Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-04-02
Religious Affairs
Lynchburg
Choir to
Sing Here
BY KOkO Wittenburg
Church Editor


Lynchburg, Va, will be present.
ed at the Rockville Christian
Church, 101 w. Jefferson st.,
Monday at 1880 pm.
The choir will sing sacred,
liturgical and non-liturgical an.
thems, choral arrangements Of
folk songs of many countries,
and choral works of the modern
composers. The public is in.
vited.
A week-long spiritual revival
beginning this Sunday at the
Oakdale Emory M e hodist
Church on Georgia ave. extend,
ed between Norbeck and Olney)
will be highlighted with the meg
sages of Mrs. Corretta Mason,
evangelist from Lynchburg, Va.
Nightly services Except on Sat.
urday) will begin with singspi.
ration at 1880 and Mrs. Mason's
sermon at 8 pm.
The worth Methodist
Church of Gaithersburg has
launched an extensive building
program geared to a new church
at its recently purchased site
on the corner of Rosem0nt DIR,
and rte. 355. Plans Sre to vacats
the present church building on
Brooks ave-, where the church
has been for many years.
A large sanctuary and ade.
quate Christian education facilL
ties are included in the plans
for the new church plant, &C.
cording to William L. Irwin,
chairman of the building com.
mittee. Financial commitments
were made by members and
friends Of Epworth during q
recent membership canvass and
the goal was exceeded by more
than so percent.
David c. Fockler, pastor Of the
Rockville Seventh-day Adventist
Church, and Kenneth II. Live
say, pastor of the SpencerWllA
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
stteRied the Columbia Union
Conference of Advents IN At
lantic City last week. They
Joined 300 other delegates from
seven middle Atlantic states and
the District of Columbia for the
four-day session.
Dedication ceremonies Of the
newly acquired furniture and
vessels for the BrOOEeviIIe Meth.
Odist Church will he held this
Sunday afternoon with DIR. As.
bury Smith, superintendent Of
the Washington West District,
officiating. An organ recital NJ
5 pm. will precede the dedica.
ton service. Following the rites
will be a reception at the church
In honor of DIR. and Mrs. Smith,
who are returning TO n pastor.
ate after six years of service ~
superintendent Of the West Dis
trict. The BrOOkevllle and Mt.
Carmel Churches will be In
charge Of the reception.
Mrs. ]. M. Sydenstricher, mis-
sionary worker since 1919 who
is on furlough from service In
Brazil with her hsuband, will be
the principal speaker at the sixth
annual meeting of District Two,
Women OF the Potomac Presby-
terry, next Wednesday at the Be
thesda Presbyterian Church.
Registration will begin at 9:45
am.
THE Fall Upward" a tapped
sermon by the Rev. Arthur
Foote, minister of the Unity
Unitarian Church in st. Paul,
Mimi, will be heard this Sunday
by the Rockville Unitarians at
10:45 am. Rev. Foote is a widely
read author and lecturer on Uni
tarianism and liberal religion In
general. Services of the Rock
vile Unitarian Center are held
in the West Rockville Elemen.
tary School.
The Importance OF spiritual
perception in making decisions
will be emphasized at Christian
Science services this Sunday.
"Unreality" will be the topic Of
the lesson.sermon.
The Rev. c. G. Muradian, pas
tor OF the BrookeVille.Mt. Car.
mel charge, who has been leo.
turing on "The Challenge Of Is.
lam" In several churches and
service clubs in the Washing.
ton and Baltimore area, re.
viewed a portion of a book on
the Middle East at the Brooke.
vile Methodist Women's Society
yesterday. On Easter morning,
the Rev. Muradian preached on
'The First Witnesses" emphs.
sizing the fact that the church
today does not fully realize that
"Chrisfs Resurrection is the
core Of the Gospel"
In his Easter morning worship
services at the Crusader Luther.
an Church, Rockville, the Rev.
Paul r. Milheim eN)hasized
that there is no Christian who
does not believe in the resurreo-
ton of Jesus Christ "AS a mat.