Easter services set at local churches
The following is the News-Review’s annual listing of Easter services hosted by local churches.
Aquebogue/Jamesport
Old Steeple Community Church
Friday, March 25: Good Friday worship, 7 p.m.
Sunday, March 27: Easter service, 10 a.m.
Our Redeemer Lutheran Church
Thursday, March 24: Maundy Thursday service with communion, 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.
Friday, March 25: Good Friday Tenebrae service, 6:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 27: Easter service, 9 a.m.
Riverhead
Sunday, March 27: Nondenominational sunrise service at Indian Island County Park, 7 a.m.
Baiting Hollow Congregational
Thursday, March 24: Holy Thursday service celebrating the Last Supper, 7 p.m.
Sunday, March 27: Sunrise service with communion, 6:30 a.m., followed by continental breakfast; Easter service, 10 a.m., followed by egg hunt at 11 a.m.
Church of the Harvest
Sunday, March 27: Easter service, 10 a.m.
First Baptist Church of Riverhead
Thursday, March 24: Washing of Feet and Holy Communion, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, March 25: Good Friday service, “Seven Last Words,” noon to 3 p.m.
Sunday, March 27: Sunrise service, 7 a.m.; Easter breakfast (ticket required), 8:30 a.m.; Easter service, 10:45 a.m.
First Congregational Church
Sunday, March 27: Sunrise communion service at Grangebel Park, 7 a.m.; Easter service, 10 a.m.
House of Praise
Friday, March 25: Good Friday service, noon.
Sunday, March 27: Easter service, 11:30 a.m.
Living Water Church
Friday, March 25: Good Friday service, 7 p.m.
Sunday, March 27: Easter services, 8:45 and 10:15 a.m.
North Shore Christian Church
Friday, March 25: Good Friday service, 7 p.m.
Saturday, March 26: Easter celebration, 7 p.m.
Sunday, March 27: Easter services, 8:30, 9:45 and 11 a.m.
Riverhead United Methodist Church
Thursday, March 24: Maundy Thursday service with seder, 7 p.m.
Friday, March 25: Church open for prayer and meditation with Stations of the Cross, noon to 3 p.m.; Good Friday service, 7 p.m.
Sunday, March 27: Easter service, 10 a.m.
St. John the Evangelist R.C. Church
Thursday, March 24: Mass of the Lord’s Supper, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, March 25: Good Friday service of the Lord’s Passion, 3 p.m.; Stations of the Cross and Veneration, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 26: Easter Vigil, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 27: Easter Masses, 7, 9 and 11 a.m.; Mass in Spanish, 7 p.m.
Flanders/Riverside
Calvary Baptist Church
Friday, March 25: Good Friday service, 7 p.m.
Saturday, March 26: Community Easter celebration for children and parents, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Sunday, March 27: SonRise service at South Jamesport Beach, 6:30 a.m.; Resurrection Sunday service, 11 a.m.
Flanders United Methodist Church
Sunday, March 27: Easter service, 9 a.m.
Friendship Baptist Church
Thursday, March 24: Maundy Thursday service, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, March 25: Good Friday service, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 27: SonRise service, 6 a.m.; Easter service, 10:45 a.m.; Youth ministry anniversary Resurrection Day celebration, 4 p.m.
Wading River
North Shore United Methodist Church
Thursday, March 24: Maundy Thursday service, 7 p.m.
Friday, March 25: Good Friday service, 7 p.m.
Sunday, March 27: Sunrise service, 8:30 a.m.; Easter service, 10 a.m.
Wading River Congregational Church
Thursday, March 24: Maundy Thursday service, 6 p.m.; family communion dinner, 7 p.m.
Friday, March 25: Good Friday evening prayer service, 7 p.m.
Sunday, March 27: Sunrise service, 7 a.m., followed by breakfast; Easter service, 10:30 a.m.
Photo Caption: Calvary crosses on display in front of Flanders United Methodist Church. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch)
