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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1933
Page
5
Easter observances fill Athens churches with morning and afternoon programs. The Presbyterian, Methodist and a large Pentecostal church plan sermons, music by church choirs, and special Easter numbers. A morning sermon titled Jesus the Giver of Abundant Life will be delivered, with choral and solo performances, followed by vesper services and youth group meetings.
The Rev. Howard Ely Warner will preach on Easter Sunday April 16 at Carthage Presbyterian Church Route 50 three miles south of Guynsville. He will open the summer with the sermon I Believe in Eternal Life. Services will be held biweekly and meetings are open to all.
The Alexander Presbyterian Church on the Athens Albany Road will present Easter meditation Eternal Life a Present Possession by Rev. Howard Ely Warner with new members welcomed. Special music by the choir and soloists Miss Emma Jo Potter and Mrs. Lucy McLaughlin. Service begins 11 am, church school at 10 am. Topic is Can We Still Believe in Immortality.
Easter week religious events span Glouster Ferndale and Jacksonville parishes. Services cover Resurrection themes at Church of Christ and Methodist churches with sermons, night services, basket dinners, rallies, and a joint Easter program for children.
Prepared by Rev. Gaius Glenn Atkins for the Fellowship of Prayer on Friday April 14 with a sermon text from Matthew 27 19 26. The message laments haste hate and sin that crucify truth and urges self crucifixion of pride and repentance at the Cross seeking redemption through Jesus Christ. Amen.
Easter activities planned across Pomeroy area churches include Peace Evangelical and Presbyterian Church services with an Easter anthem solo by Mrs. Helen Zeiber and a sermon by Rev. Theophil Mehl on The Glorious Realities. Grace Episcopal Church observes Holy Communion. Minersville marks 2 p.m. Lord's Supper. Easter sunrise at Peace Church at 6 a.m. and egg hunt for children.
Middleport April 14 The Rev F C Kreager pastor of First Baptist Church sets Easter sermon Gain by Loss for 10 15 am service A sunrise service at 6 am The musical pageant Challenge of the Cross to be sung by young women at 7 30 pm Your Challenge sermon to follow Infant baptisms close the service Junior Baptist Young People Union meets at 2 pm Sunday Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 30 pm
The Athens Church of Christ Scientist announces a Sunday lesson on the Doctrine of Atonement for April 16. The golden text is There is one God and one mediator. The lesson cites John 3 17 and 1 Timothy 2 5 alongside Mary Baker Eddy's Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.
Trimble Church plans special music for Easter Sunday with morning service and an evening pageant The Cross a Rainbow of Promise presented by young people The Girls Chorus to sing Oershadowed Age the Stars Elizabeth Dunlevy to read scripture Mr Clark to give invocation Thelma Gandy to present the lude
Lindsay Allen at the Church of Christ 4 Stirson Avenue outlines Easter topics. Easter morning sermon titled An Agent of the Kin. evening address The New Birth. Study classes convene at 9 o clock Sunday morning.
The Rev T Isom formerly of Athens and now of Columbus returns to his old pastorate the M Zion Baptist Church for Easter Sunday. He will lead morning and evening services at 10 20 a m and 7 45 p m. Many former members are expected to return with special music planned. Baptism is scheduled for the morning and a reunion dinner will be served at noon.
Gallipolis churches announce two dawn Easter services with a 6 am Grace M E break fast and a 7 am First Presbyterian lawn pageant by children. An 8 am Easter breakfast at Presbyterian, sermons on Immortality and Resurrection, and evening cantata From Sepulchre to Throne. Knight Templars attend in uniform. choir of 50.
Sunrise service at 6 o clock Sunday in Middleport features communion and a no eating breakfast rule to heighten solemnity. At 9 15 children perform an Easter program, and at 10 20 Rev Gardner will preach Teaching Miracles of Calvary. The choir presents the cantata Morn of Victory at 7 30 Sunday night.
Logan observes Easter with sunrise services at United Brethren Church and several morning rites. Christan Endeavor sponsors sunrise service. grand attendance goal of 1000 and $1000 offering. Cantatas, baptisms, Holy Communion, and special music planned at Trinity Lutheran First Presbyterian Methodist and St Matthew Lutheran churches with choirs and soloists.
The Rev. F H Land will preach at 7 90 Sunday morning at the Church of the Nazarene on the subject Final Results of Backsliding. The service invites the faithful to attend and reflect on the sermon message.
Easter Sunday at Chauncey Church of Christ features a 6:00 a.m. sunrise service with the topic If a Man Die Shall He Live Again. At 9:30 a.m. Bible School includes an Easter program led by Mrs. Elma Cass with orchestra, choir, cornet solo by Peter Kasey, and communion to follow. Public urged to attend.
Holy communion and baptism will be the high point of the Easter Sunday services at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church East State Street Rev L W Clarke rector The principal service begins 10 50 o clock Church School Easter services at 9 o'clock.
Mrs Johnson of Denver writes that SIX tablespoons of ALL-BRAN with a banana at lunch relieved seven weeks of constipation. The note promotes bulk from bran, iron for the blood, and vitamin B, claiming soft waste clearance and regularity. Sold by grocers, Kellogg in Battle Creek.
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