Evening star., 1945-03-24
Churches to Open Holy Week
With Palm Sunday Services

uuy DEVICES
Quoted by DR.. John Rustin, assisted
by Miss Helen Lippiatt and Mrs
Dorothy Kalehoff as readers and the
Cloister Choir will sing. On Thurs
day the sacrament of the Lords
Supper will be administered. Friday
evening the Angelus A Cappella
Choir will sing the cantata, "Olivet
to Calvary. On Saturday evening the
Evening Fellowship will close its
School for Christian Living with a
party. |
Holy Week services at Georgetown
Lutheran are as follows: Wednes-
day, pm, preparatory service;
guest speaker, the Rev. N Everett
Hedeen; Thursday, pm, COM
munion, guest speaker, DR.. Frederick
ReiSsig, Friday, 8 pm, communion,
by the Rev. Harold Beatty.
The sacrament of the Lords Sup
per will be given Thursday at 81
pm. at the New York Avenue Pres
byterian Church, when Dr. Peter
Marshall will give the meditation
and the choirs singing Were You
There?". The choirs and guest solo,
lists will present The Requiem" at
pm. Friday.
Services will be held daily at the
Western Presbyterian Church from
1915 to 1890 pm. The Rev. c..
Stewart will speak Monday. Appeal
of the Cross; Tuesday, Pre-
eminence of the Cross: Wednesday,
Victory of the Cross; Thursday,
Fellowship of the Cross; Friday,
Revelation of the Cross" There
will be preparatory service for
communion at pm Wednesday.
Baptism for children and adults
will be held tomorrow at Eldbrooke
Methodist by the Rev. F. Paul Har-
ris, together with a reception to the
preparatory class The Youth Eel
lowship will hold a supper at $50
pm. Musical concert and movies
at pm.
National City Christian.
At the National City Christian
Church at 8 pm. Thursday DR.. j.
Warren Hastings will conduct a.
candlelight communion service. On
Friday at pm. Sergt. Virgil Fox
will render lenten organ recital.
DR.. l.. R. Tabor will give a series
of sermons at Luther Place Memorial
Monday through Friday at pm,
the topic being The Gospel of the
Trees" There will be a service Fri
day from noon to 3 o'clock.
On Thursday at pm. at Mount
Plasant, communion service will
be held during which new members
will be received.
Services in Holy Week at Grace
Lutheran will be held as follows:
Wednesday. pm, confessional and
preparatory service; Thursday, COM
munlon, pm; Friday, noon to
3 pm: communion, pm.
Dr. Clarence Crawford on Friday
at Calvary Baptist will conduct
brief service beginning at 1915 and
closing at l2:45 pm. He will have
a communion service at pm. There |
will be no Thursday service.
The services of Holy Week at
Calvary Methodist include: Wednes-
day, pm, prayer fellowship:
Thursday, 8 pm, sacrament of the
Lords Supper; Friday, IL to pm,
service for three hours. This
is sponsored by eight Methodist
churches of the Northwest area.
Every one is most welcome.
The cantata THE Seven Last /
Words of Christ" by Dubois, will
be presented by the senior choir
and soloists at First Baptist Church /
at 8 pm. tomorrow.
Covenant Presbyterian.
Daily services at pm. will be
conducted during Holy Week by Dr.. |
A. j. Mccartney at Covenant-First |
Presbyterian. On Friday the service
will be at 8 pm. instead of 5 o'clock,
when the chancel choir will sing
"CrucifiXion
Services will be held daily from
1910 to 1890 with the three-hour
Good Friday service from IL to 3
pm. at the Church of the Reforma-
ton DR.. Oscar Blackwelder will
speak on "Characters of Holy |
Week" Services will be held each
evening Ten services of commun-
ion. preceded by the preparatory
service, will be held. On Monday
evening there will be an illus
trated lecture by DR.. Blackwelder;
Tuesday evening. corporate COM
munion; Wednesday evening, re-
ception of new members: Thursday
evening, communion: Friday eve
ming, the senior choir will present !
Maunders cantata, "Olivet to CAL
vary"
! The Palm Sunday service will
be held at Francis Asbury Meth
odist at II am. DR.. R. L. Wood
will preach on The Conquering
Christ" At pm. the augmented
choir will sing a cantata, "Peni-
tence, Peace and Pardon" On
Thursday at 8 pm. the minister
will conduct the concluding service
of the series of midweek lenten
services. Communion will be held
Friday at pm.
Palms will be blessed before the
high mass and distributed at the
Church of the Immaculate Concep-
ton, it was announced by the
Rieht Rev. John K Cartwright.
The Rev. F. Nielsen Schlegel, pastor
of the First Evangelical and Re-
formed Church, will be guest
preacher on Friday from noon to 3
pm. in United Brethren Memorial
Church. Additional messages will
be brought by the pastors of the
following churches cooperating:
Bethany Baptist, Atonement Lu-
theran, Rhode Island Methodist,
Lincoln Road Methodist, lexington
Presbyterian and United Brethren
Memorial.
Palm Sunday will be observed
with holy communion at II am. and
a Fanny Crosby memorial service at
8 pm. Services will be held at 8
pm. Wednesday and Thursday