrow at washington
City Church Of the Brethren.
At 8 pm. the pastor, Rev. Rufus D.
Bowman, will speak on "Our Missions
In Sweden and Denmark. He re-
Gently returned from Europe, where
he spent the Summer attending con-
ventions in Norway, England and
switserland and studying present-day
conditions also In Sweden, Denmark,
Germany and France. He represented
his mission board in Q tour Of all the
Churches Of the Brethren IN Sweden
and Denmark.
Evening star., 1936-10-03
St. Paul M. E., South

Rev. William F. Locke will preach
tomorrow at IL am. on 1.-THE Lamb
of God" and at 8 pm, on walking
in Christ" The young peoples
division will meet at tbs pm.
These services will mark the end
Of the first year Of Mr.. Locke's pas
torate at st. Paul. He will attend
the Session of the Baltimore annual
conference, M. E. Church, South
which convenes at Mount Vernon
Place Church next Thursday evening"