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magne. France. The Rev. Robert
Savage, assistant pastor, sounded
Taps" at the close of the service.
Justice Bolitha j. Laws will speak
to the A. B. Pugh Bible Glass of
Mount Vernon Place Methodist
Church tomorrow morning on
Solving Church Problems The
victory celebration" held last Sum
day by the class brought the men,
bership campaign to a close and
was the largest meeting ever held
by the class. Delegates from more
than so classes from various
churches throughout the city were
present.
Talma L. Smith, chairman of the
Board of Christian Education of
Mount Vernon Place Church. will
address a joint meeting of all the
adult classes at $50 m. on Called
Christians in Antioch"
The Egbert Glass for Ladies of
National Baptist Memorial Church
will hold the annual banquet on
Monday at GAS pm at 1701 Twen-
tleth street NV.
Judge Charles S. Lobingier an
nounces that the last meeting of
the comparative religion class of
All Souls Unitarian Church will
be held tomorrow morning until
September Mrs Robert C. H Kel-
ton, secretary will make her an
nual report and there will be an
election of officers.
The members of the Fidelis Glass
of National Baptist Memorial
Church are assisting in the annual
children's day service at 10 am.
Mrs. Ruth Magnuson of the Jud-
son Couple Glass is director of the
program The Fidelis Glass will
hold "pot-luck" picnic on Tues
day at Grove II, south of Sher-
rill drive, in Rock Creek Park.
The Yaden Glass of PetWorth
Baptist Church is holding its an
nual picnic this afternoon in Rock
Creek Park at Pierce Mill.
The Organized Bible Glass Asso-
citation has installed a lending Ii
brary at the Central Y. M. C. A.,
1876 G street NV. This contains a
number of books on adult Bible
class work-organiza social pro-
grams, teaching use of the Bible,
missions, etc These may be bor-
roWed and will be of value in prep
aration for the summer conference
of the association.
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pastor of st. Paul's Reformed
Church. Mechanicsburg. Pa. In 1889
he accepted a call from st. John S
Reformed Church in Lebanon, Pa.
While pastor of this church, he
wrote a book entitled History Of
St. Johns Reformed Church" In
1901 he was called to serve as pastor
of ST. Andrews Reformed Church,
Reading. Pa In the spring Of 1914
he accepted the call to Grace
Church.
While pastor at St. Andrews Re-
formed Church, he wrote book on
the life of DR.. Benjamin Bausman.
A second edition of this book was
published in 1885
On April %, 1897, he married Miss
Mary Hill Byl.le of Lancaster. Pa.
She died September l6. 1884. Two
children. James Byrne Ranck, pro-
fessor of history, Hood College. with
an A. M. from Harvard and Phi. D.
from Johns Hopkins: Miss Alice
Bausman Ranck. now Mrs Alton E.
Laughlin of New York City. Both
children are graduates of George
Washington University with dis
tinction
DR.. Ranck's paternal ancestors
came to this country in 1929. He Is
one of the founders of the Washing
ton Federation of Churches and on
the Executive Committee. He is
member of B. B. French Masonic
Lodge.
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18th Street Christian

At the II am. service the Rev.
Leslie L. Bowers will preach a spe-
cial sermon in honor of the men,
bers of the Women's Council. The
subject will be Worthy Daugh-
ters." The newly elected officers
of the council will be installed:
President, Mrs. L. L. Bowers: first
vice president, Mrs. L. r. Butler;
second vice president, Mrs. F. H.
Cooke; secretary, Mrs. Robert
Newell; literature secretary, Mrs. A.
r. Dyer; treasurer, Mrs. N. C..
Pyne, chairman of the Executive
Committee, Mrs. H. L. Snyder.
The three youth groups meet at
6:45 pm. A service of music" will
be given at 7:45 pm. Samuel
Goodson will give 15-minute organ
recital and the junior and senior
choirs will participate.
On Tuesday at 6 pm. the Women's
Council will have a dinner at the
Fairfax Hotel and will be addressed
BY Mrs. E. M. Reese.
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and Mrs. George w. LdmDeTt arc
in charge of the refreshments.
The Zwingli Dorcas and Mizpah
Bible Glasses of the Grace Evange-
lical and Reformed Church will not
hold their regular class sessions to-
morrow morning, but will Join in the
annual Childrens Day service in
Sunday school.
The Florence NJ Brown Glass of
Calvary Baptist Church will hold
a supper meeting Tuesday at $50
pm. Mrs. Georgetta Sanders is in
charge of tickets A business meet
ing will follow at which the annual
election of officers will be held
The teacher, Miss Elsie Green. will
teach the lesson tomorrow morning
and the class will have charge of
the meeting at the Receiving Home
for Children at pm.
The Mems Bible Glass of Mount
Rainier Christian Church will hold
a fishing trip on Chesapeake Bay
next Saturday. The Committee on
Arrangements is composed of Carl
Book, Carl E. Nordeen, Wilford H.
Dunn, Harry B. Lanning and Will
liam S. Egbert.
The Burial Glass of Calvary
Baptist Church will hear the clos
ing address in the series on the
Social Teachings of Jesus" by
Mrs. William S. Abernethy, tomor-
row morning. The theme will be-
The Christ of the Out of Doors"
The Box Bible Glass of Emory
Methodist Church will hold its 17th
annual summer outing next Satur-
day at Elmer Johnson's cottage at
BroadWater Beach. Automobiles
will leave the church at $3.50 am
A program of games, including base
ball, horseshoe pitching, relay races,
as we'll as fishing, boating and SWIM
ming, has been arranged. Sons Of
class members who are of Boy Scout
age have also been invited. The
Rev. William H. Hantzmon will
teach the lesson tomorrow morn
ing.
The Phi Gamma Kappa Class
of Metropolitan Baptist Church will
hold its annual picnic supper at
the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. P. L.
Rogers of Cherrydale. Va, Tues
day at $50 pm. A business meet
ing will follow. which will con-
clude with a Flag Day service. Last
Sunday the class dedicated a me-
mortal picture in the classroom to
Charles S. Weaver. who was killed
in the World War and who is buried
in the American Cemetery at Ro-
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OF formal, organized Christianity,
shows itself primarily in the church.
From the beginning, followers of
Christ have organized themselves
into churches. One of the peculiar
thrills that come to traveller in
Bible lands is to visit old churches
that have stood since the third or
fourth century; like the Church of
the Nativity in Bethlehem, or the
Chapel of the Burning Bush in the
Monastery of st. Katherine, on
Mount Sinai; and to realize the long
procession of disciples who have
worshipped therein throughout the
centuries. The futile madness of
the Hitlers and Stains who seek to
exterminate the church is best seen
against this historic background.
Free within the State, yet the best
servant of the State, the churches
Of this western world are an infu-
ence to be more widely recog-
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National City Christian
Services Announced

Forgive Us Our Debts AS We
Forgive Our Debtors" will be the
subject of DR.. Raphael H. Miller's
sermon. Sunday morning at Ma
tional City Christian Church.
Thursday evening at the home
of DR.. and Mrs. Miller. 2940 Cort-
land place, NV, prayer and song
service and round table discussion
will be held This is the third
Of a series of fellowship meetings
in the church homes.
The following women have been
chosen officers of the woman's
council for the year beginning July
l: President, Mrs Oren B. Atwood ;
first vice president, Mrs James
M. GongWer: second vice president,
Mrs. J. B. Crosby. recording secre-
tary. Mrs. Edwin l.. Davis; CORES
ponding secretary, Mrs. E. E Merri-
man; treasurer, Mrs. Ralph S.
Humberd.
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s.. Johns S 10 Hold
Final Services
Tomorrow
Congregation to Join
Lutheran Church
Of Reformation

Due to the fact that the Govern
ment will take over the property
of st. Johns Evangelical Church
at Fourth and D streets S.W., the
congregation has decided to unite
with the Lutheran Church of the
Reformation, of which the Rev.
DR.. Oscar F. Blackwelder Is pastor
and the Rev. Ralph Lowe assistant.
The final services will be held to-
morrow in the Sunday school at
$50 and the worship service at
10:30, when holy communion will
be observed.
The Rev. George H. Eveler, who
has served the congregation for
the past IA years, will preach the
closing sermon.
st Johns began in 1855 in the
Southwest section better known then
as the Island Church" and served
for many years the Germans who
came to Washington. The German
worship was discontinued 20 years
ago.
Two of st. Johns oldest mem
bers, Mrs. Margaret Pf1ieger and
Charles Schafer, began as small
children in the Sunday school when
the church first opened.
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Ninth Street Christian
To Shorten Services

The morning services at the Ninth
Street Christian Church will be
shortened. The church school will
begin at the usual time of $50, the
assembly will be shortened to send
pupils to classes at $50; adjourn
ment will be in time to open the
morning worship in the auditorium
at 1890. This schedule will con-
tinue until the second Sunday in
September.
Peculiar Folks" is the subject Of
the Rev. Clifford H. Jope at the
communion service. The Junior
church. under the leadership of
Andrew Shannon, meets at the
same time in the church house.
At 7:45 pm. the pastor will preach
on Some Precious Things Found
in the Good Book
The subject of the radio drama
Thursday evening will be Sacrifice"
The cast consists of Joseph Har-
riSon. Mrs. Donald Forney and Leroy
Owens.
The annual Sunday school picnic
will be held at Marshall Hall
June II.
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Wallace Memorial
To Combine Services

The preaching service will be COM
bined with the bible school in the
Wallace Memorial United Presby-
terian Church tomorrow morning at
1890. A pageant. That Joy May Be
will be presented by the young folks
1t is in siy short scenes. Miss Hazel
McGeary is the director There will
be no sermon by the Rev. DR.. c. E
Hawthorne.
Dr. William E. Hudson. manager
of the Massanetta Springs Bible
Conference, near Harrisonburg. Va
will preach at pm. on Christian
Education" He will also give the
high lights of the program for the
1899 Bible Springs Conference.
The Rev. S. R. Skiviugton, of the
Inland South American Missionary
Union. will speak Thursday evening
on pioneering Among Savage In
dians on the Xingu Headwaters. -
This will take place on the regular
prayer service.
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Ryland.

Children's day will be observed
in the church. Tenth and D streets
SW., at II am. and in the church
room of the parsonage. 1904 Branch
avenue Sc, at $50 am.
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OF Minnesota. In 1896 he entered
the University of Chicago Divinity
School, from which he was grad
uated in 1899, Before his term at
the latter school was finished, he
was called to the pastorate of the
Berwyn Baptist Church of Chicago
Here he was ordained on June 10,
1899. On October 5, following, he
married Miss Jane Reckard of
Chicago and they began together
period of service to the BerWyn
Church and community which lasted
a little more than 13 years. Here
their three sons were born-Robert
William. Theodore JudSon and
Bradford Sherman Abernethy. In
October, 1912, DR.. Abernethv ac-
cepted call to the First Baptist
Church of Kansas City, Mo. where
he spent almost nine years. In MAY.
1921, he accepted the pastorate of
Calvary Baptist Church of this city,
which church he has served for l8
years. He has held many high
offices IN his denomination and the
Federal Council Of Churches, chief
among them the presidency of the
Northern Baptist Convention. Re-
Gently he was elected president of
the WASHINGTON Ministerial Union.
DR.. and Mrs. Abernethv will leave
the city tomorrow for Los Angeles.
Calf. where they will attend the
sessions of the Northern Baptist
Convention. Following this they
will spend the summer vacation on
the coast
The Rev. Frank E. Johnston, ir.,
minister's assistant, will preach to-
morrow evening on The Best De-
fense.' He will be assisted by Miss
Louise McKibben and Joseph
Phillips.
The Sunday school executive
meeting will be held Monday eve
ming with Bert H. Wise presiding.
At the recent annual meeting of
the school, Mrs Vesta L. Watson
was appointed associate superin-
tendent Of the primary department
20 succeed Mrs. Herbert Ormsby.
The Florence NJ Brown Glass will
hold supper and business meeting
at the church on Tuesday. The
Board of Trustees will meet Wednes-
day instead of June 81.
The Womans Missionary Society
Is sponsoring a series of neighbor-
hood parties during the summer
months for the residents of the
community in which the church is
located. The first will be held
tomorrow at pm. in Kendall Hall.
A short program will be given,
followed by a social and refresh
ments. The parents of children who
attend Calvary's Sunday school or
happy hour are invited to attend
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Congregational
Lincoln lCOlOredl

DR.. R. w. Brooks will speak on
The Stars Fought Against Sisera.'
The vested chorus choir, with Miss
Otis Holley as special soloist, will
render selected music. The holy
communion will be celebrated. The
Mems Brotherhood at 10 m. will
have as guest speaker DR.. C. Her
bert Marshall, president of the To-
cal branch of the National Asso-
citation for the Advancement of
Colored People, who will discuss
Civil Rights and Minority Groups"
The Young Peoples Club will present
a program for the benefit of high
school and college age students at
6 o'clock. The pastor will attend
the Informal Conference of New
England Congregational Churches,
Corona, N. Y, next week.
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Catholic Evidence Guild

Meetings of the Catholic Evil
dence Guild will be held tomorrow
at Franklin Park, Fourteenth and
K streets NV The afternoon meet
ing. from to 5 pm, will be in
charge of Father Mcclure as chair
man, assisted by Messrs Lewis, Nc
Donnell and OBrien. In the eve
ming. from 7:30 to $50. Father
Burgraff of st. Paul's College will
act as chairman, assisted by Messrs.
Ramsay, Donovan and Carr.
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Fifth Boptist

DR.. John E. Briggs will preach
at III am. on Lessons From the
Life of Young King Josiah and
at 7:45 pm. on Some Cures for
Discouragement."
Children's day will be observed
in the Sunday school at $50 am.
Following the programs in the vari-
Gus departments the children will
assemble and march into the church
service at II am Misses Elsie
Bakersmith and Gloria Lochboeler
will participate
The Pearl Johnson Circle will hold
a lawn festival Wednesday from
to 9 pm.
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than-thou" element made trouble.
as. paradoxically, it usually does.
Then there was that familiar fig
ure, the Church boss" the man who
dearly loved the pre-eminence. OF
all the thorns in the flesh that afflict
pastors, the leading layman'-us-
ually rich-who wants to run things,
is probably the worst. I once heard
a wealthy Methodist layman talking
SO arrogantly to bishop that Won
dered why the bishop, a husky mill
tant, did not physically throw him
out of the door. What a surprise it
will be to these willful little Church
bosses when they find the obscure
place that will be theirs in the
Church Triumphant-if they are ad-
mitted at all.
Church factions can show more of
the spirit of Satan than should ever
be admitted to a Christian COM
munity. A church row is usually the
meanest sort of quarrel Yet even in
Corinth, and in others of the
churches founded by Paul, there
were cantankerous Christians, even
as we have them today. Evidently
the perfection seeking church will
not realize its aim until it joins 1.-The
general assembly of the church of
the first born" So we must be pa
tient with ourselves and with our
brethren.
Union or Unity?
All Christendom rejoices in the
great reunion of American Meth
odism. 1t is a mighty triumph for
the Christian spirit of this age.
Nevertheless, even in the case of
this merger, there are dissidents and
lrreconcilables. But Pauls plea for
peace and concord to his churches
is prevailing. AS Jesus Christ is
exalted, all lesser leaders and issues
sink into unlmportance.
Paul took the wise way, which is
forever the way of unity; and unity
is more important than union. He
magnified the Master. BY recalling
the disciples to their love for Jesus,
their only Lord and Saviour, he
drew them into closer bonds of fel-
lowship. Over doctrines and rituals
and forms of government, Christians
may argue and disagree. But when
they talk about Him in whom they
have believed, their hearts are drawn
together in unity. In all churches
Protestant, Catholic. Greek and
what not-we find multitudes whose
hearts are warm toward the Saviour;
and with them we have true fellow
ship. AS Christians draw closer to
Christ, they find themselves in COM
plete union with one another.
Still, the church is more than a
llke-minded crowd following Jesus.
1t is an organization. divinely estab-
lished. 1t must have order and dis
cipline. Paul held the rod of au-
thority up before those misbehaving
Corinthian Christians. Laxness in
discipline is one Of the real weak
nesses of modern churches. The
price of spiritual obedience and con-
formity should be exacted of all who
claim the priceless boon of church
membership.
Our lesson texts closing words
are fitting climax: Now We ex-
hort you. brethren. warn them that
are unruly. comfort the feeble
minded. support the weak, be pa
tient toward all men. See that none
render evil for evil unto any man;
but ever follow that which is good
both among yourselves, and to all
men"
The Sunday school lesson for June
IL Is Paul Solves Church Prob
lens. II Corinthians lib, 10-11:
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OuIIIlS NJ Illc
Bliss Electrical
School in Tako-
ma Park on next
Saturday after
noon. The mem
bers of the FAM
lilies of all
Vaughn Class
men are invited
and provision is
being made for
games. Freeman
N. Stricklin, past
president, is gen.
eral chairman of
t h e Program
Committee. Mr.
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conference.
Bethany.
A children's day pageant. "a
Child's Quest for Christ" will be
presented tomorrow evening, di-
rected by Mrs. Florence Bailey.
The pastors morning subject is
For of Such Is the Kingdom"
Charles Fairman, chief art Gu
rator of the United States Capitol,
will teach the keystone Bible Glass.
The young peoples societies meet
at 6:45. Officers and teachers of
the Bible school will meet Mon
day evening for business session.
PetwOrth.
Annual children's day will be
observed Sunday at 10 o'clock. in
charge of Miss Mary Wright. The
morning preaching service is given
to the Bible exercises. The Senior
B. Y. P. U. will have charge of the
evening service. the pastor speak
ing on The Perfect Mastery"
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Rev. ". ). Abernethy
10 Reminisce on
DO Years in Ministry
Anniversary Of
His Ordination
To Be Observed

The Rev. w. S. Abernethy, minis
ter at Calvary Baptist Church. will
preach tomorrow morning on Rem
iniscences." He will have completed
40 years in the Christian ministry
on June II so the occasion will be
observed with fitting ceremonies at
the morning church service to-.
morrow
. DR.. Abernethy was born in Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, on November II, 1872.
With his parents he moved soon
after to Minneapolis, Mimi, where
he spent all of his childhood and
youth. He went to the public
schools in North Minneapolis and
later graduated from the University
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DR.. HenryH. Ranck
To Be Honored by
Congregation
Farewell Will Be Held
At Grace Reformed
Church June n

DR.. Henry H. Ranck, for 25 years
pastor Of the Grace Reformed
Church, has resigned and will quit
active ministerial work. A congre-
gational farewell will be held at the
church on June %.
At a meeting of the Presbyterian
Ministers Association last Monday
at the New York Avenue Presbyte-
rian Church, Dr. Ranck was given a
farewell reception. DR.. James D.
Buhrer and DR.. John C. Palmer
paid special tribute to him. DR..
Ranck responded.
DR.. Ranck graduated from Frank
lin and Marshall Seminary, Lam
caster, Pa, in 1895, with the mark
of double e-first-honorary.' He was
ordained in 1895 and installed as
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Lutheran Mission Bourd

The Luthern Inner Mission Board
elected the following officers: The
Rev. Sam H. Kornmann, president;
the Rev. George j. Grewenow, vice
president; Miss Martha Folk. secre-
tary, and Frederick G.. Umhow,
treasurer.
Miss Frances Dysinger, executive
director, will be the representative at
the National Inner Mission Con-
ference in Milwaukee, Wis, June IA
to 16 inclusive. Following the con-
ference she will attend the National
Conference OF Social Workers In
Buffalo.
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Mount Olivet (Colored) .

The Rev. w. Schiebel will speak
on Christian Joy" in the II o'clock
service. Osborn T. Smallwood, a
candidate for the Lutheran ministry,
will speak. He will have the masters
degree of arts in literature conferred
upon him from Howard University
In the adult Bible class the pastor
will lead the discussion on Verbal
Inspiration"
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and Mrs. George W. Lambert are
in charge of the refreshments.
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nlzed. MOSC OF
our citizens are
affiliated with a
church. T h cir
S t a n dards and
ideals are those
t a u G h t in the
New Testament.
They are not as
d e m o nStrativ
or as much in
the limelight, as
some groups Of
far lesser i'm
por t ance. Yet
they S t e a d lily
carry on in shap-
ing the Nations
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Chew Chase,

The Rev. Edward Gardiner Latch
has planned a youth service for II
am. when young people are to be
honored guests. The sermon subject
will be "A Challenge to Youth"
Gail Shaw is general chairman of
the lawn fete, sponsored by the
young people, this evening on the
church grounds.
The Missionary Society will have
its annual picnic luncheon Tuesday
at the home of Mrs. George Emery
Phillips, 200 Jones Bridge road, and
in the evening the Mothers Club
will meet at 1ilden Gardens for din
ner, with Mrs. Roger Curtis, the re-
Gently elected president, presiding.
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Calvary. GeOrret0wn.

At II am. the Rev. F. L. Morrison
will preach on What 1t Takes to Be
a Christian" At 8 pm. the Rev.
Mack Thomasson will be the guest
preacher. At7:15 Carlton Parker will
be in charge of the young peoples
service.
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st. Stephen's Evangelical

Children's day service will be OBJ
served at II am, in charge Of the
children of the cradle roll and
primary department. assisted by
two members of the junior depart
ment. James Basinger will act as
youth minister.
A meeting of the church council
will be held Tuesday at 8 pm.
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Baptist
West Washington.

At II am. children's day service,
under the direction of Supt. Robert
l.. Haycock, At 8 pm. sermon by the
Rev. Charles B. Austin on Some
Cures for Worries and Discourage
ments." He will discuss the follow
ing forum questions: will the pow
erful minorities of the cross ever
be able to melt guns and men, and
remake nations?" What can men
and women do to make their great
est contributions to spiritual re-
armament around the world"
when fidelity to the church goes
how much else goes?'
mo Let Down at West Washing
ton in June" is the slogan for the
month.
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A Lesson for the Week
Free Within the State,
Church Shows New Power
BY WILLIAM +. ELLIS,

Within the 10 attended
different places All of the congregations
be contained in the audoums evening friend
checked his experience with only
congregation of 2o0 and that because the
Inadequate
Our tide of
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st. Marks.

Sunday will be Children's day A
pageant, That Joy May Be-" will be
given by the children at the II am.
service. On Wednesday at 8 pm.
there will be meeting of the Alpha
Bible class at the church.
A preliminary service to the cele-
bration of the 5Oth anniversary of
the organization of St. Marks
Church will be held June 18th. The
pastor will preach on THE Jubilee
Year"
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PeOpIe'S (COlOred) ,

At the morning service the Rev.
A. F. Elmes will preach on The
Joy of Living" The youth groups
meet at 5 and 6 pm. The Mems
Club meets Tuesday night.