Evening star., 1944-04-07

theater.
President Roosevelt, in letter to
the Rev. DR.. Frederick B. Harris,
Senate chaplain and chairman OF
the Good Friday Observance Com
mittee, said: ut is fitting that We
as Nation should pray very hum
bly, in this season and this year of
our trial, for divine blessing upon
the work to which we have set our
hands. 1t is fitting that we should
consider well our own efforts, our
own accomplishments in connection
with this task"
Franklin Park Service.
The Catholic Evidence Guild was to
hold the 18th annual Everybody's
Good Friday Service in Franklin
Park, Fourteenth and K streets
NV, from to 2:30 pm. The sta
tions of the cross will be said and
choral music heard.
Army and Navy chaplains are
holding three-hour services at va
rious Government and service build
ir3s, beginning at noon.
| A Good Friday union service
among churches of the North Capt.
tol street area is being held from
noon to 3 pm. in the Memorial
United Brethren Church, North
Capitol and r streets, with the Rev.
DR.. E. H. Pruden, pastor of the
First Baptist Church, as the speaker.
Churches and pastors taking part
include Bethany Baptist, the Rev.
M. P. German; Atonement Lu-
theran, the Rev. r. L. Lang; Lin
coin Road Methodist, the Rev. G.
H. Bennett; Rhode Island Avenue
Methodist, the Rev. E. A. Sexsmith;
lexington Presbyterian, the Rev.
H. B. Wooding, and the United
Brethren, the Rev. I. S. Ernst.
Methodist Union.
A Methodist union service was
planned for pm. at the Mount
Vernon Place Methodist Church,
Massachusetts, avenue and Ninth
street NV. Churches represented
include Brookland, Douglass Me-
mortal, Lincoln Road, Waugh, Trim
ity, Ryland and Bradburn.
ilC SAoNC LubllCA GAL Sl4ul ILL kO1h-
teenth and Varnum streets NV, is
open for meditation and prayer from
IL to O clock The pastor. the Rev.
Dr. Gerhard E. Lenski, will conduct
THE Service of the Seven Last
Words" from 2 to 3.
Participating in the Easter sun
rise service at Arlington will be
DR. Harris, the Rev. DR.. James Shera
Montgomery, chaplain of the House,
and the Rev. DR.. John C. Palmer,
grand chaplain of the Grand Lodge
of Masons of the District. The
local knights Templar will be head
ed by Samuel T. Farmer, grand
commander of the District.
Invitations have been sent to the
President and Mrs. Roosevelt, men,
bers of the cabinet, members of
Congress. Army and Navy officials
and other Government heads.
The sermon will be delivered by
the Right Rev. Oliver J. Hart, D. D.,
bishop of the Protestant Episcopal
Diocese of Pennsylvania. The Ma
rine Band will play. The service
will be broadcast nationally by Co.
lumbia over WTOP.
Dawn Youth Service.
The Easter Dawn Youth Service
will be held at $50 am. on the
steps Of the jefferson Memorial,
under the sponsorship of the WASH
ington Federation of Christian
Youth, division of the Washing
ton Federation of Churches. The
Rev. Ralph w. LoeW, associate pas
tor of the Church of the Reforma-
ton, will preach on The Christ in
Our Midst" An all-youth chorus,
directed by Warner Lawson, dean
of music at Howard University. will
feature the service. In case of rain,
it will be held in the First Con-
gregational Church, Tenth and G
streets NV.
A sunrise service at Fort Lincoln
Heights, at 6:45 am, is expected to
draw a crowd outnumbering the
$4,000 who attended the 1943 gather
ing. This service is sponsored by the
Organized Bible Glass Association,
The Rev. Harry w. Rurgan, chair
man OF the board of trustees Of
American University, will speak on
casters Meaning for Today" A
guard Of honor from the American
Legion will raise the colors. Taking
part in the service will be DR.. Page
NICK. Etchison, president of the
Bible Association; the Rev. =,
Lloyd Black, director. Of the Chris
tlan Church Council; the Rev. r.
Paul Schearrer, pastor of Takoma
Park Presbyterian Church. and the
Rev. DR.. Gerhard E. Lenski, pastor
OF Grace Lutheran Church.
The west lawn of Faith Lutheran
Church will be the scene of another
dawn service at $50 o'clock. The
Rev. Robert w. Long, pastor, will
preach on What a Difference Eas,