Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-04
Churches Plan
Easter Sunday
0bservdn(eS
BY JACK KOEHLER
nc;relt T.ne. Church Edltnr

DetroiterS Will attend church Sun
day 10 celebrate the most glorious
day OF the Christian calendar
Easter Sunday.
The story Of the Resurrection OF
Christ, three days after the Cruel
fiNion. will be retold in pageant.
song end sermon. And churches
whose affairs have been draped in
black or deep purple during Lent
will blaze with trimmings OF gold
and white
An early High Mass Will be cele-
brated in most Catholic churches,
Episcopal and Lutheran parishes,
generally, will have early services
of Holy Communion. while a ma
jority Of the other Protestant
churches have arranged special
Easter programs.
Numerous congregations have
scheduled extra services to accom-
modate the expected overflow at
tendance.
Among the many observances
being planned are the following:
BELLE ISLE-Gov. Murray D.
VanWagoner and family are ex-
pected to attend the fifth annual
sunrise service at Belle Isle. The
program is scheduled to open at
Z a. m, with the Rev. David f.
Gillespie the speaker. Music will
be furnished by the Salvation
Army Band of Windsor, under the
leadership Of Major Broughton.
BLESSED SACRAMENT CA
THEDRAL - Archbishop Edward
Mooney will celebrate a pontifical
High Mass in the Cathedral of the
Blessed Sacrament at $50 a. m,
while a special musical program
has been arranged by Rene Becker,
organist and choir director.
ST. HYACINTH CATHOLIC
Auxiliary Bishop Stephen S. Woz-
nicki will sing pontifical Mass at
$50 a. m, assisted by priests of
the parish.
ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CA
THEDRAL-Holy Communion will
be celebrated at 6 a. m. with Dean
Kirk B. O'Ferrall the celebrant;
the 8 o'clock Holy Communion will
be celebrated by the Rev. R. NJ
Weikart;; Bishop Frank w. Creigh-
ton will he the celebrant at the
10 a. m. rites, and Dean O'Ferrall
will conduct the festival COM
munion at IL o'clock.
During the afternoon there will
be an organ recital at 4:30 and at
o'clock the combined choirs of
the cathedral, numbering 800
voices. will present a program OF
Easter music, under the direction
OF Ralph Caller. organist and
choirmaster.
CHRIST RICH GRAN
BROOk-Holy Communion will be
celebrated at the z a. m. sunrise
service. while the 9 o'clock worship
will consist of a parish festival
celebration of Holy Communion
with the 75-voice choir presenting
Easter selections. The festal morn
ing prayer will be held at IL a. m.
Miss Nellie Beveridge, carlton
neur. will render a recital on the
Cranbrook carlton at 3:15 in the
afternoon. And the o'clock serv-
ice will portray the Resurrection.
CENTRAL METHODIST i Dr.
Henry Hit Crane will preach at
both the 9 and II a. m. devotions,
with three choirs presenting spe-
cial Easter music. At p. m. the
Chinese congregation will hold a
special Easter service and at 1880
the Central Choristers. consisting
Of 200 voices, will render the
Easter portion of Handels Mes
siah."
TRINITY METHODIST - The
Methodist Youth Fellowship will
be in charge of the sunrise service
at z a. m. There will be duplicate
rites at 9 and IL o'clock. while a
baptismal service will open at 4
p. m. and an Easter musical pre-
gram at 7:30 p. m.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE-"Unre
atty will be the subject of tn,
lesson-sermon TO be read in al
Christian Science churches, with
the Golden Text taken from Mark
1925 IF a house be divided
against itself. that house cannot
stand"
CALVARY PRESBYTERlAN-
The Z o'clock sunrise service. spon.
Sored by the young people of the
church. will be followed by q
breakfast at 7:30. Identical serv.
ices will be offered at 9 and II
a. m. with the combined choir,
singing al these rites. The early
Sunday school departments vii
meet at 9 a. m. instead OF 1920.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN = DR.
Frederick II. Olert will preach or
The Power of an Endless Life
az the $50 and IL o'clock pro
grams with the annual observance
of Easter Communion service Sc
Tor 4 80 p. m.
IMMANUEL PRESBYTERIAN
The young peoples societies vii
have charge of the Z a. m. sunris
service. followed by an Easte
breakfast al 8 o'clock. Sunda,
school will convene at $50 a. IT
and the sermon by Dr.. Paul II
Buchholz will be heard az l0:4s