Evening star., 1944-02-24
Prayer Center
Is0penedfor
,Lenten Period
Epiphany Church
To Begin Service
Tomorrow Noon


A wartime prayer center for all
persons, sponsored by the Defense
Commission of the Washington
Federation of Churches, will be
opened at noon tomorrow at the
Church of the Epiphany, 1917 G
street NV. Donald F. Bautz, direc-
tor of the Defense Commission, an
nounced today.
The opening will be held in con-
nection with the regular lenten
MONDAY service, which will be ad-
dressed by the Right Rev. Noble c.
Powell, Bishop of Maryland and
former dean of the Washington
Cathedral.
Among those participating in the
opening ceremonies will be Capt.
Robert D. Workman, chief of Navy
chaplains; Deputy Chief of Army
Chaplains George F. Rixey, Coleman
Jennings, chairman of the Defense
Commission of the Federation. and
officials OF the War Hospitality COM
mittee and of the United Services
Organizations
1000 at MONDAY Service.
The center is to be in operation
from 7:30 to 8 pm. daily, Mr.. Bautz
said. Devotional aids and a suitable
book in which the worshipper can
inscribf the name of the person re-
membered in prayer will be availa-
BILE.
Yesterday, approximately 1000
worshippers at the Ash Wednesday
MONDAY service in the Church OF
the Epiphany were told by the Rev.
DR.. Charles W. Sheerin that what
the church has to offer today is dis
cipline in religion.
Basing his sermon on Justice
Roberts statement the preceding
day at breakfast meeting at the
Church of the Epiphany Parish
House that the church has failed
to hold the people in the past, DR..
Sheerin said the church has no
set formula or pattern to tell people
how to live but asserted it does
have some things to offer. Above
all, he declared, the church tries
to tell men and women what they
are. 1t has also shown itself
strong advocate of the dignity of
man, being among the first to pro-
test against elements which tend
to make him cog in a machine.
DR.. Sheerin declared people have
lost control of themselves because
OF the material things God has re-
vealed, especially through science.
Eleven visiting speakers will adj
dress the MONDAY services during
the Ave weeks in Lent and the fol-
lowing Holy Week, it was an
nounced. They are DR.. Ralph
Tabar of the Luther Place Memorial
Church, Bishop Powell, the Rev.
DR.. Ralph w. Sockman of New
York City, the Very Rev. DR.. Ma
thaniel R. High-Moor, dean of
Trinity Cathedral in Pittsburgh;
the Right Rev. DR.. Austin B. Par
due, Bishop of Pittsburgh; the Rev.
DR.. Vincent c. Franks of Richmond,
Va; the Rev. DR.. Joseph r. Sizoo
of New York City, the Rev. DR..
Peter Marshall of the New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church in
Washington, the Very Rev. DR..
Sidney E. Sweet, dean of Christ
Church Cathedral in St. Louis: the
Rev. DR.. Samuel M. Shoemaker of
New York City and the Rev. DR..
John w. Rustin of the Mount Ver-
non Place Methodist Church in
Washington.
! DIR. Tabor TO Speak Today.
DR.. Ralph L. Tabor, pastor of the
. Luther Place Memorial Church. was
to address the MONDAY service today
in place of the Rev. DR.. Oscar F.
Blackwelder, pastor of the Church
| OF the Reformation in Washington,
, who is ill.
, Announcement was also made
, that there will be a cafeteria
luncheon served Mondays through
Fridays during Lent. starting to-
. morrow, in the parish hall of the
church.
The Washington Federation Of
Churches also announced yesterday
that lenten services under it's aus
, piceS will be held at the Church Of
the Epiphany at IL noon on Satur-
. days this year instead of $50 pm.
on Thursdays as in previous years.
, Ministers addressing the services
are the Rev. DR.. Ralph K. Merker,
, superintendent of Missions of the
Washington City Presbytery; the
5 Rev. DR.. Gerhard E. Lenski, Grace
! Lutheran Church; the Rev. DR.. J.
r Lloyd Black, executive secretary,
Capital Area, Christian Missionary
Society; the Rev. DR.. NJ Chandler
Stlth, executive secretary, Bap-
tist District Convention; the Rev.
DR.. T. o. Wedel. warden, College
of Preachers, Washington Cathe-
dral. and the Rev. DR.. Horace E.
Cromer, district superintendent,
Washington East District of the
5 Baltimore Conference, Methodist
: Church