The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-04-07

The annual Easter services in
Zion Lutheran church on Cherry
street will be held at 10:45 in the
morning. The service will include
the following solos,
Soprano solo, I'm the End of
the Sabbath Speaks
Miss Ethel Ziglatzki
Organ solo, 1.-The Resurrection"
Shelley
Miss ziglatzki
The Easter festival of the church
school will be held at $50 in the
afternoon.
Rev. Thomas F. Lynch, a native
of this city, pastor of st. JOseph's
church, WilIimantic, will celebrate
Mass Easter Sunday and subsequent
Sundays in the town of Columbia.
Columbia residents have previously
gone to Willimantic to hear Mass.
The Easter Sunday Mass and on
other Sundays will be at 10 o'clock
in Yeoman's hail.. 1t is stated that
there are forty Catholic families In
Columbia.
A communion service was held
last evening at the Third Congrega-
tional church with the Second,
Third and italian Congregational
and West Side Hill Methodist
Churches participating.
The services was conducted by
Rev. Conner Lewis, Third church,
with sermon by DR.. John G. Walker,
Second church.
Rev. Robert Heydenreich, new
pastor of First Lutheran church, in
a sermon at the MONDAY service at
st. Johns yesterday, related the
story of Simon of Cyrene helping
Jesus carry the cross to Calvary.
Drawing a comparison with the
present day, he said that many per-
sons in their lives will also bear
crosses for our Lord and Master.
A special Communion service was
held at First Lutheran church last
evening, at which MIR. Heydenrelch,
delivered a sermon in German on
the seventh word on the cross:
Father, Unto Thy Hands 1 Com
init My Spirit"
The House of Prayer at 226
Meadow street will reopen at o.
clock Easter Sunday afternoon with
c. R. Bradshaw, pastor, presiding.
Bishop G. M. Grace OF Stamford WILL
attend. A special musical program
will be offered.
The First Congregational church
was the scene of service OF
shadows asst night.
DeacOnS of the church read pas
sages from the gospel relating this
story and extingished candles on
the Communion table. Those who
participated in the second annual
service of shadows were John
Val, Fred S. Smith, Henry L.
Griggs, Earl H. Blanchard, John c.
Bradley, william A. Service, E.
KilbOrn and w. Thomas Applebee,
Jr.
Communion was administered by
Rev. b. Kenneth Anthony after the
reception Of IS new members into
the congregation.
This evening at 8 in the autdi-
torium of the Second Congrega-
tional Church the joint choirs OF
the First Baptist, the Bunker Hill
Conversational and, the Second
Congregational will present Good
Friday cantata 1.-THE Seven Last !
Words" by Theodore Dubois. The A.;
performance will be directed by |
Frances Beach Carlson, of the First |
Baptist Church. Norman Hovey, |
Bunker Hill Church, will be the |
organist for the solos and Carl
Jensen will play the cantata accom-
paniment. The soloiSts will be Miss
Edith Minkwitz mad Harold Sey-
mour, Baptist Church, Miss Ruth
Whitney and John johnson, Bunker
Hill Church, william Boyd and G.
Wayne Clark, Second Church. Rev.
Alan M. Fairbank and Rev. David
P. Gaines will lassist lev. DR.. John
G. Walker during the service.
The Communion service at the
First Methodist Church tonight will
be hel dat 7:45 p. m. and will in
clude an address by Rev. DR.. John
j. Snavely on THE Man Who Bore
Jesus Cross" William r. Hogg, |
John A. Coe and Edwin H. Jones |
will assist in the services.
The three-hOur service at st. |
Johns Episcopal Church today be-
gan at noon, with talks on THE
Seven Last Words of Christ" by |
ministers from various Protestant |
churches. The following participat-
ed: First word, Rev. DIR. John J.
SnaveIy, First Methodist Church; |
second word, Rev. H. Webb Wright.
South Federated; third word, Rev.
Conner n. Lewis. Third COngrega- |