Evening star., 1946-04-18
City TO Observe
Good Friday in
Many Churches
Noon to ; pm.
Services Planned
For Tomorrow

4toVCoedAe dAlO Sdt1iOiiC 1cSluclltS
of the District will assemble in
Washington churches from noon to
3 pm, tomorrow to observe Good
Friday in commemoration of Christ's
crucifixion.
In anticipation OF the holy day,
many buildings in the city will have
crosses of lights burning from
Thursday night to early Good Fri
day morning. Among the larger
buildings to follow this procedure
will be the American Federation
OF Labor, 901 Massachusetts, avenue
NV; Veterans Administration,
Vermont avenue and H street NV;
Potomac Electric & Power Co.,
Tenth and E streets NV, and the
Knights Of Columbus, Sixteenth and
r streets NV. The knights Of
Columbus Building will have SO elec-
trio bulbs lit to commemorate
Christ's years on earth.
Services Today.
Holy Thursday services were to
be held by many churches through
out the District today. At the
Church Of the Epiphany, the Rt.
Rev. Angus Dun, Bishop of Wash
tngton, will conclude his series of
monday lenten sermons.
Lenten nooday services at Cove
nant-First Presbyterian Church,
Connecticut avenue and Eighteenth
street NV, sponsored by the Wash
ington Federation of Churches, also
were to be brought to a close today
with the Rev. Orris G. Robinson,
pastor of Calvary Methodist Church,
preaching the sermon.
The Rev. DR.. G. E. Lenski, pastor
OF Grace Lutheran Church, will
preach at 8 o'clock tonight at the
church, Sixteenth and Varnum
streets NV, on Holy Communion
An Explanation"
Mass will be said for Catholic
workers at the Pentagon Building
at noon today by Army Chaplain
Charles J. Murphy. Protestant
services will be held there at 12:45
pm, with Chaplain Charles w.
Marteney, Office of the Air Chap
lain, officiating. Catholic person.
mel Of the Munitions Building and
the Interior Department were to
hear mass at noon today, with
Protestant employees holding serv-
ices at pm, both worship meet
ings taking place in the Interior
Department auditorium. Services
will be held also at other Army and
Navy stations in this area.
Lords Supper Tonight.
Chaplain Robert F. McComas will
celebrate the Lords Supper at Z
o'clock tonight at the Naval Com
munications Station, Massachu-
sets and Nebraska avenues NV.
A special Holy Week service win
be held at o'clock tonight at
Washington Heights Presbyterian
Church, Kalorama and Columbia
roads NV, with the Rev. Robert
E. Sheriff., pastor of the church,
omcia ting.
Churches holding services from
noon to 3 pm. Good Friday are:
Blessed Sacrament, Epi-
phany, Holy Comforter, Holy Name,
Holy Redeemer, Immaculate Con-
ception, Incarnation, st. Aloysius,
st. Agnes, st. AIMS, st. Anthony's,
st. Augustine's, st. Dominic's, ST..
Francis Xavier. st. Mary's, st. Pat
rick's, st. Peters, st. Stephens, St.
Vincent de Paul and Shrine of the
Sacred Heart.
Community services in Protestant
churches - Covenant First Presby-
terian Church, Concordia Evangeli-
cal and Reformed Church, Memorial
United Brethren Church, Francis
Asbury Methodist Church. Metro
poltan Memorial Methodist Church,
Trinity Episcopal Church, Arling-
ton, Va, and st. Luke's Lutheran
Church. Silver Spring, Md.
Services at Cathedral.
Protestant denominational serv-
ices-Washington Cathedral, Mount
Vernon Place Methodist Church,
National City Christian Church,
Episcopal Church OF the Epiphany
and all other Episcopal churches,
Lutheran Church of the Reforma-
ton, Luther Place Memorial Church,
Grace Lutheran Church, Mount
Pleasant Congregational Church,
Calvary Baptist Church, Wilson
Memorial Methodist Church, Trinity
Episcopal Church. Arlington, Va,
and John Wesley A. M. E. z.
Church.
Churches holding Good Friday
services at other hours are Trinity
Lutheran Church, 1915 to 1245
pm: Christ Lutheran Church, l
to pm; st. Paul's Lutheran
Church, l:30 to pm; Kellar Me-
mortal Lutheran Church and Ia
koma Park Lutheran Church, 2 to 3
pm; Washington Heights Presby-
terian Church and Mount Nlivet