Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 90, Decatur, Adams County, 16 April 1954 — Page 6

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Choral Club Here April 22 B ?w Bs?n Bfct*' |||m* ’ ;;.,x ul ._.:-- ■ Every college has a choir but here is# a school that not only brings a 43 voice choir but full instrumental arrangements and magnificent lighting effects. This group is known as the St. Paul choral club and is scheduled to appear at the Decatur high school Thursday. April 22, at 8 p. m„ sponosored by the Associated Churches of Decatur. In addition to the large assortment of brass instruments, the St. Paul Bible Institute choral club brings with it a Hammond organ, four marimbas, a vibraharp, and a string bass. According to Prof. J. Merrill Tannehill, director, all in the group are vocalists; however, most of them double also as instrumentalists. Some play as many as three different instruments in addition to their vocal activities. “We are aware." says Prof. Tannehill, "that our concerts are not the conventional church choir type. We have added choral and modern musical interest in an attempt to make our music representative of human experience." Dr. Robert Annand, pastor of the Methodist church in Troy, Ohio, says, “It was music with a soul and presented in a manner so unique ag to be positively thrilling, The skill of the instrumentalists, the precision of the timing, the spirit of the singing all blended with unusual lighting effects which lifted the audience to awe and wonder at the beauty and power of Gospel music when presented by young people who have experienced its transforming power in their own lives." , An offering of appreciation for expenses will be received.

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I OUR EASTER INVITATION TRINITY CHURCH Evangelical United Brethren Madison at Ninth Decatur, Indiana 3:oo—Union Sunrise Service at the Arethodist Church. 7:ls—Breakfast for Youth, sponsored by V.I.S. Class. 1 I:ls—Sunday School; Chalmer Bollenbacher, general superintendent. , o:3o—Divine Worship—-“ The Power of His Resurrection” Reception of Members , L Easter Missionary Offering 7:3o—“The Crucifixion”—the 30 Voice Choir 1 Evangeline Embler, Minister of Music Harold Mumma, Organist < David Embler and James Harkless, Soloists

Easier Services Al Zion Lutheran • Special Services On Easter Sunday In addition to the Easter sunrise matins at 6. am., Zion Lutheran church. West Monroe street, will conduct a festival service with the celebration of Holy Communion at 8 a.m., and the main service of the feast of the Resurrection of Our Lord at 10:30-o’-clock. The Rev. Walter D. Bauer of Decatur,, and more recently of Hamilton. Ontario. Canada, will deliver the Easter message at both these services. The pastor of the church, the Rev. Edgar P. Schmidt, will serve as liturgist and will officiate at thp celebration of hte Holy Sacrament. Special music at the 8 o’clock hour will feature the children of the Sunday school who will sing, "We Welcome Glad Easter," by Williams. At the 10:80 festival worship, the choir, under the direction of David C. Embler, will sing the anthem, "This Joyful Eastertide,” a 17th Century .Dutch melody; and will close the festival day of worship and praise by concluding the 10:30 worship hour with "The Hallelujah Chorus”, from Haendel’s “Messiah.” Donald Bieberich, church organist, has chosen the following festival music for the Gottfriedt organ: Prelude: "Risen Today.” by Ellen Jane Lorenz; the offertory: “An Easter Prayer." by Lee Ellis; and the postjude: "Crown Him With Many Crowns,” by ElleiS Jane Lorenz. The organist will also present a. concert of Easter hymns on the Carillonic bells at 7:50 and 10:10 a.m. Zion Lutheran church extends an invitation especially to those people in Decatur who claim no church home, and to all who prefer the Lutheran church for these festivla services. Sunrise Service At St. Luke's Church Heidelberg Student Will Be Speaker An Easter sunrise service will be held at 5 o'clock Sunday morning at St. Luke’s Evangelical Reformed church at Honduras. The service will be conducted by the youth fellowship of the church. Guest epeaker will be Don Sell, a student ait Heidelberg College, Tiffin, O. Sell is a resident of Bippus. Following the service, breakfast will be served by the women’s guild of the church. The program follows: (Prelude —‘Mary Dick. Call to worship—Kay Heare. .Hymn—•’'Christ the Lord is Risen Today”, congregation, led by R, Corson. * Scripture reading—Don Dick. (Piano solo —Rose Mary Schlickman. Prayer—Eileen Funk. Accordion solo—Olin Moeschberger. Address —Don Sell. Offertory prayer—(Velma Strahm. Offertory—piano duet, Zimmerman sisters. Vocal solo—Sandra Stepler. Hymn—" Christ Arose;” ’ Benediction —Congregation. Rural Churches Albert N. Straley, pastor Sf:3o a.m. e.s.t., Sunday school, Paul Henrey, supt. Lesson, "Christ The Living Lord”. 10:30 a.m:, prayer service, Clarence Abbott, class leader. 8 p.m., evening Easter program in charge of children and youth. Sermon: “What is New about Easter? Thursday, 8 p.m., midweek service of prayer and praise. Junior league at the same time. IT vou have something to sell or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad. It brings results.

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Rural Churches UNION CHAPEL Evangelical United Brethren Lawrence T. Norriz, Pastor 5:45 Sunrise service. ■, 0:30 Sunday School. Wendell Miller Supt, Robert Plumley Ass’t. 10:20 Worship Service. (Baptismal Service, and'reception of new members) ’ < Evening Service 6:45 Junior jC. E. Rowena Merriman, President. 6:45 Youth Fellowship. Mary Sheets President. 7:30 Worship Service. Wednesday (Evening 7:30 Prayer Meeting. Omer Merriman leader. RIVARRE CIRCUIT United Brethren in Christ William F. Ensminger, pastor ' ML Zion at Bobo 9:30 am., Sunday school. 10:30 a m , class meeting, selfdenial offering. 7 p.m., Christian endeavor. Wednesday evening at 7 o’clock prayer meeting. Mt. Victory 9 a.m., Sunday school. 10 a.m., class meeting, self-de-nial offering. 7 p.m., Easter program. Wednesday at 7 p.m., prayer meeting. Pleasant Grove 9:30 a.m., Sunday school followed. by an Easter program and a message by Rev. Elizabeth Rumfield. 7:30 p.m., evangelistic services. Rev. Lawrence will bring us a message from God's word and Elizabeth Rumfield leading us in music. She also has a story for the children. Announcement: —Bishop L. Eby will bo at the Mt. Zion church April 22-25 inclusive. Come hear these challenging messages. Mrs. Eby will tell true missionary stories to the children. There will be special music. The W. M. A. branch meeting is at Van Wert starting the evening of April 20 and closing with the afternoon session on the 22nd. ST. PAUL CHURCH William Myers, pastor Easter Sunrise service, 5:30-6:30 a.m. Morning worship hour, 9:15 a.m. Sunday school hour, 10:15 a.m. Prayer meeting and Bible study, Wednesday, 7 p.m. ST. LUKE EVANGELICAL AND REFORMED, HONDURAS. • H. H. Meckstroth, minister 5 a.m., Easter Sunrlsq service. Don Sell, student at Heidelberg college, will be speaker. Service will be followed by an Easter breakfast. 9 a.m., Easter service with Holy Communion. 10 a.m. Sunday school. • 1:30 p.m., consistory. MOUNT PLEASANT Methodist Harley T. Shady, pastor Easter morning worship at 9:30 a.m. Sermon theme, "With Christ in the Resurrection." Sunday school at 9:15 a m. Bible study class on Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock. PLEASANT VALLEY Methodist Harley T. Shady, pastor Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. Easter morning worship at 10:40 o'clock. Sermon, “With Christ in The Resurrection.” PLEASANT MILLS BAPTIST James Reffett, pastor 9 a.m., Sunday school. Lowell Noll, S. S. supt. Pastor’s conference at Franklin April 19 and 20. PLEASANT VALLEY Wesleyan Methodist G. R. Shaw, pastor 9:30 a.m.. Sunday school. Let us break the record and motning service attendance. Easter program. 7 p.m., W. Y. P. S. meeting. Virgil Sprunger, leader. 7:30 p.m., evening service. Evangelistic service. Message by the ' pastor. The morning service will be a unified service, with an Easter program following the S. S. study period. Songs by the junior S. S. department. Duet by Nancy Bailey and Carol Wable. Chalk drawing by Dalsey Harrison. Message by the pastor. 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, prayer meeting. 7:30 p.m., Thursday, missionary meeting in the home of Mrs. Mary Sprunger. BERNE CIRCUIT United Brethren in Christ Stanley Peters, pastor Apple Grove Revival continues each night through Sunday, April 18. Sunday school 9:30. Morning worship 10:30. WMA branch meeting at the Van Wert church, begins Tuesday evening and continues through Wednesday and Thursday. Wednesday, 7:30 p.m., hour of power. Winchester 9 a.m. decision day in the Sunday school. WMA branch meeting at the Van Wert church, April 20, 21 and 22. Wednesday, 7:30 p.m., hour of f power. ' 1

[THE 1 •"“"'•‘“'o 1 Vndom Sundty School I—in» Scrlpt.r.t John 1S:«-41; >O-11. Dovotloaal K.. 41..: I Pater 4:1-11. Our Living Lord Lemon for April 18. 1954 TO SPEAK about Jesus as If he were simply a historical character is a mistake, said William Adams Brown. When other men die. their obituaries can be written. There is nothing to add to the tale of their life. Even in the case of the great and famous men about whom new books appear every so often, each biographer merely edits newly discovered material at the most If he adds a chapter to other biographies, it is simply the record of a chapter hitherto unknown—but it adds nothing new to

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the facts, only to men's knowledge of the facts. With Jesus, as Dr. Brown points out, the case is altogether different. You could not write a “definitive," a lastword, biography about him I even today, be-

cause he still lives and is active in the world. Jesus is not someone who was; that to not the whole truth. Jesus Is. The message of Easter is not only that Jesus did not die forever; it is more that he lives forever, that he lives now. • • • In the Church The Church is called in the New Testament the “body of Christ.” In a very real way, that is true. One contemporary theologian has put this in a startling way. He says that Christ and the church are the complete Christ, just as a man and his body together are the complete man. This may be putting it too strongly. But no thoughtful Christian will deny that without the church, without some church. Christ would be bodiless in this earth. Without the church he would be a “houseless wraith of deity,” but with the church he has eyes, ears, hands and feet. This is not to say that any church is perfect; in the best of churches Christ walks lame and speaks in a murmur often hard to understand. Just is any musician would be hampered t>y a nroKen arm, so Christ is hampered by broken and self-seek-ing churches. Yet taking it all in all, Christ does live and speak and work through his church today. He is there in the sacraments, there in the message of truth and grace, there in the life and service of every church that ministers to men in his name. •• • S' -j ■ In Men and Women But the church does not exist apart from the men and women who are its members. (We mean real members, not just people . whose names appear on the membership lists.) Christ lives again tn every individual who loves him, is devoted to him and (to use St. Paul’s memorable words) is “growing up in all things into Him.” When St. Paul said. “I live, yet not I, but Christ liveth in me,” he was saying only what countless Christians have said because they had discovered it was true. Christians less famous than Paul have known him in their lives. A man who had had a great deal of trouble with a certain temptation was asked one day by his pastor how he was getting along. "You know.” the man replied. "I used to have a lot of bother from the devil and I didn’t always get the best of him. But now when Satan rings, I just say, ’Lord Jesus, won’t you answer the door?’ " At the Right Hand of God ’ The Apostles’ Creed, which Christians in all lands know by heart, declares that Christ “sitteth at the righthand of God." By this the church has never meant that Jesus is spending eternity sitting down on a throne somewhere. What we mean is that Christ is not only alive on this small planet but that he lives and works with God. Just as in ancient times when a king held royal court, the seat on his right was reserved for his most trusted and most active personal representative, so Christ lives on in the presence of Eternal Power today, In ways that the heavenly glory hides from our sight. We dare not guess at all what he plans and does; but the Church is certain of one thing: he is praying for his people. “He ever liveth to make intercession for us.” If it is a comfort to know of the prayers of any friend, how much more to know that the living Lord is praying for us I So on Easter Sunday the church sings—how can; she help it? The flowers and the music are not to keep alive the memory of one who once upon a time rose again, but are in honor of one who lives now. In and above the church and the world. If there were no future life, our souls wduld not thirst for it. — Richter.

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MONROE METHODIST Ralph R. Johnson, minister Easter Sunrise service, 5 a.m. The youth fellowship will be in charge of this service including the devotional talks. Morning worship, 9:30 a.m. Processional and anthem by the combined adult and youth choirs, Mrs. Elmer Ehrsam. Baptism of babies and children. Sermon by the minister: "There Is Life After Death.’’ Sunday school, Iff: 30 a m.. Martin Steiner, supt. Classes for all ages. * . No youth fellowship. An Easter cantata. “Easter Angela” will be given at 7:30 by the adult choir of the church, Mrs. Helen Ehrsam, director. Prayer service, Wednesday at 7:30. Mrs. Veda Crist will lead the devotional part of the service. The minister will bring the lesson from a new series on “Heritage and Destiny.” Choir rehearsals Wednesday: youth, 6:45 adult, 8:15. ’ SALEM Evangelical and Reformed H. E. Settlage, minister - 9 am., Sunday school. Classes for every age group. 10 a.m., Easter worship and Communion service. Sermon, “Victory through Christ.” 7:30 p.m.. evening worship aerv- - ice, —- •. Tuesday, 3:30 p.m.. children’s choir rehearsal. Wednesday, 7:30 p.m., Bible study hour. Thursday, 6:30 p.m., annual Father and Son dinner (carry-in style) and program. Rev. Robert Wilburn of the Methodist church, Uniondale, will be the speaker. ' ADAMS COUNTY TRAILER SALES, Inc. New and Used Trailers Regular Bank Interest Rates Decatur, Ind. Decatur Equipment, B lnc - Phone 3-2904 Hiway 27 North Sales and Service GERBERS MARKET Meats & Groceries 105 S. 2nd St, Phone 3-2712 R. C. Meyers B. W. Meyers R. H. Meyers _ W. E. Meyers DECATUR AUTO PAINT & TOP CO. Bodies and Fenders Straightened Auto Body Glass For All Cars Phone 3-3013 213 N. First St. BEAVERS OIL SERVICE Dependable Farm Service* Phone 3-2705 Roop’s Homo Store Fresh Meats & Groceries 1109 Washington St. Phone 3-3619 DECATUR READY-MIX Concrete with a Conscience Phone 3-2561 Maier Hide & Fur Co. Dealer in All Scrap Metals Telephone 3-4419 710 Monroe St. Kelly’s Dry Cleaning i Plant & Office Uptown Store 427 N. 9th St. 155 8. 2nd St. COLES MARKET MEATS and GROCERIES 237 W. Monroe St. Phone 3-2515 REAL ESTATE—INSURANCE The Decatur Insurance Agency Est. 1887 Bob Heller, Agent Heller Bldg. Decatur, Ind. Habegger Hardware “The Store Where Old-Fashioned _ Courtesy Prevails" 140 West Monroe Phone 3-3716

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Easter Greetings By Mrs. James R. Meadows We greet you in the name of the risen Christ. The disciples who witnessed His death and burial were overcome with grief. They had hoped for deliverance through Him; but He was dead and hope died with Him. They went about with slow steps and downcast faces. On the morning of the third day there came a sddden change. There was running to and fro. John ran; Peter ran; the women came running down the slopes of Olivet. One to another they cried, "The Lord is risen I" This meant everything to them; it means everything to us. It means that death cannot affright us. Men have called death the king of terrors. They have seen him stalking through palace gates and bowing low at cottage doors. They have known that the time was coming when they—every one—must bow before him. The story of the bursting of the sepulcher in Joseph’s garden was like a bugle blast on the distant hills, the footfalls of an army come for deliverance, the waving of banners to tell that One mightier than .death drew nigh. It means that Christ is what He claims to be. HeAshowed Himself to be the Son of God with power by His resurrection from the dead. His credentials are verified at the open sepulcher; and by this we are enabled to say, “I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day!” He comes to us today as He entered the upper chamber, with the glory of the resurrection in His face, saying, "Peace be unto you.” It is the greeting of the Eastef morning. Be in your place of worship this Easter Sunday. THIS WEEK’S BIBLE VERSE “Jesus said unto her. I am the resurrection and the life: He that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?” —John 11:25, 26. CALVARY t. U. B. R. R. 5, Decatur Carl Finley, pastor 9:30 a.m., Sunday school. Dale Beer, superintendent. Iff:3o a.m., worship service. Reception bf members, Holv Coniinunion and Baptismal service. 7 p.m , worship service. 2 Wednesday, 7:30 p.m., prayer service,. Ermil Shifferly, class leader. Thursday, 7:30 p.m., choir rehearsal, Eleanor Gaunt, director. PLEASANT DALE Church of the Brethren John D. Mishler, pastor 9:30 a.m., Sundaj’ school with classes for all ages. Robert Nussbaum and Mrs. Frieda Yager as superintendents in charge of the school. Iff: 30 a.m., morning worship. The Rev. Allen Deeter will bring the morning message. The sermon is "We Are More Than Conquerors.” Robert Geisel will sing “Open The Gates of the Temple.” _ 7 p.m., evening services. Rev. Deeter win bring the concluding message of the series of the holy week emphasis which he has been assisting. The sermon will be “What Jesus left Behind.” ' Wednesday evening prayer service and Bible study at 7 p.in. A friendly welcome awaits you at the services of this church. May it be the high privilege to worship God in the fellowship of the Christian faith. No one is weary of the cross when he is sure of the crown. Come, let us worship together. If you have something to sell or '■ooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad. It. brings results.

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