Evening star., 1946-11-24
Churches Plan
Observance Of
Thanksgiving
Trumon to Attend
Services Here
Next Thursday

Prayers for the Nation and th,
world. troubled by the readjust.
ments from war to peace, will b,
mingled with thanks for the gooe
things we possess in the Thanks.
giving Day services to be held II
Washington area churches Wednes.
day evening and Thursday morning
In some sections of the city, sew.
eral congregations will gather at 9
central church to hold commun.
.ity Thanksgiving Day service.
President Truman is expected &c
attend the 10:30 am. service Thurs
day at First Baptist Church. DR.
Edward II. Pruden, pastor of the
church, will preach.
Diplomats Expected.
Diplomatic representatives Of the
American republics and high-rank.
Ing officials of the Government are
expected to be present at the pan
American mass to be celebrated al
1880 am. Thanksgiving Day al
st. Patriek's Church. The Most
Rev. Anleto c. C.sCicognani, Apostolic
Delegate to the United States, will
pontif1cate at the mass and the
Most Rev. Lawrence j. Shehan
Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore and
Washington, will preach.
The Rev. George j. Cleaveland,
canon OF the Washington Cathedral,
will preach at the IL am. Thanks
giving Day service at the Cathedral.
pr. John w. Rustin, pastor of
Mount Vernon Place Methodist
Church, win be the speaker at an
tnterfaith service at IL am. Thurs
day to be held at the Washington
Hebrew Congregation. President
Truman's Thanksgiving Day proc
lamation viii be read by DR.. C. w.
Wood. associate pastor of National
City Christian Church, and DR..
Clarence w. Crawford, pastor of
Calvary Baptist Church, will deliver
the prayer. The service will be con-
Quoted by Rabbi Norman Gersten-
field, spiritual leader of the WASH
ington Hebrew Congregation, with
DR.. Howard Stone Anderson, pastor
OF First Congregational Church.
reading the Scripture lesson.
Union Service Scheduled.
A union service will be held at IL
am, Thursday at the Church of the
Holy City, Sixteenth and @ streets
NV, with DR.. o. B. Langrell, pastor
of Francis Asbury Methodist Church,
preaching the sermon. Ministers
participating in the service will be
the Rev. A. Powell Davies of ALI
Souls Unitarian Church: the Rev.
William F. Wunsch, pastor of the
host church; Bishop Ira r. Telford
of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints; DR.. Alfred w.
Hurst of Cleveland Park Congrega-
tional Church; Dr. Fred Buschmeyer
Of Mount Pleasant Congregational
Church and Or. Seth Brooks of the
Universalist National Memorial
Church.
The Petworth Baptist Church
and the North Carolina Avenue
Methodist Church will each hold a
union service at 8 pm. Wednesday.
DR.. John C. Milliam, pastor of Pet
worth Methodist Church, will
preach at the former service. The
wallace Memorial United Presby-
terrain Church is also participating
in this meeting. Churches taking
part in the latter service, sponsored
by the Southeast Church Council,
are Metropolitan Presbyterian and
Trinity Methodist in addition to the
host church.
DIR. Richmond to Speak.
A Chevy Chase community service
will be held at 10 am. Thursday at
Wesley Methodist Church with DR..
&C. Richmond, pastor of the Chevy
Chase Methodist Church, preach
ing the sermon.
Sponsored by the Bethesda Coun-
ell Of Churches, community services
win be held at 10 am. Thursday at
Mt. Zion Baptist Church on George
town road. The Rev. James s.
Albertson, pastor Of the Bethesda
Presbyterian Church, will preach on
"Glad Thanksgiving"
A special Thanksgiving service
will be held at st. Johns Episcopal
Church in Bethesda, with holy COM
munion at 9:45 am. and morning
prayer at 1880 am. At the latter
service, the senior choir and the
st. Cecilia Children's Choir will
march In the procession.
Union services will be held
Thanksgiving Day at 10:30 am. at
st. Johns Episcopal Church,
Georgetown, with DR.. C. G. Day,
pastor of Dumbarton Avenue Meth
odist Church, preaching.
The Rev. r. w. Brooks, minister
of Lincoln Congregational Temple,
will speak at a union service at II
am. Thursday at the Peoples Con-
gregational Church. Congregations
participating in the service, in addi-
tion to the two named, will be
Plymouth Congregational, Fifteenth
Street Presbyterian and Tabor
Presbyterian. "a
DR.. Oscar F. Blackwelder, pastor
of the Lutheran Church of the Re-
formation, will speak at the Ma
tional Thanksgiving service at 8
pm. Wednesday at Metropolitan
Memorial, Methodist Church, DR..
James Shera Montgomery, House Of
Representatives chaplain. will offer
the prayer.
Wednesday evening services at 8
o'clock will be held at Temple Bap-
tist Church, the Rev. Randolph l..
Gregory preaching; Washington
Heights Presbyterian Church, the
Rev. Robert Sheriff. officiating;
Silver Spring Baptist Church and
at Sherwood Presbyterian Church,
the Rev. r. NJ. Mussen ofhciating.
Thursday services will be held at
the following churches:
Epiphany to Hold Communion.
8 am: Holy communion at the
Episcopal Church Of the Epiphany,
at st. Thomas Episcopal Church
and at st. Georges Episcopal
Church, Arlington, Va.
8 am: Holy communion at Ma
tivity Episcopal Church.
10 am: Fifteenth Street Chris
tian Church; st. Paul Methodist
Church the Rev William r Elliott