Holy Week: From palms to sunrise services

Following is a list of area services from Palm Sunday through Easter:

Bangor – Easter Sunrise Service by Columbia Street Baptist and Essex Street Baptist churches at 6:30 a.m. March 23, at Thomas Hill Standpipe.

Bangor – Holy Thursday 7 p.m. March 20; Good Friday 7 p.m. March 21; Holy Saturday 8 p.m. March 22; and Easter Sunday, 10:15 a.m. March 23, St. Johns Catholic Church, 207 York St.

Bangor – Palm Sunday open house 10 a.m. March 16; Easter Sunday celebration 10 a.m. March 23, Abundant Life Church, 1404 Broadway, 945-5577.

Bangor – Maple Syrup Communion 10 a.m. March 16; Easter service 10 a.m. March 23; Humor service 10 a.m. March 30, Unitarian Universalist Society of Bangor, 120 Park St., 947-7009.

Dexter – Holy Week Masses: 7 p.m. March 20, 3 p.m. March 21, and 10:15 a.m. March 23, St. Anne’s, 59 Free St., 564-2842.

Dover-Foxcroft – Holy Week Masses: 7 p.m. March 21, 7:30 p.m. March 22 and 9 a.m. March 23, St. Thomas Aquinas, 45 High St.; 564-2842.

Dover-Foxcroft – Blood drive, 1-6 p.m. March 21, Dover-Foxcroft Congregational Church, 824 West Main St., 564-2872.

Ellsworth – Passion Week events: Palm Sunday 10 a.m. March 16 Apostolic Advance, 6:30 March 17 and 18; Resurrection Sunday, 10 a.m. March 23, The Church of Life and Praise, 321 State St. 667-4308.

Frankfort – Palm and Passion Sunday 9 a.m. March 16; Maundy Thursday service of Tenebrae 7 p.m. March 20; Good Friday noon-3 p.m. for prayer, March 21; Easter Vigil 7 p.m. March 22; Easter worship 9 a.m. March 23, Frankfort Congregational Church, Main Road, 223-5762; Easter Sunrise service on West Hill in Frankfort followed by potluck breakfast at the church.

Hampden – Easter Sunday Mass for St. Matthew’s and St. Gabriel’s Catholic churches, 10:30 a.m. March 23, Hampden Academy Gymnasium, 862-4735.

Jonesport – “Behold the Lamb,” free Easter drama, presented by The Pentecostals, 7 p.m. March 14-16 and 21-23, Jonesport Pentecostal Church, Highway 187, Indian River Road, 497-2808, 497-3100 or www.pojmaine.com.

Lincoln – Maundy Thursday Service of Tenebrae, 7 p.m. March 20; Easter Sunrise Service 6 a.m.; breakfast 6:30-7:30 a.m. to benefit Pilgrim Lodge Fund; Easter worship 9 a.m. March 23, First Congregational Church of Lincoln, 19 School St.

Mars Hill – Southern gospel songs sung by the Rev. Richard Bell 6 p.m. March 23, Mars Hill Full Gospel Assembly, 9 Maple St., 425-6661.

Milo – Good Friday 3 p.m. March 21, and Easter 11 a.m. March 23, Sts. Francis Xavier & Paul the Apostle, 128 Riverside St.; 564-2842.

North Searsport – Palm Sunday 8:45 a.m. March 16; Maundy Thursday, 7 p.m. March 20; Good Friday noon-3 p.m. March 21; Easter breakfast 7:30 a.m. and Easter Worship Service 8:45 a.m. March 23, North Searsport United Methodist Church, Mount Ephraim Road; 548-2239.

Old Town – Passover meal 6 p.m. and worship with communion at 7 p.m. March 20; Good Friday 7 p.m. March 21, United Methodist Church; Easter Sunrise service 6:30 a.m. at the Riverfront Gazebo for UMC and Federated Church of Stillwater; Easter breakfast 7:30 a.m. March 23, Stillwater Church, bring an egg; Easter worship 9 a.m. at Federated Church and 10:45 a.m. at United Methodist; 827-3559.

Orono – Palm Sunday, 10:15 a.m. March 16; Maundy Thursday supper and communion 6 p.m. March 20; Tenebrae service 7 p.m. March 21, 10:15 a.m. March 23, Church of Universal Fellowship, 82 Main St.; Easter Sunrise Service 6:30 a.m. March 23, at Penobscot Valley Country Club. 866-3655.

Orrington – Good Friday, 7 p.m. March 21; Sunrise breakfast Easter Sunday 8 a.m. March 23, Orrington Center Church, 468 Dow Road; 825-3492.

Pittsfield – Holy Week Masses: 7 p.m. March 20 and 21, 7:30 p.m. March 22, and 8:30 a.m. March 23, at St. Agnes Parish, 238 Detroit St., 564-2842.

Portland – Catholic Network of Volunteers Service is offering a free copy of “Response 2008,” a directory of full-time faith-based volunteer opportunities in all 50 states of the United States and in more than 100 countries. Call 1-800-543-5046 or visit www.cnvs.org.

Searsport – Palm Sunday 11 a.m. March 16; Good Friday noon-3 p.m. March 21; Good Friday, 7 p.m. March 21, Searsport Full Gospel Church; Easter Sunrise Service 6 a.m. March 23, Searsport Wharf, off Steamboat Avenue, 548-2239.

Searsport – Easter Worship Service 11 a.m. March 23, Searsport United Methodist Church, 43 East Main St.; 548-2239.

Veazie – Noon-3 p.m. for individual prayer, March 21; 10:15 a.m. March 23; Sacred Song Sunday, 10:15 a.m. March 30, Veazie Congregational Church, 1404 State St., 947-8878.

West Brooksville – Palm Sunday/Passion Sunday 10 a.m. March 16; Good Friday noon March 21; Easter worship 7 a.m. March 23, West Brooksville Congregational Church, 1827 Coastal Road. Breakfast after the early service. Family Easter service at 10 a.m.