Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-05-08
ID. {. Churches
Mark We Day
In Special Rites
All Denominations
Schedule Services
Of Thanksgiving

Of Thanksgiving
Churches and temples Throughout
Washington, as soon as the ofncia
announcement of We day wa.
made, put into effect plans for spe.
cial services and programs arranged
in the expectation their congrega.
tons would turn solemnly to prayer
and thanksgiving.
At the Washington Cathedral Il
was announced there would bs
services every hour, with one at 4
pm. emphasizing the especial sig.
nif1cance of the victory in Europe.
Special services are to be held ir
the Catholic Churches. st. Pat.
rick's Church had announced II
would exhibit the blessed sacra
ment until after benediction. The
rosary will be said at $50 pm. anc
a TIE Deum and benediction at 7:3(
pm.
st. Matthew'S Cathedral held mas.
at noon and will hold benediction a
8 pm. st. Stephens Church, TWEEN.
ty-fifth street and Pennsylvania ave
nue. NV, celebrated mass at 1911
pm. and scheduled a solemn thanks
giving service at 7:45 pm.
Churches Designated.
Jewish temples and synagogue.
also will conduct special services
The Washington Hebrew Congrega.
ton will hold service at S pm. anc
Adas Israel Congregation will con.
duct its service at 8 pm.
DR.. Frederick E. Reissig, executiy,
secretary of the Washington Fed.
Grafton Of Churches, announced tn,
following churches, designated b,
the federation, will hold services a
8 pm: Chevy Chase Presbyterian
Church, Lutheran Church of tn,
Reformation, Arlington Presbyteria,
Church, Hamline Methodist Church
Bethesda Baptist Church, Luthe,
Rice Memorial Baptist Church ant
Lincoln Congregational Church.
The 3 pm. services at Lutheran
Church of the Reformation also will
serve as patriotic-religious com.
munity meeting. Community meet.
lngs also will be held in thes,
churches: Epworth Methodist, Met.
ropolitan Baptist. Maryland Avenu,
Baptist, Wilson Memorial ane
The Episcopal Church of tn,
Epiphany scheduled special service,
at noon, and 8 pm. All Souls
Memorial Episcopal Church, Cathe
dral avenue and Woodley place, VII
hold services at II am. and pm.
townsville Presbyterian Church
will hold services at 7:30 pm. anc
Woodside Methodist Church at
and at $50 pm.
Order of Service.
DR.. Reissig also stated most Dis.
trlct churches are expected to ust
a special order of service today.
He released the special service
prepared by the federation to b<
used at these services. !. 1t consists O,
an invocation, the Lords PRAYER
hymn, Scripture reading, prayer Of
thanksgiving and OF pentinence
hymn. message having for it's theme
We Remember Before Thee" litany
or lntercession and a litany Of dedi-
cation, prayer and closing hymn
The keynote sentence taken from
the service is 1--WE bless Thy HOLY
Name, that earth, sea and sky are
safe again in Europe, that the gun.
are silent and Thou has brought u.
to this long-expected hour"
The East Washington Height,
Baptist Church, Branch and Ala.
bama avenues Sc: st. Timothy,
Episcopal Chapel, Alabama avenu,
and Suitland road Sc, and Rylanc
Methodist Church, Branch ane
Pennsylvania avenues Sc, are CO.
operating in We day services. Each
church will be open for persona
prayer, with special service at {
pm.
Plan Communion Service.
Mount Vernon Place Methods
Church will hold holy communion
service at 8 pm, with Brig. Gen
George F. Rixey. Army deputy chic.
Of chaplains, participating.
Covenant First Presbyterian
Church, Connecticut avenue at n
street NV, will conduct a specia
program at $50 pm.
The Eldbrooke Methodist Church
Wisconsin avenue and River roac
N.W., will hold a special service at {
pm.
We day services also will be held
In the Grace Lutheran Church, Six
teenth and Varnum streets NV. at
8 pm.
Thanksgiving services will be helc
at pm. in the National Shrine Of
the Immaculate Conception at Cath.
Ole University. They will include
the singing of the "Te Deum" by the
university choir, a brief discourse
by Msgr. P. j. Mccormick, uni
versity rector, and benediction Of
the Blessed Sacrament. The cele-
brant of the benediction will be the
Rev. DR.. William J. Lallou, master
of ceremonies of the university.
The Universalist National Me-
mortal Church, Sixteenth and S
streets NV, will hold a special
We day service at 8 pm. The Rev
DR.. Seth R. Brooks, pastor, will
conduct the service.
Rockville Churches Combine.
All Silver Spring churches will
hold services at 8 pm. and second
service, at 9:15 pm, will be held
in Woodside Methodist Church, tc
accommodate those unable to get tx
earlier services.
Six Rockville churches will unite
in We day services at 8 pm. in the
Rockville Methodist Church. They
are the Baptist, Christian, Epis.
copal, Free Methodist, Methods,
and Presbyterian. The Rev. Johr
w. Rosenberger, pastor of the Meth.
odist Church, will preside.
A special prayer composed by tn,
Right Rev. Angus Dun, Episcopa
Bishop Of Washington, called OF
God "as we look ahead to final vic
tory, to enable us to strive even NOR,
nightly in peace than in war t,
bring new freedom and dignity t,
every member of our human race
and to share without stint our DIES.