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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1938
Page
3
Holy Thursday Holy Hour at 745 p m Good Friday Mass at 8 am Presanctified 8 am Stations of the Cross 3 pm Veneration Devotions 745 pm sermon Holy Saturday Masses 7 am Confessions 3 pm to 530 pm and 7 pm to 9 pm Easter Sunday Masses 7 9 am High Mass 11 am
Our Savior's Church presents an Easter program with two worship services on Easter Sunday 10 45 a m. Holy Communion will be offered after both services. The week includes Holy Thursday and Good Friday services with music by the women and girls choirs and a light brigade meeting Saturday afternoon.
Bethany Reformed Church at 11th Place and Perry Avenue announces an Easter program led by Pastor Dr. Harry J. Hager. Morning and evening services feature lilies, processional choirs, and messages on The Resurrection and The Power of Christ's Resurrection. Radio voice WHIP 1480 will carry Dr. Hager’s sermons. Good Friday service follows at 7:45 p.m. with Dr. Wilbur Smith.
The Open Bible Church lists Sunday services on April 17 with 9 45 a m Bible school for all ages and 11 a m That Great Morning and 6 30 p m That Great Evening. Additional events include Mens Bible class on April 15 at 7 30 p m Ladies Missionary Prayer band on April 20 at 1 30 p m and a 7 30 p m Revelation Bible study.
Rev. Leopold Schneider leads Easter worship at Sandridge M E Church with 9 15 morning service 10 30 Sunday school 4 30 vesper choir to perform The Resurrection and the Life by William Reed Also on Thursday April 21 Ladies Aid meet at Mrs Albert Steinko home with hostesses Mrs Albert Steinko and Mrs Stanley Steinko plus religious instruction 7 30 prayer service and 8 30 choir rehearsal All are invited to attend these services.
Immanuel Evangelical and Reformed on Grant and Sheridan Streets announces a 10 o'clock Sunday school led by Christ Dreshall, a 11 o'clock divine service with Easter message Purging out the Old Leaven, communion to be served, a men’s meeting Monday at 8 pm, and choir rehearsal Thursday at 8 pm.
The First Methodist Episcopal Church at Grant and Sheridan presents Holy week services led by Pastor Donald R. Crocker with an 8:00 a.m. service and special music on Thursday titled In the Upper Room. Friday features 8:00 p.m. Holy Communion with Rev T W Potter of Lake Bluff delivering the address and a singing choir. An afternoon union service runs 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the First Methodist church in Harvey on Lexington Avenue and 155th Street sponsored by the Thornton Township Ministerial Association.
Sunday schedule lists 9:45 church school and 11:00 morning worship with theme The Eternal Christ. Easter music by adult and girls choirs followed by 4:00 cantata The Message From the Cross directed by Mrs Weidner Jr. 7:00 University of Life. Tuesday 8:00 men host Christian Brotherhood Thornton Township event.
Ivanhoe Community Church meets at Roosevelt School Building with morning worship at 9 and church school. The girls choir will perform special music and charter member recognition will mark just over a year of the church. Sermon theme The Eternal Christ. 7:0 University of Life.
St Pauls Church at 138th and Leyden Ave Missouri Synod led by Rev Walter J Kemnitz invites worshipers to Divine services on Good Friday April 15 in German at 1100 hours and English at 1930 hours Sermon text follows.
A church invitation proclaims a Holy Week reflection on Mount Calvary with a focus on the crucified savior and the resurrection. It invites worship on Sunday April 17 and expresses praise for Jesus as the Lamb of God and conqueror of death.
The church offers German services at 9 30 a m and English services at 10 45 a m with Sunday school at 9 30 a m. Haster sends blessings to members and friends.
Walter E. Deichen expresses gratitude to voters in School District 133 for their confidence. The dialogue includes a hospital scene where a nurse reassures a patient that relatives will not visit for months due to recovery.
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