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BUTLER CHURCH OF THE NAZARENEButler Church of the Nazarene, 4410 Oakdale Road and Route 68, has a 7 a.m. Easter “Sonrise” service, followed by 9:45 a.m. Sunday school and a 10:45 a.m. Easter Sunday worship service.Children will perform a song at the beginning of the morning service. A quartet will also provide the music for Easter.

CHRIST COMMMUNITY UNITED METHODISTChrist Community United Methodist Church, 205 N. Duffy Road, has a 7:30 p.m. Maundy Thursday service.The 7:30 p.m. Good Friday service is led by the youths.Sunday celebration of Resurrection worship services times are a 9:30 a.m. contemporary service and an 11 a.m. traditional service.The church office will be closed Monday.The ministry planning team meets at 7 p.m. TuesdayWednesday Quilters meet at 9 a.m.Lenten study is at 7 p.m. April 25.community lifeCommunity Life Church meets at 1104 Pittsburgh Pike Road.There will be an Easter presentation Sunday performed by the children of Community Life Church. There will be light refreshments after the service.There will be a Tuesday morning prayer meeting from 11 a.m. to noon.The Wednesday night prayer meeting runs from 7 to 8 p.m.

CONCORD PRESBYTERIANConcord Presbyterian Church, 625 Hooker Road, West Sunbury, shares a 7:30 p.m. Maundy Thursday worship service at North Washington Presbyterian Church.The 7 a.m. shared Easter sunrise worship service at North Washington Presbyterian Church will be followed by a breakfast served in the social hall by the yoked parish committee.Concord will have 9:45 a.m. Sunday school followed by an 11 a.m. traditional Easter Sunday service.The mission committee meets at 7 p.m. Monday.The choir practices at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

COVENANT PRESBYTERIANCovenant Presbyterian Church, 230 E. Jefferson St., has an 8 p.m. Maundy Thursday “Order of Tenebrae” (Service of Darkness) service. The Sacrament of Holy Communion will be celebrated, and Pastor John Silbert will deliver a meditation “What Pilate Said One Midnight.”There will be a 9:30 a.m. Easter Sunday breakfast. The Easter Sunday worship service will be at 11 a.m. in the sanctuary. The One Great Hour of Sharing offering will be received. Worshippers are asked to bring a bell from home to church.

EAST BUTLEREast Butler Presbyterian Church, Ninth and Randolph streets, has a 7 p.m. Good Friday worship service including Holy Communion and our Lord’s last words from the cross.The 9:30 a.m. Easter Sunday morning celebration service includes Communion, music and gifts for children.

FAITH UNITED PRESBYTERIANThere will be no Sunday school Sunday at Faith United Presbyterian Church, 1329 N. Main Ext., but the church will have its annual 9:45 a.m. Easter Sunday continental breakfast.There will be a 10:30 a.m. Easter Sunday worship service.Session meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday.The AA Group meets at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.WW meets at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday, at 10 a.m. April 25 and at 8:30 a.m. April 27.

FIRST BAPTISTLadies’ Bible study of First Baptist Church, 221 W. New Castle St., is at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Dittmer home.The Easter Sunday services begin with an 8 a.m. worship service followed by a 9:15 a.m. breakfast, Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. and an 11 a.m. worship service.

FIRST ENGLISH LUTHERANFirst English Lutheran Church, 241 N. Main St., has a 7:30 p.m. Maundy Thursday worship service and will include Holy Communion and prayer stations.The 7:30 p.m. Good Friday worship service is a Tenebrae service including meditation on the cross through song, prayer and the reading of the Passion according to St. John.The 10 a.m. Easter Sunday worship service is a festival service with Holy Communion. It will be preceded by a 9 a.m. Easter breakfast with attendees taking a casserole, bread or fruit to share.The finance committee meets at 10 a.m. Wednesday.

GRACE @ CALVARY LUTHERANGrace @ Calvary Lutheran Church, 123 E. Diamond St., opens Grace’s Closet, a free clothing bank, from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday. No proof of income is required.There will be a 7 p.m. Maundy Thursday service. in the sanctuary.There will be a 7 p.m. Good Friday service in Grace’s fellowship hall.Easter Sunday will begin with a 6:30 a.m. “Sonrise service” in Diamond Park. Take chairs. Afterward, there will be a potluck breakfast in the Grace fellowship hall.A 10 a.m. Easter worship service will be a Celebration of the Resurrection.

GRACEWAYGraceWay meets each Sunday morning for a 10 a.m. worship service at the Center Township Elementary School on Mercer Road.Graceway will have a Maundy Thursday worship service will pre-service music beginning at 6:45 p.m., and the service with Holy Communion to follow.The Resurrection of our Lord will be celebrated at the 10 a.m. Easter Sunday service with Beth Ackelson providing the music.

HIGHLAND PRESBYTERIANHighland Presbyterian Church, 310 Franklin St., Slippery Rock, will join Center Presbyterian Church, 211 Center St., Slippery Rock, for a 7 a.m. Easter sunrise service at Center Church. Breakfast will be served at Highland Church at 8 a.m.The 11 a.m. worship service will have music by the choir. Easter flowers may be picked up after the service.

HILL UNITED PRESBYTERIANHill United Presbyterian Church, 501 Second St., has a 7:30 p.m. community Maundy Thursday service. Graham Standish, director of Samaritan Counseling Services, will deliver the message. A combined handbell choir from St. Andrews and Hill churches will ring.The congregation will worship at St. Andrews for the noon Good Friday service.Easter services begin with the 6:30 a.m. sunrise service hosted by St. Andrews at Pleasant Valley Boat Launch, Moraine State Park. Attendees should take a folding chair.The church’s Easter worship begins at 10:30 a.m.Reservations for the Beaver Butler Presbyterian Women’s April 27 spring gathering at Hill Church are due Monday.

INTERSECTION CHURCHThe Intersection Community Church, 120 Walker Ave., will have a 7 p.m. Good Friday service including Holy Communion.There will be a 10 a.m. Easter Sunday service.

MARS UNITED PRESBYTERIANMars United Presbyterian Church, 232 Crowe Ave., has Maundy Thursday services with Communion at 7 p.m. Thursday.The Good Friday luncheon and service will start at noon Friday with the Mars Ministerium conducting the service.Easter services will be offered at 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday.There will be no Sunday school or youth group Easter Sunday.GriefShare will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday in the board room.

MERIDIAN PRESBYTERIANMeridian Presbyterian Church, 4150 Highland Ave., has a Maundy Thursday Communion service at 7 p.m. Thursday, an open Good Friday breakfast at 7 a.m. Friday with a presentation of the Gospel of Mark and the crucifixion story, a 7 a.m. Easter sunrise service Sunday followed by breakfast and an 11 a.m. Easter worship service. There will be no Sunday school classes on Easter Sunday.

NORTH BUTLERNorth Butler Presbyterian Church, 137 North Butler Church Road, Chicora, has a 7 a.m. Easter Sunday sunrise service. Breakfast will follow in the social hall.The 11 a.m. Easter Sunday morning celebration service includes Holy Communion, music by the choir and gifts for the children.

NORTH WASHINGTON PRESBYTERIANNorth Washington Presbyterian Church, 714 Fairview Road, has a 7:30 p.m. Maundy Thursday worship service.There will be a 7 a.m. Easter Sunday sunrise service follow by breakfast served in the social hall by the yoked parish committee.Regular Easter Sunday worship service begins at 9:30 a.m. followed by 10:45 a.m. Sunday school.

ORCHARD HILL BUTLER COUNTYOrchard Hill Butler County will feature local artists Jason Schafer and Stephanie Cassidy during the 7 p.m. Good Friday service at 107 Staley Ave. Childcare will be provided for newborns through kindergarten.There will be 9:30 and 11:30 a.m. Easter Sunday services featuring treats, photo booth and egg hunt for the children.

OAK HILLS CHRISTIAN CHURCHOak Hills Christian Church, 100 Township Line Road, has a 7 p.m. Maundy Thursday service.An outdoor sunrise service will be at 6:30 a.m. Easter Sunday, with a free pancake breakfast to follow. The church will celebrate the resurrection in worship at 10 a.m. Sunday.

OLD UNION PRESBYTERIANOld Union Presbyterian Church, 200 Union Church Road, Mars, will have a 7:30 a.m. Easter sunrise service Sunday with a breakfast to follow.The Lord’s Supper will be celebrated at the 11 a.m. Sunday worship service.

PARK UNITED PRESBYTERIANPark United Presbyterian Church, 115 E Grandview Ave, Zelienople, has a 7 p.m. Maundy Thursday worship service.The men and boys’ Good Friday breakfast will begin at 7 a.m. in Park Hall with guest speaker Brandon Meyer. Call 724-452-9570 for reservations.Good Friday prayer, song and meditation will be 4 to 6 p.m. Friday.Communion will be celebrated at the 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. Easter Sunday worship services.

RIDER LUTHERANRider Lutheran Church, 189 Rider Church Road, West Sunbury, will have a 10 a.m. Easter service Sunday.

SAXONBURG MEMORIALSaxonburg Memorial Presbyterian Church, 100 W. Main St., has a 6 a.m. men’s Good Friday breakfast and a 9:30 a.m. women’s Good Friday breakfast. Donations will be accepted.

SPRINGDALE LUTHERANSpringdale Lutheran Church, 1061 Mahood Road, West Sunbury, will celebrate Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. Both services start at 6:30 p.m. with Holy Communion.There will be a 9 a.m. Easter Sunday worship service with Holy Communion. Breakfast will be offered following the service.

ST. JOHN'S LUTHERANSt. John’s Lutheran Church, 100 Main St., Connoquenessing, celebrates Holy Communion during the 11 a.m. Easter Sunday worship service.The 7 p.m. parish Maundy Thursday worship service will be at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 143 Church St., Prospect.The 1 p.m. Community Good Friday worship service will be at St. Paul’s United Church of Christ, 127 Constitution Ave., Connoquenessing.

ST. JOHN LUTHERANSt, John Lutheran Church, 420 Beaver St., Mars, will have a 7 p.m. Easter vigil Saturday.Easter Sunday worship services will be at 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sunday.Beginning at 9 a.m. Sunday there will be an Easter egg hunt and breakfast, Sunday school and Lifelong Learning.

ST. JOHN'S UNITED CHURCH OF CHRISTSt. John’s United Church of Christ, 501 E. Main St., Evans City, will participate in the 6 p.m. Maundy Thursday potluck and worship service at Westminster United Presbyterian Church.The Good Friday Community crosswalk begins at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church and ends at Westminster United Presbyterian Church for worship at 12:30 p.m.A 9 a.m. Easter breakfast precedes a 10 a.m. Easter worship service at St. John’s.Members meet at the church at 3:15 p.m. Tuesday to help with Produce to People.Quilters meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday.Musicians and the praise team practice at 6 p.m. Wednesday followed by choir practice at 7 p.m.

ST. LUKE'S LUTHERANThe youth/family teams of St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, 310 W. Main St., Saxonburg, will deliver soup from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Thursday.Maundy Thursday worship is at 7 p.m. Thursday. Easter choirs and musicians will rehearse following the service.The Good Friday Tenebrae service is 7 p.m. Friday in the sanctuary.The joy of the Resurrection will be celebrated at 8:15 and 10:45 a.m. Easter Sunday with music and Communion.Sunday school will have Funday Sunday with a Resurrection Egg Hunt, lessons and crafts.The sanctuary is open to all for community quiet and prayer time from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday.The sewing ministry meets from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 25.

ST. MARK'S EVANGELICAL LUTHERANSt. Mark’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, 201 W. Jefferson St., has a 7 p.m. Maundy Thursday service.There will be a 7 p.m. Good Friday service.Saturday’s Easter vigil begins at 6 p.m.There will be an 8 a.m. and a 10:15 a.m. Easter Sunday service.Children’s church takes place at 10 a.m. Sunday, and Sunday school for all ages is at 9 a.m.A Red Cross blood drive runs from noon to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.Eves Bible study is at 3 p.m. Tuesday.Children’s hour meets from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday.

TRINITY LUTHERANThe church office at Trinity Lutheran Church, 120 Sunset Drive, Center Township, will be closed Good Friday and Monday.The Good Friday service will be at 7 p.m.The Easter vigil service will be at 8:30 p.m. Saturday.Easter Sunday services will be at 8:30 and 11 a.m.The health and wellness committee meets at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.Those delivering Easter flowers to shut-ins should be at the church at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday.

WHITESTOWN ROAD BAPTISTWhitestown Road Baptist Church, 409 Whitestown Road, will have a free breakfast from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. Sunday.The Easter Sunday worship service is at 11 a.m.

ZION LUTHERANZion Lutheran Church, 266 Zion Church Road, Chicora, will have a 10 a.m. Easter Sunday service with Holy Communion. Before the service, breakfast will be served from 9 to 9:45 a.m.

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