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Evening star., 1940-12-21
St. PauIs Church School
Lists Special Service

The church school of Rock Creek
Parish, st. Paul's, will hold a spe-
Cial Christmas service tomorrow at
$50 am. Christmas carols will be
sung and there will be talk on the
preparation for Christmas. Mem
bers of the school will take their
gifts to the chancel for distribution
later to those in need.
Fciy communion will be celebrat-
ed at $50 am. and the regular
morning service with prayer and
sermon by the rector, DR., F. j. Bo-
hanan. The Young Peoples Eel
lowship will meet at 7 pm.
Christmas services will be a carol
service with holy communion at
r1:30 pm. Christmas Eve and holy
communion with sermon at $50
am. Christmas Day. DR.. Bohanan
will officiate
The vestry will meet Monday
night. and Friday night the church
school will have its Christmas en-
tertainment.
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Kings college Carols
Will Be Presented
Al 81. Johns Church
DR.. Glenn to Preach
At Morning Service;
French Rites at a PM.

An unusual service will be held at
st. Johns Episcopal Church tomor-
row at pm. when the traditional
service of lessons and carols from
Kings College Chapel, Cambridge,
England, will be presented.
Those reading the lessons are Ar
thur w. HoWes, jr.; Ingham Mack,
William w. Mitchell, Walter r.
Powell, jr,, Edward Stein, and the
clergy of st. Johns, the Rev. John
G. Magee, the Rev. William Curtis
White and DR.. Florian Vurpillot. DR..
c. Leslie Glenn will give the pray
er. The service is held in this coun-
try at Groton School, st. Paul's
Cathedral, Boston, and Christ
Church, Cambridge, Mass. It has
been broadcast for several years
from England. 1t tells story of
mans redemption as portrayed in
the Bible from the fall of Adam
to the incarnation.
Services tomorrow will be holv
communion at am, children's
Christmas service in scripture and
song at $50 am. in the church with
Christmas tree and distribution of
presents later in the parish hall. DR..
Glenn will preach at II am. The
full choir of men and boys will sing.
The French service of holy COM
munlon will be held at 4pm.
On Christmas Eve there will be
celebration of the holy communion
at 11:30 pm.
The Christmas Day services are
as follows: 7:30 am, holy commun-
ION; 9:3O m, holy communion tno
Sermon), and at II am, holy COM
munlon with sermon by DR.. Glenn.
The choir will sing.
Services for the remainder of
tne week are daily celebration of
the holy communion at 7:3O a m,
and celebration of the holy COM
union at noon on THURSDAY, ST
stephen; Friday. St. John, the
evangelist, and Saturday, Holy In
nocentS."
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time. that the angel proclaimed to
the awe-stricken hearers. This was
the major news of time and eternity,
transcending in Importance the rise
and fall of empires, the development
of civilization and all the other
events of all the centuries that had
been or were to be. This central, su-
preme fact, that the Messiah had
come, and that He was Peace Bring
er to the race, is the very heart of
hearts of all true Christmas-keep-
ing
At this season, when the music of
the. Christmas bells is almost
drowned out by the roar of bombs
and guns, we may still perceive that
Heavens program for earth is one of
peace. Into a dominated world
came this sensational announce
ment. Strife was natural for nations
of the era into which Christ was
born Even to this day, the dictators
glorify war, and proclaim it the
highest estate of man.
They are wrong, wickedly wrong.
This War-weary world knows they
are wrong, even though not con-
sciously aware that the explicit pur-
pose of God is one of peace. Christ
mas memorialiZes the Divine pro-
gram of peace. That objective was
deemed great enough to be linked
with the announcement of the birth
of Gods Son upon earth.
One condition was attached, as
reason shows that it had to be-
Peace was promised to men of goon
will" or to men who do Gods
pleasure, or among men of good will
Naturally. there could not be peace
among hate-filled men or selfish
power seeking men. There is sub
lime nationality to all the truths
of the Scripture. Peace, universal
peace, is possible-on Gods terms.
Back of Peace.
So the coming of Jesus was in
extricably linked with the possibility
OF peace. His doctrine of love was
to change the hearts of men. So
deeply stepped are these hearts in
purposes that do not make for peace
that it needs His power, and loyal
discipleship to Him. and "the mind
that is in Christ Jesus" to soften
these hearts, to purify these pur-
poses, and to put the constraining
love of Christ in their place. Peace
cannot come into the world until
1t has first come into the hearts of
men. That is why spiritual peace is
antecedent to social peace.
To find peace for the world we
must make Christmas pilgrimage
to Bethlehem and to Calvary. In
profoundly practical sense, He is
our peace" This War-dominated
ChriStmastide will be truest to the
first Christmas eve if it shows us
the only way to world peace. which
consists in following the Christ who
was born in Bethlehem.
Times without number have
gone to Bethlehem, and ! have re-
peatedly trekked over the long. hard
road followed by the Wise Men. Nv
place-sense of Christmas is strong
Nevertheless, with the passing years,
I have come to realize that it is only
as we find the Christ Himself that
we can have a Christmas world.
Thou shalt call His name Jesus:
for He shall save His people from
their sins"
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Mount Vernon Place Methodist
Church tomorrow at 10 am He
will speak on Sharing the Shep-
herds JOY" The class will cooper
ate in the annual community Christ
mas tree presentation which will be
held on the steps of Mount Vernon
Place Church on Christmas Eve. H.
S. Douglas is in charge of the pro-
gram.
Miss Thurston's Glass at the Cow
enant-First Presbyterian Church
will hear the reports of the team
leaders on the Christmas candle
light service tomorrow morning.
Mrs. Ernest Van Fossen will lead
the worship service and the teacher,
Miss Mabel Nelson Thurston, will
speak on Sharing the Shepherds
JOY"
Edwin A. Swingle will address the
Mems Bible Glass of Eldbrook Meth
odist Church tomorrow morning on
The Light of the World, Christ
mas Lesson. President Alden w.
Hoage will be in charge of the
program. The class orchestra will
play and B. Davidson will lead the
song service.
The Philathea Glass of PetWorth
Baptist Church will be taught to-
morrow morning by Miss Cora Croft
Mrs. Mary Moore will preside.
The Comparative Religion Glass
of All Souls Church will join with
the church school in the annual
Christmas program tomorrow morn
ing.
The Friendly Glass of Sherwood
Presbyterian Church will entertain
the members of the Lookout Glass
tomorrow morning. The guest
teacher will be R. H. Gaber, boys
work secretary of the Central Y. M
G. A.
The Vaughn Glass of Calvary Bap-
tist Church will hold its annual
Christmas service tomorrow at 9:20
a m, opening with selections by the
class orchestra, under the direction
of Chester Hutchinson. Earl Fuller
will lead the song service; Past
President John A. Patterson, sr
will lead in prayer, and Freeman
Stricklin will read the Scripture les
son. Lynn B. Elmore, member OF
the choir of Gunton Temple Presby-
terian Church, will sing "Jesu Bam-
bino,' and Jack Cooke and his sister
Viola, from the young peoples de-
partment, will play cornet ano
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The Sunday school lesson for
December % is SHARING the
Shepherds Joy."-Luke, ii.8-2O.
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Lincoln (C0l0redl .

Christmas exercises will be cele-
brated tomorrow. DR.. r. w. Brooks
will speak on 1.-The Voice of Au-
thority and Our Will to Power" The
vested chorus choir will render spe-
cial Christmas music.
The Mems Brotherhood will meet
at 10 am. DR.. John Lowell, jr., pro-
fessor of English, Howard University,
will discuss THE Contribution Made
through the Negro Spirituals.'
The Young Peoples Fellowship
group meets at 6 pm.
On Christmas at 7 am. special
services will be held. The choir will
render Christmas carols. DR.. Brooks
will preach on "The Quest of the
Wise Men"
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piano duet. Linn C. Drake, teacher
of the class, will teach the Christ
mas lesson. President j. ST. Clair
Hambly will preside. Vice President
Thomas o. Jones will be in charge
of the Christmas party at Blue
Plains on Friday evening. Motion
pictures will be shown and gifts will
be presented to the old folk A
special offering will be taken in the
class tomorrow for relief work dur
ing the Christmas season.
The Calvary Mems Class of CAL
vary Methodist Church will be
taught tomorrow morning by John
w. Fisher. President Charles Brett
will preside.
Mrs. j. NJ Stedman has been ap-
pointed by the Alpha Glass of ST
Marks Lutheran Church as the
class delegate to the Organized
Bible Glass Association.
The Young Mems Bible Glass of
the National Memorial Baptist
Church will conduct the service at
the Northeast Mission on Tuesday
evening.
The Box Bible Glass of Emory
Methodist Church will be taught
tomorrow morning by the Rev. Will
liam H. Hantzmon.
The Mems Bible Glass of Mount
Rainier Christian Church will CO.
operate in the Christmas Eve
candlelight service Tuesday evening.
Carl Book will teach the lesson to-
morrow morning.
The Fidelis Glass of National Bap-
tist Memorial Church has appointed
Mrs. Adelaide McLendon as dele
gate to the Organized Bible Glass
Association. Grace Rundlett will
teach the lesson tomorrow morning
The class has been divided into IA
groups, each under a group captain.
in the interest of an increase in
the attendance at class sessions and
other activities.
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Congregational
Ingram Memorial.

The choir will present program
of Christmas music at pm
The annual church school white
Christmas party will be held Mon
day evening.
The Rev. Frederick J. Bishop will
preach at the II o'clock service on
"Who is This Babe of Bethlehem?
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DR.. Busehmeyer's
Subject Announced

The Rev. DR.. Fred Sherman
Buschmeyer will preach on The
Christmas Saviour" tomorrow at IL
IN. at the Mount Pleasant Congre-
gational Church. Christmas music
will be rendered.
At 4:45 pm. a Christmas vesper
service will be held. The church
school Christmas service of music
by the Junior choir and a play. The
Perfect Gift followed by a giving
service will be held at $50 am,
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Pageant to Be Given
At Lewis Memorial

The Christmas story as depicted
annually in The Coming of the
Christ Child will be presented in
pageant form tomorrow at pm.
with the singing of Christmas carols
at the Lewis Memorial Methodist
Church. Twenty-three members of
the church school will participate
and the combined junior, young
ladies and senior choirs will be
heard.
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First (COIOred).

The Rev. T. Ewell Hopkins will
preach in the morning on "a Mother
Sings"
The Sunday school has charge of
the night services. The pupils will
present the annual Christmas eX-
ercises.
Activities in keeping with the
Christmas season are scheduled for
the week as follows: December "a
the children's choir will sing Christ
mas carols from 10 to IL pm, De-
cember Is the Christian Endeavor
Society will present worship period
at 6 am. At noon the pastor will
preach and the service will be cli-
NAKED by baptism.
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Methodist
Congress Street

The Harrison Bible Glass will
meet tomorrow at GAS am. Fred
R. Stephens, third vice president,
will preside. Powell P Bradfeld
will have charge of the lesson. The
Rev. Dorsey K. Sturgis will give a
short talk. DR.. Elmer Louis Kayser,
dean of George Washington Uni
versity and teacher of the class,
will be the speaker. The lesson
theme is Sharing the Shepherds
JOY"
The Rev. Mr.. Sturges will preach
at IL am. on mo Room in the
Inn" The Young Peoples Society
will meet at pm. An evening
with Christmas hymns at 8 pm.
On Monday at pm. annual Christ
mas party for the Sunday school.
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Cleveland Park Community

At GAS the church school will
hold a special Christmas service
There will be Christmas music By
the Junior boys choir, the presenta-
ton of gifts by the entire church
school, a Christmas story by Miss
Ruth Lane and the singing of carols.
The Rev. Paul w. Yinger win
preach at II am. on "The Abiding
Hope" Special Christmas music.
The Christmas vesper candlelight
service will begin at 5 pm. A Is
minute prelude will be given by Mrs.
oscar Bergman, violinist, and Mrs.
G. n. Moore, organist. Christmas
anthems and carols. The minister
ana the people will join in the
candlelight service.
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morning. At II o'clock for the
confessional address he will speak
on the subject, The Goodness of
God"
BE Glad in the Lord" is, the title
of the service on Christmas morn
ing at 10:30 o'clock in the lobby of
the Y. w. c. A. The Sunday School
will sing Christmas carols. There
will be 20 minutes of Christmas mu-
sic
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Plymouth (COlOred)

The Rev. Arthur D. Gray will
have for his subject, 'The Light
Shineth." At the 7 pm. vesper,
the Christmas portion of Handel's
Messiah will be rendered by the
senior choir. The Sunday School
Christmas pageant will be given
on Tuesday at 7 pm. Holy conf
munion will be celebrated at $50
am. on Christmas Day.
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Christmas should be a day of real
ism. 1t is time for fronting facts
fearlessly-the fact of the world S
fear and danger; the fact of man S
seeming helplessness to extricate
himself from his plight; the facts
historic facts-of the first Christ
mas, with its tremendous portent
and significance If Historian Luke's
| narrative be true, as the criticism OF
the scholarship of the ages has at
tested, then we are not without
hope, and vista of peace opens
before us.
Let us linger for a moment, de-
spite our common gloom, upon the
record that the birth of Jesus, which
created Christmas, was attended by
light and music. The good news
came to a group of out-of doors
Workingmen, engaged in a humdrum
task, to the strains of heavenly mel
ody, and the bare fields were suf-
fused with the indeScribable light of
the Shekinah glory Later, the
questing Magi were given the guild
ance of radiant new star. All the
brightness and caroling of our
Cristmas keeping are warranted by
the characteristics of the first
Christmas.
Facing the Facts.
We take delight in picturing the
local incidents of the Bethlehem
birth-the sleepy. scared shepherds;
the obscure cave stable of the little
khan. the maiden Mother and her
gallant husband; the far-faring
Wise Men, and all the known cir
cumstances of the Advent.
Yet these should not obscure the
larger meanings. This was not
local affair, else the heavens would
not have broken their immemorial
silence; and messengers from the
Presence would not have winged
their way to earth; and the efful-
gence which surrounds the throne
of God would not have enwrapped
the shepherds and their hillside.
1t was a message for all the peo-
Pile and for all the earth, for all
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Young People to Give
Christmas PAGEANT

A Christmas pageant. "Bethle-
hem,' by Veitch, will be presented at
7:45 pm. tomorrow at the Metro
politan Presbyterian Church. The
combined quartet and choirs will
furnish the music for the pageant.
which is being presented by the
young people
At II am. DR.. J. L. Fendrich. ir.,
will deliver his Christmas message
The Wonderful Child" There will
be special music. The Young Wom-
ems Choral Group will sing
A special Christmas program is
also being prepared for the Sunday
school at $50 am.
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oClillCllClli, dllSl IL GOOdy ICllCCUCO
in the whole worlds Christmas illu-
mination. Having experimental in
vain with all the lights of science
and philosophy and statecraft,
which have left mankind in dark
ness, we turn in hope to this gleam
Of star and blaze of Shekinah glory
which once bathed an obscure Pal
estine field. There is no hope left
for the world except in the light of
Christmas. From these bare Judean
hills a heartsick humanity hears
echoing the Fear not" of Gods an
gelic messenger.
Christmas is the most sentimental
time OF the year. Then all hearts
are mellowed and opened. Greet
ings and gifts by the billion crowd
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Good Will (Colored).
DR.. James L. Pinn will speak in
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Second (COlOred.

DR.. j. L. S. Holloman will preach
at II am. on THE Momentous De-
cision of the Shepherds of Bethle-
hem" At 4 pm the Missionary
Society will conduct a candlelight
service In the evening the pas
tor will preach on "A Christians
Christmas"
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Episcopal
Church of Our Saviour.

At 7:30 am. tomorrow, holy COM
munion; $50 am, Junior church
manger service: IL am, sermon on
IF Not Christ, Then Who or
What?'; 8 pm. carol service with
augmented choir. On Tuesday at
6 40 pm, union church carol serv-
ice, front lawn McKendree Church;
1890 pm, Christmas music; II pm,
midnight celebration of holy COM
munion. On Wednesday, 9 am,
holy communion. On Thursday.
7:30 pm, Christmas entertainment
in parish hall. On Friday, 7:30 pm,
Christmas party in parish hall.
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st. Luke'S (COIOred) i.

At IL am. tomorrow the carol sing
of the Church School will occur.
The senior and Junior choirs will
present the music. At pm, Christ
mas vesper service and reading,
1.-The Other Wise Man." by Miss
Mary P. Burrill On December "a,
1880 pm, choral eucharist; Decem-
ber Is, $50 am, holy eucharist,
junior church; II am, holy euchar-
list, sermonette.
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regular meeting of the fellowship
tomorrow at o'clock.
The church school will hold its
Christmas tree exercise and party
next Thursday night. Next Fri
day the children of the Northwest
Settlement House will use the So
cial rooms for the annual party.
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PeOple'S (COlOred)

The Rev. A. F. Elmes will preach
Sunday morning: "The Christmas
Song in the World Today" A
group of anthems appropriate to
the seasons celebration will be
sung by the choir.
The young peoples fellowship
have planned to carry some Christ
mas cheer to patients on some of
the wards at Gallinger Hospital
Monday and arrangements for the
trip are to be completed at the
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RYland.

"The Christmas Experience" is
the theme of the pastor in the
Christmas service Sunday at II
am. Special music will feature the
service. Three Wise Men," a play
in three scenes, will be presented at
8 pm. by the young people.
On Christmas eve at 11::30 pm.
a candlelight service will be held.
The church will be lighted only with
candles and there will be special
choir and solo music. The service
will close at IL o'clock, a half-hour
service.
On Friday evening the church
school will hold a Christmas pro-
gram with Santa Claus.
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Transformation.

The Rev. j. J. Queally will preach
the fourth in a series of addresses
during Advent at II am. on Sum
day. Other services are at 7:30 and
$50 am. Services on Christmas
will be at IL midnight Christmas
Eve and at II o'clock Christmas
morning.
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Lutheran
Trinity

The Rev. H. M. Hennig has for
his topic tomorrow, "Marys Sa-
vior." The Junior Walther League
meets at 3 pm.
A midnight Christmas Eve serv-
ice will be held at II pm. On
Christmas Day a German service
will be held at 10 am. The chill
dren's Christmas service will begin
at Z o'clock Christmas Night.
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Friendship (Colored

The Spirit of Christmas" will be
the subject of the Rev. B. H. Whiting
at II am. The Rev Louis Brooks,
pastor of Mount Joy Baptist Church,
will preach at 4 pm. The Rev. M
A. Hunter will be the guest speaker
at pm.
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Park View.

The annual white gift Christmas
service will be held in the Bible
School at GAS am, with all de-
partments of the church participat-
ing The choir will present a pc
riod of special Christmas music at
II am. and the Rev. J. Lloyd Black
will give a meditation on The
Star Still Shines A service of
carols and lights will be held at 8
pm The annual Christmas pro-
gram and party for the church
school will be held Friday evening.
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Baptist
East Washington Heights,

Home for Christmas" will be the
subject at II am. by the Rev. Glenn
B. Faucet. The choir will render
special Christmas music. The COM
munity Christmas tree observance
will take place at 6:45 pm. at the
corner of Branch and Alabama ave-
nues Sc. At 7:30 the Prince of
Peace Players will present The
Prince of Peace"
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New Bethel (Colored)

At II am. the Rev. William H.
jackson will speak on "The Uni
versal Gift, and Panacea for Fallen
Man; $50 pm, the Young Peo-
pies Society; 8 pm, the Rev. Mr..
Jackson will speak on 1.-The Wonder
full Christ"
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oAAS SAAollllClD VI
trade and COM
munication. De-
pressed hearts
are lightened
by Chri Stmas
good will and
cheer. For a
short season we
revert to the
simplicity a n d
S i n c Gritty of
childhood. All,
if it could but
b e a lW a y S
Christmas!
In spite of the
COO cnr,c y,ooI
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St, Columba'S.

The Rev. E. A. LIE Nome will
preach Sunday morning on "A Book
With Purpose" At pm. will be
the Christmas festival of the Church
School, consisting of pageant and
Christmas tree Holy communion
will be celebrated at 7:30 am.
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Mount Bethel (Coloredl

DR.. K. w. Roy will preach at
II am. on '"The Nativity of the
King" and at 8 pm. on "The
Wonderful Christ" On Christmas
Day the pastor will preach at II am.
on Goods Christmas Gift to the
World" Special Christmas music
by the Junior Choir.
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CAPITAL View (Colored) i.

The Rev. j. Clarke Griffin will
preach on 1.-THE Birth of Jesus" at II
am: Christian Endeavor. pm;
special program at pm, Mrs. Bes-
sic l.. jackson, sponsor.
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DR.. Marshall to Speak
On The Silent Anoeis'

At the New York Avenue Presby-
terian Church tomorrow morning
the Rev. DR.. Peter Marshall will
speak at II o'clock on The Silent
Angels" There will be special music
At the vesper service at o'clocl,
program.
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First lColoredl .

On Sunday at 6 pm. program Of
Christmas music will be held.
Midnight services will be con-
Quoted December "a. Featured on
the program are Princess Mae Rich
ardson, harpist: Stanley Brooks,
tenor, and Leonard Gordon, baritone.
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Mount Carmel (Coloredl j.

At II am, sermon by the pastor
on Practical Christianity" and at
8 pm. on Seeking and Finding" On
Wednesday at II am, a Christmas
Day union service by the Mount
Carmel and Second Baptist
Churches, at the Mount Carmel
Baptist Church. The Rev. j. L. S..
Holloman, speaker.
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National CITY Christion

The Prince of Peace will be the
topic of DR.. Raphael Harwood Mil
ler's sermon tomorrow.
At 7:45 will be a cantata, to be
followed by carol service.
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Bethany,

$50 This Is Christmas is the
pastors subject tomorrow morning.
In the evening special music will be
sung by the choir.
A tea, sponsored by the young
peoples society, will be given at 6
o'clock in the social hall A Christ
mas party, under the auspices of
Amoma Class, will be held Friday
evening.
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Mount Moriah tColored)

At II am. the Rev J. Harvey Ran
dolph will preach on The Tidings
of Joy in a World of Gloom" and
at 7:30 pm. on The Hope and
Task of the Church" Special music
by the senior choir for both services.
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Mount pispah (Colored)

The Rev. Lloyd N. Young will de-
liver two Christmas sermons, at
1l:30 am. on THE Spirit of Christ
mas" and at $3.50 pm. on Home for
Christmas"
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Christian
Third.

What Does Christmas Mean to
You and Me?" is the subject of the
Rev. c. N. Williams at II m. The
Lords Supper will be observed. A
Christmas pageant will be present.
ed at 8 pm.
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Florida Avenue (Colored)

The Rev. Robert L. Rollins will
have for his topic at II am. Mis-
sion of Jesus" Music by senior
choir. At 6 pm, training unit, and
at 8 pm. Christmas music by the
senior choir.