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and frame dwelling, 1901 Forty
eighth street NV; to cost $4,000.
Cooper c. Lightbown, 5206 West
ern avenue, owner, designer and
builders; to erect one 2-story brick
and frame dwelling, 4706 Warren
street NV; to cost $4,000.
Cooper c. LightboWn, 5206 West
ern avenue, owner, designer and
builder; to erect one 2-story brick
and frame dwelling, 47O3 Warren
street NV; to cost $4,000.
Louis j. Cavalier, 6232 Georgia
avenue NV. owner; J. M. Hallett,
designer; Raymond Heindal. Ar
lington, Va, builder; to erect one
3-story brick addition. 6232 Geor-
gia avenue; to cost $4,000.
Herman S. Nader. 1889 Benning
road NE, owner; John Walton, de-
signer: Ernest P. Dovell, Landover,
Md, builder; to erect one 2-story
brick dwelling, 1869 Highwood drive
Sc; to cost $6,250.
T. c. Downing, 26 Longfellow
street NE. owner and builder; Cliff
ton B. White, designer; to erect
one 2-story brick dwelling, IA Madi-
son street NE; to cost $1,000.
Representative R. L. Doughton,
House of representatives, owner;
A. L. Burnette, designer; Hines En-
gineering Co., Investment Building,
builders; to erect one 2-story brick,
concrete and cinder block dwellings,
1886 Nebraska avenue NV; to cost
s5200
Representative r. L. Doughton,
House of representatives, owner:
A. L. Burnette, designer; Hines En-
gineering Co., Investment Building,
builders; to erect one 2-story brick,
concrete and cinder block dwelling,
1852 Nebraska avenue NV; to cost
$500.
Representative R. l.. Doughton,
House of Representatives, owner;
A. L. Burnette, designer: Hines En-
gineering Co., Investment Building,
builders: to erect one 2-story brick,
concrete and cinder block dwelling,
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NV, owner, designer and builder;
to erect one 2-story brick dwelling,
43l6 Twenty-flrst street NE; to
cost 5000.
J. A. Jordan, 1924 Quesada street
NV, owner, designer and builder;
to erect one 2-story brick dwelling,
4308 Twenty-f1rst street NE; to
cost $500.
Fred B. Monar, 625 Adrian street
Sc, owner and builder; Helen F.
Monar, designer; to erect one q
story brick and cinder block dwell
ing, 604 Ridge road Sc; to cost
st, 5000.
Frazier M. and Efiie L. Holifield,
owners; Helen F. Monar, designer;
Fred B. Monar, 625 Adrian street
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Sc. builder: to erect one 2-story
brick and cinder block dwelling,
1000 Ely place Sc; to cost 5000.
Gilliat & Co.. 2827 Dumbarton
avenue NV, owners; T. r. Collier,
1109 Twentieth street NV, design
er and builder; to. erect one 2-story
brick and cinder block dwelling,
2804 o street NV; to cost 5000.
Laurel H. Page. 1909 Fourteenth
street NV, owner and builder; to
make alterations, 2713-2715 o street
NV; to cost 5000.
G. B. Edwards, District Heights,
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Nd, owner, designer and builder; to
erect one 2-story frame dwelling,
1921 Forty-fifth place Sc: to cost
$500. 4
s. w. Brookhart, Jr., owner; r! w.
Boiling Co., builders; to make re-
pairs, 3204 Klingle road NV; to
cost 5000.
Evening star., 1939-12-16
Dr.. Broskomp Announces
Subject of Sermon

Gunton-Temple Memorial Presby-
terian Church will hold pre-Christ-
mas season services tomorrow with
a sermon at II am. by DR.. Ber-
nard Braskamp on when Christ
mas Draws Near"
At 4:30 pm. the Christmas story
in pageant and song will be pre-
Sented in a candlelight service by
the young people and the three
choirs. White gifts will be taken
to the church. which will be dis
tributed to needy families by the
Elizabeth Steere Bible Glass, assisted
by the junior deacons.
On Thursday evening DR.. Bras
kamp will continue his series Of
Advent-season messages.
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Cosmopolitan Club
To Attend Services

Members of the Cosmopolitan
Club, of which the rector of st.
Johns Episcopal Church, DR.. Oliver
j. Hart, is chaplain, will attend the
$50 service tomorrow DR.. Hart
will have as his subject THE Minis
try of Reconciliation" This sermon
will be repeated at II am. At both
of these services the full choir of
men and boys under the direction Of
Arthur HoWes, organist and choir
master, will sing.
Celebration of the holy commun-
ion at am. At this service the
ST. Johns Chapter of the Brother
hood of St. Andrew will hold it's
monthly corporate communion.
At 8 pm. there will be evening
prayer and sermon by the Rev. Ma
thaniel c. Acton, curate
Services and meetings next week
are: Monday. 8 pm. annual Christ
mas dinner of the Business and Pro-
fessional Women's Group. Wednes-
day, Ember day, 730 am, holy COM
munion. Thursday, st. Thomas,
noon, holy communion, Friday, EN-
Der day, 7:30 am, holy communion.
Daily prayer service, 1905 to 1910
pm. throughout the week.
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Rev. S. c. CouIe Takes
Heart Love- as Topic

The Rev. S. Carroll Coale will
preach on Heart Love" tomorrow
morning at the BrightWood Park
Methodist Church. The children's
story will be The Sun Dial's
Tongue" Christmas music will be
featured by the choir At the eve
ming service the children's choir,
under the direction of Mrs. Coale,
will present a program of Christmas
music. The minister will speak on
Heart Ventures" Christmas carols
will be sung by the congregation.
Three young peoples groups will
meet at 6:45 pm.
The Home and Foreign Missionary
Societies will meet Monday evening,
with Miss Sadie Mellen and Mrs.
Estelle Neal presiding. The Mems
Wesley Bible Glass will hold a busi-
Fidelis Bible Glass will give COM
Fidelis Bible class will give a COM
munity tree Christmas party for the
members and friends Wednesday
evening. Miss Mae E. Harding is
class president. The Junior vested
choir will hold its annual Christmas
party and will exchange gifts on
Thursday evening, under the direc-
ton of Mrs. Coale, director, and Mrs.
Neal, choir mother. A choral festi-
val, with THE Life of Christ" dram
atized, will be presented by the
senior choir and the young peoples
group next Sunday evening under
the direction of Elsie Harvey Weaver,
musical director
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Ministers Of Finland
And Sweden 10
Attend Service
Auqustono Lutheran
Pastor to Lead Prayer
For Finnish People

The Minister of Finland, Hjalmar
J. Procope and Nine. Procope, to-
gether with the Swedish Minister,
Wollmar F. Bostrom and Nine. Bos-
from, will attend the services to-
morrow at II m. at the Augustana
Lutheran Church. DR.. Arthur o.
Helm, the pastor, will lead in an
intercession to God for the Finnish
people as urged by the Nation wide
organization of Finnish relief, headed
by former President Herbert Hoover.
The annual Christmas program
of the Sunday school will be held
tomorrow at 4 pm. DR.. E. E.
Ryden's Christmas pageant, THE
Light of Life" will be rendered.
Gifts of food clothing and toys for
little children will be laid at the
manger and later distributed
through the Lutheran Inner Mis-
sion Society.
Friends and members of the con-
gregaton are invited to attend a
special mission service next We'd
nesday evening. The service is
sponsored by the Young Women's
Mission Society. DR.. Oscar F.
Blackwelder of the Lutheran Church
of the Reformation, will be the guest
speaker.
A Christmas party will be held
by the Luther League Thursday
evening.
Evening star., 1939-12-16

The curse of tares in harvest field
was a common experience. The
daily phenomenon of leavening
bread was familiar to every child.
And everybody knew stories of the
discovery of hidden treasures; and
of the sudden acquisition of wealth.
The draught of fit and unfit fishes
may have been going forward before
the eyes of those who listened to
Jesus.
Travellers in the Holy Land-alas!
there are none nowadays, to the i'm
proveriShment of many who depend
upon them for a livelihood-are like
wise familiar with the elements of
the parallels. In the Bible Lands
Museum of the Church of st. Anne,
In Jerusalem, one may see samples of
the infinitesimal mustard seed, and
OF the darnel, or tares, as we'll as of
the good grain. The deathless par
ables live most vividly for those who
know the land which is their set
ting.
Facing the Facts.
Boosters" of organizations, polit-
1cal parties and causes in this west
ern world are so optimistic that they
are always predicting success. Jesus,
on the contrary, saw from the first,
and cautioned His friends, that there
would be failures, disappointments
and opposition. A great realist was
He.
In the parable of the sower, He
made clear that there would be much
wasted seed. (What a picture of
human life He paintedD Neverthe-
less. there would be a great harvest,
with increases of 80, go and 100 fold,
That little handful of grain
which surrounded Him has be-
come more than 50O,OOO,O0O living
Christians today.
In the small, Jesus saw great po-
tentialities. His first followers were
but as grain of mustard seed: but,
behold, how it has since burgeoned
over all the earth. This is a good
occasion to recount to ones self the
products and by-products of Chris
tianity in our present world. The
exercise is cure for pessimism.
This self-spreading character of
the Kingdom is like the tiny bit of
yeast in the great mass of meal. 1t
implies not only the actual growth
of Christianity, but also the spread
OF its influence as well. Are we not
warranted in saying that the mar
velous social progress of the past
so years, with its profound effect
upon the life of civilization, is but
the spreading of the Kingdom
leaven? Certainly, the point is one
for discussion
Realist thought He was, Jesus was
never a defeatist. Though the cross
was ever before His eyes, so also was
the triumph that lay beyond. He
knew that the Kingdom of God is
the supreme good-better than hid
treasure and priceless pearl-and
that its victory over all opposing
forces is inevitable. We are worried
because of the present war and So
cial unrest; yet even in these we
may behold the stately steppings
of the Son of Man" God is working
His purposes out, through and de-
spite mans sins and blunders; and
the number Of His own grows day
by day,
Still behind the dim unknown,
Standeth God within the shadow,
Keeping watch above His own"
The Sunday School Lesson
for December II is "Parables of
the Kingdom. ".-Matthew 1873.
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Calvary Methodist
To Hear Pre-YuIe Talk

The Rev Orris G.. Robinson will
preach a Christmas sermon to-
morrow at IL a m. in Calvary Meth
odist Church. His subject will be,
The Greatest Gift" The senior
choir will sing under the direction
of Louis A. Potter. At pm. the
preacher will review THE Nazarene,"
a recent book by Sholem Asch.
Special services are planned for
Christmas Sunday, including an II
IN. service and sermon by the Rev.
Mr.. Robinson and special musical
numbers by the senior, young peo-
pies and junior choirs The first
portion of Handels Messiah" will
be given by the choir at 4 pm,
with special soloists, organ and piano
accompaniments, and Mr.. Potter di-
recting. Christmas day at $50 am.
there will be special service led
by the pastor.
The young peoples service this
evening will be a carol service. On
December 81, the church school is
planning family Christmas serv-
ice and party for the children.
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Emory Methodist
Has Guest Preacher

DR.. Chesteen Smith is the guest
preacher at Emory Methodist
Church to begin the special Christ
mas services. He will speak at II
am. on "a Greater Leader Than
Solomon" The Rev. Horace E.
Cromer is the minister.
The choir under the direction of
c. Wilfred Smith will present
program from Handel's Messiah"
at 8 pm.
Vivian Mandis will lead the junior
high group at pm. on What Is
the Value of Movies?" Rumsey
Beery will lead the senior high on
How Can We Tell Who is Great
Jesus Standards of Greatness" The
young people will meet at pm.
with Margaret Fowler as leader.
The class of Friendship and the
Workers Council will meet Monday.
The Young Wesleyan class will
hold a business and social meeting
Tuesday evening.
DR.. G. Ellis Williams will conduct
the first quarterly conference Thurs
day evening.
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Metropolitan Memorial

The Rev. William Andrew Reese
will deliver the second in a series
Of sermons on ".Our Advent Af-
firmations" The theme, ."He Shall
Come Again-Our Hope" The SER
mon will attempt to interpret the
values in the traditional doctrine Of
the second advent.
At Gas am. the Rev. DR.. Aubert
Balm Potorf, professor in Bible and
religion in the American University,
will address the Susanna Wesley
Glass on "The Christmas Story"
At IL am. a class of 30 new mem
bers will be received by letters of
transfer and confession Of faith.
Evening star., 1939-12-16
Spirit Of Christmas
DR.. Rustin' S Topic
For Tomorrow
Choir of 70 Will
Sing at Methodist
Church Services

DR.. John w. Rustin, minister Of
Mount Vernon Place Methodist
Church, will preach tomorrow morn
ing on "The Spirit of Christmas. "
Deane Shure will direct the choir
of 10 in the singing of the morning
anthem, "Lapland Lullaby; the
quartet will sing Yon's "Jesu Bam-
bino" as offertory selection. 'Devel-
oping Concern for the Spiritual We'll
fare of Others" will be the subject Of
the adult department at $50 am.
E. E. Bearden will be speaker.
The advent season is being cele-
brated at the December Sunday eve
ming services. Dr. Rustin will speak
on The Power of His Name" The
choir will sing the Welsh carol,
"Hyfrydol."
Miss Ruth Brammell will speak at
the Young Peoples service at 7 pm.
on God Among Men" The Board
of Christian Education will meet
Monday evening. The Woman's Mis-
sionary Society will meet Tuesday
at / am, Mrs. Joe w. Davis, leader
Circle No. 10, in charge Night cir
cles will meet Wednesday and Thurs
day. The Pugh Class will hold a
service at Central Union Mission
Tuesday at g.. An old-fashioned
Christmas tree party for the chill
dren will be held Thursday evening
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Offering for Home
In Foundry Church

At Foundry Methodist Church to-
morrow morning When Christmas
Comes" will be the subject of DR..
Frederick Brown Harris. The annual
offering for the Swartzell Children's
Home will be received following a
recital of the Christmas story by a
group of the boys and girls from
that home The choir will render
two Christmas anthems at this
service, and at 8 pm they will sing
part of The Messiah" by Handel
Addressing the Epworth League
group at $50 pm, DR.. Arthur S.
Flemming of the Civil Service Com
mission will speak on The Christ
mas Message" Members of the Hi
League, HARLAN Meyer and Richard
Cobb. will take part in a Christmas
musical program with their group at
7 pm.
The Message of the Christmas
Hymns will be emphasized by DR..
Harris on Thursday at 7:30 pm.
Evening star., 1939-12-16
Peoples fvensong
In Cathedral
Tomorrow
Bishop Freeman
To Preach Third
Of Advent Sermons

Bishop James E. Freeman will
preach the third of his Advent SER
mons, Facing Reality With Christ"
at the peoples evensong in WASH
ington Cathedral tomorrow at pm.
The Very Rev. Noble C. Powell,
dean of Washington, will continue
his series of Advent sermons on
Judgment" tomorrow at IL am.
Celebration of the holy communion
in the Bethlehem Chapel of the Holy
Nativity is at 7:30 am. and $50
am. The holy communion is cele-
brated at the Cathedral on week
days at 7:30 am.
The choir of men and boys, under
the direction of Paul Galloway,
organist and choirmaster, will sing
at II am. and pm.
Visitors are invited to join in the
two pilgrimages tomorrow through
the Cathedral and precincts i'm
mediately following the morning
and afternoon services. These pill
grimages will be conducted by pill
grim aides and members of the Ca
thedral Brotherhood
The bishops garden will be open
from II noon to 2 pm. tomorrow.
Evening star., 1939-12-16
The Rev. Walter ". Gale
Takes Post Tomorrow

The Rev. Walter w. Gale, for
merly rector of St. Martins Episco-
pal Church Marcus Hook, Pa will
assume his duties as assistant to
the rector of St. Thomas Episcopal
Church, the Rev. DR.. Howard S.
Wilkinson, tomorrow. At the IL a m.
service the Boys Glee Club of WASH
lngton and Lee High School, Arling-
ton. Va, will sing, under direction of
Gordon Page, member of the choir.
The Rev Mr.. Gale will have charge
of all young peoples work in the
parish as well as assist in parochial
calls and the conduct of the various
services. He is an honor graduate
OF the Philadelphia Divinity School
and was engaged in business for
some years previous to entering the
ministry. He comes highly recon-
mended by the Bishop of Pennsyl-
vanla, and after having made for
himself great record in the build
ing up of an historic old parish in
that diocese.
The meeting for Red Cross sewing,
which has been held on Tuesdays at
10 o'clock, will not be held until
January 9.
Evening star., 1939-12-16

heard IN many eastern lands.
Story-tellers are Of the company
of the master Story-teller, of whom
it is recorded, without a parable
spake he not unto them" Jesus
preached by word pictures. All
great novelists are also great
preachers. And the best teachers
have this supreme gift of making
truth luminous by simple words and
anecdotes. Sometimes a Sunday
School Lesson may best be taught
in story form. All of us are but
children of larger growth; even to
adults the most effective Christ
mas address I have ever made has
been when have put on a shep-
herds dress, and narrated the Ma
tivity story in first person, as one
of the men who went to Bethlehem.
An English commentator, Rev. A.
Carr, gives this stimulating analy-
sis of parable:
THE parable is suited % to
Evening star., 1939-12-16

was the form in which many phi
losophers clothed their deepest
thoughts. 90 1t fulfllls the condl-
ton of all true knowledge, He alone
who seeks finds. In relation to Ma
ture, Art, God Himself, it may be
said the dull seeing see not The
commonest and most obvious things
hide the greatest truths. (4) The
divine wisdom has been justified in
respect to this mode of teaching.
The parallels have struck deep into
the thought and language of men
(not of Christians only, as no other
teaching could have done; in proof
of which it is sufficient to name
such words and expressions as tai
ents,' the sower,' 1eaven,' 'prodi-
gal son. light under a bushel,'
building on sand"
The figurative language of par
ables is, as the Story-teller said. both
concealing and revealing. Even the
Twelve had to have the meanings
of some of the tales expounded to
them. But they were truth in port
able form, made clear by subsequent
pondering Even to this day.
preachers differ in their interpreta-
ton of these seemingly simple
stories.
Plain Talk for Plain Folk.
There are still some preachers who
follow the hundred-years-ago fash
ion of illustrating their sermons
from the classics of Greece and
Rome. But the wiser majority adopt
the Jesus method of drawing their
lessons from the common life of
every day. That is the first fact we
note about the parallels of Jesus.
They dealt with familiar, near-at-
hand figures. They met people on
the plane of common understand
ing.
Probably a soWer was in sight
from where Jesus sat in a boat, tell
ing His stories. Every hearer knew
the conditions He described. The
mustard plants grew all about them.
Evening star., 1939-12-16
Rev. james H. Miers
Returns to Pulpit

After serious illness the Rev.
James H. Miers. minister of Fourth
Presbyterian Church, will return
to his pulpit tomorrow. He will
speak in the morning on "Gladness
in Gods House" The sermon, with
special music by the chorus choir
under direction of Mrs. Hazel Adair,
will be broadcast over VOL from
11:30 to 1915 o'clock. Dr. Miers will
resume his series of sermons at 8
pm. on the Book of Revelation,
THE Living Creatures About Gods
Throne" Special music by the
chorus choir with solo by Miss
Wooden.
On Friday at 730 pm. the Sunday
school will have its annual white
gift service and entertainment. The
gifts will be distributed between
Central Union Mission and Gospel
Mission.
Evening star., 1939-12-16
Might Of Weakness
Will Be Subject
Al Calvary Baptist
Burial Class Holds
Annual Christmus
At Home Tomorrow

The Rev. w. S. Abernethy, min
lister at Calvary Baptist Church,
will preach tomorrow morning on
"The Might of Weakness" For the
children's story sermon he has as
the topic winter Leaves" For the
evening his subject will be "The
Faults of Good Men" He will be
assisted at the latter service by H. ".
Pate. Thomas Moss and Margaret
Williams.
The Burial Glass will hold its
annual Christmas at home tomor-
row from to 7 o'clock. Christmas
music will be featured and Mrs.
Abernethy will give Christmas
story.
The Service Commission will pre-
sent program on christmas in
Other Lands" at $50 o'clock to-
morrow.
The Mary Carr Evening Circle
will meet Monday evening at the
church, with Miss Sadie Fegley in
charge of the program, Christmas
Bells" and Miss Lulu Emerson the
devotional period.
The Woman's Missionary Society
will meet Tuesday at IL am. Mrs
w. H. M. Stover will be the program
leader. Theme, christmas Bells
A dramatic reading of when the
Chimes Rang" will be given by Miss
Ann Strickland, with the staging
arranged by Mrs. A. M. Wolford. A
Christmas luncheon will be served
by the Florence Rowland Circle.
The deaf department meets each
Sunday at 8 pm, with Harley D
Drake in charge. The annual Christ
mas entertainment for the depart
ment will be held Friday evening.
Evening star., 1939-12-16
Rev. E. 0. Clark to ToIk
On God Speaking

God Speaking" will be the theme
of the Rev. Edward o. Clark at II
m. at the Chevy Chase Baptist
Church.
A motion picture, when Jesus
Was Born" will be shown at pm.
The Woman's Society will meet
Monday at II am. Luncheon will
be at 1890 pm, followed by pro-
gram.
A white gifts service will be held
on Thursday evening, with Christ
mas pageant, THE Quest of the
Magi," by Valeria r. Lehman, un-
der the direction of Miss Elizabeth
Mooney and Miss Ruth Jackson.
Glasses of the Sunday school and
organizations of the church will pre-
sent gifts for the needy and Tor
other Christmas projects.
Plans are being made for a sery-
ice on Christmas at 1880 am.
Evening star., 1939-12-16

At II o'clock, sermon by the Rev.
Leslie L. Bowers on Coming to
Christmas" At the evening service
Christmas hymns will be sung and
the story of THE Other Wise Man"
will be told by Leslie Bowers, jr. Re-
hearsals are under way for the pres
entation of the annual Christmas
pageant, "The New Born King" at
5 and 8 pm, December "a. Mrs.
Estella Snyder, director, has selected
the cast, the leading roles of which
will be taken by Mrs. Howard Jarvis,
Duane Gill, George Melchior, War;
rem Crump, Frank Cooke, Charles
Carter, Louis E. Robey and Edwin
Hill. The juvenile parts will be
played by Betty Jean Newell and
Gean Hansbrough.
Evening star., 1939-12-16
First Brethren Church

Miss Elizabeth Tyson, missionary
of the Brethren Church to French
Equatorial Africa, will give an ad-
dress at II am. tomorrow on THE
Medical Aspect of Missionary En-
deavor." She will also speak at
8 pm. on "A Visit to an African
Mission Station" Miss Tyson will
address the joint Societies of Chris
tan Endeavor at 7 pm. She will
remain in the city over Tuesday
in order that she may speak at a
fellowship meeting of the women
that evening at the home of Mrs.
Zelda Saunders, 1923 E street Sc.
The midWeek service will be led
by the pastor, who will continue
his dispensational studies. At the
close of the service he will show his
lantern slides of Bethlehem.
Evening star., 1939-12-16
West Wushinqton Baptist

At II am. tomorrow the sermon
topic, "The First Christmas Serv-
ise," by the Rev. Charles B. Aus
tin. At pm. white Christmas pag-
cant, "A Christmas Dream will
be under the general direction of
Prof. Robert L. Haycock. Music by
the choir. The white gifts will be
brought to the altar.
The pastor will speak Thursday
at 7:30 pm. on Keeping Christ IN
Christmas"
Evening star., 1939-12-16
Waugh Methodist

The Rev. DR.. A. H. Mckinley, who
was pastor of the church last year,
will preach tomorrow morning.
There will be Christmas program
of story and song entitled 1.-The
Gold of the Wise Man" at pm.
The music will be rendered by the
combined choirs. At the close of
this service there will be-the annual
white gift service. Gifts of cash and
food will be given for distribution
in Christmas baskets for needy fam
lilies. On Wednesday at $3.50 pm.
the organist, Gene Stewart, will give
q recital and the combined choirs
will sing Christmas music. The Rev.
Clarkson R. Banes is the pastor of
the church.