Evening star., 1949-06-06
Methodists Announce
Changes in Pastorates
OF District Churches
By Cospor Nonnes
Star SfoH Correspondsnf


Several important changes In
the pastorates of Washington
churches were announced last
night at the official reading OF
the appointment list for Meth
odtst ministers in the Baltimore
Annual Conference.
The appointments for the COM
ing year were announced by
Bishop Charles Wesley Flint at
the final meeting of the confer
ence's 165th session.
The pulpit at Hamline Meth
odist Church. open as a result of
the retirement this week of DIR.
II. w. Burgan. will be filled some
time during the summer. it was
announced. DR.. Burgan was pas
tor Of Hamline Church for 1S
years.
At Union Methodist Church,
where the Rev. S. K. Cockrell
retired this week, the charge will
be filled by the Rev. Edward
Lewis, who is coming to the post
from Rock Creek Chapel. Mr..
Lewis is graduate of American
University and of Eliff Theo-
logical Seminary, Denver. Col.
Mr.. Cockrell served at Union
Church since 1941. d..
The Rev. j. E. Kemp Horn.
pastor of Harlem Park Church.
Baltimore, was appointed as pas
tor of Epworth Church in Wash
ington, in an exchange that has
sent the Rev. James Dudley. min
lister of Epworth Church for eight
years, to the Baltimore church.
Mr.. Horn was at Harlem Park
Church four years.
The Rev. George Naylor of
Leonardtown, Md, will be the new
pastor at Rosedale Church, Wash
ington. He succeeds the Rev. Allen
F. Poore. who retired in 1947 from
Wilson Memorial Church and who
served as supply at Rosedale
Church last year. The Leonard
town charge will be filled by the
Rev. B. r. Hartley, a graduate this
year from the Baptist Seminary
at Fort Worth, Texas.
New ID. c. Area Pastors.
Among the Washington area
churches to have new pastors is
the Beltsville- -Branchville MD
Church. 1t will be served this year
by the Rev. w. H. Wilson, at one
time assistant pastor at Mount
Vernon Place Church. Washing
ton. Mr.. Wilson. an Army chap
lain for three years, succeeds the
Rev. G. j. Cooper, who is going
to the church at Smithville, Md.
Another District change was
the transfer of the Rev. C. c. Day
from Dunbarton Church to Hyatts-
vile (Md) Memorial Church.
The Rev. Clarence Dawson will
succeed Mr.. Day.
During the afternoon. memorial
services were held for six ministers
who died in the past year. Among
those honored were DR.. Lucius
Charles Clark. former chancellor
OF American University. and the
Rev. Howard Lambdin of Wash
tngton. pastor of st. Luke Meth
odist Church at the time of his
66QTf m
Special appointments announced
included the reappointment of Dr..
Paul F. Douglass as president Of
American University, the Rev. Mil
ton B. Crist as a pastor of Potomac
Heights Community Church, and
Ralph Gambler John, religion pro-
feSsor at American University.
Pastors for 1949-50 in the Wash
ington area are:
EAST DISTRICT.
District Superintendent, Fred c.
Reynolds; Ager road. C. I. WAL
lace; Ashton, Roy Vernon, supply; |
Beltsville- -Branchville. w. H. Will
son; Colesville, P. H. Groseclose;
Forestville. T. H. Baker: Friend
ship, j. w. Merchant; Greenbelt,
Russell Reed, supply.
Hyattsville: First, E. w. Beckett:
Memorial. c. c. Day: Lanham. J.
e. Perry: LaPlata. r. A. Rice; Mar
vim Memorial, M. S. Michael;
Mount Rainier, c. r. Banes; Oxon
Hill. w. c. Harpold, supply; Seat
Pleasant Tuxedo, Elmer Reno,
supply.
Anac acostia-W. K. Lyons:
Brightwood Park-T. B. Ehlers:
Brookland-H. c. Marsh; Con-
gress Heights-G. L. Conner;
Douglass Memorial-F. Y. Jaggers;
Epworth-J. E. K. Horn; First
Church Bradbury Heights-D. K
Sturgis: Gorsuch-G. H. Coppage.
jr., supply; Grace-H. r. Hodgson;
Lewis Memorable. E. Wise; LIN
coin Road-R. K. hewitt; Mcken-
dree-H. E. Cromer; Mt. Vernon
Place. w. Rustin-Associate. A.
N. Warner; North Carolina Ave-
nue.. A. Wilcher; Petwortf.-
j. c. MILAN; Rhode Island Ave-
A. Roberts: Rosedale-G.
d. Naylor; Ryland-M. E. Lederer:
Trinity-P. r. Diehl: Waugh-H.
A. Kester: Wilson Memorial-H