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WILME.T .TE LIFE June 15, 1928 Ne_ ws of Interest. 'to the Church-Goers of Our Village Congregational Church Wilm tte. This is one of the tine churches in After n \"ery impressive and well-attended Children's Day service last Sunday morning. we begin, our -summer program at ~ the church. ·while there are certain modifications of the program whic h are imperative during the summer months, the work of the church is by no means discontinued. Especially is this true · in the morning worship service which will be conducted by the associate minister, the Rev. William E. McCormack, with the exception of the last four Sundays in July. Next Sunday morniQg h e will preach at 11 o'clock on "The Bequest," and Mrs. Jessie Beers Ste(.·k, sopra no soloist, will sing. Likt:\\"i~e, in the Church school there summer. The modified program which is inaugurated next Sunday morning involves a shortening of the period of ina;truction 80 that Church school will begin at 10 o'c_lock and continue until 11. The Primary department.. uuder the direction of Miss Wheelock, and the Beginners' department, under the direction of Mrs. W. A. Richardson, are the only exceptions to this statement, modification of their programs beginning on the second Sunday in July. The Junior department, under the direction of A. J. Coburn, is to engage in a study of "Stories of the Strong." The Intermediate departm e nt, under the direction of Miss Georgia Watson, has elected to study the Republic of Mexico, and to prepare a number of the FI;endship School Bags for the children of Mexic(·. In all of these departm e nts the attendance and financial records will be made with respect to each member of the department throughout the entire summer, and it is expected that every boy and girl who is in the village during the summer will . attend the meeting of the department to which they belong. The Annual church and e hurch school picnic is to be held this Saturday afternoon beginning at 3 o'clock, at the Washington Park beach. The committee on arrang-ements has urovided an attractive program for boys and girls, and the annual Fathers and Sons baseball ga.me will be played at 5 o'clock. Ice cream and lemonade will be furnished f1·ee to those who attend, and every family of the pari sh is invited to bring a picnic supper and enjoy the outing. On Monday the -Church cabinet will have its quarterly meeting at 8 o'clock at the church. On Tuesday the Neighborhood Circle, Mrs. E. H. Burge, chairman, will hold its last meeting of the season at the home of Mrs. J. B. Olwin, 820 Lake avenue. Luncheon will be served at 1 o'clock, and the election of next year's officers will follow. At 3 o'clock next Tuesday, the Wekeacafila Camp Fire Girls, under the direction of Miss Dorothy Perry, as ·istant guardian, will meet at the Lake avenue beach for a swim ·and a picnic supper. Hope f;arroll, Elizabeth Potter, and Lois Han a walt are in charge of the an-angements for the supper. At 7 o'clock Tuesday Roosevelt Troop 2 Boy Scout~ will meet at the church. At 7 :30 o'clock Tuesday Troop 7 Sea Scouts, W. E. McCormack, skipper, will m eet at the church. On Wednesday the delegation for the Young People's conference at Tower Hill will leave for Sawyer, Mich., at noon. The Rev. W . E. McCormack and Miss Bertha Wheelock will attend the conference as leaders. Friday afternoon at 2:30 the Northwest Circle, Mrs .. J. H. Stackhouse, chairman, will hold the first of Its summer meetings at the home of Mrs. Ben T~ Harris, 736 Park avenue. will be no cessation of work during the what the Church School was doing for the boys and girls, and thus !or the Choir rehearsal will be held on Tuesday church and the community. All of. the children of each department demonevenin~ at 8 o'clock at the cllurch. strated a nortion of the work done by The Boy Scouts meet at the church them during the year. This story of Peter, which had been written by Howard Thursday eyenins- at 7 :30. Moulding, a third grade boy, was read. The church office is open daily from It follows: "'l'J1e Story ot Peter" 9 to 12 and from 1 to 5. Saturdays from "Peter was a lov~ of Jesus. He was 9 to 12. brave and strong. He helped Jesus. He He could row and The Wilmette Baptist church is located was a fisherman. at tl}e corner of Wilmette and Forest sail a boat. He could carry heavy things. He could pull heavy fish-nets avenues. when there was a lot of fish in them. Jesus knew that Peter loved him. After Peter told the lie he was ashamed of himself and ran away and wept. He A special service will be held next asked to be forgiven and Jesus did forSun,day morning fQr the reception of new give him. Jes'u s forgave him because members. The Senior choir will make Peter was truly sorry. After that each its last appearance until after the sum- day he grew stronger. If we do wt·ong, mer vacation at this service. During and are truly sorry and ask to b e forthe summer. the quartet will sing at given, God will forgive us. And if we try to do better God will make us each Sunday mornlng service. "Golf Players, June Brides, and Col- stronger. "One day Peter asked James and John lege Graduates," will be the theme of the pastor's sermon next Sunday morn- a nd four other disciples to go with him ing. He will pay his respects to each to fish. The seven men went forth and of these groups in turn. It is the plan of got into the boat and cast their nets all the pastor to limit the morning service night long but tl:tey got nothin~. a.nd as now to the period of one hour. Tlte morning was coming on Jesus stood service begins at 11 o'clock and will close on the beach and the disciples did not know him when they saw him. And promptly at 12 o'clock. Jesus said to the disciples to cast their The Chicago Northern district of the nets on the other side of the boat. And Woman's Misf;ionary Society held its an- as they were drawing up the net it was nual meeting at this church on Tuesday. heavy, and when they got it in, the The morning program began at 10 o'clock. boat began to sink, and then they knew Following the luncheon, the Rev. Warren at once that it was Jesus. And Peter Clarke, .pastor of the Community church tucked up his coat and swam ashore. And the other disciples came dragging in Chicago, gave the address. the boat and when they got there there The Woman's Foreign Missionary so- was a fire and fish cooking on it, and ciety met .Thur13day afternoon at the they cooked the fish they caught. After home of Mrs. F. L. Millington, 126 Ox- breakfast Jesus talked with Peter and Then ford · road, Kenilworth. Mrs. Horace G. Peter told him he loved him. Smith led the devotions. Thi s was the Jesus told 'Peter to feed his lambs. This ~hows that Jesus trusted Peter. annual Mite-Box-Opening meeting, After Jesus went into heaven Peter went The wedding of Mr. Orvillt! J. Borchers about preaching, and when the high and Miss Mabel Wilbar will take place priest heard about this, he put him into at the church Wednesday evening, June prison, and In the night an angel came 20. Mr. Borchers was formerly choir and let him out, and then Peter went director of this church. The A Cappella about preaching again. After that h e choir, -of which Mr. Borchers was a was beaten hard but he went preaching m ember for many years, will sing at anyway. When Peter .told the lie he was weak and afraid, but now he is strong." the wedding. After all of the departments had parThe Church school is being reorganized ticipated, the Girl Scouts came in for Promotion:;; for its summer program beginning Sun- their Good-Night Circle. day morning at 9 :30 o'clock. The Kinde r- throughout the Church School followed gart~n will be ·n charge of Mrs. Fanck- tnis play. boner, who has been assisting Mrs. Osborne during the year. The Primary will be led in a program of missionary education by..... Mrs. Fuller. The Junior Sunday. June 17, will be the second department, with Miss Fisher as leader, Sunday aftE>r Trinity. There will be will put the major emphasis on worship, Holy Communion at 8 A. M. and Mornsimilar to the program of a Junior ing Prayer with Address at 11 A. M. church. The .High School department will meet with the arlults in the mornNext Sunday, the third Sunday in the ing worship at 11 o'clock. month, the1·e will be a Corporate Communiort at 8 A. M. for the Daughters Miss Lila Attig has accepted the po- of the King. sition of director of the Community Week-Day School of Religious EducaThere will be no sessions of the Church tion at Covington, Ky. for next year. school next Sunday as · the school has Miss Attig: has rendered devoted and closed . for the summer vacation. Stuvaluable service to the church during dents and teachers are already leaYing the two years she has been with us. for vacations. 'l'o fill her place , the church has secured the services of the Rev. Emmett S. Nothing definit~ is being done regarclJohnson, director of Religious Education ing plans for the proposed nE>w Pari~h for the last two years in one of the Hou§e until the expiration of the option large Methodist churches in Chattanoog-a, given on the church property, th e datt> Tenn. During the next two years he of expiration. being J~ly 12. will he doin"i some advanced work in connection wih Garrett Biblical Im>tiMiss Margaret Wilson. 611 Laurel avf'tute. · The plan is being worked now nue, entertained her class of girlR i · whereby that institution will be affiliated the Club House on the afternoon of with the Church school. This will make June 12. it possible for the school t~ ha.ve the advantage of expert supervision as well 'T'he Bishop's Chair, a beautifully h:= wdas the constant checking up according- carved chair in oak from England, a to the very latest methods in the field memorial gift from Mr. and Mrs. M. B. of ~eligious Education. Mr. Johnson Skinner, and seven Sanctuary chair!-1. will v!stt the Church school June 24, but also from England. for the use of th" his actual work ~ill not. begin until Acolytes, a memorial gift fro·m Mr. and S~tembe"r L · · · ·· 1\fr:;;. · Henry Fowler, wer. · dedicated bv the rector at last Sunday's ~ornin r The Girl Scouts ..of Tr{)ops 2j 3, and 4 i ~ervice . . will have their last meeting of th ~ear and Court of Awards Tuesday-- afternoon at three o'clock at the church. Mrs. G. Lamb, US Woodbine avenue. I Methodist Church bear. in mind that th~ church and her serv1ces for old and young go on as regularly as ever, and that i.t is j~st as important for every Christian to be regular in churc}l attendance in· summer as in winter. We sincerely hope that the church attendances at St. John's and the .attendance at the Sunday school will keep up as usual. . The aimual Festival at the Addison :Manual Training School for Boys and Industrial Home for Girls will b~ held on Sunday, June 17. There Wlll be special services held. on the gro~nds of the institution both m the mormng and afternoon. These institutions are co~ ducted by the Lutheran Chur~hes of Chicago . 'a nd vicinity belongmg to .the Synodical Conference of North America. l\ t the present time some two hundt:ed and seventy boys and girls are r~ce~v ing care and education there. This mstitution is ~onducted apart from the Orphanage,. which has about one hundred and twenty boys and girls. Ev~ryone is cor<lially invited to take part m the festival. The men of the church have decided to take !'Q~tters into their own. hands and to try to make the parkway m ·front of the church, as well as the yard back of the church, more presentable. They will meet at the church on Saturday afternoon at 1:30 armed with rak~s, spades.. sickles, etc .. ~very member mterested in beautifymg the church gro ·1.1nds~ome on ! On Wednesday, June 20, the annual meeting of the District of Nor:tqern Illinois of the Synod of Missouri, Ohio and other states, will be held at the gymnasium of the River Forest college, River Forest, Ill. The sessions will last from the 20th to the 27th of June. St. John's wi11 be repre~ented by the delegate:;; Dr. A. E. Bertling and :Mr. George F. Simons, and by the pastor, Herman W. Meyer. Presbyterian Church Rev. Clyde R. Wheeland, B. D., for seven years pastor of Irving Park Presbvterhin church, former Moderator of Presbytery, and for the past year with the Board of National Missions, will preach next Sunday. Subject: "Our Ma~ter and Lord." Following is the musical program to be given next Supday morning: Organ Pre)ude: "In Summer" ......... . . ... . .. Stebbins Anthem: "Chri. tian, the Morn Breaks SweE-tly O'er Thee" ... .. .. . . ...... . .. Shelley Anthem: "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere" ... .. .... .. .. . .. .... Arr. Fearis Organ Offertory : "Lento Asi>ai" .. ...... . .. . . . . . . Chopin Solo: "I V\Till Lift Up Mine Eyes" . . Bartlett Mrs. Gannon Organ Postlude: "Postlude in B Flat" . .... . .. .... West Catherine Bushouse, soprano Hose Lutiger Gannon, contralto .Tohn B. Miller. tenor Emmom; C. Carlson, bass Erma. E. ~ounds, organist and director 'T'he Sunday school meets at 9 :30. There are classes for all ages under graded in~truction . Regular church service at 11. Christian Endeavor: There will be no meeting next Sunday; members are attending a C. · E. Retreat at Waukegan. Regular church service every Sunday at 11 A.M. . The church office will be open evE-ry morning, except Saturday, fr?m , :30 to 11 :30. Phone Wil. 1575 or Wil. 688. The Wilmette Presbyterian church is located at the corner of Ninth :.treet and Greenleaf avenue. St. Augustine's Church Secure Option Extension on Proposed Church Tract The deal by which St. Augu3tine's Episcopal church on Wilmette avenue would sell its present property and purchase another tract of ground at Eleventh street and Lake avenue, which has been under consideration for three months, has not been closed to date but it is announced that the church has 'secured an extension of its op~ion on the property at Eleventh and Lake which is owned by Mrs. Frank Toman. The· original option on the church property which is held by McGuire and Orr, real estate firm, does not expire Uf!til July 12, but St. Augustine's option expired on June 12, so sought the extension which now runs to even date with the McGuire and Orr option. St ..John'," Lutheran The Woman's Home Missionary society wi11 hold Its annual Birthday party nnd reception for new members at the We welcome Dr. George D. Allison to home of Mrs. C. J. Nylund, 1634 Forest hls new field this Sunday, June 17. Sun- aveuuE>, Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. day has been set aside as Children's This is t~e last meeting of the year. Day so the Children's Day program will be combined with the M9rning Worship, The Young Woman's Missionary sothe service commencing at 10 o'clock. ciey wlll meet next Tuesday evening at the home of Miss Edna Davison, 1437 The mid-week meeting of the Church Fore~t avenue. . This is to be the annual wut be held Wednetlday night at 8 o'clock meeting and election of officers. In the G ulld Room. The Children's Day program last SunThe young people will bold their week- day was largely attended · by parents ly meeting In the Guild Room Sunday and friends. A short dramatization enafternoon at 5:30. titled, "Our Church School," was the main feature of the program. · In the An informal tea will be given In honor Dlay. a group of young people expressed of )ln. G. D. Allison by the Woman's the two opposite opinions concerning the .ociety, Ju11e !Z from 3 to 5. The tea value of Church School Training, but 1JQl be In tbe ca.rden at the home of one girl, who had become a teacher, saw Wilmette Baptist Wilmette ancl Park avenues, WilmE>ttP Herman '\V. Meyer, 1\f. A., pastor 406 Prairie avenue. Telephone 1396 Church telephone 3111 Services Second Su11day after Trinity 9·:30 A. M. Sunday school and Bible classes !l :45 A. M. Fir~t !-lervice and sermnn 11 :00 A. M. Second ~ervice anrl sermon, "New Consecration of Life" Meetln~s Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 7 :30 : Evening classes for catechumens. Momlay at 7:45: Choir rehearsal. Friday, June 15: Junior Walther league. Now that the pleasant, enjoyablf> warm weather has set In, and the fe~tl vals of the church are past, and Childrf'n's Day has 'come and gone, lt>t us