East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1955-04-07
Good Friday
Services

The union Good Friday Service
of the East Cleveland Churches
will be held in the Windermere
Methodist Church, Holyoke and
Euclid, from 1900 o'clock until
800.
The Rev. Canon Laurence H.
Hall of st. PauPs Episcopal Church
will be the preacher. The clergy
of the other churches will par
ticipate in the service reading the
scripture passages and leading in
the prayers.
The choral music will be pro-
vided by the quartet of the East
Cleveland Congregational Church:
Evelyn Morgan, soprano; Marjorie
Barrett, contralto; Philip Cochran,
tenor; Clarence Parish, bass. Har-
old Heiberg, the organist also di-
rects the singing.
The themes for the meditations
are: Compassion from the Cross;
Companionship from the Cross;
Comfort from the Cross.
This service has been planned
as a continuous three-hour service
according to the Good Friday ira
dition. 1t is deeply and thoroughly
inter-related' from beginning to
end. However, it is arranged also
with partial attendance in mind
to provide for those who can at
tend only a portion of the period.
1t is suggested that worshippers
coming only for part of the
service observe the periods begin
ming on the hours, if this is con-
venient.
This East Cleveland custom Of
the Good Friday union service has
been observed for more than
twenty-five years and is one of
the oldest inter-church traditions
in Greater Cleveland. Formerly,
services were held in three parts
of the city, and all the ministers
participating.
Last year all churches were in
vited to the one central meeting
place, the new Windermere Church
affording room for the large gath
ering and extending its hospitality
to the community.
The East Cleveland Ministerial
Association extends an invitation
to the people of the eastern sec
tions of the city who do not have
services in their own locality and
who find it inconvenient to go
downtown for the Old Stone, Eu-
cid Avenue Baptist or Trinity
Cathedral services.
Three Good Friday evening serv-
ices are announced. At 500 p. m.
there will be a musically led de-
votions at Hope Lutheran Church,
2222 Taylor rd., the choir singing
the cantata "Seven Last Words"
"Were You There" and "Cannot
You Watch One Hour Wish Me-"
At Calvary Lutheran Church,
Euclid at Lockwood, the Rev.
Robert H. Secrist will conclude his
Lenten series, speaking ON the last
word from the cross.
A Holy Communion service is
announced for 7:45 p. m. at Wind
ermere Methodist Church with the
following order of service.
Good Friday Holy Communion
service, April 8, 7:45 o'clock.
Organ prelude-O Man, Bewail
Thy Grievous Fall q. S. Bach),
call to worship, hymn-'Tis Mid
night and on Olives Brow, prayer,
anthem Blessed Jesu (Stabat
Mater) (Anton Dvorak), scripture
lesson, anthem-God So Loved The
World (The Crucifixion) John
Stainer) announcements and offer
ing, offertory-Passion Chorale,
30 Sacred Head Once Wounded"
MAX Reger), contralto solo -
Sheep and Lambs (Sidney Homer)
Helene Rettger, anthem-O Savior
of the World (H. A. Matthews),
Frieda Corcoran, soprano soloist,
baritone solo-Before The Cruel
fix Crank LaForge), David Hersh-
berger, anthem-The Appeal of the
Crucified (The Crucifixion) John
Stainer), the Holy Communion,
the benediction, postlude-Stabat
Mater Dolorosa edmond Le-
maigre).
Grace Toy Davidson is director
of music, Thelma Merner Colds
word is organist, and the soloists
are Frieda Corcoran, soprano;
Lawrence Melick, tenor; Helene
Rettger, contralto; David Hersh-
berger, baritone.