Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-12-21

munion Service by Oldroyd will
be sung. On Christmas Day Holy
Communion will be celebrated at
500 and HOO A. M. There will
be no music at these services. On
December 26, December 27, and
December 20 Holy Communion
will be celebrated at 700 A. M.
each day. On the Sunday follow
ing Christmas, Holy Communion
will be celebrated at 500 and 11:00
A. M. services and the Christmas
Eve music will be repeated at the
HOO A. M. service. On January
1, 1851 there will be Holy Com
munion services at 500 and 11:00
A. M. The Rector will be very glad
to bring the Blessed Sacrament to
any sick or shut-in person who
desires to make his Christmas
Communion at home or hospital.
On Thursday, December 28, the
Church School Christmas Play
will be presented in the Parish
Hall at 1880 P. M. A party for
the children and their friends will
follow.
.BOyds Presbyterian
A special sermon for Christmas
Sunday, December "a, has been
prepared by the Rev. James P.
Kerr of Boyds Presbyterian
Church, to be delivered at the IL
a. m. service. The Christmas choir
will sing appropriate music for
the season. At 7 p. m. there will
be a Christmas carol service
around the tree. This service will
go out by way of loud speaker.
The carolers will then sing at diff
ferent points throughout the COM
munity.
Features of the Christmas en-
tertainment by the Sunday School
of Boyds Church to be held We'd
nesday, December 27, 8 p. m. will
be plays, recitations, music and
visit from Santa Claus.
A large manger scene lighted
with floodlights, with a background
of decorated evergreens, will be
on display on the church lawn be-
ginning Saturday night, December
20. A large star beams upon the
scene which includes figures of the
baby Jesus, Mary and Joseph,
shepherds, wisemen, camels and
sheep. The lighted tree on the
church lawn is gift of the church
to the community.
Grace Church, Gaithersburg
ION both Christmas Sunday and
Christmas Day, full Christmas
services will be held in Grace
Church, Gaithersburg. The service
Oh Sunday is at the regular eleven
O'clock hour, and the service on
Christmas Day is the church's
Early Candlelight
Service at $50 A. M. For both of
these services the church will be in
special Christmas adornment.
AT the Sunday service a special
arrangement of 20 Come All Ye
by Spence, will be sung
by the church's combined choirs
and the solo, Nazareth" by
Gounod, will be sung by Kai de
Vermond, director of the choir.
The Pastors special Christmas
will be, "The Christmas
Song. Mrs. Lawrence Darby will
preside at the organ.
At the Christmas Day Candle
light Service at $50 A. M, the
adult choir will sing the short can
tata, "The Story of Bethlehem"
by Spence, and a brief message,
"Our Best Gift" will be given by
the pastor. The church will be
a light with hundreds of candles.
The Carillonic Tower Bells will
play carols from 6:15 A. M. until
the opening of the service.
The church schools christmas
Family Night" with Santa Claus,
is being held tonight Thursday
at 1880 in Owen Hall, and a special
for the church's % stu
dents home from college will be
field on Thursday, Dec. %.
Ascension Chapel G'Burg
At Ascension Chapel in Gath
regular morning prayer
service will be held at $3.50 A. M.
on Sunday, December "a. The
Christmas Eve Service at $3.50
p. M. will be Choral Eucharist.
Christmas Day, Holy Communion
will be celebrated at $3.50 A. M.
The Sunday after Christmas, there
will be a Holy Communion Service
at $3.50 A. M. On New Years
Day, January 1, 1861, there will be
a Holy Communion Service at
$3.50 A. M. All members of the
Parish and their friends are urged
to attend the Church School pro-
gram to be held on Wednesday,
December 27, in the Parish Hall at
8 p. M.
st. Luke's - st. Johns
There will be a service on
Christmas Eve, $3.50 p. M, at st.
Luke's Church, Brighton. At st.
Johns Church, Olney, carols will
be sung from IL p. m. to 1870
after which the Midnight Service