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The Rockbridge Area Minister’s Alliance invites the public to the Community Easter Sunday Sunrise Worship Service on Sunday, April 9, at 7 a.m.
For the past few years, the Easter sunrise service had been cancelled because of the pandemic, but it’s back this year at First Baptist Church in downtown Lexington.
The Rev. Anita Mays Lucord, newly appointed pastor at Trinity United Methodist Church, will bring the message. Kelly Harris will provide the music.
Immediately following the worship service, a complimentary hot breakfast will be served in the downstairs fellowship hall.
For more information, call the Rev. McKinley A. Williams, chair of the alliance and pastor of First Baptist, at (540) 463-4854.
First Baptist
The Easter Sunday service at First Baptist Church in Lexington will be held at 11 a.m. with Pastor McKinley Williams preaching. Easter treats will be distributed to the children.
Oronoco
The Easter Sunday service at the Oronoco Church of the Brethren will begin at 8 a.m. with a carry-in breakfast.
The morning worship service will begin at 10 a.m.
Haines Chapel
Haines Chapel, at 2682 Tye River Turnpike, will host its old-time church and Easter sunrise service once again, beginning at 6:30 a.m. The service will begin in darkness, so those attending should bring a flashlight.
For more information, call (540) 460-1078 or send an email to earl.cash1@gmail. com.
The chapel is listed in U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
Timber Ridge
Timber Ridge Presbyterian Church will hold a Maundy Thursday service at 6 p.m.
On Easter Sunday, a sunrise service will be conducted at 7:30 a.m. outside the church, weather permitting, or inside the sanctuary if not. A light breakfast will be served after the sunrise service, followed by Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. and morning worship at 11.
Oxford
Presbyterian
For the first time in its 265year history, Oxford Presbyterian Church will celebrate Easter with a sunrise service on its knoll facing Short Hill.
The service, with music, meditation and simple, continental- style breakfast afterwards in the church hall, will begin outside the front doors of 143 Oxford Lane at 6:30 a.m., as God has scheduled sunrise for 6:51 that day.
The church traces its history back to 1758 when a Presbyterian Society was formed, and two years later an octagonal log building was constructed on the knoll where the current church stands that could also serve as a fort in case of Native American hostilities. In 1811, a stone church was built to replace the log building. The current church was built after the Civil War.
NB Christian
Fellowship
A “Sweet Celebration of Freedom” will be conducted Natural Bridge Christian Fellowship on Easter Sunday.
There will be one service at 11 a.m. followed by a “Sweet Celebration” for children and their families. The service will be held outside under a tent.
The children’s service will be held inside.
Life Chapel
Easter events at Life Chapel, 70 Hines Lane, start at 10 a.m. with the regular morning worship service that includes the adult service and a Kids Easter Jam.
Family activities, including a dinner, family pictures and Marshmallow Peep Olympics, begin after the regular service is concluded.
Visit lifechapelonline.com or call (540) 464-5433 for more information.
