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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1944
Page
6
Maynard area churches announce Holy Week events including Lutheran and Episcopal services on Maundy Thursday Good Friday and Easter morning. Baptisms and new members welcomed as a pageant The Challenge of the Cross airs at 7 39 in the church auditorium.
Holy Thursday service on April 6 features a sermon by Pastor Koponen with special coffee table program. Good Friday music and Palm Sunday sermons noted. Easter service at 11 a.m. includes music directed by Lauri Koski and a sermon by the pastor. Rev M Timberlake preached in Finnish at Palm Sunday. Rev John Haverinen of Quincy also spoke, with musical accompaniment by Mrs and daughter Barbara Kokknen and others.
Maynard Massachusetts pastor MacLean will lead Sunday Sunrise Service at Union Congregational Church at 6:00 under Pilgrim Fellowship auspices. Miss Marion will lead the singing as president.
A poetic meditation on life after death, arguing that decay feeds new life. It asserts that nature’s cycles reveal eternal life for the soul, with trees, flowers, and bulbs mirroring the soul’s renewal beyond death.
The verse compares sleep and darkness to Calvary then moves to resurrection and light. It urges readers to examine the roll and the soul's revival through symbolic imagery of death and renewal attributed to Matilda Ann Allen.
Norman MacLean stars as the Evangel with Mrs Eva Frye and several others as disciples. The sacred drama has won universal commendation and is set for its Maynard debut. Holy Communion is observed tonight at 7:30 in the auditorium. The Men's Fraternal League meets Tuesday night April 11 in the vestry. The Philathea Class convenes that evening at Esther Case's home on Great Road.
Rev W F Maciaszek will celebrate the Mass of the Resurrection at St Casimir’s Church Easter Sunday at 6 o’clock. The choir directed by Stanley Siemeneck will present a special program. Pre Sanctified Mass at 8 on Good Friday. Evening devotions at 7. Holy Thursday Mass at 8. The faithful visited the church all day.
Rev Herbert P B Fulton leads Easter service at 10 45 with the theme Calvary to Easter. Special Easter music by the chorus. Church School at 9 30. Youth Fellowship class omitted. Philathea Class to meet at Mrs Whitney’s home Tuesday evening April 11.
A compact reflection on happiness as a universal goal. It asserts that contentedness within the mind grants fulfillment to every person, aligning with Horace’s ancient wisdom on inner peace and well being.
A Christian Science perspective on Easter as the universal proof of immortality. The piece argues Jesus overcame death to offer personal resurrection to all, urging individual understanding of the message and the science of life as taught by Mary Baker Eddy.
The fragment asserts that a frugal intellectual diet guided by virtue and contentment is superior to ostentatious learning driven by ego. It references Mary Baker Eddy and the idea that acknowledging God directs a safer path in all ways.
Concord churches host a brief service of prayer and meditation in the First Parish Meeting House on Friday April 7 at 3 p m. Mr Wallace and Mr Daniels will share the reading and reflections.
Rev. Harry P. Odland leads Easter Sunday services on April 9 1944 with an 11 a m sermon The Tearless Morn and a 730 p m message Resurrection Appearances Special music will grace both services Communion on Thursday April 6 8 p m at the church Missionary Society meets April 13 8 p m at Mr and Mrs Anderse Christofferson South Acton The Golden Text from Psalms 103 24 is cited alongside Bible readings and a Christian Science passage noting Jesus came to destroy sin sickness and death
Trinity Episcopal Church Elm Street lists services led by Rev. Charles R. Peck. Good Friday noon to 3:00 pm three hour service. 4:30 pm litany. Easter Eve 4:00 pm litany. Easter Day 8:00 am Holy Communion 9:15 am Holy Communion 11:00 am Morning Prayer and sermon. 3:00 pm Children's Easter Carol Service with lent mite boxes.
Rev. Walter A. Quinlan and Rev. Mark Sullivan announce Holy Week events. Holy Thursday includes Holy Communion at 6 30, High Mass and Procession to the Repository, with visits until 9 pm. Good Friday offers Mass of the Pre sanctified at 7, Stations at 3, Rosary and sermon at 7 45, cross veneration after the early service. Easter Eve Blessings of Paschal Candle and Water with Mass follow, Confessions set. Easter Sunday Masses at 7 00 8 15 and 10 00 with a High Mass at 10 00 and Rosary plus Benediction at 7 pm.
The First Church of Christ Scientist announces Concord Sunday service at 10 45 with Sunday school the same time. A testimonial meeting is held Wednesdays at 7 45. Reading room hours are 12 to 4 p m on weekdays holidays excepted. The Lesson Sermon will be read in The Mother Church in Boston and in all branches on Sunday April 9 1944.
Rev Wm F Shaughnessy pastors Our Lady Help of Christians with Holy Week events including Holy Thursday visits to the repository Good Friday stations at 3 p m sermon The Passion at 7 45 p m Holy Saturday blessing of the Paschal Candle water and Easter water Easter Sunday Masses at 7 00 8 30 and 10 30 with Benediction after the 10 30 Mass
Rev H N Parsons pastor at Pilgrim Chapel Thoreau Street invites attendees to a special Sunday service on April 9 1944 at 730 pm with a sermon by the pastor.
Rev Kenneth R Teed will lead Easter Sunday services at West Concord Union Church on April 9 1944 with church school sessions for all ages and morning worship at 10 45 a m The day also features an Intermediate and Senior Society and a Good Friday service at 7 20 p m with guest speaker Rev Prof Richard M Cameron
Mr Cameron of Concord, professor of church history, Boston University. On Easter at sunrise a preaching service at Snac Hill sponsored by the Young People’s Society. Harry P. Odland will deliver a message at 6 a.m. and invited.
Rev. Edward P. Daniels leads Easter Sunday activities including 9 a.m. church school 11 a.m. morning service with a sermon titled A New Try. Easter music features organ preludes and anthems. Postlude Christ ist erstanden. Offering for the Silent Town and Parish. Church School at 4 50 p m with parents invited.
Rev John E Wallace preaches on Easter Sunday April special music at 9 30 a m Sunday school 10 45 a m morning service Wallace to preach at 11 00 a m Pilgrim church invites worshippers to attend the Easter program and sermon
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