Evening star., 1947-12-24

CHRISTMAS Will be celebrated IN the
churches Of the Nations Capital
with services tonight and tomorrow
morning. Elaborate musical pro-
grams have been arranged for some
OF the programs.
The Washington Federation OF
Churches will hold its annual Com
munity Christmas service at II am.
tomorrow in the Luther Place
Memorial Church. The Rev. DR.. r.
Paul Schearer, pastor of the Takoma
Park Presbyterian Church, will
preach on Gods Fire" Greetings
will be brought by DR.. A. S. Flem-
ming, president of the federation.
A celebration of holy communion
for the hard of hearing will be held
in the Bethlehem Chapel Of Wash
ington Cathedral at II am. tomor-
row. The celebrant will be the Rev.
Otto B. Berg, missioner to the deaf
in the dioceses of Washington,
Maryland, Virginia, Southern Vir-
ginia and Southwestern Virginia.
The entire service will be conducted
IN sign language.
+ At the same time the regular
Christmas Day service of morning
prayer will be taking place in the
main body Of the Cathedral.
A Christmas Eve candlelight serv-
ice will be held in the National
City Christian Church at II pm,
with DR.. j. Warren Hastings
preaching.
Christmas Eve services at st.
Johns Episcopal Church, Lafayette
Square, will begin with a carol serv-
ice at 10 pm, followed by holy
communion at 1890 pm.
Holy communion will be offered at
s am. and noon tomorrow; morning
prayer and sermon by the Rev. c.
Leslie Glenn, rector, at II am, and
vespers, conducted by DR.. Glenn, will
be televised over WMAL-TV at 9:15
pm. The vesper service will not
be open to the public.
The nativity of Christ will be
celebrated by st. Stephens Luth-
eran Church at 10:30 o'clock to-
night.
Christmas will be celebrated at
st. Patrick's Church with a solemn
mass in the church at midnight,
and mass in the church hall Is
minutes later. Beginning at 11:30
pm, the mixed choir will sing. The
Right Rev. Msgr. John j. Russell
will be celebrant of the mass and
will preach. In the hall at the
1915 am. mass carols will be played
by members of the Metropolitan
Police Force Band.
The Rev. Henry Collins, pastor
of st. AIMS Catholic Church, will
conduct the solemn midnight mass
in the crypt of the new church. A
choir of men and boys will sing.
In the church hall, the girls choir
will sing Christmas melodies for the
mass at midnight. In the Chapel
of the Annunoiation there will be a
low mass at midnight.
The Rev. Robert Tomlinson, vicar
Of the Church of the Good Shep-
herd, will ofnciate at Christmas eve
services at 11:30 pm.
Services will be held at 5 m. to-
morrow in the Asbury Methodist
Church, with DR.. Robert M. VIII
nams preaching.
The Right Rev. Msgr. John j..
Reilly, director of the National
Shrine of the Immaculate Concep-
ton at Catholic University, will cele-
/ brate midnight mass and give the
! sermon. : The officers of the mass
will be selected from the Divine
Saviour Seminary. A program of
music will begin at II 80 pm. These
services will be broadcast over Sta
ton WWDC. The celebrant will be
the Rev. j. E. Gedra. The preacher
will be the Rev. j. A. Lubey.
A communion service will be held at
the Lincoln Congregational Church
at 7 am. tomorrow, with DR.. Robert
Brooks officiating.
DR.. Oscar Blackwelder will con-
duct services at 10:30 pm. in the
Lutheran Church of the Reforma-
ton. The choirs will sing special
music.
A candlelight service Will be held
in the Chevy Chase Baptist Church
at II pm.
Communion services Will be held
in the Metropolitan Presbyterian
Church at 11:30 pm.
st. Agnes Episcopal Church will
have high mass at 10 am. tomorrow
and low mass at 1880 am.
The Rev. c. B. Austin will con-
duct service in the West Wash.