Evening star., 1954-06-07
Nine Shifts Listed
For Area Pastors in
Methodist Churches
BY Harry Boeos
SfoY Staff Corresnnndani

WESTMINSTER. Md, June
mime Methodist churches in
the Washington area will have
new pastors for the coming year,
Methodist Bishop G. Bromley
Oman announced yesterday.
The new assignments were
made at the close of the 10th
annual session of the Baltimore
Conference at Western Maryland
College. Most Of the appoint
mentS are effective next Sunday.
The principal changes will be
at Wesley Church, Connecticut
avenue and Jocelyn street NV.
where the Rev. C. Stanley Lowell
will be succeeded by the Rev.
K. K. Haddaway: Francis Asbury
Church, 3146 Sixteenth street
NV, where the Rev. Charles F..
Phillips will be succeeded by the
Rev. Ralph w. Sharpe, and
Lewis Memorial Church, Fourth
and Hamilton streets NV,
where the Rev. Raymond j.
Purnell will take over the pulpit
vacated by DR.. Clarence E. Wise.
Other Changes.
Other new appointments are
the Revs. William E. Smith at
University Church, College Park:
Stanley F. Knock, jr., at Green
belt Church; James L. MatheSon
at Temple Hills (MdO Church;
Henry Oh at the Korean Church;
John Walker, new associate pas
tor at Metropolitan Church, and
the Rev. Merrill brennan at
MILAN Memorial Church, for
merly Viers Mill station of the
Wheaton charge. He succeeds
the Rev. Harold Bell Wright, who
goes to Reistertown.
Mr.. Sharpe comes to Frarcis
Asbury Church from Overlea
Church, Baltimore. In an ex-
change of pulpits, Mr.. Phillips
will replace him at Overlea.
From SudbroOk Church.
Mr.. Purnell comes to Lewis
Memorial Church after seven
years as minister of the Sud-
brook (Md) Church. A gradu-
ate of Western Maryland and
Westminster Theological Semi
nary, he is married and has no
children. DR.. Wise. whom he re-
places. retired a week ago after
80 years as a minister.
Mr.. Oh is a Korean who mas
served in a Korean Methodist
Church in Los Angeles since
1949.
ing Yesterday were:
~, W4shingtOn East Districtt-;Beltsville
tr:; University Church of College Park.
Greenbs sRs f0Ffstys Kndcf H HoyTSod G RSTkinc g
9. CieWs: First Church, HyattsviIie E.
w. Beckett; Lanham. l.; M. Young;
LaPlata, w. c Warner; LAUREL A o.
Rainier, j. J Dawson; oxon Hill. j. W.
Kuschel Silver Spring. Marvin Me-
mortal: Grace Church. Takoma Park,
Md. r. H. Brown
. Anacestia. W: K, Lyons; Brightwood,
B. sns., Ehlers, BTo9GkIand, o9dLs G., c. Crom:
Douglas Memorial. Harold Milstead: Ep-
bug Heights 5 &. stureis: Lewis Ne
mortal. r. J. Purnell: McKendree, w.
c; Scott; Mount Vernon Place. "a. r.
Shirley. and w. v. Moore, associate;
North Carolina avenue. E. A. Wileher;
Petworth', r, D. Smith; Rhode Island
II, A. .Kester: wilson Memorial: E: 4.
Otto; Ager Road. West HyattsVille. Nd,
WashingtOn West Decentralization, C.
Day; Bethesda, M. S. Michael Burtons-
Vile. C.. wallace: Chevy Chase, c. H.
Richmond. end Charles Rother. as
sistant; Colesville. P. II. Groseclose;
Epworth Church. Gaithersburg. M. F.
Grace, .oaithersburg, P K. Cummins,
Mount M; .'S.' Airy. ". Dewitt pickey; Potomac,
O. E. Alis: Rockville, W. w. Dodge:
Woodside. Silver Spring, j. NJ. Rogers.
Calvary, o. G. Robinson: Dumbarton
Avenue, c. L. Dawson; Eldbrooke. H. r.
Deal; Emory. E. C. Beery: Foundry.
Frederick Brown Harris and F. N: Van
Brunt, associate; Francis Asbury, r. w.
Sharpe; Hamline. j. A. Leatherman;
Metropolitan, Edward G. Latch and j. c.
Walker. associate; st. Luke's. D. w. Jus
tice; st. Paul, T. w. Baker; Union. E. B.
Lewis; Wesley, K. x. Haddaway.