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It is one of the reasons music is so important. It gives us a vehicle to express our joy as well as our sense of community.
At 4 p.m. Saturday, April 17, several of the various musical groups at United Christian Parish have chosen some of their favorite music to share in a free concert open to the community.
The concert will be about an hour long and feature the music of the praise band Wing & A Prayer, the Chancel Choir, Beaus & Belles (an English hand bell ensemble) and organist Mel Taylor.
There is no charge for the ticket but there will be a free will offering and a panoply of desserts available to take home from a silent auction.
For more information contact United Christian Parish at 707-263-4788.
United Christian Parish is located at 745 N. Brush St. in Lakeport.
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KELSEYVILLE – Galilee Lutheran Church invites the community to participate in the church's Holy Week services.
Maundy Thursday service will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 1, and Good Friday service will be held at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 2.
On Easter, which is Sunday, April 4, a sunrise service will be held at 6 a.m. at Clear Lake State Park, with breakfast at the church's community center to follow from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., and an egg hunt for children at 9 a.m.
The traditional Easter service will be held at 10 a.m. The church's congregation welcomes the community to join it in remembering Jesus' last days.
Interim Pastor Dennis Eucalyptus will deliver a sermon titled, “Easter, the big picture.”
Sunday school will be held at 9 a.m. for the children. Adult bible study also is at 9 a.m. and will be repeated at 11:30 a.m. with a continuation of the video “The New Testament” followed by discussion.
The church practices open communion. Everyone is welcome to come and receive communion.
Galilee Lutheran Church is located at 8860 Soda Bay Road, Kelseyville.
For more information or to view the church's calendar of events please visit their Web site at www.galileekelseyville.org .
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CLEARLAKE – The Clearlake Church of the Nazarene will begin its Easter Sunday celebration with a 7 a.m. early morning service outdoors before the cross.
A pancake breakfast will follow from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. prepared by the Women’s Ministry.
Special this year is a “Resurrection Egg” hunt for children from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. that will reveal the Easter Story.
Resurrection Sunday Celebration and Worship follows at 10:45 a.m. with Pastor Richard Bean.
All are welcome to join in this family event, Sunday April 4. The Clearlake Church of the Nazarene is located at 15917 Olympic Drive, at the intersection of Highway 53 and Olympic Drive, in Clearlake.
For more information call 707-994-4008.
The Clearlake Church of the Nazarene is a Christ-centered family church offering a variety of programs and ministries designed to help families thrive.
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LAKEPORT – On Sunday, March 28, Christians around the world will commence Holy Week with the observance of Palm Sunday, commemorating Christ’s triumphant entry into the city of Jerusalem, with rites that trace their origin to the Fourth Century.
At 10 a.m., the congregation of St. John’s Church, 1190 N. Forbes St., Lakeport, will begin this annual commemoration with the blessing of palm branches on the terrace in front of the parish hall and then process into the 110-year-old landmark church to the familiar strains of the hymn, “All Glory, Laud and Honor.”
Once inside the church, the mood of the service will shift from triumphant to somber with the retelling of the Passion of Christ according to St. Luke, in which the congregation will take an active part.
Fr. Leo M. Joseph O.S.F. will then offer a reflection on the Passion as a means to inspire people today to compassion for the continuing suffering of Christ in the persons of those who are enduring hunger, homelessness, torture, sickness and death in our present world. The passion and death of Jesus will then be relived sacramentally with the celebration of the Holy Eucharist, often called the Mass.
Maundy Thursday service will begin at 5:30 p.m., April 1, at St. John’s, with a Mass to commemorate the Last Supper of Jesus and his apostles.
The name “maundy” comes from the Latin word “mundatum” which begins the teaching of Jesus at the Last Supper: “A new commandment I give you that you love one another.”
Fr. Leo will then consecrate the bread and wine as the Body and Blood of Christ, following Jesus’ command to “Do this in remembrance of me.”
The service will conclude with the stripping of the altar, with the removal of all the altar cloths and ornaments from the sanctuary to symbolize the arrest of Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane.
At noon on April 2, St. John’s will host the annual Lake County Ecumenical Good Friday Service, which will be led by clergy from several local congregations. This service will include the reading of the Passion according to St. Mark, interspersed with the singing of familiar Good Friday hymns, prayers and reflections.
That evening at 5:30 p.m., the traditional Good Friday Service according to the Book of Common Prayer will be celebrated at St. John’s, which will begin with the reading of the Passion according to St. John, followed by the Solemn Prayers, the Veneration of the Cross, and the reception of Holy Communion. These beautiful rites are observed very much the same as they have been since Christian antiquity.
Holy Week culminates with the Festal Mass of Easter Sunday at 10 a.m. on April 4, celebrating Christ’s resurrection from the dead.
St. John’s Church, the presence and ministry of the Episcopal Church in Lake County since 1877, is grateful to be able to offer these traditional Holy Week Services to those who are looking for a prayerful and spiritual way to participate these transformative events that make present God’s infinite love.
All baptized Christians, who are at peace with God and their fellow human beings, are invited to receive Holy Communion at our altar, regardless of marital status, gender orientation or church affiliation.
For further information please call Fr. Leo Joseph at 707-349-6563.