Evening star., 1955-07-23
By CASPAR NAMES
Religious News Editor Of The Star


This baking hot weather has
slowed most Of us to a tired
walk, but it seems to provide
many Washington ministers with
the urge to go places and do
things.
Just by the way of illustration.
take the cases of DR.. c. Leslie
Glenn, Arthur r. Holton, the
Rev. Walter H. Moeller, and DR..
Herbert e. Eberhardt.
DR.. Glenn, rector of st. Johns
Episcopal Church, Lafayette
square, has probably the most
strenuous program Of all this
week end. Today he leaves by
plane for Roanoke Island, N. C..
He will see a show at the Lost
Colony Waterside Theater there
tonight.
Tomorrow at IL am. the Epis-
copal clergyman will preach at
a service in the theater. More
than 1000 persons are expected
at the worship. A few hours
later he will board a plane for
Washington. arriving in time to
conduct the 7::30 pm. service in
his church,
All this is merely preparation
for Monday, when the popular
tennis-player rector emplanes for
Europe. He will spend the next
five or six weeks visiting Turkey,
Greece, Egypt and the Holy Land.
Meanwhile. his 9:53 am. Sun
day broadcasts over Station
WGMS are being continued
through tape recordings.
Quick Trip to Bermuda
Mr.. Holton, minister of the
Church of Christ, Sixteenth and
Decatur streets NV, had an
exciting two days earlier this
week.
! On Monday morning as a
guest of Air Force Chief of Chap
lains Charles I. Carpenter, he
flew to Bermuda to confer with
the Church of Christ group there.
His church is the screening and
indorsing agency for ministers
Of the denomination who want
10 enter the Air Force chaplaincy.
Mr.. Holton arrived in Ber-
muda little after noon and left
there Tuesday late afternoon
The plaine arrived at Andrews
Air Force Base about 10 pm.
This was his first trip to the
Island. MFR. Holton reported Ber-
muda had many tourists there.
The weather was probably more
comfortable than ours, with the
bright sun bringing hot days but
the cool ocean breezes making
the night comfortable.
Pastor MOeller Going Abroad
Mr.. Moeller, pastor of Calvary
Lutheran Church, Silver Spring
is another minister going over
seas this summer. He will leave
the city after the IL am. service
tomorrow for New York, where
he boards q plane on Monday
for Europe.
His itinerary is also an envy
provoking one for stay-at-homes
Mr.. Moeller, whose congrega-
tion recently presented him with
Photographic equipment to re-
cord the trip, will see Lisbon,
Madrid. Rome, Athens, the Holy
Land, Switzerland, Denmark,
Germany and England before re-
turning here September 4.
DIR. Eberhardt to Leave
DR.. Eberhardt, superintendent
of the Central Union Mission
also leaves tomorrow for other
scenes. Accompanied by Mrs
Eberhardt, director of the mis-
sion's children's work, he viii,
go to Winona Lake, Ind, to serve
as the new dean of the fifth
annual Rescue Mission Training
School.
TV Choir Tryouts
Voice tryouts for the Wash
ington Federation of Churches
TV Choir are now being held
and persons interested should
write to the choir at the fedora
tion Office, 1851 N street NV.
Orville o. Luedtke, choir di-
rector, said both men and
women are needed for next sea-
sons programs, with tenors and
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