BUTLER CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE

Butler Church of the Nazarene, 4410 Oakdale Road and Route 68, has a community Easter egg hunt for children from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Saturday. Register before the event. For more information, call the church at 724-482-4116.

Gwen Atkinson provides the special music at the Sunday worship service.

CHRIST COMMUNITY UNITED METHODIST

Christ Community United Methodist Church, 205 N. Duffy Road, has a potluck dinner at noon Sunday. Beverages are provided. Take a dish to share.

The care team meets at 7 p.m. Monday.

The contemporary worship planning committee meets at 6 p.m. Tuesday and the church council meets at 7 p.m.

The Maundy Thursday service is at 7:30 p.m. March 29.

Donate aluminum can tabs in the narthex to support the Ronald McDonald House.

The March item for the St. Vincent DePaul Food Cupboard in March is cereal.

COMMUNITY ALLIANCE

Community Alliance Church, 800 Mercer Road, has 9 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. Palm Sunday services. Child care is available for infants through 5th grade. For more information, visit www.butlercac.org or call 724-282-0230.

COMMUNITY

Community Life Church, 1104 Pittsburgh Pike Road, offers Mile 1 children's church for ages six months to fifth grade during the Sunday worship service.

Wake Youth meets at 4 p.m. every other Sunday.

COVENANT PRESBYTERIAN

The People for Peace study group of Covenant Presbyterian Church, 230 E. Jefferson St., meets at 11 a.m. today in the assembly room.

The One Great Hour of Sharing offering is during the Palm Sunday worship service. The Presbyterian Church (USA) dedicates the offering to hunger, disaster, and development. There also is a noisy offering of loose change.

Sunday is the deadline to sign up for Easter flowers.

EAST BUTLER PRESBYTERIAN

East Butler Presbyterian Church, Ninth and Randolph streets, distributes palms during morning worship Sunday.

Breakfast and a children's Easter egg hunt follows worship.

For more information, call the Rev. Mary Kitchen at 412 266 0930.

FAITH UNITED PRESBYTERIAN

Faith United Presbyterian Church, 1329 N. Main Ext., distributes palms at Sunday's worship service.

FIRST BAPTIST

The women's missionary fellowship of the First Baptist Church, 221 W. New Castle St., meets from 10 a.m. to noon today at the church.

The First Baptist Christian School Open House is from 6 to 7 tonight for prospective students and parents.

Sunday's service schedule includes the primary and junior Sunday schools Easter social from noon to 2:30 p.m. at the Baptist Youth Center. There is a worship service at 6 p.m. Sunday.

The Deaf Café is open from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday at the youth center. Take a lunch. The event includes fellowship, a devotional and a guest speaker.

FIRST ENGLISH LUTHERAN

Palm Sunday worship services at First English Lutheran Church, 241 N. Main St., feature the liturgy of the palms and the reading of the Passion.

GLADE RAN UNITED PRESBYTERIAN

The youth group of Glade Run United Presbyterian Church, 1091 Pittsburgh Road, Valencia, trains for its summer mission trip from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday in the youth room.

GRACE @ CALVARY LUTHERAN

Grace @ Calvary Lutheran Church, 123 E. Diamond St., opens Grace's Closet, a free clothing bank, from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday. Clothing donations are accepted during those hours and during office hours, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday to Thursday.

A fourth Sunday gathering, “Inquiring Minds,” meets from 9 to 9:45 a.m. Sunday. The Passion Sunday service includes a procession of palms.

GLOW meets at 1:30 p.m. Sunday.

There is a Maundy Thursday worship service at 7 p.m. March 29.

GRACEWAY

GraceWay meets at the Center Township Elementary School on Mercer Road.

Michele Huff provides the music at the Sunday worship service.

HILL UNITED PRESBYTERIAN

The Rev. William Jackson, interim pastor, leads the Palm Sunday service at Hill United Presbyterian Church, 501 Second St. The chancel choir also sings Sunday. The memorial handbell choir practices after Sunday worship.

Care package address forms for students and military service members are due Sunday.

Kathy Davis leads the women's Bible study at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday.

Communion is part of the Maundy Thursday service at 7:30 p.m. March 29. The service includes worship leaders and musicians from Faith, Saint Andrews and Trinity Presbyterian churches.

INTERSECTION

Intersection Church, 120 Walker Ave., hosts Grief Share from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Sundays for the next 12 weeks.

There is a community outreach fishing event for children to improve fishing skills from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 30.

For more information about activities of the church, visit myintersection.org.

JEFFERSON CENTER PRESBYTERIAN

Jefferson Center Presbyterian Church, 390 Frazier Road, Saxonburg, has a Palm Sunday worship service with special music by the church choir and a message for the children on the meaning of palms by Karrie Hickey, retired teacher from South Butler School District. It is also cookie Sunday.

For more information, call 724-352-2400 or go to the website www.jeffersoncenterpc.org.

North BUTLER PRESBYTERIAN

North Butler Presbyterian Church, 137 North Butler Church Road, celebrates Palm Sunday during morning worship with special music and distribution of palms.

OLD UNION PRESBYTERIAN

The Rev. Peter de Vries of Old Union Presbyterian Church, 200 Union Church Road, Mars, is the speaker at the Lenten lunch series at noon Friday at Mars United Presbyterian Church, 232 Crowe Ave., Mars.

ORCHARD HILL BUTLER COUNTY

Orchard Hill Church Butler County is having a “man night” and March Madness college basketball watch party at 7 tonight at the Hardwood Cafe, 646 Pittsburgh Road. To participate, email the Rev. Brady Randall at brandall@orchardhillchurch.com.

SAINT ANDREWS UNITED PRESBYTERIAN

Saint Andrews United Presbyterian Church, 201 E. Jefferson St., has a Good Friday service at noon March 30. Covenant, Faith, Hill, North and East Butler, and Saint Andrews churches offer leadership and music for the service.

The Easter Sonrise service with Communion is at 7 a.m. April 1 at the Pleasant Valley Boat Launch on the South Shore at Moraine State Park. Take a chair and dress for the weather. A traditional Easter service celebrates Jesus' resurrection and the gift of new life at 10:30 a.m. at the church.

SPRINGDALE LUTHERAN

Ralph Hotz leads the Palm Sunday service at Springdale Lutheran Church, 1061 Mahood Road, West Sunbury.

The church basement is open from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday to receive rummage sale donations.

The Good Friday service is at 7 p.m. March 30.

ST. JOHN'S LUTHERAN

St. John's Lutheran Church of Connoquenessing, 100 Main St., Connoquenessing, celebrates Holy Communion during the Palm Sunday worship service.

Sign up for the Easter breakfast and Easter lilies so the church can anticipate needs.

The church hosts the joint parish Maundy Thursday worship service with Emmanuel Lutheran Church of Prospect at 7 p.m. March 29.

ST. LUKE'S LUTHERAN

The youth group of St. Luke's Lutheran Church, 310 W. Main St., Saxonburg, meets at 7 p.m. Friday at the church.

Palm Sunday celebrations include Holy Communion and special music. Bells and prayer at 9:30 a.m. are followed by a doughnut fellowship.

The sanctuary is open from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday for community quiet time and prayer.

Holy Week services are at 7 p.m. March 29 for Maundy Thursday and 7 p.m. March 30 for Good Friday.

ST. MARK'S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN

The first Communion class of St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 201 W. Jefferson St., meets for their retreat at 9:30 a.m. Saturday. The class also meets at 9 a.m. Sunday. The class takes their first Holy Communion at the Maundy Thursday service.

The Saturday worship service includes Holy Communion.

Sunday school classes have a palm walk and Easter egg hunt at 9 a.m. Sunday. The confirmation class meets at 4:30 p.m. Sunday.

The bell choir does not rehearse this week.

The first Communion and confirmation classes and their parents prepare and serve a Lenten meal at 6 p.m. Wednesday. A healing service is at 7 p.m.

TRINITY LUTHERAN

Trinity Lutheran Church, 120 Sunset Drive, Center Township, has a Lent service with healing at noon Wednesday and a Holden evening prayer service with healing at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

VALENCIA PRESBYTERIAN

Valencia Presbyterian Church, 80 Sterrett St., Valencia, serves Communion at its Maundy Thursday service at 7:30 p.m. March 29.