December 20, 2024
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Holy Week events slated at churches

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 – Maundy Thursday, 7 p.m. March 20; Good Friday liturgies, noon and 7 p.m. March 21; Holy Saturday prayers 9 a.m. and Great Vigil of Easter, 7 p.m. March 22; Easter Sunday Eucharists, 8 and 10 a.m. March 23, St. John’s Episcopal Church, 225 French St.; 947-0156.

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 Catholic Church, 207 York St.

Bangor – Holy Thursday 7 p.m. March 20; Good Friday 7 p.m. March 21; Easter Vigil 7:45 p.m. Saturday March 22; Easter Sunday 9 and 11 a.m., St. Mary Catholic Church, 768 Ohio 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 – Eucharist and vigil watch Maundy Thursday, 7 p.m. March 20; Great Vigil of Easter 7 p.m. March 22; Easter Festival Eucharist 8 and 10:15 a.m. March 23, St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church, 95 Court St.; 338-2412.

Brewer – Maundy Thursday (foot washing) 7 p.m. March 20; Good Friday Stations of the Cross noon-1:30 p.m. and liturgy 7 p.m. March 21; Easter celebration 10 a.m. March 23, St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church, North Main and 21 Holyoke streets.

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: 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 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 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.

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

Robbinston – Sunrise Easter Service including choirs from Dennysville and Perry Congregational churches, 7 a.m. March 23, Sewall Memorial Congregational Church, 558 U.S. Route 1, followed by light brunch; 726-3905.

Searsport – 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.

Surry – Good Friday Service, 5:30 p.m. March 21, Surry United Methodist Church, Route 172, Surry; 667-9689.

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.

Correction: A shorter version of this listing ran in the State and Cpastal editions.

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