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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1948
Page
2
The lesson outlines subjects and scripture passages for April 6, noting copyright by International Council of Religious Education and use by permission. The document serves as a formal teaching guide with selections for study and reflection.
A devotional study ties Easter to John’s gospel, highlighting three incidents. The risen Christ brings peace and authority to believers, turns Thomas's doubt to conviction, and restores Peter for service, urging readers to invite Jesus into their hearts and overcome doubt.
A church schedule lists Good Friday 12:00 to 3:00 pm devotional with six ministers, Easter Sunrise at 5:40 am at Garland Lake with Rev. H. W. Brandford, 9:45 am Sunday School led by E. Theodore Orme, 10:45 am worship, 6:00 pm Junior Fellowship, 6:46 pm Youth Fellowship, 7:30 pm Easter Cantata "The Cross Triumphant" by the Senior Choir under Mrs. Margaret Gross Cooper. Rehearsals scheduled and conference postponed to April 21.
Grace Methodist Church announces Rev T J Turkington as pastor. Sunday School at 9 45 with John R Ricards as superintendent. Special Easter service at 11 am with sermon Love in Action and sacrificial offering. M Y F meets at 6 45 pm. Easter program by the Sunday School at 8 pm.
Morning service and sermon start at 9 30 followed by Sunday School. An Easter program is scheduled for 7 00 p m highlighting church activities at Ames Chapel Hobbs.
On Good Friday April 4 the church holds a three hour devotion from 12 noon to 3 o'clock. Easter Sunday April 6 features Holy Communion at 8:00 am, Church School at 9:45 am, and Holy Communion with sermon by the Rector at 11:00 am.
The Church of the Brethren led by Rev. Wayne Wheeler holds Sunday School at 10, worship at 11, youth meetings at 7, and evening service at 7 30 with evangelistic services continuing Friday through Sunday. Evangelist Walter Mahan from Rehoboth, Maryland speaks. Easter egg hunt for Junior and Intermediate on Saturday April 5 at 2 PM in the parsonage. Ladies Aid meets Wednesday at the parsonage.
The Pilgrim Holiness Church in Denton Maryland lists services led by Rev. W. C. Beard. Sunday School at 9 30 a m Class Meeting 10 30 a m Morning Worship with message at 11 a m Youth Meeting at 7 p m Evangelistic service at 7 30 p m Thursday Prayer Meeting at 7 30 p m
Concord Grove churches announce Easter services across Choptank Harmony Bloomery Grove Concord and American Corner Chestnut Grove. Melvin Kay minister leads programs with Sunday School sessions and youth fellowships scheduled at multiple times around the holiday.
Rev Francis J Hensel pastor Masses on Easter Sunday in the Saint Elizabeths RC Church schedule list the times and devotionals for the observance.
The Catholic Churches of Denton and Ridgely schedule prayers and processions. St Elizabeths in Denton hosts 9:30 am service and Good Friday adoration at 3 pm. St Benedicts in Ridgely holds 8 am rituals with 7:30 pm Good Friday stations. Holy Saturday confessions at 6:30 pm in both parishes. Burrsville Methodist Charge led by J D Robb offers Easter worship at 11 am, Union Church school at 10 am, Hickman Church school at 2 pm and worship at 3 pm with 8 pm youth led service. Easter sunrise at Garland Lake, joint youth service at Hickman, Easter at 8 pm. Also note quarterly conference April 9 at Union Church and Hickman M Y F events April 11.
Worship at 11 a.m. with church school at 10 a.m. M Y F devotional 7 p.m. Song and Praise at 7 30 p.m. Mid week prayer Wednesday 7 30 p.m. First Thursday M Y F business social meeting. Second Thursday W S GC S business meeting. Third Thursday Young Adult Fellowship. Fourth Thursday St Paul's Brotherhood.
Greensboro Maryland church announces Rev. Irving Lane as pastor with Sunday School at 9 45 morning worship at 11 00 and evening worship at 8 00 B T U for all ages at 7 00 Wednesday prayer meeting at 8 00 W M A meets on the second Tuesday each month
Rev W C Beard pastor leads Sunday School at 1 30 pm a pastoral message at 2 30 pm and evening service at 7 30 pm. Wednesday evening prayer meeting at 7 30 pm.
Rev T S Dixon will preach at Williston on the first, eighth and fifteenth Sundays of each month at 2 30 p m.
Prayer service at 8 30 p m on Friday. Preaching at 11 a m on Sunday. Sunday School at 10 a m. Young People service at 7 30 p m followed by preaching at 8 p m. Church activities follow a regular weekly timetable.
The West Denton Church of the Nazarene led by Rev. H. J. Barton lists Sunday School at 2 30 p m with preaching at 3 00 p m and evening service at 7 30 p m Smiths Memorial Pilgrish Holiness Church in Bethlehem Maryland with Alfred C Clark as pastor holds Sunday School at 10 00 a m preaching at 11 00 a m and a second preaching at 7 45 p m
The Rev. Robert Lee East is minister in charge at Epiphany Mission Preston Morning Prayer and sermon at 9:00 a.m. A brief church notice confirms the schedule and leadership for the service.
The text reflects on Christ becoming man and living as a human to set a personal example. It argues Jesus remained fully human after the resurrection, with a glorified body, citing his dining with the apostles to prove he still possessed humanity and continuity from life to death. The passage emphasizes the tomb’s emptiness and Jesus as our pathfinder in death.
The passage argues that Jesus remained bodily after the resurrection, with Thomas’s recognition and the stances from John 11:25 26, asserting that the risen life mirrors our own fate of birth death and rise again. It notes the continuity of Jesus before and after the resurrection and presents a theology of bodily resurrection.
Wilmington visitors Mrs Emitt Potts Mrs Eugene Knott and Herman M Orrell III joined dinners with hosts Mr and Mrs Emitt Potts. Margery Baker of Washington visited with parents. Several groups traveled to Salisbury Ridgely Dover and Burrsville for meals and shopping. Mary Cahall and Ruth Beaven hosted guests in Hebron and Wilmington. Mort Taylor and Bart Butler joined Roe Mac Sorley in Wilmington while Ridley Park residents also visited Beaven.
Mr and Mrs Fred Welch have returned home after wintering with their children in Baltimore. The W S C B of Union Church met at the home of Mr and Mrs Harry Collison on Friday evening March 28. Mrs Joe Vanville and son Joey visited her Tennessee relatives. Elmer Evans of Philadelphia and Mrs Laura Parris hosted a weekend visit. Pauline and Betty Lou Hopkins Walton Willis and Mrs Charles Willis joined a Wilmington outing last Saturday. Crawford Garrett and son of Baltimore spent Monday with locals. Henry Stafford spent Tuesday in Wilmington. Sandra Fountain of Dover is visiting her grandparents Mr and Mrs Charles Fountain this week.
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