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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1938
Page
8
Elyria churches announce sunrise services Holy Communion and later rites at St Andrew's with Girls Choir in blue and white. Festive music, processions, and special sermons mark Easter. First Methodist plans sunrise meeting with breakfast, Sunday School, and morning worship featuring lilies, choirs, and soloists.
St John’s Lutheran church hosts a morning Easter service at 9 46 with an organ prelude by P M Schrooter and a soprano solo by Mrs Elia Peck. The service includes hymns and the reading of the Easter Gospel before Rev Arm in Schroeder delivers the sermon. Mr Schroeter to play the postlude.
The Church of Christ will present a Resurrection scene from Claudia with Elaine Cole DeAtte Burdue Lu gus Olay and Roger Williams at 6 30 tomorrow followed by solo by Russell Dunford singing Up From the Grave He Arose and a baptism. Bible School classes begin at 9 30 and Wayne Burdue presents the program at both Adult and Youth departments. Morning worship and communion follow at 10 33 with the choir singing Christ the Lord Is Risen under Russell Dunford. The minister Will J Foster preaches Christendom's Universal Conviction and a baptism service occurs after the service. The Easter cantata The Man of Nazareth directed by James H Rogers presents The Last Supper The Garden The Judgment Hall Via Crucis Calvary and closes with Triumphant Lord Thy Work Is Done, followed by an offertory and benediction.
Sunrise prayers and morning worship mark Easter observances at United Presbyterian and St Pauls. Holy Communion, cantatas, and choir performances featured at First Baptist Second Congregational and other churches with special programs and congregational participation throughout the day.
A sermon recalls Peter and John racing to the empty tomb after Mary Magdalene's report of the risen Jesus. The discourse explores the shock of resurrection, the renewed energy it sparks in believers, and how faith in the risen Christ lends life meaning, purpose, and social hope.
Second Baptist Church outlines a full Passion Week schedule with Bible school at 9 30 a m led by Henry Peirce and Home and Cradle departments under Commer Bohannuan and Celia Harrison. The pastor preaches The Savior Lives at 10 45 a m, Holy Communion observed and a New Communion Set dedicated in memory of Mrs Martha George Greene. Evening services include Rev Chas Brown at 3 30 p m and Easter Sunrise program at 7 45 p m followed by a Union Revival starting Monday April 18 led by Rev C Blunt of Akron Ohio a noted pastor evangelist.
Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church hosts Easter service at 10 45 with Rev W W Walker preaching his first Elyria Easter sermon. Choir sings And When the Sabbath Was Passed and As It Began to Dawn by R M Stults with parish hall open for inspection. Sunday School and Pastor's Bible class meet at 9 30. Welcome.
Rev John W Hevylow of Dover Ohio will speak at Easter services in the Salvation Army church morning at 10 20 and evening at 7 45 Both sermons focus on the Resurrection and eternal life The public is invited The message emphasizes Christ the Risen One and victory over death as a promise of life eternal spoken by Rev John J McAlpine
An essay on faith asking where modern man goes in distress without Christ, contrasting human needs with spiritual longing. It argues suffering educates, Christ’s message offers growth through trial, and that Earth’s greatest discovery is growth and character forged by surrender to God. May King Easter bring you more comfort.
The Church of Nazarene schedules five services tomorrow starting with an Easter Sunrise at 5 15 a m. The morning worship at 10 45 a m features the Easter message The rising of the Son of Righteousness with special music and communion. The day also includes Sunday School at 9 45 a m and a Young People program at 6 45 p m. The evening service at 7 45 p m will preach This Great Salvation in a evangelistic Easter tone. Public invited.
Wellington’s five churches observe Easter with sunrise and morning services. Methodists hold sunrise prayers at 6 in the church, baptism at 10, and a 7:30 revival with First Baptist. Baptism by immersion offered for Protestant church members. Congregational adds Easter topic Our Brighter Tomorrow at 10:30 with baptisms and new members. Christ Church and St Patrick’s also host services and cantata at Gospel Mission tomorrow night.
A brief reflection proclaims that death is not the end but a final awakening, asserting that the risen life becomes a testament to Christ. The passage, titled Ingrove, emphasizes renewed life after death and frames belief in a continuing existence beyond burial.
St Marys Church will celebrate Solemn High Mass at 11:00 led by Fr William H Moseley with a choral program including a 14th century Latin hymn prelude Vidi Aquam and selections from Gounods Missa Solennelie and Second Mass des Orpheories. Mass proper by St Marys Male Choir with soloists Guth Horan ODonnell Notley. Organist Mrs Jack Hugh and conductor Leslie D Emory. At 10:00 Sisters of Notre Dame directed Easter hymns by young girls chair group.
Morning Sunday School starts at 9. Special Easter Service led by Pastor with Easter gifts for children. At 2 PM a second service features Rev Bela Bacso preaching The Victory of the Resurrection. Choir sings Alleluja. Evening 2:30 PM sermon The Significance of Christ s Resurrection. At 6 PM special C E societies service for all young people.
The Reverend Edward Young will preach Easter morning on Immortal Life from God is the God of the Living. Special music by the church choir includes a solo by Eleanor Gerstensberger. Junior Sunday school will visit the Senior school and present a brief song program. Sunday School meets 10 A.M. and morning service at 11 A.M.
The Church of Christ Scientist announces the Sunday April 17, 1838 lesson sermon theme Doctrine of Atonement. The golden text is I and my Father are one John 10:30. Bible citations include Be kindly affectionate one to another Romans 12:9 10 and Let love be without dissimulation. The Christian Science textbook Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy is cited for the command to love God with all heart soul and mind and surrender of material sensation affection and worship page 9.
A fragmentary note describes a great painter who sought light blue skies in a landscape. The text hints at a pend to an academy exhibition and mentions defigured figures, but the wording is obscured making specifics unclear.
Moravian Easter dawn in Winston-Salem features trombonists and brass bands heralding sunrise. The mass church gathering fills Salem Square as the bishop leads a resurrection anthem. Similar Easter rites in Rome and ancient England show bells, processions, and symbolic fires marking the season.
The church schedules a 6:30 morning service by the High School department, a 7:30 breakfast by the Women’s Association, and Sunday School at 9:30 except for the High School. Easter morning service at 10 o’clock features the sermon The Easter Message and three anthems. Soloists include Mrs. Karl Raley and others. choir directed by Mrs. George Tulk with organist Mrs. Eric D Chapman. All are welcome.
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