Easter church services Easter church services (March 27, 2002)

Menlo Park

Bethany Lutheran Church, 1095 Cloud Ave. Call 854-5897. Easter festival service at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, March 31. Children's Easter egg hunt after the service. Informal praise service at 6:15 p.m. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1105 Valparaiso Ave. Call 321-2118. Easter Sunday services: Valparaiso Ward sacrament meeting 9 a.m.; Menlo Park Ward sacrament meeting 11:30 a.m. Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Ave. Call 323-7914. Mass of the Lord's Supper, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 28. Devotional prayers, noon to 2 p.m., liturgical service 2 p.m. and stations of the cross, 7:30 p.m. Good Friday, March 29. Easter Vigil services 7:30 Saturday, March 30. Easter Sunday services at 8, 9:30 and 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. First Baptist Church of Menlo Park, 1100 Middle Ave. Call 323-8544. Maundy Thursday service at 7 p.m. March 28. Easter worship celebrations at 11 a.m. Latte bar at 9:30 a.m. Children's egg hunt at 10 a.m. and brunch at 10:30 a.m. Nursery care and children's activities provided during the service. Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 330 Ravenswood Ave. Call 326-2083. Potluck dinner, holy communion and foot washing, 5:30 p.m. Maundy Thursday, March 28. Good Friday liturgy and stations of the cross, noon to 3 p.m. March 29. Good Friday drama, 7:30 p.m. The great vigil of Easter 8 p.m. Saturday, March 30. Sunrise Eucharist in memorial garden 6 a.m. Easter Sunday, followed by festival choral Eucharist, Rite I, 8 a.m.; family service with Easter play 9:30 a.m.; festival choral Eucharist, Rite II, 10:30 a.m.; and contemporary Easter celebration 5 p.m. Menlo Park Presbyterian Church, 950 Santa Cruz Ave. Call 323-8600. Maundy Thursday service, 7:30 p.m., March 28, with holy communion. Good Friday service, 12:15 p.m., March 29. Easter services 5 and 6:30 p.m., Saturday, March 30, and 8, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday, March 31. St. Bede's Episcopal Church, 2659 Sand Hill Road. Call 854-6555. Maundy Thursday holy communion and foot washing noon and 7:15 p.m. Good Friday services at noon and 9 p.m. Holy Saturday, March 30, Great Vigil with baptism and Eucharist at 9 p.m. Easter Sunday, March 31, 8 a.m. Eucharist with hymns; 10:15 a.m. festal sung Eucharist. Easter egg hunts for all ages 11:30 a.m. St. Denis Catholic Church, 2250 Avy Ave. Call 854-5976. Holy Thursday, March 28, Mass 8 a.m.; Mass of the Lord's Supper, 7:30 p.m. Good Friday liturgy and holy communion 2 p.m. Holy Saturday, March 30, Easter Vigil Mass 5:30 p.m. Easter Sunday, March 31, Masses at 7:30, 9:30 and 11:30 a.m. St. Patrick's Seminary, 320 Middlefield Road. Call 325-5621. Services will be sung in Gregorian chant with Renaissance music by the St. Ann choir directed by Professor William Mahrt of the Stanford Department of Music. Holy Thursday, March 28, 7:30 p.m. Mass of the Lord's Supper, washing of feet and procession of the Blessed Sacrament, music of Byrd, Morales and Dufay. Good Friday, March 29, 5:30 p.m. liturgy. Chanting of the St. John Passion, adoration of the cross and holy communion. Music of Victoria. Easter Vigil, March 30, 11 p.m., lighting of new fire, solemn proclamation of Easter, the Prophecies, midnight Mass of the resurrection. Music of Palestrina, Ciconia and Lassus. St. Raymond Catholic Church, 1100 Santa Cruz Ave. Call 323-1755. Good Friday service, noon-3 p.m., March 29. Easter Vigil Mass, 8 p.m., Saturday, March 30, Easter Sunday Masses 8 and 10 a.m.
Portola Valley

Christ Episcopal Church, 815 Portola Road. Call 851-0224. Maundy Thursday service 7:30 p.m. March 28. Good Friday service noon March 29. Easter Sunday services 8 a.m. and family service 10 a.m. Ladera Community Church, 3300 Alpine Road, 854-5481. A choral tenebrae service Maundy Thursday at 8 p.m. On Good Friday, March 29, the church will be open for private prayer noon to 3 p.m. Easter sunrise service 5:40 a.m., March 31. Meet in parking lot to walk to hill. Breakfast will be served in Peabody Hall after the sunrise service. Regular Easter service at 9:30 a.m. featuring choral music with instruments. Our Lady of the Wayside, 930 Portola Road. Call 851-5085. Mass of the Lord's Supper, 7 p.m. Thursday, March 28. Stations of the cross noon Good Friday with liturgy and holy communion at 2 p.m. Easter Sunday Masses at 8:30 and 10 a.m. Valley Presbyterian Church, 945 Portola Road. Call 851-8282. Maundy Thursday, March 28, supper at 6 p.m., worship 7 p.m. Good Friday 7 p.m. worship service with choral presentation and liturgical dance. Easter Sunday, meet in church parking lot at 6:15 a.m. for off-campus sunrise service at 6:30 a.m. Pancake breakfast 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. in Lane Hall. Additional Easter services at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. (with Sunday school).
Woodside

Woodside Village Church, 3154 Woodside Road. Call 851-1587. Maundy Thursday service, March 28, 7 p.m. in the chapel. Good Friday service, March 29, noon to 3 p.m. in the sanctuary. Easter Sunday services at 8 a.m. and 10 a.m.