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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 31, 1972

Page

7

Passover Easter coincide as religious festivals span eight days

The Washington Post notes Passover begins Wednesday evening and spans eight days including Good Friday and Easter for western Christians. The overlap highlights Jewish origins of Christianity and prompts Christians and rabbis to exchange greetings.

Washington Post Washington Jewish Week-American Examiner Paul Kaplowitz

Bratton Defends Jewish Identity Amid Moral Debate

Eckhardt criticizes Bratton for failing to honor Jewish particularity and argues the central Christian transgression endures. He says goodwill alone is insufficient and urges more listening with less talk to address the issue.

Eckhardt Bratton

Meditations on Death and Faith at Funeral Service

A reflection on Christian funeral rites, mourning rituals, and stages of grief, noting prayer, hymns, and community care. It also reports Bahai faith outreach in Athens inviting residents to a talk and film at the Knights of Columbus Hall on April 8 with refreshments.

Rugged Athens Columbus Dayton Knights of Columbus Mill St

Community church schedules across Athens and surrounding areas

A compiled list of church services and schedules across Athens and nearby towns. Includes Seventh Day Adventist Apostolic Lighthouse United and United Methodist congregations with service times, Sunday schools, prayer meetings, and midweek Bible studies.

Athens area business directory amid long list of advertisers

A dense OCR list enumerates numerous local businesses in Athens Ohio and nearby towns. Entries include banks, auto dealers, service stations, pharmacies, cleaners, restaurants, furniture stores, travel service, insurance agents, a beauty shop, and more with street addresses and phone numbers. The compilation resembles a storefront directory rather than a narrative article.

Religious Services and Schedules Across Local Churches

A compiled list of church services and programs. Multiple parishes including Albany Athens Lower Plains and Vanderhoof share Sunday school times worship hours and midweek activities. Also notes St Jude St Johns Dutch Ridge St Pauls Christ the King Parish with mass confessions and special weekly events.

St. Jude Chauncey St. John’s Dutch Ridge St. Pauls Athens Christ the King

Christian Hour Timings Across Local Churches Listed

Daily worship schedules show services at Athens First United Methodist and nearby congregations. Times range from 9:19 a.m. study hour to 11 a.m. worship and 7:30 p.m. evening services with Sunday school at multiple churches including Millfield Chauncey Greens Run Salem Community and Hocking Valley Parish Trimble.

United Methodist Albany New Marshfield Union Bethel Troy Two Chauncey Chesterhill Amesville Sharpsburg Athens Dow Lake Glouster Trimble Guysville Canaanville Millfield Jacksonville Bates Reedsville Joppa Long Bottom Tupperslains Hocking Valley Tayloridge Salem

Community worship and weekly services listed

Coolville and First Athens Kilvert schedules show Sunday worship at 9:30 a.m. with additional services including evening worship at 7 p.m. Weekly prayer meetings occur Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Sunday school times are listed for each location and YPM events at 6:30 p.m. aeons 7 p.m. on Thursday.

Coolville First Athens

Albany Church of God of Prophecy Service Times

The Albany Church of God of Prophecy lists Sunday school at 10 a.m worship at 11 a.m and night service at 7 30 p m with a Wednesday service at 7 30 p m all in local schedule notes

Church OF God OF Prophecy Albany

Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd Service Schedule

The Athens church lists Sunday activities with Church School at 10 a.m. and Holy Communion at 8 a.m 10 a.m and 4 p.m. Weekday schedule includes Thursday Holy Communion at 10 15 a.m. and daily Evening Prayer at 5 15 p.m.

Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd Athens

Jehovah's Witnesses Schedule Public Meetings

Jehovah's Witnesses in Athens hold a ministry school and service meeting Friday at 7 30 a m and a public lecture in Glouster on Tuesday at 4 p m.

Jehovah's Witnesses Athens Glouster

Jewish Services at Hillel House This Weekend

B Nai B Rith Hillel Foundation holds services at 6 30 p m Friday and 10 a m Saturday at Hillel House 21 Mill Street.

Jewish Services B’nai B’rith Hillel Foundation Hillel House Mill St

Church service schedule for two sects at Galbreath Chapel

The Latter Day Saints set a 9 40 a m priesthood session and 11 a m Sunday school with 9 a m worship and 12 noon sacrament. The Plains Reorganized Church lists 9 30 a m Sunday school 10 45 a m worship and 7 30 p m evening service with a 7 30 p m Wednesday fellowship.

Latter Day Saints Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints All Galbreath Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of the Lds — the Plains

Lutheran Church Athens Service Schedule Summary

Lutheran Church Athens lists church school at 9 a.m. Holy Communion at 9 a.m. with service and special music at 10 15 and 11 30 a.m. Nursery available from 9 to 11 15 a.m.

Lutheran Christ Lutheran Athens Church School Holy Communion

Nazarenes Plan Sunday Services and Evening Programs

Morning worship at 10 30 a m and evening service at 6 p m. Youth Afterglow at 7 15 p m. Ladies eve and Bible study at 10 a m with midweek prayer and Bible study. Sunday school at The Plains 9 30 a m NYPS at 7 p m.

Athens the Plains NYPS Coonville Million Salvation Army Dies Home League Federal Valley

Wesleyan Church Schedule Highlights and Contacts

The notice lists weekly services for Wesleyan and Grace Wesleyan churches in Athens with Sunday School at 9:30 and worship at 10:30. youth services in the evening. evangelistic and prayer meetings. and a 24 hour dial-a-prayer line at 592 1701. Oak Grove and White's Chapel Wesleyan also share similar service times and midweek prayer.

Wesleyan Wesleyan Methodist Pilgrim Holliness Kenny Memorial Athens Grace Wesleyan Oak Grove New Marshfield White’s

Religious service schedule for Coonville and area churches

A block listing church services across multiple congregations including Coonville, Salvation Army, Wilson Chapel, Sand Rock, Grace Brethren, Coolville, Strouds Run, Troy Bethany, Unitarian Fellowship Athens, Graham Chapel, and Greek Orthodox with Sunday school times, morning and evening worship, midweek studies, and bus transport details.

Wilson Chapel Sand Rock Grace Brethren Coolville Guysville

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