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. . 60 ·W ILMETTE LIFE November 23; 1928 ·News Of · Interest · ·to the JJ!lethodist Church Thts church will join with the other churches of Wilmette in a Union Thanksgiving service. This will be held in the Baptist church at 10 o'clock on '.rhanksgtving Day. The servicve is to be limited to one hour. This ctlurch co-operates in the Sunday Evening club. The speaker for this Sunday evening Is Lowell Thomas, author, lecturer, and explorer. He will give his famous lecture entitled "With Lawrence in Arabia." Mr. Thomas is the author of "With Lawrence in Arabia and Allenby In Palestine," also "The Sea Devil." This service is held at 7 :30 in the Congregational church. ChurCh~Goers Of Our Village Kenilworth Episcopal Leland Hobart Danforth, rector Kenilworth avenue and Warwick road The service next Sunday morning wlll be Morning Prayer. The Rev. Herbert w. Prince will be the preacher. He wlll also conduct the · service as the rector will be absent from the village. The Rev. Mr. Prince is the rector . of the Church of the Holy Spirit, Lake Forest. The Holy Communion will be celebrated at 8 A. M. for the convenience of those who cannot attend the later service. 'l'he Sunday school session will begin at the usual hour of 9 :30 A. M. Mrs. Harvey G. Edwards and Mrs. George A. Mason, delegates for the Diocesan Women's Auxiliary to the recent general convention of the Episcopal church held in Washington, D. C., are to address the women of the Episcopal churches of Kenilworth, Wilmette and Glencoe at the MelJlorial rectory, Kenilworth Monday, November 26, at 2:30 P. M.' They will speak of their Impressions of this convention and upon the more important matters decided there. Thanksgiving Day is Thursday, November 29. At 10 A. M. on this day there will be a celebration of the Holy Communion, preceded by a spedal service of Thanksgiving. This Sunday at the morning worship service at 10 :45 o'clock there will be the Administration of the Lord's Supper, the baptism of Infants and the reception of members. Mr. Loper will preach on "Thanksgiving in Your Hearts." ganizatlon of this church and is one of our most enjoyable meetings. Earl G. The breakfast after the Low, leader. service is under the direction of Thomas B. Gibson. The Senior High league will have a "Whoopee-Night" this Sunday evening. Mrs. Leslie Archer wlll favor the group with some violin numbers. Leaders : Tuesday the Camp Fire Girls will meet Kathryn Anderson and John Prescott. at the church at 3 :45 P . M. "Whoopee," Ted Mayer. Topic : "Comradeship." Social Hour at the home of Roosevelt Troop No. 2 will meet at the Wendell Keith. The time of the meet- church at 7 :30 P. M. · ing is 5:30. Sea Scout Ship No. 7 will also meet at The Junior High league will meet at the church at 7 :30. 5 :30 Sunday evening In the Junior room. A'nother splendid group of slides will be The Junior choir will meet for reshown along with an Illustrated hymn. hearsal Wednesday at 4 o'clock instead Fellowship and a story will conclude the of Thursday next week. program. All seventh, eighth, and ninth grade boys and girls are <cordially inThe Senior choir will meet for rehearsal vited. at 7:30 P. 1\f. on Wednesday. A group of Methodist men are playing volley ball In the Howard school 1\londay nights. New members will be received into the church on the first Sunday in December. The second of the monthly Church School Rallies will be held December 2. It is hoped at that time the school will be past the high water mark of three hundred and sixty in attendance. A Good-Will Supper and Sale will be held by the Ladies' Aid Society on the first Thursday. in December. An Oyster Supper will be served. Reservations may be made through the church office. The pastor will b_egin Sunday, December 2, a series of "Advent Sermons." hese will deal with the meaning of the dvent Season and prepare for a proper observance of Christmas Day. Christmas music will be sung during each of the four Sundays. The Sunday Evening club, which meets in the aJ.Jditorium ·of this church, will have Lowell Thomas, explorer and Wilmette and Park averi~es, Wilmette Herman W. Meyer, M. A. pastor writer, as its spea]Ser. He is the author Telephone 1396 of "With Lawrence in Arabia and 406 Prairie avenue Church telephone 3111 Allenby in Palestine" and of "The Sea Devil." Mr. Thomas will speak on Services "With Lawrence in Arabia" Sunday eve25th Sunday after Trinity ning. 9 :30 A. M. Sunday school and Bible Monday evening at 6 :30 the Men's club classes will have a chicken dinner and will hold 9 :45 A. M. First service and sermon the opening meeting of the year. Mr. 11 :00 A. M. Second service and sermon Sermon : "The Secret of the ChrisLoper will speak and plans for the year tian 's Strength." Neh. 8, 10.· will be presented. Thanksgiving Day · Thursday, November 29, at 11 A. M. Sermon : "The Question of the Thankful." Psalm 116, 12. St. John's Lutheran The service next Sunday mornhig will be the last regular service of the old church year. It will also give all the members of St. John's another opportunity of making their contribution for missions and benevolences. About four hundred and fifty dollars remain to be raised for this purpose in the few weeks remaining before the close of the year. St. John's has never yet failed, and we The regular mid-week meeting under know will respond now. ·Sunday, Decemthe leadership of Mr. Loper will be held ber 2, is the first Sunday in Advent. at 8 o'clock, and the discussion of "PerThe Lord's Supper will be celebrated in sonal Prayer Life" continued. the 11 o'clock service on the first Sunday On Thursday, Thanksgiving day, there · in Advent, December 2. The confessional will be a Union- service in the Baptist service will begin at 10 :45 and the reguchurch at 10 o'clock. Dr. Horace G. Jar service at 11. All communicants will Smith of the Methodist church will attend the confessional or preparatory preach. service. Those desiring to receive the Sacrament are requested to announce this Friday the Blue Bird group, under the to the pastor on Friday afternoon or evening, November 30, at the parsonage or 1ead ers hi p o f .1\1iss Florence Mitchell, will in the sacristy of the church immediately meet at the church at 3 :30 P. M. following the Thanksgiving Day service. St. Augustine's Church Sunday, November 25, will be the Sunday next before Advent. There will be Holy Communion at 8 A. M., Church Schools and Bible Classes at 9 :45 and Morning Prayer with AddreRS at 11 o'clock. On Thursday, November 29, Thanks· giving Day, there will be Holy Communion in St. Augustine's at 8 A. M., at 10 A. M. St. Augustine's will cooperate in a united Thanksgiving service at the Baptist church, corner of Wilmette avenue and Forest avenue. The service will last an hour. The Rev. Dr. Smith of the' Methodist _ c hurch will give the address and the offering will be given to the Wilmette local charities board. Friday November 30, is the day set apart by' the Historic church in memory of St. Andrew the Apostle and Martyr. There will be Holy Communion in St. Augustine's at 8 A. M. Pres~yterian Church Corner of Ninth street and Greenleaf avenue I A cordial invitation iR t-xtended to strangers and visitors to all the activities of this church. Reverend E. C. Pires, D.D., pastor of Calvary Presbyterian church, Chicago, very favorably known in the ChiC'ago Presbytery, will supply December 1 to December 8 will be ob- the pulpit of this church Sunday, Novem~rved as Girl Scout week. December 1 ber 25, at 11 A . M. Sermon topi c : "The will be Girl Scout convention day at the Image of God in Man." Drake hotel. In the afternoon of that Sunday Rrhool at 9 ::w A. ~1. day the Camp Reunion for all thrte Chicago and Cook county camps will take Christian EndE>avor at 6 P. 1\f. This is place in the ballroom of the Drake hotel. Sunday, December 2 will be "Go to to be a joint meeting with Pilgrim ConChurch" day for the Scouts. The Wil- gregational and the Evanston Christian mette scouts of Troops 1, 2 and 4 will ('hurch societies, in charge of Frank attend the Methodist Church service. At Reynolds. The leader will b e Harry 3 :30 Sunday afternoon 1\frs. Deeter Rip- Saulnier, president of Chicago Union. pin, National Girl Scout director, will C. E. Ther·e will be a social hour fol¢onduct a "Scout's Own" service at the lowing the meeting. Drake Hotel for all registered Girl Following is the mu sical program for Scouts and their leaders. The Wilmette Scouts will have one or two Girl Scouting Sunday, November 25: demonstrations in the basement of this Organ Prelude, "Andantino in D flat" ....... .. .. . .. . ......... Lemare church on Tuesday afternoon of that week. Anyone interestec\ is cordially in- Anthem, "I Will .1\Iagnify Thee, 0 Lord" ..... .... .. .. ... . Mosenthal vited to attend. Wednesday being music day, all Wilmette Girl Scouts are invited .\nthem. "Lord of Hosts" Fifteenth Century to assemble at this church for a g-rand "Sing." The week will end with a Treas- Organ Offertory, "By Smouldering Embers" ... MacDowell ure Hunt for all three troops on SaturDuet, "0 Lovely P eace" (Judas .1\Iaccaday, December 8. baeus) .. . ... '"'" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Handel Miss Bushouse and Mrs. Gannon The music for Sunday morning will be as follows: The Organ Prelude, "Frag- Organ Postlude, "Thanksgiving" (Pastoral Suite) Demarest ment (Unfinished Symphony)" by Schu. QUARTET bert, and the Organ Postlude, "HoCatherinf' Bm;house, soprano eannah," by Dubois. The choir will sing Rose I..utiger Gannon, contralto "I Will Remember," by Lyon, and "Praise John B. Mlller, tenor the Lord,'· by .1\faruder. The quartet will Edward Otis, bass sing, .. Breathe on Me, Breathe," by Erma Rounds, organist and dirf>ctor Matthews. The service Sunday morning will be the annual Thankoffering of the Woman's Home Missionary society. A special speaker has been provided in the person of Mrs. H. S. Hollingsworth. She is .a speaker of unusual ability and will be heard with great gladness by all who attend this service. The following Spoke m eet ings will he held Tuesday, November 27: Spoke 1With l\lr~-1. E. Seyfort, 413 Park avenue. Spoke 2-With Mrs. David H. C'art.:-r, 1227 Greenwood avrnue. Spoke 4-With 1\fr~-1. Wilfred C. GilliN;, 172!! 'Va~hington avenue. Spoke 7-With ::'lfrs. Stanley l\1. Peterson, 231-17th strert. Rpoke 12With l\fr!'1. H. 0. Weishaar. 1331 Chestnut avenue, 1\frs. James W. Shedden, assisting hostess. The annual canvass mong the members of St . .John's will be held on one of the next Sundays. Letters of information o~ the budget will be sent out to all the members prior to the canvass. Next Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock W. F. W eihermann, the newly called director of activities in the Walther league, will be formally inducted into office. The service will be held at St. James' Lutheran church, Garfield and Fremont avenues, Chicago. The members of the Walther league are particularly invited. Don't forget goods, canned our charitable must be in by Congretational Church Minister, Vere V. Loper MiniRter of Education, William E. McCormack Today the Woman'!'! Guild is holding its annual bazaar at the church. All the circles of the Guild are having a part ln the bazaar and there will he gift and food sales, movies, cand~· and other rcfreshmt:nts and there will be a chicken 4Jnner at 6 :30. Rt-creatioiml program: 1\fonday, 7 :30 P. 1\J., Troop 5, Boy Scouts. Gue1-1t of the evening, E. U. Goodman, chief Scout executive of Chicag-o council. Parents invited. 1\Ien's bowling, 7 :45 P. l\1. Wedne~day, basketball, 7 :30, Howard school. Thursday, Young People's nl~ht. Bowling, basketball and volleyball. Friday. There will be no mid-week service at the church Wednesday evening, NovemSunday the Church school will meet ln ber 28. all Its departments: 9 :30-Primary, JunLast Sunday a brief service was held Ior and Intermediate departments: 10 :46 Thanksgiving early morning devoflonal best known books of the past year. -cra4le Roll and Beginners' depart- service and breakfast will be held at 7 :30 The Wilmette Baptist church is the in the Sunday school in memory of Jule menta : 12, noon-Senior department and Thursday. November 29. This service has church of the lighted cross at the corner A. Petersen, Jr.. whose sudden ~eath on forum for adulte. been an annual feature ever since the or- of Wilmette and Forest avenue~. (Continued on Page 61) the collection of package This evening, Friday, November 23, goods and preserves for the Vestry have invited the men of the institutions. These goods congregation to a complimentary dinn~r Sunday, December 2. in St. Augustine's Club House, 1126 Wilmette avenuf'. The purpose is to discuss lleetlngs l\londay and Friday at 4 : Classes for with the men plam; for the coming year. children Tuesday evening, November 27, St. l\Ionday at 7 :30: Choir meeting ·wednesday at 7 :30: Boy Scouts Troop 6. Augustine'!-; will have a big Par~sh Sociable in the Parish House, to which all parishioners, men and women, boys ~aptist and girls, are invited. At 7 :30 there will Sunday morning Dr. Allison's ::;ermon be moving pictures and a conjuror's entopic will be, "A Typical Heresy Trial" tertainment for the children, with refreshments at 9 o'clock. For the adults, at or "How ·the World Treats ltf:i Prophets." 'rhis i::; basf>d on the 26th the conclusion of the children's part of chapter of Jeremiah and has a timely the evening·, there will be dancing in the appeal. The children's sermon is en- Parish House, for which an orchestra has titled "Thanksgiving." There will be been engaged and other entertainment There ~pecial music by the chorus choir under will be followed by refreshments. the direction of Madame Gilderoy Scott. will be no charge and all Parishioners are invited, young and old. The Young People's society will meet at 5 :30 in the Guild room Sunday afterA large Confirmation class meets each noon. Miss Eliabeth Burns, president, Sunday evening at 7 :30 in the Church will have charge of the meeting. Young Assembly Rooms at the rear of the people are invited to this interesting dis- Parish Hotise. The Bishop of Chicago, cussion group. Rt. Rev. C. P. Anderson, will be at St. Augustine's for Confirmation on SunAt the mid-week services Wednesday day morning. December 23. The class evening at 8 o'clock we will hold an old- to be presented at that time promises to fashioned Thanksgiving prayer and testi- be larger than any St. Augustine's has mony meeting with an opportunity for many to teRtify their appreciation of the e\'('1' h!_ld. goodness of God. · The ARsoriate_d Guilds will meet today The Union Thanksgiving service will at 10:30 o'clock in the club house with be held in this chyrch Thursday, Novem- luncheon served at noon. ber 2~. from 10 to 11 o'clock. The ministers of all the churches will participate, Dr. H. G. Smith of the Wilmette Parish Methodist church delivering the address. Kenilworth avenue and Warwick road The Wilmette Baptist choir will lead in Kenilworth the congregational singing and render a Dr. Herbert L. Willett, minister special anthem: Next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock the Sunday, November 25, the Sunday Eve- subject of Dr. Willett's sermon wtll be ning club presents Lowell Thomas, au- "The Grace of Gratitude," a theme apthor, lecturer and explorer, who will give propriate to the Thanksgiving s~ason. his famous lecture entitled "With Lawrence in Arabia," using both marvelous Sunday school at 9 :45. Classes for all, stereopticon slides and moving pictures. and all welcome. The material used In Mr. Thomas is the author of "With Law- the classes is the Revised International rence in Arabia and Allenby in Palestine," also "The ~a Devil," one of the Grades Lessons. Church Kenilworth Union · @