Easter week is being celebrated throughout the area with several special services and events planned by churches and communities.
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Spickard will have its annual community Easter pageant on Friday evening, April 6 at the Spickard Christian Church. The program begins at 7 o’clock and will include participants from all churches in Spickard. The public is invited to attend.
Area churches that have announced special Easter week services include:
Church of the Nazarene – Maundy Thursday service at 7 p.m.; Easter sunrise service at 7 a.m. with breakfast to follow. The Easter worship service will be at 9:30 a.m. and the children’s Easter egg hunt to follow.
First Baptist Church – Easter Sunday early service at 8 a.m., followed by breakfast at 8:30 a.m. Sunday school will be at 9:30 a.m. and regular services will be at 10:40 a.m. There will be no evening services.
First Christian Church – Mandy Thursday Service, communion and cantata at 7 p.m.; Good Friday Prayer Vigil begins at noon on Friday; Easter Sunday sunrise serve at 7:30 a.m., followed by breakfast at 8 a.m. Sunday school will be at 9 a.m. and regular services will be at 10 a.m.
Galt Christian Church – Good Friday service at 7 p.m.; community “sonrise” breakfast at 7 a.m., followed by breakfast at 8 a.m., Sunday school at 10 a.m. and Easter services at 10:50 a.m. A DVD, “We Had Hoped” will be shown during the Easter service.
Hodge Presbyterian Church – Maundy Thursday service and communion at 7 p.m.; Good Friday service at 5:30 p.m.; Easter Sunday sunrise service with Wesley United Methodist Church at the Upper Moberly Park shelterhouse at 6:30 a.m., with breakfast to follow. The children’s Easter egg hunt is at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday and worship services will be at 10:50 a.m.
Immanuel Lutheran Church – Maundy Thursday service at 6 p.m.; Good Friday service at 6 p.m.; Easter Sunday service at 7 a.m., followed by breakfast.
Laredo Christian Church – Easter Sunday sunrise service at 6:30 a.m., followed by breakfast and regular church services at 8:30 a.m. There will be no Sunday school.
Rural Dale Baptist Church – Children’s Easter egg hunt (10 and under) at 10 a.m. on Saturday; Easter Sunday sunrise service at 7 a.m., followed by breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Sunday school will be at 9 a.m. and services at 10 a.m.
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church – Mass at 8 p.m. on Saturday and 8:30 a.m. on Easter Sunday.
St. Philip’s Episcopal Church – Maundy Thursday service at 6 p.m.; Good Friday service at noon; Easter Day service at 10:30 a.m.
South Evans Christian Church – Easter Sunday breakfast at 9 a.m., followed by the worship service at 10:45 a.m.
Spickard Christian Church – Easter morning early service at 7:30 a.m.; breakfast at 8 a.m.; Sunday School at 9:30 a.m.; and worship service at 10 a.m.
Spickard Methodist Church – Easter Sunday breakfast at 9 a.m. in the church basement, morning worship at 10:30 a.m.
Tenth Street Baptist Church – Maundy Thursday service and the Lord’s Supper at 9 p.m.; Good Friday services at 7 p.m.; Easter Sunday sunrise service at 7:30 a.m., followed by breakfast at 8:30 a.m. Sunday school will be at 9:30 a.m. and church services will be at 10:30 a.m. There will be no evening services or AWANAs.
Union (Coon Creek) Baptist Church – Good Friday service and communion at 7 p.m. with fingerfood and fellowship to follow; Easter Sunday breakfast at 8 a.m., Sunday school at 10 a.m. and church service at 11 a.m. with the children’s Easter egg hunt to follow. An evening service is planned for 6 o’clock.
Wesley United Methodist Church – Maundy Thursday communion services at 7 p.m.; Good Friday services at 7 p.m.; Easter sunrise service with Hodge Presbyterian Church at the Upper Moberly Park shelterhouse at 6:30 a.m. Breakfast will follow and persons are asked to bring a food dish to share. Regular worship services will be at 10:15 a.m. and a confirmation service will be held. Church offices are closed on Friday, April 6 and Monday, April 9.