Evening star., 1953-03-30
D. E. Area Churches
Will Hold Services
Through Holy Week

through Holy Week
Holy Week with its deep
mourning for the crucif1ed Christ
on Good Friday and its joyous
climax for the risen Lord on
Easter Sunday will be observed
by special services and other
events in Washington area
churches.
Epiphany Episcopal Church.
1917 q street NV. was to have
the Rt. Rev. Stephen Keeler,
Episcopal Bishop of Minnesota,
at its noon services today through
Thursday.
The Washington Federation Of
Churches was to sponsor services
at 1908 pm. today through
Thursday in National PreSbyL
terian Church, Connecticut ave-
nue. and Eighteenth street NV.
DR.. SizOO to Speak.
DR.. Joseph r. Sizoo. professor
of religion at George Washing
ton University. was scheduled to
speak today; DR.. Albert P. Shir-
key of Mount Vernon Place
Methodist Church, tomorrow;
DR.. L. Ralph Tabor of Luther
Place Memorial Church. Wednes-
day, and DR.. Edward B. Wiling
ham of National Baptist Memo
rial Church. Thursday.
Protestant churches near
George Washington University
were to hold combined commu-
nifty services at 1905 pm. today
through Thursday in Union
Methodist Church, 814 Twentieth
street NV. Other churches CO.
operating are Concordia Lu-
theran Evangelical and western
Presbyterian.
Episcopal churches in Arling-
ton, Va, also were to combine
for noon services. today through
Thursday at St. Georges EpiSco-
pal Church, North Nelson street
and Fairfax drive.
Preachers were to be the Rev.
Gary K. Price, Trinity Church.
today; the Rev. George c. Weis-
er, st. Michael's Church, tomor-
row; the Rev. Richard c. Fell,
st. Andrews Church, Wednes-
day, and the Rev. George F.
Tittman, st. Mary's Church,
Thursday.
Mount Vernon Place Methodist
Church, 900 Massachusetts, ave-
nue. NV, was to hold services
at 1905 pm. today through
Thursday. DR.. Shirley and the
Rev. William r. Wright will be
in charge.
The Rev. Arnold F. Keller, jr.,
associate pastor of Reformation
Lutheran Church, was to preach
today and tomorrow at 1910
pm. services in the church. 212
East Capitol street. DR.. Oscar
F. Blackwelder, pastor. will
preach on Wednesday and
Thursday.
Services will be held at 8 pm.
today through Thursday in
Luther Place Memorial Church,
Thomas Circle. Holy communion
will be. celebrated each night. a,..
Navy Chapel Services.
The Navy Chapel. 1901 Ne
braska avenue NV, was to hold
daily devotionS at 1905 pm.
today through Thursday.
Three evangelistic services will
be conducted today, tomorrow
and Wednesday at 8 pm. in
Pilgrim Lutheran Church, West
gate, Md. Walter e. Kraemer.
associate secretary of the Lu-
tleran Service Commission, will
speak tonight: Mrs. Clarence T.
Nelson, women's department
chairman, Washington Fedora
ton of Churches, tomorrow, and
the Rev. Paul Foelbert of st.
Andrews Lutheran Church. Sill
yer Spring, Nd, Wednesday.
Special services were an
nounced for 7:45 pm. tomorrow
through Easter Sunday at the
First Church Of the Nazarene,
Twenty-first and North Taft
streets. Arlington. william E.
Lusk, a student at the Nazarene
Theological Seminary, Kansas
City, Mo-, will be guest preacher.
A motion picture of Christ's
last week, II Beheld His Glory" {"
will be shown at pm. tomorrow
in Eldbrooke Methodist Church,
4100 River road NV.
Tenebrae Services.
Catholic churches will hold
tenebrae services Wednesday
night. During the service the
candles in the church are ex-
tinguished one by one until the
last one is carried behind the
altar away from view. ("Tene-
brae" means darknesS.)
The service at st. Matthews