Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-03-22
By Mrs. Ulysses Griffith
Clearwater 3.2682

10 'CNAN III 1(1lllClSCuS CeIleIS
about church activities in large
measure. On Palm Sunday eve
ming at s the choirs of the Da.
mascus Methodist Church and its
Wesleyan Service Guild will pre-
sent the cantata my Redeemer
Liveth" under the direction of
Mrs. Everett Jones.
This cantata is made up of
themes taken from the work of
Handel and Mozart and has about
25 in the cast. Soloists include
Mrs. Clifford Davis, Jr., Mrs. VIII.
fred Watkins, Miss Margaret
Lentz, Mrs. Joseph Rice, Jr., Vim
cent Day DR.. Howard Taylor and
Roger Day.
Holy Thursday will be observed
with an Upper Room Communion
service at 8 p. m.
On Good Friday there will be
the usual three hour service. This
will be at Damascus but will be
a joint service with other neigh
boring churches all of whose min.
listers will take part.
The first word will be given by
Rev. Leon Dage of Montgomery
Chapel; the second by Rev. A.
Dean Kesler of Damascus; the
third by Rev. William c. Harpold
of the Urbana charge; the fourth
by Rev Henry Ernst of Salem
church in Cedar Grove; the fifth
by Rev. B. r. Mark of Laytons-
vile charge; the sixth by Rev.
E. H. Harrison of Browningsville
and the seventh by the Rev. C.
j. Hoover of Ridgeville.
AT the II o'clock service on
Palm Sunday the members of the
church membership class will be
received into the church. On Eas-
ter Sunday the MYF is sponsor
ing a sunrise service at $50 a. m.
to be held on the newly acquired
church site along Mt. Vernon Ave
nue..
The speaker will be Howard
Stackhouse, past president of
the Mems Organized Bible Class
es of Washington. Jerry Cook S
radio band will play as the group
assemblies, during the service and
as the group disperses. Their
program will contain such appro-
pirate numbers as Largo"
abide With Me" and Onward
Christian Soldiers"
For the II o'clock service Eas-
ter Sunday amplifiers will be set
up so that the service can be
heard in the Sunday school
rooms.
The Evening Guild of st. Bar.
tholomew's Episcopal Church will
meet Tuesday at the home of
Mrs. Herbert Cain. This will be
the annual meeting and birthday
party of the group. The new
film strip protector and silver
screen which the group recently
purchased for the Sunday school
will be demonstrated at the meet
ing.
There will be a baptism serv-
ice Easter Sunday afternoon at
2 at Damascus Methodist Church.
Rev. A. Dean Kesler was the
guest speaker Wednesday at the
Lenten service at the Central
Methodist church in Baltimore.
Don't forget the dance for the
benefit of mentally retarded chill
dren sponsored by the American
Legion Auxiliary to be held at
the Legion Home March 81.
The WSCS of the Damascus
Methodist Church will hold bak-
ed chicken and fried oyster sup
per this Saturday at the church
hall beginning at 3 p. m.
Mrs. Ella Monkey observed her
seventy-eighth birthday on st.
Patrick's Day at home. She was
surrounded by her family and
close friends and thoroughly en-
Joyed the many beautiful flowers,
cards and gifts she received.
Willis Campbell flew to New
York on Tuesday to attend the an
nual national convention of radio
and electronic engineers.
Mrs. John W. Peters, who has
been a houseguest of Rev. and
Mrs. A. Dean Kesler for the past
several weeks, has returned to
her home in Eagle Rock, Va.
We are glad to report that Brad
ley Woodfield, who is a patient at
Washington Sanitarium in Ia
koma Park, is convalescing nice
ly following his recent operation.
Carl N. Johnson, landscape
specialist from the University Of
Maryland, visited Damascus on
St Patrick's Day as the guest of
the Damascus Homemakers. He
stopped at the homes Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Murray Andrews. Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Papiermeister, and
Mr. and Mrs. c. c. Parker.
Mr.. Johnson drew up individual
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