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Rev. Paul N. Frank, Jr.

 

WORSHIP WITH US ON EASTER  
Why do Christians worship on Sunday? Let me answer this question for you! It was on this day of the week, Sunday, that Jesus, having been crucified, arose from the dead. His disciples and friends began immediately, on the first day of the week, to celebrate his resurrection and his continuing presence with them.

With only a few exceptions, those people were Jewish, worshiping in their synagogues on the seventh day, Saturday. After Jesus' resurrection, his followers continued to take part in the synagogue worship; and then on Sunday they would meet again, just the disciples themselves, for their own special celebration of the resurrection of their Lord.

St. Paul's, Easter  
Persecutions began, and as these increased, the Christians were more and more unwelcome in the synagogues, and the synagogue experience was less and less satisfying to them. Gradually, as their Saturday worship diminished in its importance to them, the importance of their Sunday experience increased immensely. At last, instead of having two days of worship, they had only one, the only remaining one, Sunday - and they called it the Lord's Day.

On this day each week they arranged to meet in small groups everywhere - in their homes, in caves or catacombs - wherever they could. At first, ostracized and maligned by many of their own countrymen and hounded and hunted by Roman authorities, and later, under whatever conditions prevailed a the time, the people of Christ have, without interruption, maintained this practice of Lord's Day assembly form those first days until now.

It is a magnificent tradition in which we stand.

 Please join us in the  worship of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Worship services are 7;00 a.m. Sunrise Service at our mountain chapel at Chalk Hill, Christ Lutheran Church located on the Chalk Hill-Ohiopyle Road where Holy Communion will be distributed. We also have a 10:45 a.m. Worship Service at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church located at 71 N. Gallatin Avenue in Uniontown.

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