Services at area houses of worship in the week preceding Easter 2019.
Addison
ADDISON COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH. All are welcome for an Easter breakfast at 9 a.m., with special treats for the kids. RSVP to Pastor Steve at [email protected]. Worship following at 10:30 a.m.
WEST ADDISON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. Sunday, April 21, 9 a.m., Easter service. All are welcome.
Brandon
ST. THOMAS AND GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Easter Service, Sunday, April 21, one service only, 9 a.m.
BRANDON CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. Easter service, April 21, 10 a.m.
FURNACE BROOK WESLEYAN CHURCH. Easter Sunday Service, Sunday, April 21, 11 a.m. This service at the Brandon location (11 Center St.) is specifically designed for those who may feel uncomfortable in more formal church settings.
LIFEBRIDGE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Good Friday service, Friday, April 19, 7 p.m.; Easter Sunday service, Sunday, April 21, 9:30 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. with Sunday Funday children’s program during both services. Visit at lbccvt.com/celebrate-easter for details.
OUR LADY OF GOOD HELP (ST. MARY’S). Holy Thursday Mass, April 18, 7 p.m. Good Friday service, April 19, 7 p.m. Holy Saturday Easter Vigil, April 20, 8 p.m. Easter Sunday Mass, April 21, 11 a.m.
Bridport
HOPE COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP. Sunday, April 21, 10:30 a.m., Easter worship service with pot luck to follow, Bridport Community Hall.
ST. BERNADETTE CATHOLIC CHURCH.Easter Sunday, April 21, 11 a.m.
Bristol
BRISTOL CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP. Sunday, April 21, 7 a.m. Easter sunrise service, Downingsville Rd, Lincoln.; 8 a.m., Easter breakfast, Rockydale Rd., Bristol; 9 a.m., Easter worship service, Rockydale Rd.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF BRISTOL. Maundy Thursday Communion service, April 18, 7 p.m. Good Friday, April 19, noon, ecumenical service at St. AmbroseCatholic Church followed by Soup lunch and Hot Cross buns. Easter Sunday, April 21, 6:30 a.m., sunrise service Gove Hill in Lincoln followed by breakfast at the First Baptist Church; 10:15 a.m., Easter service with special music.
ST. AMBROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH.Holy Thursday Mass, 7 p.m., Thursday, April 18; Good Friday Ecumenical Service, Friday, April 19, noon, and Passion fo the Lord, 7 p.m.; Easter vigil, Saturday, April 20, 8 p.m. at St. Peter’s in Vergennes; Easter Mass, Sunday, April 21, 8 a.m.
Charlotte
CHARLOTTE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.Thursday, April 18, Maundy Thursday, foot washing 6:15 p.m., service 7 p.m., Thursday, April 18, 8 p.m.-Friday, April 19, 3 p.m., Holy Vigil; Friday, April 19, Stations of the Cross, 4 p.m.; Saturday, April 20, 1 p.m. Easter egg hunt. Sunday, April 1, 5:30 a.m., Easter sunrise service; 9 a.m., early Easterservice; 11 a.m., late Easter service with holy communion.
East Middlebury
VALLEY BIBLE CHURCH. Sunday,April 21, 8:30 a.m., early Easter service; 9:30 a.m., Easter breakfast and egg hunt; 10:45 a.m., Easter Sunday service.
Ferrisburgh
FERRISBURGH CENTER COMMUNITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.Ecumenical Good Friday service, Friday, April 19, 4 p.m., with ministers from five different denominations; Sunday, April 21, 9 a.m., Easter service. All are welcome.
NORTH FERRISBURGH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. Good Friday, April 19, 4 p.m., at Ferrisburgh Center Church. Easter Sunday, April 21, 5:45 a.m., sunrise service in North Ferrisburgh United Methodist Church pavillion followed by a pancake breakfast; 10 a.m., Easter service in sanctuary.
Lincoln
THE UNITED CHURCH OF LINCOLN.Maundy Thursday, Thursday, April 18, 6 p.m.; Easter Sunrise Service on Gove Hill, Sunday, April 21 6:30 a.m.; (call United Church of Lincoln (453-4280) for details) followed by breakfast at Burnham Hall; Easter Service at 9:45 a.m.
Middlebury
CHAMPLAIN VALLEY UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY. Sunday, April 21, 10 a.m., worship service with special guest composer and classical guitarist Sam Guarnaccio to share excerpts from his “Emergent Universe Oratorio.”
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF MIDDLEBURY. 18, Maundy Thursday, soup and bread in Unity Hall, 6 p.m., service, 7 p.m. Easter Sunday, April 21, 10 a.m. service in Sanctuary.
GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH. Sunday, April 21, 10 a.m., music event and free supper to follow in lower level of church.
MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH. Thursday-Friday, April 18-19, 7 a.m., 30 minute devotional, Fellowship Hall. Maundy-Thursday Service, April 18, 7 p.m. Sunday, April 21; Easter sunrise service 6:30 a.m., Grice Farm, Halpin Rd.; Easter worship, 10 a.m.
MIDDLEBURY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. Maundy Thursday, April 18, 6 p.m. Ecumenical Good Friday service Friday, April 19, noon, at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church. Easter Sunday, April 21, 6 a.m., sunrise service at Middlebury College’s Youngman Field; Easter worship, 11 a.m.
ST. MARY’S ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN.Holy Thursday: April 18, Mass of the Lord’s Supper, 7 p.m. Good Friday: April 19, Celebration of the Lord’s Passion, 3 p.m.; Stations of the Cross, 7 p.m. Easter: Holy Saturday, April 20, Easter Vigil, 7 p.m.; Easter Sunday, April 21, 8 a.m and 9:30 a.m.
ST. STEPHEN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Thursday, April 18, 7 p.m., Maundy Thursday service with foot washing. Friday, April 19, noon, ecumenical Good Friday liturgy; 7 p.m., Good Friday Liturgy. Saturday, April 20, 7 p.m., Easter vigil. Sunday, April 21, 8 a.m., Easter Service Holy Communion; 10:30 a.m., Easter Service, Holy Communion, Easter Crafts for children.
Monkton
MONKTON FRIENDS METHODIST CHURCH. Easter Sunday, April 21, 8:45 a.m.
Panton
PANTON COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH. Friday, April 19, 7 p.m., Good Friday service. Sunday, April 21, 10:30 a.m., Easter service.
New Haven
NEW HAVEN UNITED REFORMED CHURCH.Good Friday service, 7 p.m., Friday, April 19. Easter service, 10 a.m. and 7 p.m., Sunday, April 21.
Salisbury
SALISBURY UCC CHURCH. Easter service Sunday, April 21, 10 a.m., with Flowering of the Cross.
Shoreham
SHOREHAM CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. Easter Sunday, April 21, 10 a.m.
ST. GENEVIEVE CATHOLIC CHURCH.The 11 a.m. Easter Sunday Mass will be held at St. Bernadette’s in Bridport.
Vergennes
CHAMPLAIN VALLEY CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH. Good Friday Service, Friday, April 19, 7 p.m. Easter Service, Sunday, April 21, 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.
ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Maundy Thursday, April 18, Footwashing, Eucharist, Stripping of the Altar at 7 p.m. Good Friday, April 19, Proper Liturgy of Good Friday at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 20, The Great Vigil of Easter at 8 p.m. Easter Day, April 21, Eucharist at 8 and 10 a.m.
ST. PETER’S CATHOLIC CHURCH. Holy Thursday Mass, Thursday, April 18, 7 p.m. at St. Ambrose in Bristol; Good Friday, April 19, 3 p.m., Stations of the Cross with Communion & Veneration of the Cross; Easter Vigil, Saturday, April 20, at 8 p.m.; Easter Sunday, Sunday, April 21, 10:30 a.m.
VERGENNES CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.Maundy Thursday, April 18, special evening last supper service, 7:00 p.m. Easter Sunday, April 21, 9:30 a.m., Easter celebration and flowering of the cross.
VERGENNES UNITED METHODISTCHURCH. Maundy Thursday, April 18, pot luck supper at 6 p.m., worship at 7 p.m. Sunday, April 21, 10:30 a.m., Easter service. All are welcome.
VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Eggcelent egg hunt, April 20, 10 a.m. Easter Sunday, April 21, 7:30 a.m., early service followed by breakfast; 11 a.m., Easter Worship. No evening service on Easter Sunday.