Ernest Seaholm High School - Piper Yearbook (Birmingham, MI)

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As we grow each day our falrh grows with us AThe beautlful altar area of Chrxst Church Cranbrook IS one of the most strlkmg SlghIS rn Blrmlnghams churches It has a solemn reverent holy effect on everyone who sees xt The holiness of the cross IS accented by the burnmg candles and the two llghts at the slde set off the whole scene Each Sunday as we kneel down to pray beslde our frlends ln the church or synagogue of our cholce and llsten to the v1brant chords of the organ, the songs of the cholr swell and fall wlth the muslc and each resounds 1n the beauty and splendor of the place where we worshlp We can feel our sp1nes tlngle, our hearts sknp a beat, our falth reawakened and renewed Thls feelmg stays w1th us not only through Sunday but also through every day of the week, and can be descrlbed as deep mner peace and Joy Later on m llfe we shall look back on and remem ber the deep personal satlsfactton and happlness de rrved from the sxmole pleasure of attend1ng our own church The large number of us who attend rs posl t1ve evxdence of our falth All the benefits that we obtam from our place of worshlp are not only 1n terms of what we ICCCIVC but also 1n terms of what we glVC We glve our tame and energy by s1ng1ng 1n cholrs, teachmg rel1g1ous classes on Sunday, and help- 1ng our church m many other ways When we help our place of worshlp we help ourselves and the entlre communlty to grow and prosper The Youth Group of Congregatxonal Church tom hands m a frlendshlp clrcle durlng one of their meetings Members mclude Chuck Waugman Carol Warner KBloomfieldJ Sandy Hochert CDerbyJ John Morgan tBarnumJ Donna Conrad Jlm Jones CCountry Dayl Judy Burns Mike Morden Debble DuVall Keith Honhart Laurie McKeller CGrovesJ Charlxe Cooper Joyce Lindley 1DerbyJ Bruce Wynkoop Dnane Stur man tDerbyJ Barbara Rleman CGrovesJ Marnlyn Watson fDerbyJ Shlrley Bishop CGrovesJ and Rev Fenner Pres: dent of the group ts Mlke Morden Seaholm Junlor 0 0 I 9 . , , . Y - , -, . . . , ' , ' ' . . . . . . . , 7 . ' .' ' I 1 . a 1. ' . , , . . . . , . y . - I , 7 . - , '. - I K - . , . V 159

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We Admlre Hls beauty ' Aln the peaceful qulet of the early mormns stands the Lu theran Church on the corner of Fourteen Mlle and Plerce wlth the slmple beauty and reverence whxch xt possesses Thns feel mg IS even more Stflklflg when lt 15 contrasted and accented by a ltght covermg of snow 4 There are many beautlful churches ln Brrmmgham especlally the mterlors As one steps 1n the front door of the Flrst Pres byterlan Church on the corner of Maple and Pleasant one sees the marznlficent table area The long drapery IS red wlth gold deslgns hxghllghted by a gold cross Our churches have many dxfferent characterxstlcs One 15 the varying type of doors that they have The Xlormon church Jesus Christ of Later Day Samts has a most Slfllxlng door The t1le llke structure rlslng above the door and the slde latlce work are not very often seen on churches in 1 B 4 4 . I t f 4 e 4 P 4 4 P P 1 4 P 1 4 P

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We attend His churches, worship as we please AA large number of Seaholm students attend St James Episcopal Chureh on Maple As members of the ehureh youth group and as xndtvlduals they engage ln many aettvltles sueh as hayrtdes SlCl,l:,hTldC5 square danees and worshxp SLFVILCS In the serene stlllness of Holy Name one of Btrmmghams several Catholle Churehes mass IS held ln reverent and respeet ful stlence The cholr pews seem to whxsper vuth soft musze is the prtest performs the tradtttonal rttes and the altar boys nee 1-v There are several falths represented tn our hugh sehool and among them IS the Jewlsh The altar area of the Connregatton of BN11 David on Southfield ts here pletured with tts ever lastmg light a carry over from the eternal light ln the temple at Jerusalem This ltght wts provtded for ln the Old Testament Another of the beautlful Cathollc churches attended by Seaholm students s St Hu o of the Htlls set baelt from Lone Pme Road The rustlc effect of the wooden beams and the stone archtteeture lend anctent beauty to the sanctuary 1 . . - Q . - f - f ' - lt , f ,Q . , W . f' - s- ' ', . . .' ' f ' . ' f ' ' , 5 ' l '. . I L. , ,. . . , ' K' , 'Q 1 J '. ' - I Ivy. k.y.Y ' r.Y. t V Y- y .,. , , ,,.y. K . , U , il. , D -' - . ' ' , , t. . , L - Y ' ' ' . V - le ' V TW P , s, A ss - if . ' .- gi- as I . M.. I A ' S- - if ff'- 160