Evening star., 1948-11-24
Thanksgiving Prayer,
For Peace 10 Be Read
AT Holiday Services

At Holiday Services
PRAYERS for peace in the world will
be accented tomorrow in Thanks.
giving church services throughout
the Washington area.
In some communities union serv-
ices have been arranged for to-
morrow morning. Some of the
churches, as in former years, will
have their services tonight.
The annual Pan American Mass
will be celebrated at 10:30 am. at
St. Patrick's Catholic Church with
the Most Rev. Amleto Giovanni
Apostolic Delegate to the United
States, presiding.
Celebrant Of the solemn ponti.
fical mass to which Catholic dip.
lomats and Government officials
have been invited will be Most Rev
Patrick A. OBoyle, archbishop OF
Washington. The sermon will be
preached by the Rt. Rev. Msgr
John K. Cartwright, rector Of St
Matthews Cathedral.
Two Services ut Cathedral.
A pontitical procession from Car
roll Hall, adjoining the church on
G street, will precede the mass
Archbishop OBoyle will be host at
luncheon in the rectory after the
mass.
Two special services have beer
scheduled at Washington Cathedral
tomorrow, it was announced by the
Very Rev. John Wallace Suter, dean
At $50 am. there will be a cele-
bration Of holy communion in
Bethlehem Chapel with the Rev
Merritt r. Williams as celebrant.
Hymns and prayers of Thanks
giving will mark the II am. service
which the Rev. Theodore o. Wedel
cathedral canon and warden Of the
College Of Preachers, will preach.
At $50 pm. there will be con-
cert for organ and a string orches-
ira, conducted by Paul Galloway
cathedral organist and choirmaster
with Richard w. Dirksen, associate
organist and choirmaster. at the
console. The concert is sponsored
by the Recording and Transcription
Fund, Local 161, American Fedora
ton Of Musicians. 1t Is open to the
public.
Rabbis Plan Service.
Pa - {v4a .safabfc will SAiV
Ia q Thanksgiving Day service at
II am. tomorrow in Ohev Sholom
Synagogue, 500 I street NV.
Rabbi zema Green Of the synagogue
will preach. The service will be held
under the auspices of the Rabbinical
Council Of Washington.
Churches of the downtown area
will have a union service at II am.
ut the Mount Vernon Place Method
LIST Church.
The congregations participating
are First Congregational, National
City Christian, Calvary Baptist and
Washington Hebrew.
Rabbi Norman Gerstenfeld will
preach and DR.. j. Warren Hastings
will read the Scriptures. Dr. Carl
H. Kopt will offer the prayer and
DR.. John w. Rustin will preside.
There will be special music by the
Mount Vernon Church choir.
In the Chevy Chase area all of
the Protestant churches will meet
at the Chevy Chase Presbyterian
Church at 10 am. tomorrow. The
Rev. Z. O. Clark Of the Baptist
Church will speak.
Plan Community Service.
A union service will be held at
II an. in the Mount Pleasant Con-
gregational Church. DR.. Seth r.
Brooks will preach. The participat-
ing churches are Church Of the
Holy City. Church Of Jesus Christ
of Latter day Saints, Cleyeland Park
Congregational, Francis Asbury
Methodist, Mount Pleasant Congre-
gational and Universalist National
Memorial.
The Shepherd Park Christian
Church will be the host church for
the community service at 1880 am.
tomorrow. The Rev. w. II. Kepler
of the Northminster Presbyterian
Church will preach. The Rev. D. A.
Deladsld of the Adventist Church
will assist.
Union services will be held at the
Ryland Methodist Church at 1890
am. The sermon will be delivered
by the Rev. DR.. Lawrence w. Folke-
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of George Washington University.
Special music will be given by the
Chancel Choir Of Ryland Church.
The congregations participating
are the st. Timothy Episcopal, East
Washington Heights Baptist and
Holy Comforter Evangelical. The
Rev. John p. Coleman Of st. Timo-
thy. and the Rev. II. L. Rhodes Of
Holy Comforter, will assist the Rev.
M. Z. Lederer Of Ryland.
Christian Science Meetings.
Christian Science churches and
societies in the District as well as
those In nearby Maryland and vir-
ginis, will hold services at II am.
tomorrow.
Five churches OF the North Capt.
tol-Rhode island avenue area will
cooperate In a union service at
1890 am. in Memorial Evangelical
United Brethren Church.
The sermon will be preached by
the Rev. w. Arnem Roberts of the
Church on Thanksgiving" Special
music will be furnished by the choir
of the host church under the lead
ership of Horatio Rench.
The churches cooperating in the
service are Bethany Baptist, Ecking-
ton Presbyterian, Lincoln Road
Methodist, Rhode Island Avenue
Methodist and Memorial Evangeli-
cal United Brethren.
DR.. r. Paul SheaYer, pastor Of Ia.
koma Park Presbyterian Church,
will speak ut the annual Community
service to be held at lo:3o am. at
Takoma Park Baptist Church.
Music will be furnished by the Ia.