Updated: Holy Week Services and More Easter Egg Hunts
Here's a rundown of everything you need to know leading up to Easter Sunday.
Area churches are remembering the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ this week, with Holy Week services running all the way through Easter Sunday. There will also be a number of Easter Egg hunts in the community. If your church or organization is not listed, please email timl@patch.com with details on your services or events.
This list has been updated with new information as of 8:30 p.m. on April 20.
Ark and Dove Presbyterian Church
Taize Worship service on Tuesday and Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.
Maundy Thursday worship: 7:30 p.m.
Good Friday service: 7:30 p.m.
Easter Sunday services: 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m.
Tuesday Prayer Service: 7:30p.m.
Wednesday Tennabrae Service: 7:30 p.m.
Holy Thursday, Mass of the Lord's Supper: 8:00 p.m.
Good Friday: Living Stations of the Cross at noon and Veneration of the Cross at 8 p.m.
Saturday Easter Vigil: 8 p.m.
Easter Sunday Mass: 9 a.m., 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
Nichols-Bethel United Methodist Church
Holy Thursday –Meditation communion, 11:30 a.m.
Dinner, 6:30 p.m.
Candlelight Communion, 7:30 p.m.
Prayer vigil, starting at 8:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. Friday.
Good Friday – Tenebrae service, 7:30 p.m., featuring monologue by "John Mark."
Easter Sunday – Sunrise service at 6:15 a.m.
Hot breakfast served at 7 a.m.
Traditional worship at 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. (with sign language).
Contemporary worship at 9:30 a.m.
-Music by Arundel High's Resurrection Brass Ensemble and Chancel Bell Choir. 7:30-8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.-11 a.m.
Tuesday and Wednesday: Prayer and readings, 7 p.m.
Thursday: Holy Eucharist and Service of Tenebrae, 7 p.m.
Good Friday: Noon-7p.m., Stations of the Cross; Prayers and Reserved Sacrament, 7 p.m.
Saturday: Easter vigil service at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Easter Sunday: 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Eucharist and Sermon.
First Evangelical Lutheran Church of Odenton
Maundy Thursday: Service at 7 p.m.
Good Friday: Service at 7 p.m.
Easter Sunday: Sunrise Service - 6:30 a.m.
Easter Breakfast - 8 a.m.
Butterfly Service – 9:30 a.m.
Traditional Easter Service – 11 a.m.
Good Friday Cantata – 7 p.m. featuring performance of “The Weeping Tree.”
Easter Sunrise Service: 6:15 a.m.
Easter Bible Study: 9:45 a.m.
Easter Worship Service: 11 a.m.
Easter Egg Hunts
Epiphany Episcopal Church: Sunday, following 10:30 a.m. service
Nichols-Bethel United Methodist Church: Saturday, 10 - 11:30 a.m.
Odenton Church of God: Sunday, 10 a.m.
Church of God of Gambrills: Saturday, 10:30 a.m. Doggie egg hunt at 1 p.m.
Rebecca Feibel
11:04 am on Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Thanks for all the information!!