November 07, 2024
Religion

Holy Week services

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. John’s Catholic Church, 207 York St.

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

Bangor – Easter service 10 a.m. March 23; humor service 10 a.m. March 30, Unitarian Universalist Society of Bangor, 120 Park St.; 947-7009.

Belfast – Good Friday service 7 p.m. Belfast United Methodist Church on Mill Lane; Easter service 6 a.m. Steamboat Landing near boathouse next to former MBNA Park; 338-5575.

Castine – The Rev. Mark Worth, recently returned from the Philippines, on “The Land of Hope and Resurrections” during Easter service at 10:30 a.m. March 23, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Castine, 1790 Meeting House on town common.

Cutler – Easter Sunday evening breakfast 5 p.m. with church service afterward at 6 p.m., Cutler United Methodist Church; 259-2121.

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.

Dover-Foxcroft – Church of the Nazarene Sunrise Easter service 6:30 a.m. March 23, on Macomber’s Hill, Dexter Road, just above the church.

Eastport – Ecumenical Good Friday Tenebrae service 6 p.m. March 21, St. Joseph Church; 726-3905 or 853-2825.

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

Frankfort – Maundy Thursday service of Tenebrae 7 p.m. March 20; Good Friday noon-3 p.m. March 21 for prayer; 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 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 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 by the Rev. Richard Bell 6 p.m. March 23, Mars Hill Full Gospel Assembly, 9 Maple St.; 425-6661.

Milford – Maundy Thursday potluck supper followed by Communion and service of Tenebrae 6 p.m. March 20; Easter service 9 a.m. March 23, First Congregational Church of Milford, 126 Main Road.

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

North Searsport – 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 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 – 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 20-21, 7:30 p.m. March 22 and 8:30 a.m. March 23 at St. Agnes Parish, 238 Detroit St.; 564-2842.

Pittsfield – Sunrise Easter service 6:30 a.m., followed by 7 a.m. breakfast; Easter service 10 a.m. March 23, First Congregational Church, 132 Somerset Ave.; 487-6947.

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 and more than 100 countries; 800-543-5046 or visit www.cnvs.org.

Searsmont – Easter services 9 a.m. March 23, Searsmont United Methodist Church, Route 131; 785-4114.

Searsport – Good Friday service noon-3 p.m. March 21; Good Friday service 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.

Union – Soup and study on “Why Did Jesus Have to Die?” 6 p.m. March 19; Maundy Thursday 6:30 p.m. March 20; Good Friday 6:30 p.m.; Easter service 10:30 a.m. March 23, People’s United Methodist Church, Depot Street; 785-4114.

Union – Community sunrise Easter service 6:30 a.m. March 23, Union Masonic Hall, outside weather permitting, located on Sennebec Road, a mile north off Route 17.

Veazie – Individual prayer noon-3 p.m. March 21 and 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 – 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.


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