The following churches have announced special services for Holy Week celebrations, beginning Thursday:
Trevorton United Methodist Church
Maundy Thursday/Holy Thursday service will be held at the church, on Shamokin Street, Trevorton, at 7 p.m. Thursday evening. Good Friday services will be held at 7 p.m. Friday.
Church Pastor The Rev. Al Schell Jr. will preside over both services and the public is invited to attend.
Salem UCC
Rev. Jean Eckrod, pastor of Salem United Church of Christ, 1300 W. Pine St., Coal Township, will lead Maundy Thursday services at the church at 7 p.m. Thursday. Holy Communion will be celebrated.
Assisting Eckrod in the service will be Grace Stank, lay leader; Carolyn Weaver, organist; Judie Zabawsky, choir director and accompanist; Salem choir, anthem; Brian Williams, lighting/sound; Helen Martin and Suzzette Steinhart, greeters; Ken Staner, Corinne Foltz and Earl and Lori Foura, ushers.
Bethel Union Chapel
With Pastor Dane Butler celebrating, Bethel Union Church, 3449 Upper Road, West Cameron, will hold its Good Friday service at 2 p.m. Friday.
On Easter Sunday, Sonrise service will be held at 6:30 a.m. Sunday with special music by Dan Clark. Easter service will be at 9:30 a.m. with Holy Communion celebrated and special music by Kerry Seger. There will be no evening service.
Grace Lutheran, Shamokin, St. Paul Lutheran, Gowen City
Grace Lutheran Church, West Chestnut Street, Shamokin, and St. Paul Lutheran Church, Gowen City, will hold joint services during Holy Week. The Rev. David M. Byerly, is pastor for both congregations.
A joint Maundy Thursday service of Word and Sacrament will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday at Grace Lutheran. Walter Boyer will be organist and Charlene Pell is choir director.
Participants in the service are Ron Weller, worship assistant; Austin Joraskie, acolyte/crucifer; St. Paul members, communion bearers; Beverly Deitz, altar care, and Jeffrey Clutcher, Bill Hoffa, Ron Polastre, James Shingara and Robert Weaver, ushers.
The service will conclude with the stripping of the altar in preparation of Good Friday.
The two congregations will observe Good Friday with a joint service at 7 p.m. Friday in St. Paul Lutheran Church, Gowen City. The solemn service will focus on Christ's passion and death on the cross. Walter Boyer is organist, Claire Bonshock is lector and Brianna Bonshock is acolyte/crucifer.
A joint sunrise service will be held on Easter morning in St. Paul Cemetery, Gowen City, beginning at 6:30 a.m. If it is raining, the service will be held in St. Paul Lutheran Church. Coffee and donuts will be served in the social hall of St. Paul Lutheran Church following the service.
St. Paul Lutheran will hold its regular Sunday service on Easter at 8:15 a.m. The Easter service of Word and Sacrament will be held at Grace Lutheran, Shamokin, at 10:15 a.m.
The public is invited to attend all of the Holy Week services.