Evening star., 1941-04-07
Special Holy Week
Services Arranged
Capital Today
Programs Limited
For Convenience Of
Business Workers

Many of the persons who filled
District churches yesterday for
Palm Sunday services were pre-
pairing to attend today special Holy
Week ceremonies in various sec
tions of the city.
Among these was the noontime
service at the Penn Theater, $50
Pennsylvania avenue Sc. spon-
sored by churches in the Southeast
area. The Rev. F. Bland Tucker.
rector of St. Johns Episcopal
Church, Georgetown, was to deliver
a sermon on the Biblical theme of
PLATE washing his hands before the
multitude.
The services were to be brief
limited to a half hour for con-
venience of business workers. The
Rev. W, H. Denney. assistant pas
tor OF Cevenant-FIrst Presbyterian
Church, will speak at the theater
tomorrow: the Rev Daniel w. JUS
tice of Trinity Methodist Church,
Wednesday. and DR. Harold Mum
per of Keller Memorial Lutheran
Church. Thursday.
Bishop Freeman Speaker.
Bishop James E. Freeman was to
address another noon service today
at Epiphany Episcopal Church. 1917
G street NV. His topic was The
Impermanence of Material Things" 4"
He will address gatherings at the
church each day through Thursday.
discussing great statements of
Christ.
The First Congregational Church
will open its auditorium to the pub
lie today for two showings of Cecil
B. De Miles motion picture version
of the life of Jesus, King of Kings"
The picture will be screened at and
pm. Admission is free. the enter
prise being supported by voluntary
offerings at each showing. The
exhibition will be repeated twice
each day through Thursday, four
times on Good Friday and three
times on Easter Sunday.
Other Showings Arranged.
The same film will be shown twice
tomorrow at Luther Place Memorial
Church. The first will be at pm.
and the second will follow an 8
o'clock religious service.
Page Mex. Etchison, religious
work secretary of the Y. NJ G. A,
gave a lenten illustrated lecture on
The Passion Play" today at Amer
lean University. Tomorrow he will
repeat il. before a New York City
audience.
A feature of Catholic observance
of Palm Sunday was choir rendi-
tion of Dvorak's work. "Stabat Ma
ter" given at st. Matthews Cathe-
dral, under direction of Dr. Nation
Boyce.
The Shrine of the Immaculate
Conception, Catholic University, is
planning a mass of the -Sancti-
fed for noon on Good Friday, with
the Rev. J. B. McAllister as cele-
brant.
Recess for Store Employees.
officials of the Good Friday OBJ
servance movement here made pub
lie today list of about $50 business
firms and civic organizations which
have agreed to give employees a re-
cess from work on Friday to attend
church services.
1t was pointed out that this is the
first year the Capital has seen
Protestant and Catholic denomina-
tions join to press for observance of
the day. The Rev. Albert j. Nc
Cartney is chairman of the group
and the Rev. Joseph E. Gedra is
secretary. Archbishop Michael j.
Curley and Bishop Freeman have
been named co-chairman.
The body has asked that en-
ployers grant workers who request
it q recess from noon to 3 pm, in
order to enable them to attend some
church and there to worship, to
mediate, pray and beg God S
blessings upon all His creatures of
every race and nationality"
The business firms include some
of the largest in the city and some
have declared they would close en-
tirely during this period, it was
stated.