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r ebruary 21, : 1930 . r;:;;, WI~MEJ'TE LIFE First Presbyterian ' (Continued from Page 46) ·Host> John B. Miller, tenor l.Jltiger Gannon, cont~lto Erlward Otis, bass Erma Rounds, organist and director The Presbytery of Chicago announcel!!l "'Pecial meeting to be held at Fourth l"'r~sbyterian church, 126 East Chestnut ~treet, Chicago, Monday, March 3, at 11 A. M. When the Sixteenth Annua! Report of toe Presbyterian Home wall be prt>sented. Reports and addresses will tw concluded by 12:30. Luncheon at 12:45. Kindly make reservations early by calling Df'arborn 9047 o.r University 8010. ·1 Why I Go to Church I like to hear the people sing, For, then, they try to reach, Tn harmony, the very thing That God, Himself, would teach; The humble and the 'risocrat \Nill aim to start as one, On even pitch. nor sharp or flat Cntil the hymn is done. to hear the preacher preach , \Vho ever he may be, For he'll say something that will reach :\ conscious need in me , ·.\n-ti· fan to life a s mothered fire That smolder s in mv breast If f come with since re desire , To hear him at my best. St. John's Lutheran \\' ilmette and Park avenues, Wilmette Herman W. Meyer, pastor 406 l'rairie avenue Telephone 1396 Church telephone 3111 SERVICES Sunday Sexage.!;i ma !' ::lOA. l\1. Su11day school and Bible classes. (1 :45 A. l\1. First service and sermon. 11 :00 A.M. Second service and sermon. ~('rmon: "Strength '"Perfected in Weakness," 2 Cor. 12, 9. JUEETINGS !-'at unJay-Sunday: District Convention o( ttw Walther league at Arlington Heights. 7\l onday at 7:45: Choir rehearsal. Tut·~uay-Th ursd ay: Pastoral Conferenc<' at \Vaukegan. Thun.;day at 8: L. L. L. meeting at First st. Paul's. Friday, February 21, at i :45: Parents' night at church. On Friday evening next, February 21. th1 · part>nts of ch ildren attending- tlw \\"Pek-day classes in the pastor's class ar in\"ited to attend a session at the c·hurl'h i11 whi<'h this class will be conduct d . All the children will therefore also attend. 'l'hi~ is b(·ing done becau!-;e we know that tlw parents are interested and beca usc· we b!·lien. ' that it will contribute to a mutual uncl e rstandin.~ and better cooperatf(,n in thi s edtH.:ati<mal work. \Ve hope that hoth pan·nts of children will attend. Otherl' \\'ho arc interel'ted are also cordiallv in. r like T like to meet the people there, \Vhcre thoughts of finer things Expres~ed in sermon, song and prayer :\ kindly feeling brings, That we. as men. are hrothers all, \\'hat e'er our name or place, \\'ho on a Common Father caB For 1Tca n~n 's needed grace. Hark. frc,m this moment. to the daY \" it Nl. Thf"' Xorthern lllinois Di~trkt f·om·ention of the \\ralther league is being hPid r·n ~atunlay and Sunday, February 22-23, :tl ~t. Peter's Lutheran church and Parish I Ia!!, Arlington Heights, 111. The memlir · l·~ of the \Valth er league a rc particularly invited. Both the s('lliCJI' and the junior l eag u e~ of St. John's are SL' lHling:1 deleg-nte. The banquet will be held 011 !-'a tunlay evening, for which resena tions ll J; t y sti ll be made. i ,~ ; ~ ~ \\:htn first. a child, I stood \\'it hi n htr doors. and all the waY, Her teachings have· heen good. I " ·ould not have it said of me. \\'hen I. the end shall reach. 1ft never went to church while he ('(,ttld hear tht preacher preach. r -E(hrin :\IorleY ~tafford l 'J The Lord's Supper will be <"elehrat(·d at :-;t_ .John ':- during the 9 :45 (/clock ~t--1"\"iC't> 11 11 ~unday mon1ing, March 2. Thr,se who RememberI ll· ·sirt· to receive th e Sacrament will anIHJtlllee this t(J thtc> pa:stCJr on tlw ~attu· da~· li'fore communion. Th e IH'eparat··ry or confessional service for eomlllunka nt s will begin at lJ :30 o'elock. On Sunday afternoon and evening, ~!a reh 2, the quarterly meeting of th e :'\~ot· th Hhore zon e of the Walther leagu e 1 The Church Needs You, You Need the Church Be There Sunday! its regular meeting at St. very elabo··ate program has h~ · f'n worked out for the afternoon sesl'_ ton at which representatives of the nat~r.na l organization and other promin ent :-;_t,eakers will be represented. Pastor I I. W. Prange will close the afternoon IIH· et~ ng with an address on "The Dig-nitv ' ·f L1fe." Supper will be served at the r·l~urch after which the evening sessions 1\' 111 begin. \\'Ill , hold .l··hn K A Directory of Chur.ches: The Fust ·Presbyterian Church Ninth Strut and Grrtnlraf A vtnur . ThP Pastor of St. John's is attending 1 · Pastoral conference at Redeemer LuthHan church, Waukegan, Ill., from Tue:<:~:l~ to .Thursday of the coming week. In ,Le h1s services are needed, plea~e calr tht- Parsonage. The Lenten seaso;;-will begin on Wedll··.sday, March 5, at which time the usual 111 Hl-w~ek Lenten services will be held 1'\'E·rv Wedn ·n es d ay evening at 7 :45 o'clock ; <lthe church. The sermon course plan1 . "' for these services will be announC'ert 11 ; the next issue of this paper as will ~~ l'o. the subjects for the Sunday morning. ernces durjog Lent. of Lutheran Young SPOQso_ring a collection of r('fu es as well as money for the many . gees Who have sought a new home ~~P":'estern ·canada. These people were left nved of all their property and were the Practically destitute. In order to help helm over tbe most difficult days and to th. P to establish them In their new homes ('l~~ collection Is being undertaken. d.u .hes may be brought to the parsonage rang the week or to the Sunday school of the chuJ:dt on Sunday morning. e deacons will be glad to receive and receipt for any cash contributions. Wilmette English Lutheran Church Grtrnleaf Annut and Sntntb Strttt Rev. Cl1Jde Randolph Wheeland Rev. Cdtl I. Emp10n St. John's Lutheran Church Wilmrtrt and Park Avrnuts The Wilmette Baptist Oturcb Fortst and Wilmtttt Annqn Rev. Herman W. Mtytt Reo. Geotgt D. Alliron First Congregational Church Lakt and Wilmrttr Avrnuts St. Augustine's Episcopall\urch 1 14 o Wilmtttt A vtnat ('lot~le Pe~he W~lther leag~ 18 Rev. Vert V. Loper Rev. Hubert Cultton The Farst Methodist l\urcb Lakt and Wilmtttt A Ttnaa RerJ. H ot«ct G. Smith Publiabed bv the Interchurch Ad&HrtWng Commirt11, WUmtttt Church Ftdlt·tion ;_.o;ms