Religion Calendar

HOLY WEEK EVENTS

Christ Episcopal Church, 509 Scott St., will have Holy Eucharist at 8 and 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. with compline at 6:45 p.m. Sunday; Holy Eucharist at 12:05 p.m. Monday-Wednesday; Holy Eucharist at 5:30 and 7 p.m. Thursday; Good Friday liturgy and reading of the Passion at noon, Way of the Cross at 12:45 p.m. and Children’s Way of the Cross at 4 p.m. Friday; and Eucharist of Easter at 8 p.m. with reception afterward Saturday. Holy Eucharist will be held at 8, 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m., and Great Paschal Vespers at 6:45 p.m. April 1. Child care available Thursday, Saturday and April 1. (501) 375-2342.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Stake Center, 1101 NE McCollum Drive, Bentonville, will host a free presentation of “Musical Celebration of the Divine Life of Jesus Christ” as a prelude to Easter Sunday from 7-9:30 p.m. Friday. (479) 636-1442.

Faith United Methodist Church, 9820 W. Markham St., will have Spring Fling from 10:30 a.m.-noon March 31, including an egg hunt and lunch, activities and games. Free admission. (501) 225-4286.

First Lutheran Church, 314 E. Eighth St., will have a Maundy Thursday Communion service at 7 p.m. Thursday and a Service of Darkness at 7 p.m. Friday. (501) 372-1023.

First United Methodist Church, 723 Center St., will have Palm Sunday services at 9 and 11 a.m. and a Palm Parade at 10:40 a.m. Sunday, Holy Communion at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, a service at noon Friday; and Easter service at in Cokesbury Center at 9 a.m. and in the Sanctuary at 11 a.m. April 1.

The church will also host an Easter festival for all ages from noon to 2 p.m. March 31 at Terry House, 411 E. Seventh St. Activities will include a bounce house, face painting, Easter egg hunt, door prizes for adults, photo booth and music. Reservations, fumclr.org/registrations or (501) 372-2256.

Greater Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church, 600 E. 24th St., will have its 137th anniversary service at 2:30 p.m. Sunday with speaker Charles Caradine. The theme is “Pressing Forward.” (501) 372-0670.

Henderson United Methodist Church, 13000 W. Baseline Road, will have a Community Egg Hunt for children up to age 11 at 6 p.m. Wednesday, with meal at 5:30 p.m. (501) 455-2209.

Mount Sequoyah Center, 150 N. Skyline Drive, Fayetteville, will hold its annual Easter Sunrise service at 6:30 a.m. April 1 at the center’s Vesper Point outdoor chapel with Clint Schnekloth, Amanda Stokes and Amy Coonfield. Beverages will be served. (479) 443-4531.

Park Hill Presbyterian Church, 3250 John F. Kennedy Blvd., North Little Rock, will have a Palm Sunday service at 11 a.m. (with Easter egg hunt and picnic lunch after) and an installation service and reception for its new pastor, Marie Mainard O’Connell, at 2:30 p.m. Sunday; a Maundy Thursday Supper Service in Steen Hall at 6 p.m. Thursday; a Tenebrae service at 6 p.m. Friday; and a breakfast at 9:30 and 11 a.m. Easter service April 1. Children need to have their own baskets for the egg hunt. Reservations for events involving a meal, (501) 753-9533.

Quinn Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, 8520 Miller Road, will have a Good Friday service at 6 p.m. Friday. (501) 455-3844.

Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church, 1000 N. Mississippi St., will have a Tenebrae service at 5 p.m. Sunday and Eucharist at 5:30 p.m. in the chapel Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Procession of Palms and Eucharist at 8 and 10:30 a.m. Monday, will observe Maundy Thursday at 5 p.m. Thursday and hold a Holy Baptism with incense at 6:30 p.m. Saturday. lovesaintmarks.org or (501) 225-4203.

Second Presbyterian Church, 600 Pleasant Valley Drive, will have Palm Sunday/Passion Sunday services at 8:30, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday; Maundy Thursday service at 6 p.m. Thursday in Second Hall. RSVP at karinhowze@secondpreslr.org or (501) 227-0000; Good Friday service at 7 p.m. Friday in the Sanctuary; and Easter services at 8:30, 9:30 and 11 a.m. April 1. (501) 227-0000.

Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 310 W. 17th St., for its Holy Week will have Palm Sunday services at 7:30, 9 and 11:15 a.m. and vespers at 4 p.m. Sunday (child care from 8:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.); Holy Eucharist with J. Russell Snapp at 12:15 p.m. Monday, Larry Benfield at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday and Christoph Keller at 5:15 p.m. Wednesday (child care provided from 5-7:30 p.m. and no formation classes Wednesday); Eucharist at 7 p.m. Thursday; Good Friday liturgy at 12:15 p.m. (child care provided) and 7 p.m. Friday (no child care). trinitylittlerock.org or (501) 372-0294.

Trinity Lutheran Church, 3802 N. Olive St., North Little Rock, will have services at 5:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday and at 6:30 p.m. March 31. (501) 753-6824.

Trinity Presbyterian Church, 4501 Rahling Road, will host a production of Lloyd Larson’s Who Do You Say That I Am? at 10:30 a.m. Sunday and a traditional Passover Seder demonstration in the sanctuary at 6 p.m. Thursday. Organ and piano music will be played in the sanctuary at noon Friday. TrinityPresLR.com or (501) 868-5848.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Holly Grove African Methodist Episcopal Church, 7007 Hankins Road, North Little Rock, will have its annual Fish Fry and Bake Sale from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. today. $10/person. (501) 425-4431.

Let Go and Let God Deliverance Church, 4204 MacArthur Drive, North Little Rock, will celebrate its fourth anniversary at 4 p.m. Sunday with J. Marie Phillips. (501) 478-3059.

Little Rock West Assembly of God, 16403 LaMarche Drive, will have a Gospel concert at 7 p.m. today with New Reason, The Kinsmen and the Spencer Trio; a love offering will be collected during the service. The church will also have a Spring Revival at 6 p.m. Sunday with Terry Newman, at 7 p.m. Monday with Dwayne Maynard, at 7 p.m. Tuesday with Tony Minick and at 7 p.m. Wednesday with Paul Doherty. littlerockwestassembly.com or (501) 868-5000.

Miles Memorial Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, 1804 E. Capitol Ave., will dedicate the Richard F. Stokes Educational Wing at 3 p.m. Sunday with guest Henry Williams. (501) 791-6868.

Mount Zion Baptist Church, 908 Cross St., will host Spring Revival 2018 at 7 p.m. April 4-6 hosted by John Wesley Smith Jr. with guest D.L. Richardson. (501) 374-5832 or (501) 374-3993.

Second Presbyterian Church, 600 Pleasant Valley Drive, will hold the conference Earth Care Gathering from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today. Breakout sessions include “The Science of Climate Change,” “Industrial Agriculture vs. the Common Good — Update on the Hog Farm in the Buffalo River Watershed” and “Net-Zero Homes and Electrical Vehicles.” Registration is $15 at arkansasipl.com. (501) 772-9906.

St. John Missionary Baptist Church, 1920 E. Sixth St., will celebrate the eighth anniversary of its pastor, C.B. Robinson, at 3 p.m. Sunday with guest Willie Buchanan. (501) 772-2710 or (501) 374-8833.

St. Peter African Methodist Episcopal Church, 102 C.D. Willis Drive, McGehee, will hold Benevolence Day at 3 p.m. Sunday. (870) 575-3619.

Jeff Price will preside over a Blessing of the Animals at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 4501 Rahling Road, from 2-4 p.m. today at the church’s McConkie Pavilion. All pets are welcome (please keep on leashes or in crates), and refreshments for pets and owners will be provided. For animals that cannot be transported, photographs can be blessed. (501) 868-5848.

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