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lilpfsflplplpp THEXSKE SHORE NEWS, FRIDAY, MARCH18,1921 *v ._______ --------â€" METHODIST CHURCH Maybe the St. Patricks social was responsible for the good attendance at Epworth League meeting Sunday __pigMr^^hc ^way^-itâ€"rained and the fact that no one knew who would be the leader, gave a first class excuse (or remaining home, but a goodly number came and had a good meet- ing. Miss D'Arcy was sick and could not take charge as announced. The Epworth league has a play un- der consideration. It is expected re- ""hearsals will begin soon. They have decided to buy new hymn books for use in their meetings. girls including their teacher, which gave the doctor such a large class that there was hardly room for him to stand while teaching the lesson. Mrs. C. A. Wheeler. 265 Wood court, entertained the Queen Esther Standard Bearers Friday afternoon. the Rev. Harry Eckhardt of Pitts- burgh, Pa., and the Rev. Prof. George Romoser of Luther Academy, Bronx- ville; N. Y. Mr. W. Edwards and C. Kick are serving on the. committee elected by St. John's promoting these services. Everyone is cordially in- vited. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Dr. Williams, of Pennsylvania, Dr. Rapp's Canadian friend, and college chum in the by-gone days, gave a good account of himself in his ser- mon on Sunday. His singing also made a favorable impression. The choir was short several on account of sickness. The First Division was entertained by Mrs. Claude Fitch. V033„Elmwood avenue, Monday afternoon. Dr. Faj,p will give a Palm Sunday sermon next Sunday morning. The choir will have appropriate music. Come early. Professor J. R. Harper will lead the Epworth Leagne meetpg next Sun- day evening. - :i There^wlthbe special music. f ST. JOHN'S LUTHERAN "A number^ 6i out; Queen Esther ^Standard Bearers attended the dis- trict m e et tn gat Gr a ce ch u r ch * Ch tea - go. Tuesday evening. The Third Division was entertain- ed by Mrs. John D. Emrich, 539 Park avenue, on Thursday. The day was, spent in sewing for Lake Bluff orphanage. Mrs. Buck's class of girls, in t-hft absence of their teacher on account of sickness, became a part of Dr. Rapp's class of boys on Sunday as did also Brother Holland's .class of The ^solemn rite of Confirmation will be "performed on Palm Sunday at 11 o'clock, when the following young people are to be confirmed: Norma Aschbacher. Elisabeth Lapp, John Schubert, Hildegarde Severt. Mathilda Ehler, John Heuer. Eunice Bayer, Genevieve Harrman, Karl Knobel, Irene Bleser, Lillian Denzin, Harold Herbon. Florence * Prochnow, Bessie Weiss, Harry Kunzer, Augusta Schub- ert, Hildegarde Denzin, John Wink- ^TtirDoirefny^H^rljonT^SuTJject oTThe Confirmatory address is. "The Perfect Motto," Row. 1,16. Holy Communion is to be celebrated in the evening services on Maundv Thursday and Good Friday, March 24 and 25 at 7:45 o'clock. The pre- paratory service for communicants begins at 7:30. Announcement at the parsonage next Monday and Tues- day: Wood's theatre will be the scene of Lutheran Lenten services every noon during Holy Week from 12:10 to 12:35 o'clock. The speakers are Following the custom of former years, a special program has been ar- ranged for the week preceding Eas- ter Sunday. Services will he held each evening at 8 o'clock, except Saturday. Monday, March 21, the speaker will be Mr. Irwin C. Lambert, for many years associated with Marshall Field and Company. Mr. Lambert is a very scholarly and consecrated business man, and is known as the poet-laure- ate of Marshall Fields. He is the author of a number of poems which evidence marked ability and genius. Perhaps the best known of his poems are the "Cathedral Among Stores" and a personal tribute to Marshall Field. Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, March 22 and 23, the speaker will be Mr. A. G. Knebel, Aecretaryj0* tne In- ternational Committee of the Y. M. C. A. Mr. Knebel is a very forceful and convincing speaker, with a re- markable experience in the field of religious activities both preceding and during the war. / Thursday evening, March 24, will be the time for our Community Com- munion service. Since its inaugura- tion, this has been one of the most remarkable and impressive services in connection with our union effort. ^X)n^Friday^^vening, March 25, the concluding address.of the series will be delivered by Dr. Magill. A pro- gram of special music has been ar- ranged for each evening. â€"â€" Sunday morning church services^H o'clock. A two part sermon. Part 1. A little girl alone in a boat. What happened to her? (For younger people.) Part 2. A man in two places at the samerrime;â€"How-carritrbe done? ^For ference preceding tht Wednesday evening prayer meeting was one ot the. best in attendance and interest ever held. » Special programs are being prepar- ed for Easter Sunday morning and vesper services. ST. AUGUSTINE'S PARISH older people.) The Sunday school officers and teachers fellowship supper and con- Today at St. Augustine's the women of the Associated Guilds will serve a public luncheon upstairs in the Par- ish House at 12:15 o'clock. There wil as usual, be special tables for school children who will be served promptly that they may return to school. The luncheon is in charge of Mrs. D. B rower. Although Easter Sunday, March 27, is the last Sunday in March therefore the day on which the Daylight Saving time for the year will begin, the Eas- ter services at St. Augustine's will all be at the old time. The services on Easter Sunday will therefore be Holy Communion at 6 A< M. and 8 A. M. and Musical Festival service at 11 A. M. by the old time or 7, 9 and 12 by the new time. The regular Easter Morning service therefore will be at 11 A. M. old time, or at noon by Daylight Saving time. The Chil- dren's Tiaster service for children and adults will be held at 4 P. M. old time or 5 P. M. new time. Last year the change was made on a Sunday and many were greatly inconvenienc- ed by not taking account of the time. The preacher at the Wednesday evening service this week was Rev. E. J. Batty, rector of St. Laurence's church, Libertyville, 111.' During Lent the rector has been giving^jaiks to the children~-dl^St^ Augustine's and their friends every Thursday afternoon at 3:15. Beauti- ful stereopticon pictures of Our Lord's life are shown each Thursday making the service most attractive and helpful to the children. The last of these services will be held next Thursday (Holy Thursday) at 3:15 and the pictures will be reproduc- tions of great paintings depict the last week of our Lord's life. All children are welcome. There will be celebrations of the Holy Communion every morning in Hody Week, except Good Friday, at 8 A. M. There will be no Wednesday evening service but instead a serviJ on Thursday evening, Maundy Thn? day, at 8 P. M. with an addresi\Z the rector. On Good Friday there will be Three Hour Memorial Service f«J 12 to 3 P*:M. There will be sey5 brief addresses ofl "The Seven Lai' Words", with hymns and brief dJ. votions following each address. Wor shippers may enter and leave at any time during the singing of hymn! In the evening at 8 o'clock the Bo» Choir will sing a Good Friday service of sacred music. • ~~ ~7^~ Saturday last the rector^of St. A* gustine's addressed a large meetin» of High school boys from Chicago parishes specially on "The Call and the Ministry". The burden of thd address was that while the church was increasing rapidly and commtmi. cants doubling and doubling again the supply of officers and leaders was not equalling the growth. St. Augustine's people are glad to welcome to this page St. John's Lutheran church, an added indication of the harmony and good fellowship steadily increasing in the religious life of our village. CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH The Easier season is a joyous sea- son; full of love and happiness and sunshine, the singing of the birds newly come from the south ,and the budding of flowers, after their long nap. It is a time of resurrections of all things lovely and of thankfulness for life, that life eternal given to us through that blessed lifeâ€"Jesus Christ. It is a time when prayer be- comes a part of us. a time when our thonghts-turnnaturally toward^hingT religious. On Palm Sunday there will be spe- cial services. At the morning service the Wilmette Lodge No. 931, A.F.and A. M., and the Wilmette Chapter 253, R. A. M., will be the guests of the church and will attend in a body. The primary department of the church school will also attend the service and have a part in it. Special music has been provided for the day and Mr. Lloyd~wiH spealf oiT^The Hallowed Life." On Palm Sunday afternoon there will be a special church school serv- THE FEAST OF EASTER Easter, the principal festival of the Christian year- is named after Austro, the Teuton goddess of Spring. Tlie Resurrection took place just after the Jewish feasT of the Passover, which was held on the fourteenth day of Nisan, the first month of the year. The returns of this anniversarv have continued to be regulated bv the calendar of Judea in which the months were contermin- ous with the revolutions of the moon. Easter, then, is de- termined as the Sunday following that fourteenth day- oi-tbe-calendar moon which falls upon, or next after, March 21. THE SPIRIT OF EASTER Because of its seasonal coincidence, to think of Easter is to -think also-afTSpring. The spirit of Easter TsTas that of Spring - - the spirit of awakening from an arrested life, the spirit of a renewed life. Rather than New Yearns Day, Easter is more logically the day for inspiration and of high resolve. The call of Easter is the call to awake and arise, to go forth and do the good things taught by Christ. Easter;is the symbol of moral and spiritual progress, even beyond the tomb. What better season could one select than this time to affiliate with and regularly attend one of these churches? The First Methodist Church Wilmette onns The First Presbyterian Church St. Augustine's Episcopal egational