Easter Music and Prayers Across Berkshire Parishes
Notre Dame Church junior choir will sing at the Easter Vigil at 7 30 and at the 8 30 High Mass with Henry Huber English Mass and Bach’s Stesus Notre Maitre est Resuscite. Rev Beaudry will preach on If Christ be not risen. Other Easter Masses at 7 10 and 11 15 with Rev Leclerc preaching Peace Be to You. Second Congregational holds three services starting at 7 40 with a school program at 9 30 and 10 45 worship. Peace at Bethany dramatization and Easter program conclude with Rev Nevers sermon The Meaning of Easter.
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Notre Dame Church
Henry Huber
Albert T. Beaudry
Huber
Bach
Sen A. J. Leclerc
Second Congregational Church
Church School
Bethany
Harold L. Nevers
Midnight Vigil at St Marys Church and Easter music plans
Readable notes outline Easter services and music at St Marys and St Francis churches. Details include multiple vigil and mass times, choirs led by James A Lynch Mrs Sullivan and Joseph Thomas, organists Mrs Fisch er and Mrs Quinlan, and pieces like Christ Is Risen and Alleluia The Strife is Oer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s Church
Timothy J. Sullivan
Jesus Christ
Jean Tisserand
John Mason Neale
James A. Lynch
Mac Morgan to Sing at South Church
The South Congregational Church will hold services at 9:15 and 10:30 tomorrow with special music. Baritone Mac Morgan will sing The Trumpet Shall Sound from Handel’s Messiah at the early service, followed by other Messiah selections and hymns led by Rev. James Rae Whyte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Congregational Church
James Rae Whyte
Mac Morgan
Christ
MacFarlane
J. S. Bach
Lancashire
Straight Family Will Sing at Pilgrim Holiness
The Rev. Dorothy Straight, pastor, will preach at the Pil grim Holiness Church tomorrow. The Straight family will present music at four services including a pageant Choose You This Day during a Sunday school program at 10:30 a.m. Recitations will be given by nursery, primary and junior departments. Morning worship is at 11, youth service at 6:30 p.m., and evening service at 7:30. Hymns include Crown Him With Many Crowns When I Survey O Death Where Is Thy Sting and Christ Arose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Straight
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Straight
Christ
The Marriage Feast Sermon At Immanuel Church
Wayne A. Holsman will preach The Marriage Feast at Immanuel Community Church tomorrow at 10 15 AM Easter music will include Christ is Risen Handel Messiah The Lord Is Risen Today by George M Vail and He Lives Again by Birge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Immanuel Church
Wayne A. Holsman
Immanuel Community Church
Christ
Lord
George M. Vail
Birge
Hinsdale Sunrise Service Set Tomorrow at First Church
Hinsdale holds a sunrise service at 7 am at First Congregational Church followed by a family service at 9 30 am and morning worship at 11 am. No nursery. children welcome. Music includes organ prelude and multiple choirs performing Easter hymns and anthems. Rev. R Jerry Morgan is pastor.
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First Church
Hinsdale
First Congregational Church
Hancock Baptist Church Plans 9 30 Easter Morning Service
Hancock Baptist Church to hold Easter service at 9 30 a m with Rev Howard M Starratt delivering two sermons. Mrs Perry G Whitman serves as organist as music features organ preludes hymns and choir selections including Christ the Lord Is Risen Today Christ Arose and He Lives.
St Marys To Have 6 Masses For Easter Vigil
St Marys Church schedules six Masses for Easter including a Paschal Vigil at 7:30 pm with Holy Communion in the liturgy. Services at 7, 8:45, 9:30, and 11 am at the church and 10 and 11:30 am at St Marys School auditorium. Choirs led by Francis M Kennedy and school children provide hymns and anthems for the celebration.
A Capella Choir To Sing At Baptist Church
The A Capella choir from the Baptist Bible Seminary in Johnson City NY will present a concert at Barkshire Hills Baptist Church Pleasant Street tonight at 7 30 under director Jack Payne. Selections span Mendelssohn to gospel arrangements with brass quintet. Regular Sunday services on Easter begin 10 a.m. Rev Clarence Kennedy speaks at 11 a.m. on Realism and The Resurrection. The choir performs Crown Him With Many Crowns and youth prayer time precedes 7 p.m. gospel service during which Kennedy discusses The Theology of the Repentant Thief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Bible Seminary
Johnson City
Barkshire Hills Baptist Church
Pleasant Street
Jack Payne
Mendelssohn
Clarence D. Kennedy
Kennedy
Easter Music at First Congregational Church Service
Easter service at First Congregational Church features special music directed by Andrew L. Clarke with Lenox as organist. Rev. Stanley F. Johnson will preach. No Sunday school. about 50 families may attend. Preschool care provided. Easter films for primary children during the sermon. Music includes Bach organ prelude, Awake Thou Wintry Earth, I Know That My Redeemer Liveth, Barbara A. Jones soprano, Praise We Our God, and Improvised Fantasia on Ave Virgo Virginum.
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First Congregational Church
Andrew L. Clarke
Lenox
Stanley F. Johnson
Bach
Handel
Barbara A. Jones
Methodists Plan Easter Music at Two Churches
The Grace Methodist Church in Lenox Dale and First Methodist Church in town prepare Easter services under Rev. D. Fay Zinn with musically rich programs. Grace features Hallelujah and Come Ye Faithful among pieces led by organist Mrs. Joseph Martin. First Methodist offers Easter Morning preludes and choral anthems led by organist Mrs. Samuel Wagenheim, including The Strife Is Oer and My Redeemer Lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Northrup
Lorenz
First Methodist Church
Samuel Wagenheim
Ashford
Francis to address Episcopalians Easter services
The Rev. Leslie T. Francis will preach on The Challenge of Easter at Easter Sunday services at 9 a.m. in South Lee’s Church of the Good Shepherd and at 10:30 a.m. at St George’s Episcopal Church with Holy Communion planned at both, plus a 7:45 a.m. service at St George’s. Music by Mrs Basil Harvey and Mrs Emily Charter features liturgical hymns and choral pieces by Sullivan Wesley and Bach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. George’s
Sullivan
Stults
O'er
Samuel Wesles
Bach
Dresden
Church of the Good Shepherd
Emily Charter
Easter Service to Be Led by Rev Loren House Jr
West Stockbridge church to hold Easter service at 11 30 a m conducted by the Rev Loren G House Jr Mrs William Johnson to be at the organ Music lineup includes Theaster Messiah Prelude and antiphons Legende Festal March Alleluia Christ the Lord Is Risen Today and other selections by Handel Tchaikovsky and Hughes in a traditional program
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West Stockbridge
Loren G. House Jr
Congregational Church
William Johnson
Easter Vigil at St Ann's Church Tonight
Easter vigil services at St Ann's Church begin at 11 with Blessing of New Fire Paschal candle and renewal of baptismal vows. High Mass at midnight features music by the senior choir directed by Mrs Kennedy and Mrs Kri senski. Sunday Masses at 7, 8:30, 9:45 and 11 with 8:30 music by the children's choir and solos by Judith Barry and Mary Beth Reid. Rev George B Mealy pastor and Rev Joseph Cavanaugh curate.
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St. Mary's Church
St. Mary's School
Joseph F. Gagan
Francis M. Kennedy
St. Mary’s Church
Donald H. Abbott
Prospect Street
Sisters of St. Joseph
Alary
Jesus
Christ
Father Kennedy
Salem
Jan Vermulst
Jesus Christ
LENOX
St Ann's Church
Robert Kennedy
Anthony Krisenski
Judith Barry
Mary Beth Reid
George B. Mealy
Joseph Cavanaugh
Special Service Set for Children At St Helena's
A special service for children will be held at St Helena's Chapel today at 4 p.m. It will include a mite box offering and the lighting of the Paschal Candle. Holy Communion services are scheduled for Sunday at 8 and 10 a.m. to celebrate Easter. Rev. Prescott Beach Jr. will conduct.
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St. Helena’s Chapel
Prescott Beach Jr
Lenox Trinity Plans Service Today For Children
Lenox Trinity Church holds a mite-box offering during a 4 PM service with the Paschal candle, Holy Baptism, and assistance from Rev. Pangratious Vrionis of St. George's Greek Orthodox Pittsfield. Sunday services at 8 and 10:30 include three Handel Messiah selections: Prelude To Know That My Redeemer Liveth, Anthem Since My Man Came Death, and Hallelujah Chorus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pangratious Vrionis
St. George's
Pittsfield
Robert
Whitman
Hope Church Plans Family Bible School Easter Services
Lenox Berkshire Christian College grounds host Easter Sunday events at Hope Church including a family Bible school at 9:230 am and a worship service at 10:49 led by Rev. Raymond W. Bodden. Miss Marcia Tulle and Oral Collins perform songs as a Lenten offering funds the new church building. An Easter program at 7 pm features a playlet Life Begins at Easter and Resurrection Flowers presented by church groups.
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LENOX
Hope Church
Berkshire Christian College
Family Church Bible School
Raymond W. Bowden
Marcia Tulle
John, W. Peterson
Oral Collins
Arthur North- Tup
Easter Services Set At Church On The Hill
Lenox plans two Easter worship services at 9 15 and 10 a m with Rev David E Moore pastor and no church school to allow families to attend together Special music at the 11 a m service includes organ prelude and selections by Bach Palestrina Mozart Stainer and others
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Allelia
Mozart
Easter Music At Great Barrington Churches
Great Barrington First Congregational Church plans 9 30 and 11 a m Easter services under organist David Hughson with Carillon of Westminster and other selections and a Messiah chorus offering. St James Church in Great Barrington schedules 8 and 10 30 a m services with Kyrie Gloria and hymns plus Sanctus and Hallelujah postlude from Handel's Messiah. church school service noted.
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Great Barrington
First Congregational Church
David
Hughson
Westminster
Vierne
Thiman
Chapman
Handel
St. James’ Church
Kyrie Eloison
William
Redeemer
Doris Rassire
Jesus Christ
St Peters Schedules Easter Masses and Gregorian Music
St Peter s Church plans three Easter Sunday Masses at 7 8 30 and 10 40 with a high Mass at 8 40 Gregorian music will include works by de la Tombelle Quignard and Benefot plus Let Hymns of Joy Be Joyful Mary I Saw Water Flowing and I Arose and Am Sull With You Alleluia The ordinary and proper parts feature Kyrie Glory Holy Holy Lamb of God and Christ the Victor with Gregorian settings and Rossini work Christ the Victor in the service program
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Great Barrington
St. Peter's Church
de la Tombelle
Quignard
Benefot
Mary
Fernand Barrette
Gregorian
Christ
Rossini
Trinsdale Guest Priest To Officiate at St Patrick s
St Patricks Church Trinsdale held Sunday masses at 8 20 and 10 am with a guest priest due to the illness of pastor Rev Joseph F Holland Mrs Evelyn Bellinger organized and played hymns at the 10 am service Easter hymns included Alleluia Let the Praise Rise Ye Lord Jesus Christ Is Risen Today Alleluia
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Jinsdale
St. Patrick's Church
Joseph F. Holland
Evelyn Bellinger
Christ
the Lord
Jesus Christ
Zion Church Plans Two Easter Services in Great Barrington
GREAT BARRINGTON The AME Zion Church will hold a 6 a.m. sunrise service and an 11 a.m. morning worship on Easter Sunday. A 7:30 a.m. parish breakfast precedes the later service with Rev. William Durante speaking on Death Conquers and the choir singing. A children’s Easter program is set for 4 p.m.
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Barrington
AME Zion
Wiliam Durante
Easter Communion Services At St Luke's Church
Holy Communion will be celebrated at St Luke's Episcopal Church in Lanesboro with two Easter services at 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Rev Frederic J Eastman will speak at the early service on Resurrection Hope and the 10:30 service will feature augmented choir music with Miss Rhetta Fletcher as organist. The sermons are Christ and the New Day. Mile boxes will be presented and plants distributed to children after the 10:30 service on April 25. no church classes.
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Lanesboro
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
Frederic J. Eastman
Rhetta
Fletcher
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Charles E. Fischer
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First Baptist Church
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First Baptist
G. Daniel Marshall
Cesar Franck
Grosvenor
Caldwell
Dickinson
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Sisters of St. Joseph’s
Leo J. Quinlan
South Church
Berkshire Area
Lee
Straight Family
Pilgrim Holiness
Adam
Benson
Sadler
Martens
R. Jerry Morgan
Congregational Christian Church
Hensdale
George F. Davis
Hancock Baptist Church
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Methodists
Lenox Dale
Mr. Francis
Episcopalians
St. Ann’s
St. Helena’s
Lenox Trinity
Lenox — Trinity Church
Hope Church Plans Family Bible School
Church-On-Thill
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St. James’ Plans Musical Services
St. Peter’s
Trinsdale
St. Patrick's
Zion Church
Lanesboro St. Luke’s Church
Trinity
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Church of the Holy Bible of
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William Street
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First Church OF Christ, Scientist
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Wendell Wenur
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