Evening star., 1945-08-15
Open
For Services Of
Thanksgiving
Proyer, Meditation
Will Continue
Throughout Day

the end Of the war and the start
of peace.
The Washington Federation Of
Churches announced that member
churches would hold special services
at 8 pm. today unless otherwise
specified. The federation also an
nounced that these churches will be
open all day for personal prayer and
meditation. The latter procedure
was generally true in Catholic
churches and Jewish temples.
Services will be held at Washing
ton Cathedral at 4 pm. today.
Most Of the Protestant churches
will follow the worship servic out
lined by the Federal Council of the
Churches of Christ In America at
the special services tonight. This
service consists Of an organ prelude,
doxology, invocation and the Lords
Prayer. the mymn 20 God, Our
Help in Ages Past" Scripture
reading, prayer of Thanksgiving
to be said In unison by the congre-
cation and another hymn Lord
When We Bend Before Thy Throne. !"
A period of silence for confession
and prayer will then be followed by
q prayer Of penitence to be said in
unison by the worshipers. A choir
response, MY Faith Up to Thee"
will precede the message I'VE Re-
member Before Thee" Next will
followed litany of intercession, a
prayer response and a prayer of re-
membrance for those who by the
sacrifice Of their lives made this day
possible. After a short silent re-
membrance, the following will take
place: Hymn, Jesus Calls Us Ger
the Tumult": a message of dedica-
ton and litany of dedication, a
praper in unison for future peace
the hymn, Rise Us o World" and
then the benediction. The service
will close with an organ postlude
as the worshipers file out of the
sanctuary.
Catholic Services. ....
Services will be held in Catholic
churches throughout the District to-
morrow at times set by each church.
st. Matthews Cathedral will hold
a solemn benediction and the sing
ing OF the '"Te Deum" at pm.
today. The regular order of masses
will provide occasion for those who
want to pray and give thanks, and
the Cathedral will be open all day
anu in the evening.
At st. Patrick's Church the Most
Rev. Hamlet G. Cicognani, Apos-
tolic Delegate to the United States,
will celebrate the Thanksgiving benz
edlction at 7:30 pm. The Very Rev.
Lloyd Mcdonald, s. s., will be the
deacon and the Rev. Thomas Dade
will be the subdeacon. There will
be a singing of the "Te Deum" by
the choir of the theological college
OF Catholic University.
Last night nearly all churches in
the Washington area were opened
for personal worship and meditation.
At st. Johns Episcopal Church, Six
teenth and H streets NV, more
than 5000 persons worshiped DUR
ing the night. Three services were
conducted by assistant rectors. the
Rev. Howard johnson and the Rev.
James Pike. The church bell rang
before each service.
The Very Rev. Lawrence ]. She
han. pastor of st. Patrick's Church.
said worshipers kept thronging into
the church almost immediately upon
announcement that the war was
over and more kept coming as the
evening wore on.
Scheduled at SPIN.
The following churches will hold
services at 8 pm today unless other
wise stated:
Baptist - Anacostia, Thirteenth
and w streets Sc; Brookland, SIX
teenth and Monroe streets NE:
Calvary, Eighth and H streets NV.
7:3O pm, First, Sixteenth and G
streets NV; Luther Rice, 53ls
North Capitol street; Metropolitan
Sixth and A streets NE: Third
1916 Fifth street NV: Friendship
734 First street S.W.; National
Memorial, Sixteenth street and CO.
lumbia road NV: Clarendon First
Baptist Church of Arlington, Va.
Brethren Washington Cfty
Fourth street and North Carolina
avenue Sc.
Congregational-First, Tenth and
9 streets NV, IL noon, 3, 6 and
8 p.m.; Peoples. 624 M street NV.
Disciples-National City, Thomas
Circle NV; Ninth Street, Ninth
and D streets NE; Twelfth Street
Christian, 1910 Twelfth street NV
Episcopal - All Saints, CHEVY
Chase Circle NV: Epiphany, 1911
g street NV, hourly services and
3 pm; Esther Memorial, Nichols
avenue and Esther place Sc: St
Johns. Lafayette Square, IL noon
$50 and 8 pm; Calvary Chapel
Eleventh and G streets NE.
Evangelical Churches.
Evangelical - Albright Memorial
Fourth and Rittenhouse streets
NV; Beverly Hills, Old Dominion
boulevard and Tennessee avenue
Alexandria, Va.
Evangelical and Reformed-Con-
cordla, 1922 g street NV.
Friends - Florida avenue. 21Os
Florida avenue NV, open for
prayer all day.
Judaism-Adas Israel, 600 Eve
street NV, at 1880 pm, with Rabbi
Solomon H. Metz ofnciating.
Lutheran-Grace, 1900 Sixteenth
street NV; st. Matthews. 5X
Kentucky avenue Sc; Takoma
Park, Seventh and Dahlia streets
NV; Faith Clarendon, Lee boule-
ward and Jackson street, Arlington,
Va; Augustana, New Hampshire
avenue and v street NV. the
Sunday after vi day; Bethlehem
24N Minnesota avenue Sc: Christ
5lOl Sixteenth street NV; Calvary,
960l Georgia avenue NV, $50:
Keller Memorial, 9Ol Maryland ave.
nue. NE; Luther Place, 1926 YER
mont avenue NV; Good Shepherd
Mount Vernon. and Oxford avenues
Alexandria, Va; Reformation. 3I2
East Capitol street; Redeemer,
Eighth street near Barry street
NV: st. Stephens, 1911 Brent
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