Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-02-21

ops Charles Wesley Flint and
These nightly services are the
chief feature of the "Tri-District
Methodist Evangelistic Mission for
Metropolitan Washington" sched-
uled for the nine-day period Mar
CHI 10, inclusive, in Methodist
Churches throughout Northern Vir-
ginia and Southern and Eastern
Maryland, a mission sponsored by
two Methodist jurisdictional Dis
tricts covering much of Maryland,
and the Alexandria District Of
Virginia. The Washington West
District includes Churches in the
Western half of the District of
Columbia, also Montgomery Coun-
tyand portions of Howard, Car
roll and Howard ounties in Mary
land. The Rev. John MILAN, DID.
Of the Methodist Building, 100
Maryland Ave-, NE, Washington,
is District Superintendent.
Moral Lethargy
The purpose of the Mission, ac-
cording to Superintendent MILAN
of this District, is to stimulate
greater interest in religion and
church activities and to Combat
the pronounced moral lethargy"
throughout the Nations Capital
and its two-state environs, the
latter expanding more rapidly in
population than churches can be
provided for the new residents, he
added.
Minister Named
Guest ministers for local area
Churches during the Mission
week includes:
Ashton: The Rev. Merrill Dren-
man, Ashton; the Rev. Charles o.
Kidd, Rocky Mount, Va.
Brookeville-Mt. Carmel: Rev.
H. G. Hager, Rockville; the Rev.
w. Clark Cain, Baltimore, Md.
Buckeystown: The Rev. J. w.
Rosenberger, Buckeystown; past
or will preach).
Cedar Grove: The Rev. Paul S.
Jones, Burtonsville; the Rev. G.
Gladstone Whitehurst, Bel Air, Md.
Clarksburg: The Rev. Jack Am
mon, Clarksburg; the Rev. MILAN
]. Elliott, Cumberland, Nd.
Colesville: The Rev. P. H.Grose-
close, Silver Spring; the Rev. Will
liam r. Guffick, Trenton, N. J.
Damascus: The A. o. Osteen,
Damascus; the Rev. James L. Ben
singer, Erie, Penna.
Gaithersburg, Epworth: The
Rev. A. w. Ewell, Gaithersburg;
the Rev. Walter A. Donoway, Will
mington, Del.
Gaithersburg, Grace: The Rev.
w. H. Holley, Gaithersburg; the
Rev. Edwin A. Ross, Baltimore, Md.
Hunting Hill: The Rev. j. H.
Tackett, Washington Grove; the
Rev. Charles L. Felty, Baltimore,
Md.
Kemptown: The Rev. T. w. Sun
derland, Monrovia; the Rev. Ray
mond L. Roderick, Baltimore, Md.
Kensington: The Rev. E. H.
Porter, Kensington; the Rev.
James w. Smith. Jr., Richmond,
Vo.
Laytonsville: The Rev. Warren
Firth, Gaithersburg; the Rev. Ira
w. Shindle, Sparrows Point, Md.
Montgomery: The Rev. Don E.
Griffin, Monrovia; the Rev. ].
Frank Whit, West Friendship,
Md, and the Rev. William w.
Patterson, Cumberland. Md.
Oakdale, Emory: The Rev. H. G.
Hager, Rockville; the Rev. Paul J.
Sampson, Aberdeen, Md.
Rockville: The Rev. w. w. bod
&c, Rockville; the Rev. r. Blaine
DERRICK, Slippery Rock, Penna.
Urbana: The Rev. John w. Ku-
schel, Frederick; the Rev. Joseph
B. Vaughn, Pittsville, Md.
Wheaton: The Harold r. Lam
man, Silver Spring; the Rev. FL
gar c. Soper, New Windsor, Md.
The guest ministers, who will be
assisted in the weeks special serv-
ices by the Church pastors, were
selected from over the East be.
cause of their own success as pas
tors and their outstanding talents
as preachers, it was pointed out.
District Superintendent John C.
MILAN (Washington-W est) is Ex-
ecutive Chairman Of the entire
Mission.
Assemblies Planned
Only two large-scale central as
sembles are planned for the nine