Millbrook Choir Unveils Easter Living Cross at Church
Millbrook Baptist Church unveils a living cross for Easter after the living Christmas tree success. Music Director Ray Barber credits Rev. W James Rivers and ideas from Greenville and Spartanburg churches. The cross, designed by Bill Whalen, holds about 40 choir members. soloists Jim Pearce and Bill Kitchings.
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Millbrook Baptist Church
Ray Barber
W. James Rivers
Greenville
Spartanburg
Barber
Bill Whalen
Dorma
Catherine Guyton
Millbrook
Aiken
Jim Pearce
Bill Kitchings
Jesus Christ
Jesus
Easter Sunrise Services Across Aiken and Vicinity
Community churches in Aiken and surrounding areas host multiple Easter sunrise services at venues including Hopeland Gardens and the First Baptist Church with clergy from St Pauls Lutheran Grace Presbyterian and more. Events include Easter egg hunts, parades of services and youth programs with concerts cantatas and community breakfasts.
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Churches of
Ed Dillon
St. Gerard’s Catholic Church
First Baptist Church
Pine Grove Baptist Church
Bath
Paul Johnson
Bath Baptist Church
Warrenville
New Ellenton
Sunset Memory Gardens
Langley
First Baptist Church of
The
Valley Ministerial Alliance
Easter Communion Services At All Saints Anglican Church
All Saints Anglican Church schedules two Easter Sunday Holy Communion services at 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. with music, plus a special Holy Communion on Wednesday April 22 at 5 30 p m conducted by the Rev Henry Summerall Jr using the 1928 Book of Common Prayer. Revival meetings announced at local churches with listed pastors and dates.
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St. John’s United Methodist Church
First Baptist Church
Darien Baptist Church
Montmorenci
Cotton Christian Choir
Aiken
Don Redd
Bethel Baptist Church
Lonely Garden
Earle Church of God
Foxtown
New Holland Baptist Church Choir
June New
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Graniteville
Harmony Folk Group
All Saints Anglican
All Saints Anglican Church
Henry Summerall Jr
Little Horse Creek Baptist Church
J. Yates Frady
Red Oak Grove
Bath First Baptist Church
Ed Quattlebaum
Darlington
George E. Weaver
Fort Lauderdale
Friendship Baptist Church
Passover and Easter linked in shared hope and deliverance
AP Religion Writer George W. Cornell notes Passover and Easter overlap this weekend, linking Judaism and Christianity through deliverance narratives. Leaders like David Hyatt and Maynard Wishner highlight interfaith brotherhood, timeless messages of perseverance, ultimate victory, and future liberation reflected in both holidays.
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George W. Cornell
Jesus
Egypt
Moses
David Hyatt
National Conference of Christians and Jews
Arthur J. Lelyveld
Synagogue Council of America
Maynard I. Wishner
American Jewish Committee
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Living Cross
Ginny Southworth
Jeanie Seamster
St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church
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Aiken Standard
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God
North Aiken Baptist Church
Gunrise Services
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Bethel Baptist
Aiken Memorial Park
Edgefield Hwy
Couchton Baptist Church
John W. Peterson
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Christian Science Reading Room
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