Area churches announce Holy Week, Easter services
The following is a list of Holy Week services announced by area churches:
AMHERST
First Congregational Church, 165 Main St.
March 24, 10:30 a.m., Palm/Passion Sunday, worship with communion
March 27, 7 p.m., A service of foot washing
March 28, 6 p.m., Simple supper in the Dining Room; 7 p.m., Maundy Thursday service with communion
March 29, noon, Good Friday ecumenical service in Amherst Grace Episcopal Church
March 31, 10:30 a.m., Easter celebrative worship with communion, followed by an Easter egg hunt for children
Grace Episcopal Church, 14 Boltwood Ave.
March 24, 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday
March 25, 7 p.m., Holy Eucharist
March 26, 7 p.m., Holy Eucharist
March 27, 12:10 p.m., Holy Eucharist with healing prayer
March 28, 7 p.m., Maundy Thursday, Holy Eucharist, foot washing and Reservation of Blessed Sacrament
March 29, noon, Good Friday ecumenical service, 7 p.m. Good Friday liturgy
March 30, 9 a.m., Easter vigil liturgy of the Great Sabbath; 8 p.m., service
March 31, 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Easter Sunday
ASHFIELD
St. John’s Episcopal Church, Main and South streets
March 23, 7 p.m. Service
March 24, 10 a.m., Palm Sunday service
March 28, 7 p.m., Maundy Thursday observed
March 29, 7 p.m., Good Friday, Holy Communion, egg hunt
DEERFIELD
First Church of Deerfield, 71 Old Main St.
March 28, 7 p.m., Maundy Thursday service of communion and Tenebrae
March 31, 10 a.m., Easter services, music with Montreal soloist Tracy Smith Bessette. Children are welcome but there will be no Sunday School
EASTHAMPTON
Easthampton Congregational Church, 112 Main St.
March 24, 10 a.m., Palm Sunday Service
March 28, 7 p.m., Maundy Thursday Service
March 31, 6:30 a.m., Easter Sunrise Service at Molitoris Orchards, Park Hill Road; 10 am Easter Service
Envision Easthampton, 150 Pleasant St., Paragon Arts & Industry Building
March 31, 10:30 a.m., Easter Service instead of its usual 3 p.m. service time
Our Lady of the Valley, 33 Adams St.
March 22, 6:30 p.m. Stations of the Cross
March 23, 4 p.m. and 5:30 p.m., Palm Sunday Masses
March 24, 7:15 a.m., 8:30 a.m., 11 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., Palm Sunday Masses
March 26, 7 p.m., Tuesday Tenebrae service
March 28, 7 p.m., Holy Thursday Mass
March 29, 3 p.m. and 7 p.m., Good Friday services
March 30, 8 p.m. Holy Saturday services
March 31, 7 a.m., 8:30 a.m., 11 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Easter Sunday services
St. Philips Episcopal Church, 128 Main St.
March 24, 8 a.m. and 10 a.m., Palm Sunday, reading of the Passion narrative and blessing and distribution of palms
March 28, 7 p.m., Maundy Thursday, Eucharist, foot washing, stripping of the altar
March 29, noon, Good Friday prayer service
March 30, 7 p.m., Easter vigil and first Easter Eucharist, followed by alleluia! refreshments
March 31, 10 a.m., Feast of the Resurrection choral eucharist with trumpet, trombone and timpani
GRANBY
Church of Christ Congregational, 235 State St.
March 24, 10 a.m., Palm Sunday service
March 31, 7 a.m., Easter sunrise service; 10 a.m., regular Easter service
HADLEY
First Congregational Church, 102 Middle St.
March 24, 10 a.m., Palm Sunday service
March 28, 6 p.m., Maundy Thursday dinner; 7 p.m., worship service
March 31, 6 a.m., Easter sunrise service; 10 a.m., Easter Sunday service
Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, 120 Russell St. (Route 9)
March 24, 8 a.m., and 10:30 a.m. Palm Sunday
March 28, 7 p.m., Holy Thursday
March 29, 3 p.m., Stations of the cross; 7 p.m., Veneration
March 30, 11 a.m., Holy Saturday blessing of Easter food; 8 p.m., Easter vigil
March 31, 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Easter Sunday
Wesley United Methodist Church, 98 North Maple St.
March 28, 7 p.m., Maundy Thursday Service
March 29, 7 p.m., Good Friday, A Service of Shadows (Tenebrae)
March 31, 6:34 a.m., Easter sunrise service, 10 a.m. celebration of Easter
HATFIELD
First Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, Main Street
March 24, 10 a.m., Palm Sunday service
March 28, 7 p.m., Maundy Thursday service
March 31, 6:15 a.m., Easter sunrise service, Mountain Road, North Hatfield; 10 a.m., Easter service
HOLYOKE
Hampshire Community Church, Pilsudski Park, 200 County Road
March 28, 6:30 p.m., Good Friday services
March 31, 10 a.m., Easter service
HUNTINGTON
Pioneer Valley Assembly of God, 63 Old Chester Road
March 29, 7 p.m., Good Friday Service. A community service with six other Hilltown churches: Chester First Congregational Church, Chester Cornerstone Christian Church, Huntington First Congregational Church, Huntington Evangelical Church, Russell Community Church, Montgomery Community Church. Offerings accepted for the Huntington Food Pantry
March 31, 6:45 a.m., Easter Sunrise service, joint service with Huntington Evangelical Church on Littleville Dam, Huntington. Rain location is Huntington Evangelical Church; 10:30 a.m., Easter service
LEVERETT
Leverett Congregational Church, 4 Montague Road
March 24, 10 a.m., Palm Sunday, a traditional service with music and palms handed out in remembrance
March 28, 7 p.m., Maundy Thursday service to remember the Last Supper, with readings and communion
March 31, 6:30 a.m., Easter at sunrise, service of celebration held in the stone sculptured Emerson Garden beside the church (or inside if raining). A complimentary breakfast follows at 7 a.m. in Leverett Town Hall
March 31, 10 a.m., Easter Sunday service, music and readings. Child care provided.
NORTHAMPTON
Annunciation Chapel, 87 Beacon St., Florence
March 29, 3 p.m, Good Friday stations of the cross
March 31, 9:30 a.m., Easter Sunday Mass
Edwards Church, 297 Main St.
March 24, 8:30 a.m., Palm Sunday, annual youth pancake breakfast; 10 a.m., worship service with the reading of the Passion
March 28, 7 p.m., Maundy Thursday service of Tenebrae
March 29, 12:30 p.m., Good Friday music and meditation
March 31, 6:20 a.m. Easter Sunday sunrise service at Westhampton Congregational United Church of Christ, 1 Tob Hill Road
Florence Congregational Church, 130 Pine St., Florence
March 24, 10 a.m., Palm Sunday Service
March 28, 7 p.m., Maundy Thursday Service
March 31, 7:30 a.m., Easter breakfast; 10 a.m., Easter worship service
Hampshire Jail and House of Correction, 205 Rocky Hill Road
March 31, 6 a.m., ecumenical Easter sunrise service
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, 99 King St.
March 25, 7:30 a.m., Daily Mass Blessed Sacrament
March 26, 7:30 a.m., Daily Mass Blessed Sacrament
March 27, 7:30 a.m., Daily Mass Blessed Sacrament
March 28, 7:30 a.m., Liturgy of the Hours Blessed Sacrament; 7 p.m., Mass of the Lord’s Supper
March 29, 7:30 a.m., Liturgy of the Hours Blessed Sacrament; 7 p.m., celebration of the Lord’s Passion and death
March 30, 7:30 a.m., liturgy of the Hours Blessed Sacrament; 10:30 a.m., blessing of food; 7:30 p.m., Easter vigil
March 31, 8 a.m. and 11 a.m., Easter Sunday Mass
St. John’s Episcopal Church, 48 Elm St.
March 24, 8 a.m., Palm Sunday Holy Eucharist and Liturgy of the Palms; 9 a.m., Palm Parade begins at Pulaski Park; 10 a.m., Holy Eucharist and Liturgy of the Palms
March 27, 12:15 p.m., Holy Eucharist and prayers for healing
March 28, 7 p.m., Maundy Thursday, A Journey to Calvary and Holy Eucharist; 9 p.m. to 11 a.m., all-night vigil
March 29, 5 p.m., Good Friday stations of the cross; 7 p.m., Good Friday Passion and meditation
March 31, 8 a.m., Easter traditional quiet eucharist; 10 a.m., traditional celebration with eucharist
St. Valentine’s Polish National Catholic Church, 127 King St.
March 24, 9:30 a.m., Palm Sunday Holy Mass blessing and distribution of palms and procession
March 27, 7 p.m., Holy Wednesday Gorzkie Zale (Bitter Lamentations)
March 28, 7 p.m., Maundy Thursday Holy Mass
March 29, 7 p.m., Good Friday, solemn service of the Lord’s Passion and death
March 30, 7 p.m., Holy Saturday, Liturgy (Blessing of Fire and Water); noon, blessing of Easter food and liturgy
March 31, 6 a.m., Easter Sunday procession and Holy Mass of Resurrection
SOUTH DEERFIELD
Holy Name of Jesus Church, 15 Thayer St.
March 24, 9 a.m., Palm Sunday Blessing of the palms, liturgy
March 27, 7 p.m., Holy Wednesday Penitential Services
March 28, 6 p.m., Holy Thursday Mass
March 29, 4 p.m., Good Friday Youth Stations of the Cross; 7 p.m., Mass of the Pre-Sanctified
March 30, 8 a.m., Holy Saturday, the liturgy of the blessing of fire and water and the reading of the prophecies; 5 p.m., Easter foods will be blessed in the homes of parishioners by invitation and again at church
March 31, 9 a.m., Easter Sunday, the resurrection liturgy, eucharistic procession to the four corners of the church, Holy Mass and a children’s Easter activity
South Deerfield Congregational Church, 71 N. Main St.
March 24, 10 a.m., Palm Sunday Service
March 28, 7:30 p.m., Maundy Thursday Holy Mass, Tenebrae
March 29, noon, Good Friday service, prayer and meditation
March 31, 10 a.m., Easter Service of the Resurrection
SOUTH HADLEY
Congregational Church of South Hadley Falls, 11 North Main St.
March 25, 10 a.m., Palm Sunday worship, procession with palm branches
March 29, noon, Good Friday service
March 31, 10 a.m., Easter Sunday worship service with communion
SOUTHAMPTON
First Congregational Church of Southampton, 210 College Highway
March 24, 10 a.m., Palm/Passion Sunday service, Easter egg hunt
March 28, 7 p.m., Maundy Thursday Service with Tenebrae and communion
March 31, 6:15 a.m., Easter sunrise service and communion on the hill just behind the church, pancake breakfast to follow service; 10 a.m., service in the sanctuary
SUNDERLAND
The First Congregational Church of Sunderland, 91 South Main St.
March 24, 10a.m., Palm Sunday service
March 25, 7 p.m., Ecumenical Lenten Discussion Series
March 28, 7 p.m., Tenebrae and Maundy Thursday order of worship, the Sacrament of Holy Communion
March 31, 10 a.m., Easter Sunday worship
WILLIAMSBURG
First Congregational Church, 4 North Main St.
March 24, 10 a.m., Palm Sunday parade in the church
March 28, 7 p.m., Maundy Thursday service, communion and Tennebrae
March 29, noon to 3 p.m., the church will be open for Good Friday meditation
March 31, 6:40 a.m., sunrise service in the Village Hill Cemetery; 10 a.m., Easter celebration
Haydenville Congregational Church, 143 Main St.
March 24, 10 a.m., worship service, sixth Sunday of Lent, sanctuary
March 28, 7 p.m., Maundy Thursday service, sanctuary
March 29, noon to 3 p.m., Good Friday, silent meditation, sanctuary
March 31, 10 a.m., worship service, seventh Sunday of Lent, sanctuary
Our Lady of the Hills Parish, 173 Main St.
March 28, 7 p.m., Mass Of The Lord’s Supper
March 29, 3 p.m., Stations Of The Cross-Outdoors; 7 p.m., Good Friday Services In Church; 8 p.m., The Easter Vigil
March 31, 8 a.m. and 10:15 a.m., Easter Sunday Mass of the Resurrection of the Lord
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