AREA CHURCHES ANNOUNCE SERVICES AND EVENTS FOR EASTER WEEKEND

Area churches plan services and special events to mark Holy Week and Easter. Following is a partial list of services compiled by Southeast Missourian staff.

Maundy Thursday

Wesley United Methodist Church will hold a Maundy Thursday communion service in a setting much like the disciples would have experienced. The service is at 7 p.m., and child care will be offered.

Grace United Methodist Church will hold a Maundy Thursday service at noon and again at 7 p.m.

A special Maundy Thursday service with holy communion will be held at 7 p.m. at Good Shepherd Lutheran Chapel. This service will conclude with the "Stripping of the Altar" as the humiliation of Jesus is remembered.

Maundy Thursday services will be held at 4 and 7 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church. The theme for the services will be "Love So Amazing, So Divine." Communion will be observed at both services.

Hobbs United Methodist Chapel will hold Maundy Thursday worship at 7 p.m.

Maundy Thursday service will be held at 7 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church. A special service of celebration and reflection, of remembrance and meditation will be held.

A Tenebre service will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Maundy Thursday at Zion United Methodist Church in Gordonville. Holy communion will be celebrated.

The Chancel Choir of Westminster Presbyterian Church, under the direction of Dr. Marlin McCutchan, will present Joseph M. Martin's cantata "Song of the Shadows" at 7 p.m. on Maundy Thursday.

Eisleben Lutheran Church in Scott City will have a Maundy Thursday worship at 7 p.m.

First Presbyterian Church in Jackson will hold a Seder meal at 6 p.m. Maundy Thursday. The Seder is part of the Jewish Passover ritual.

Christ Episcopal Church will have a Maundy Thursday service at 7 p.m.

Good Friday

A community worship service will be held Good Friday from 12:10 to 12:50 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church in Jackson. The Rev. Sam Roethemeyer will speak. Area pastors will participate in the service, which is sponsored by the Jackson Ministerial Alliance.

Red Star Baptist Church will host a service at 7 p.m.

Good Shepherd Lutheran Chapel will observe Good Friday with a special 7 p.m. worship service.

On Good Friday a Tre-Ore service will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:45 p.m., at Trinity Lutheran Church. These are 15-minute devotions. At 7 p.m., a communion service will be held with the Rev. Douglas C. Breite as speaker.

A worship will be held from 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. Good Friday at First Presbyterian Church. A soup and sandwich lunch will be served a half hour before and after the worship service.

On Good Friday a drop-in communion will be held from noon to 3 p.m. at Zion United Methodist Church in Gordonville. The Revs. Ann Mowery, Tom Gross and Don Kuehle will serve communion.

Eisleben Lutheran Church in Scott City will have a Good Friday service at 8 p.m.

Christ Episcopal Church will have Good Friday services at noon and 7 p.m.

Holy Saturday

Holy Saturday service will be held at 6 p.m. with the Rev. David W. Hintz as speaker at Trinity Lutheran Church.

Christ Episcopal Church will host an Easter vigil and baptism at 7 p.m. Saturday.

Easter Sunday

Wesley United Methodist will have a sunrise service at 6:30 a.m. with a breakfast afterward. Worship is at 10:15 a.m.

First Assembly of God will hold its Easter service at the Osage Community Centre at 10 a.m. Evening services will resume at the church at 6:30 p.m.

Grace United Methodist Church will hold a sunrise service at 6:30 a.m. Worship will also be at 8 and 10:30 a.m.

At 6:30 a.m., a sunrise service will be held at Good Shepherd Lutheran Chapel followed by an Easter breakfast from 7:30 to 8 a.m. The Sunday morning Bible class program will be at 8:30 a.m., and the festival Easter service will be at 9:30 a.m. Special music will be provided at all of the services by the choir and handbells.

Services will be held at 8 and 10:30 a.m. Easter at Trinity Lutheran Church with communion observed at both.

On Easter Sunday First Presbyterian Church will hold an Easter breads continental breakfast at 9:30 a.m.

Hobbs United Methodist Chapel will hold a sunrise communion service at 6 a.m. Easter with a continental breakfast following. An Easter egg hunt will be at 7 a.m. and communion worship at 9 a.m. Sunday school is at10:15 a.m.

Whitewater Country Chapel will hold a "blessing of the children" service at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Easter Sunday.

A sunrise service will be held at 6:30 a.m. on Easter at Zion United Methodist Church in Gordonville. Youths of the church will lead this service. Breakfast will follow. A prayer group will be held at 9 a.m. Sunday school will begin at 9:15 a.m. Worship service will be held at 10:30 a.m. and an Easter egg hunt will be held at 11:30 a.m.

Bald Knob Cross at Alto Pass, Ill., will hold its 64th annual sunrise service from 6:30 to 7:30 a.m. Easter Sunday. The Rev. James Weiss of Marion, Ill., will be speaker. Breakfast will be served beginning at 4 a.m.

Lynwood Baptist Church invites the community to worship Easter morning at the Show Me Center beginning at 10:30 a.m. Evangelist Kelly Green will speak. Bible learning activities for birth to age 3 will be provided at the church facility. For more information or to register children for Bible learning activities, call the church office at 335-4600.

First Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau will hold a sunrise service at Riverfront Park at 6:30 a.m. with a family breakfast held in the lower auditorium of the church from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Sunday school will be held at 9:30 a.m. Worship and a baptism service will be at 10:45 a.m. Easter vespers service will be held at 6 p.m.

Perkins Baptist Church will host an outdoor Easter sunrise service Sunday at 6:30 a.m. in front of the outdoor crosses at the church. There will be special music. The service will be followed by a time of fellowship with doughnuts, coffee and juice. In case of inclement weather, the service will be held inside the church building. Sunday school will be a 9:30 a.m. and morning worship at 10:30 a.m. Children are invited to stay for an Easter egg hunt following the morning worship service.

Eisleben Lutheran Church will have a sunrise service at 6:30 a.m. and worship again at 10 a.m. Easter.

Christ Episcopal Church will have Easter worship at 10:15 a.m.

Hobbs Chapel will hold a sunrise communion service at 6 a.m. with a continental breakfast to follow. Sunday school will be at 7:45 a.m. and a communion worship celebration at 9 a.m. An Easter egg hunt will follow.

First Presbyterian Church in Jackson will hold a sunrise service at 6:30 a.m. at Bent Creek Clubhouse. Refreshments will be served. A continental breakfast will be served from 8 to 8:45 a.m. in the church fellowship hall. Children of the church will share the Easter story from 9 to 9:40 a.m. with songs and skits. A celebration service will be at 10 a.m. in the church sanctuary.

Scopus United Methodist Church will have an Easter sunrise service at 6:30 a.m. Kim Cunningham, Janet Luttrell, Darrell and Cathy Hobbs and the Rev. Bobby Trentham will provide special music. Following the worship service there will be an Easter egg hunt for children and a breakfast.

Zion Lutheran Church in Pocahontas will have a sunrise service at 6 a.m. Everyone is invited. There will be a continental breakfast in the church parish hall afterward.

Fruitland Community Church will hold its Easter worship at 10 a.m. at the Bavarian Halle, which is near the Interstate 55 Fruitland exchange.