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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1937
Page
2
The register lists Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services across many churches. Revivals, pageants, choirs, and special programs appear at Saint Timothy's Chapel, Hannabas Mission, Grace Church, Calvary M E, Trinity, First Baptist, Parkway Church of God, and numerous county churches with times from noon to 7:30 p.m. including carols, SundaySchool, and junior services.
Centennial Memorial A B Church publishes a Sunday schedule with morning worship at 1045, Sunday school at 930, children's services at 1145, and a Christmas program by the children at 7 pm. A church board meets Tuesday at 7:45 pm and a prayer meeting Wednesday at 7:45 pm. Also lists leadership training, junior and young people's activities, and a Christmas program led by J W Wolfe on Thursday at 7:40 pm.
A December lesson examines Christian consecration after Christmas, urging hearts opened to giving and devotion to Christ. It highlights Paul’s steadfast faith amid persecution, his belief that to live is Christ, and the spread of the gospel through trials, urging readers to connect Epistles with Acts.
A cantata titled Not Guilty or Santa Acquitted will be performed at Zion Reformed Church in Charterville Sunday evening at 7 30. Cast includes Santa and Lewis 2D with a list of townspeople and officials such as Rebekah Sunday Neva Smith Mr Adama Elizabeth Smith Mr Black Ernest Grasse nickel Salvation Army Bethlehem singers and local children. Recitations by Margaret Ravigher and Betty Moore plus musical numbers and a benediction titled Joy to The World celebrate the season.
Special Christmas services will be held at Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church with Rev. Dr. Benjamin W. Meeks delivering the sermon The choir will sing The Hymn of Gladness and We Saw Him Sleeping A dramatic pageant The Inn Keeper of Bethlehem will be performed in the Parish Hall Cast includes Bryan Rice Miriam Ethel Nichols John Ralph Shipley and others. pageant directed by Miss Helen Biehl berger Mr R Ames Hendrickson and Gilmore Flatt Jr Church and Parish Hall decorations prepared by church and Sunday school staff.
Christmas activities at the First U B Church Greencastle Pa include a nine day morning Sunday School and worship program led by Rev He Krone former Thurmont U B pastor. An evening pageant titled Little Town of Bethlehem features about 40 youths and portrays prophecies and scenes of Jesus birth. A candidate service is planned for January 2 with 13 youths participating.
The Frederick charge M P Church presents Now Market pageant A Christmas Meare with a 740 PM event at Mt Carmel a Christmas cantata and Central church carol service This Holy Night on Tuesday at 730 PM Central church schedule noted
Los Angeles reports that the star of Bethlehem may reappear in 1985 as scientists weigh Halley’s comet and a nova or exploding star theory. Dr Ros Richardson of Mt Wilson Observatory notes possible Bethlehem phenomenon return, while other astronomers debate its nature and origin.
Christmas events at Evangelical Lutheran church will feature a vesper tonight at 11 pm with carols on tubular bells and readings. Directed by Grace Heard, De Amos J Craver, and Paul H. Tiehman, the program includes local youths and adults, with a prelude by Ho Dawid Hagan on strings. Sunday service at 1 pm includes the Christmas message and chimes. The pageant, The Pageant Of The Holy Grail by William Russell Bowie, will be staged Sunday at 7:30 pm with a committee led by Mrs. W. B. Storm and a cast including J. Harold Hooper, Meredith Young, Henry Lochner, and Rev. Gleichman, assisted by the choir.
The Church of the Brethren at Rocky Ridge presents a Christmas program Monday at 7 30 o'clock with multiple recitations, exercises, choirs, duets, quartets and a closing benediction. Participants include Olive Rice Peggy Eichenbrode Gloria Hoover Pauline Rice Jason Green Christine Smith Harold Dahoff and Mary Ruth Weybright among others. The program features readings like Angels Brought First Tidings The Christmas Story and The Night Was Still plus songs including Hark The Herald Angels Sing O Holy Night and Praise Him.
A candlelight service will be held at Rocky Springs Union Church at 7:30 PM with a full program of readings, carols, solos, dialogues, and a tableau. Performers include Doris DeGrange Anna Mae Shoemaker Mary Jane Shoemaker Frances Putman Dorothy Kemp Reta Klipp Jean Schultz Ruth Kemp Evelyn Kemp Virginia Kemp and others under Rev Halph FE Shober. The event closes with a note on the alligator in the old world.
Fr John J Donlan observes the silver jubilee of his ordination with a Low Mass at St John’s Church Frederick where he serves as pastor. The Baltimore-born priest has led Saint Francis and Saint Mary parishes, directed the Holy Name Society, led student events, and championed parish projects including removing a dangerous wall and promoting civic sewer plans.
A compact anecdotal note teaches proper pronouns for versus me, highlights mispronunciations, and correct spellings. It introduces daily vocabulary growth with a focus on the word inundate meaning to flood or overflow, and ends with a garbled line of uncertain text.
All Saints Episcopal church school in this city will hold a Christmas Carol service on Sunday at 9.45 in the church Court Square. A special offering will be taken for the work of the Children's Aid Society of Frederick County. On Monday at 3.30 the annual Christmas entertainment and treat will be in the Parish House school room Court Street. Santa Claus will distribute candy and oranges to the children after the program.
Christmas program details list Manor Lutheran Parish services at St Matthew's on December 23 at 7 30 pm St Mark's on December 24 at 7 31 pm and St Luke's on December 25 with white gifts for the Children's Aid Society indicated.
A special Christmas morning service is planned across the Lewistown Liberty M. P. charge. Rev. Willard W. Sylvester will lead services at Tberts, 64, M. P. Catoctin at 7:30 a.m., Lewistown at 8:30 a.m.
The Parkway Church of God presents The Star Gleams a Christmas pageant Saturday evening at 7 40 o clock Cast includes Modern maiden Mrs Frances Gardener Christmas star Evelyn Stup shepherds James Underwood Arlington Underwood Clyde Martz and Rena Simmons drawing attention to the church event with listed roles.
Groups from Parkway school sang carols in the northwest Frederick area between A and clock hour. Caterers included members of the school's Reed club.
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