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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1935
Page
12
Christmas music fills Elyria churches with choirs oratorios and pageants for the birth of Christ. Various programs including chorales and church groups are arranged for Sunday and Christmas Day as all city churches invite visitors seeking a church home.
The First Baptist Church Elyria plans a Christmas service with a sermon The Christmas Card of Death plus Handel’s Messiah performed by a combined choir orchestra and soloists and a candle light vesper. St Marys Catholic Church presents a Boy’s Chancel Choir Christmas program then Solemn High Mass with Missa Ecce Panis and multiple Masses through Christmas morning and a New Year Eve Communion service.
Church of Christ minister Rev. J Foster will preach on Christmas Visions. Herman Gannett directs a Christmas anthem. A pageant Why the Chimes Rang directed by Mrs F E Berper features. Congregation sings Joy to the World, Thou Almighty Nim es. Service includes carols, prayers, and offerings with youth and choir participation. End with The Light of the World and benediction by Rev. Foster.
St Agnes parish announces the children’s choir will lead congregational singing of Christmas hymns during three Masses this Sunday and Christmas morning. Mass times include 8 00 and 11 00 with an additional service at another time.
A special Christmas program will be presented at the Gospel Mission on East Bridge Street on Sunday evening at 7 30.
Emmanuel Lutheran church choir presents The Adoration by George B. Nevin on Sunday evening December 22 at 6 30 p m with a cast of 27 youths aged 16 to 23. Roland A Faulhaber directs and Mrs Edna MacDowell plays organ in a service filled with chorus solos and grand liturgical arrangements. A Christmas Eve midnight service at 11:00 p m invites public attendance.
The First Methodist church schedules a 10 45 a m Christmas sermon by Dr Edward J Bond on The Inhospitable Ian with Robert T Moore conducting Handel choruses Glory to God And the Glory of the Lord Oh Thou that Tellest Good Tidings to Zion with Mrs O E Brodbeck solo Hallelujah Chorus Mrs Louise Brown Squire organist A 7 30 p m pageant The Triumph of the Ages features the church youth and choir The pageant opens with Adoration of the Kings and Shepherds and a candle light procession The procession moves through carols and readings as guardian angels Mary Joseph and shepherds are presented The nations of the world and America participate in the culminating worship scene Descriptions name many participants and prepare the audience for a solemn pageant prompt start and in place attendance The choir directed by Moore and Ms Squire at the console Also noted are Sunday school activities and a vesper led by the Wpworth League with Margaret Mineb in leadership.
St Andrews marks the fourth Sunday of Advent with a sermon on The Kings Highway and the Heavenly Jerusalem. Morning services at 7:30 and 10:45 include prayers, sermon, and an offertory anthem. Evening events feature Kappa Beta Kappa at 7:15, with Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services and carols and anthems throughout the day.
Ridgeville Congregational Church holds Sunday school at the usual time with special singing and a Christmas story by Mrgy E C Young. At 11 o'clock the regular service features a sermon on The Meaning of Christmas Today and a varied musical program.
First Congregational Church will celebrate Christmas on Sunday December 22 with morning and afternoon services. At 9 30 each department of the church school offers age appropriate programs. The 10 45 morning service features Rev William Muir Auld D D delivering The Joy of Bethlehem with special music including anthems and solos by Karl Kaley and Mrs Kaley and a solo of O Holy Night by Mrs Kaley.
St John’s Lutheran day and Sunday schools present a Christmas Eve program on December 24 at 6 30 p m featuring recitations songs and readings by pupils and leaders. St Paul Evangelical choir performs the Christmas cantata Chimes of the Holy Night on December 22 at 7 30 p m with a full organ prelude and a postlude Night of Nights.
The United Presbyterian church hosts a Christmas program with a 10 45 am sermon theme Love Incarnate and a 4 00 pm White Gift service led by the choir and Bible school. It includes readings hymns and solos by Ruth Wright Helen Bristol Edmund Wright and others. The youth meet after the White Gift service and Malachi study resumes Dec 29 with a Nazareth selection by Gounod.
The text argues Christmas should be a normal, simple celebration rooted in God’s love. It asserts Christmas is the birthday of Jesus and the essence of human love, charity, and universal appeal, warning that a burdened spirit dulls its joy and that true celebration revives generosity and praise.
Grace Lutheran Church at Princeton hosts a Christmas preparatory service at 10:45 with Rev. F J Schumm’s sermon His Name Shall Be Called JESUS and choir anthem Welcome Dear Redeemer led by William Gebhardt. A Christmas Matin at seven features readings hymns and anthems followed by a six o clock Christmas night varied program and a pageant Immanuel inviting all.
The Second Congregational church plans a full Christmas program featuring a 9:45 Sunday school hour, a 10:45 worship sermon by Dr. A E Kemp on The Little Brother of Mankind, and special choir and instrumental pieces. An evening pageant and Christmas play titled The Shepherd Who Came Late will be followed by The White Gift Pageant.
The passage quotes Doctor Henry Van Dyke urging readers to forget self and consider others. It asks readers to heed others’ help, owe the world less, and focus on love over hate, evil, and death so the Bethlehem-born blessed life reflects eternal love.
Oberlin new Oberlin December report details the Farm Women Club gathering at the grange hall with about fifty five members attending a turkey dinner and Christmas party. The group noted strong social and financial health and planned Christmas charity for needy families. Individual members with perfect attendance were honored with gifts. A program featured singing, a crown contest, stunts and prize winners. Nearby social notes mention visits, a vaudeville show, a wrestling match, a birth, and hospital news surrounding Oberlin residents.
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