THE CHURCHES

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21216, 10 December 1938, Page 19

THE CHURCHES

The usual services will be held at St. Mary's on Sunday The preacher in the morning will be the Rev. R. Carson M.A., who has come to be assistant priest at St. Mary’s. Services at Woodland’s Street will be conducted by Mr W. Bcswarick and the Rev. C. Blair. The services in St. John’s Parish are published in this issue. Communion services will be held at Trinity Presbyterian Church, the preacher being the Rev. F. H. Wilkinson. Services at Chalmers Church tomorrow will be conducted by the Minister, who in the evening will preach on the subject of the Advent of Christ. The soloist at this service will be Miss Gwenneth Milne. The evening sen-ice at St. Pahl’s will be fully choral when the special Christmas music will be rendered by the choir. At the evening service at Banks Street Church the Rev. B. J. James will give “a character study of Handel.” At 8 p.m. “The Messiah” wil oe rendered by an augmented choir under Mr J W. Holdgate. Mr Vine will officiate at the organ and the soloists will be— Soprano, Mrs Tait; contralto, Miss A. Holdgate; tenor, Mr A., Wheeler; bass, Mr Ralph Holdgate. “God the Presei-ver of Man” is the subject of the Lesson-Sermon in all Churches of Christ, Scientist, tomorrow. The golden text is "Withold not thou thy tender mercies from me. O Lord: Let they loving kindness an 3 thy truth continually preserve me.” (Psalms 40:11).