Smyrna times., 1943-12-16
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PRESBYTERIANS
"Oh! Worship The King" To
Be Given in 3 Scenes at
Sunday Evening Service
CANTATA DECEMBER 26

Mr.. Herman Dam, student pas
tor announces the following servic-
es for next Sunday, December 10.
Sunday School meets at 10. The
morning worship service will be
held at IL. A Christmas sermon
will be delivered. Christian En-
deavor will meet at $3.50 in the
Sunday School room. The topic
will be 'The Coming of the Mes
siah." At 7:30 there will be pre-
sented in the evening church SER
vice a pageant entitled, "Oh, Wor-
ship the King" This is a longer
pageant in response to many re-
quests for a longer one. Scenery
twenty-five feet long has been Sc
cured and this shows the city walls
and hills of old Bethlehem with the
star, shepherds campfire. There
will be three scenes. The first one
will be held in Bethlehem with the
prophets of old yearning for the
coming of the Messiah when sud-
denly they are told by joyous
shouts that He has been born. The
second scene shows the three wise
men in their tent in Palestine.
Their wives and daughters plead
with them not to go to follow the
star, leaving them, but the wise
men determine that they must go.
AS they slowly follow the moving
star to the rear of the church they
sing 1--WE Three Kings of Orient
Are" The third scene shows mod
ern young people in a modern
home. They somehow catch the
real Christmas spirit. This scene
will be climaxed by one of our
boys who is member of the Unit
ed States Army Interspersed
throughout there will be various
tableaux showing the manger
scene, Mary and Joseph, the shep-
herds and the inn. The nal tab
leaux will show all the characters
kneeling at the manger which the
angel in tinsel and white with arms
appraised calls all the world to come
and worship at his feet. The cast
of characters follows: Nathan"
Alfred Harrison; "Eleazar," Harry
Cloud; Samuel" Edward Tucker;
"Obed," Mrs. Glenn Martin;
Hosea" Glenn Martin; Wise Men:
"Melchior," Harry Lower; Gas
par" Francis Sylvester; "Balthaz-
ar" Alfred Harrison. Iris" Mrs.
Harry Jackson; Mara" Miss Oc-
tavia Bartlett; Mary" (young girl
in modern scene), Poris Pyle;
George" Pvt. Robert Lower;
"Ann," Elaine Senger; Alice"
Audrey Ashton; Joyce" Yvonne
Senger; Angel" Mrs. Ollie Loose;
MARY" the mother of Jesus, Mrs.
Glenn Martin; Joseph" the father
of Jesus, Frank Reichelt; "Shep-
herds: Roland Weber, Albert Mace,
William Broadway.
Committees in Charge
The committees in charge are:
directing, Miss Birdye Ransom,
Mrs. Vernon Westfall, Harry Low
er, Mrs. Herman Dam; properties,
Mrs. Elmer David, Mrs. Harry
Jackson, Mrs. Ernest Rowland;
stage, lights, and scenery, Harry
Cloud, Glenn Martin, Alfred Har-
rison. Mrs. Vernon Westfall is
the organist.
Christmas Carols
The Christian Endeavor Society
will sing Christmas carols on
Christmas Eve from $50 to 1890.
The Sunday School Christmas
party will be held Wednesday even
ing, December 20, at 7:30 in the
Sunday School room. The party
will be a snow party with the room
transformed into fairyland of
white. Santa Claus will be present
to pass out the Christmas candy.
Committees have been appointed
as follows to plan for the party:
decorations, Mrs. Glenn Martin,
chairman; Alfred Harrison, Harry
Cloud, Albert Mace; program, Mrs.
Vernon Westfall, Miss Birdye Ran
som, Mrs. Ollie Loose, Harry Low
er; candy, Miss Birdye Ransom,
Mrs. Harry Jackson, Mrs. Elmer
David.
Cantata December 26
On Sunday evening, December
26, during the evening service the
Senior Choir will present cantata,
1.-THE Child Divine" Choir rehars-
al will be held Tuesday and Friday
nights. Junior choir will rehearse
Friday evening at 700. Rehearsals
for the pageant will be held each
night this week at 7:30 in the
church.
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