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Easter Sunrise Services

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Compiled by Times researcher NONA YATES

Here are some of the sunrise services being held around the Southland on Easter:

BUENA PARK: Knott’s Berry Farm, (714) 671-1121. Sponsored by Orange County Southern Baptist Assn. Gerald Dacus will speak. 6 a.m.

COVINA: Forest Lawn Memorial-Park, (213) 254-3131. Sponsored by Covina Chamber of Commerce, Covina and West Covina Ministerial Assns. Lawrence Witherspoon, minister and director of Campus Ministries, Azusa Pacific University, will speak. 6 a.m.

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CYPRESS: Forest Lawn Memorial-Park, forecourt of the Ascension Mosaic, (213) 254-3131. Sponsored by Greater Buena Park and North Orange County Area Churches. Wayne Kraiss, president, Southern California College, Costa Mesa, will speak. 6 a.m.

GARDEN GROVE: Crystal Cathedral, (714) 971-4000. Sponsored by the Crystal Cathedral. Bruce Larson, co-pastor, will speak. 6 a.m.

GARDEN GROVE: United Methodist Church of Garden Grove, amphitheater, (714) 534-1070. Sponsored by United Methodist Church. The Rev. Ronnie Roberts will speak. 6 a.m.

GLENDALE: Forest Lawn Memorial-Park, Hall of the Crucifixion-Resurrection, with services conducted in Spanish, (213) 254-3131. Sponsored by the Hispanic Baptist Churches of the American Southwest. The Rev. Jose Rene Cedillos, Hispanic Church of the Valley, Phoenix, will speak. 6 a.m.

HOLLYWOOD: Forest Lawn Memorial-Park, Hollywood Hills, forecourt of the Birth of Liberty Mosaic, (213) 254-3131. Sponsored by the Burbank Ministerial Assn. Ted Engstrom, president emeritus of World Vision International, will speak. 6 a.m.

HOLLYWOOD: Hollywood Bowl, (213) 850-2000. Sponsored by Hollywood Bowl Easter Sunrise Service Inc. Speakers will be Kenneth Ulmer, Faithful Central Missionary Baptist Church; Frank Richelieu, Redondo Beach Church of Religious Science; Father Paul Ojibwa, Catholic Archdiocese. 5:30 a.m.

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LONG BEACH: Forest Lawn Memorial-Park, forecourt of the Paradise Mosaic, (213) 254-3131. Sponsored by the South Coast Ecumenical Council, Long Beach Ministerial Assn. and Lakewood Cluster of Churches. The Most Rev. Carl A. Fisher, Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop of Los Angeles, will speak. 6 a.m.

LOS ANGELES: Angelus Temple, (213) 484-1100. Sponsored by Angelus Temple and West Adams Church of the Harvest Foursquare Church. The Rev. Clarence McClendon, pastor, Harvest Church, will speak. 6:30 a.m.

LOS ANGELES: Brookins AME Church, (213) 296-5610. Sponsored by Brookins AME Church. The Rev. T. Larry Kirkland Sr. will speak. 6 a.m.

LOS ANGELES: First AME Church, (213) 735-1251. Sponsored by First AME Church. The Rev. Cecil Murray will speak. 6 a.m.

LOS ANGELES: Griffith Park, observatory steps, (213) 665-8818. Sponsored by the Metropolitan Community Churches. The Rev. Marianne Van Fossen will speak. 7 a.m.

MARINA DEL REY: Burton Chace Park, (310) 398-9710. Sponsored by the Marina del Rey Evangelical Ministerial Assn. Pastor Hal Hooker, Culver City Church of God, will speak. 6 a.m.

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MOJAVE: Red Rock Canyon State Park, (805) 824-4238. Sponsored by the Red Rock Canyon Easter Sunrise Service Assn. Pastor Paul Vogler will speak. 6 a.m.

RANCHO PALOS VERDES: Wayfarer’s Chapel, amphitheater, (310) 377-1650. Sponsored by the Wayfarer’s Chapel. The Rev. Harvey Tafel, senior minister, will speak. 6 a.m.

RIVERSIDE: Mt. Rubidoux, (800) 321-5746. No vehicle traffic; participants must walk to site. Sponsored by KSGN radio. Bill Crews, president, Golden West Theological Seminary, San Francisco, will speak. 6:30 a.m.

SANTA MONICA: Santa Monica Pier, (310) 451-1303. Sponsored by the Westside Ecumenical Conference. The Rev. David McAllister, Gateway Christian Church, will speak. 6:30 a.m.

SUNLAND-TUJUNGA: Mt. McGroarty, near cross, (818) 352-4857. Sponsored by the Sunland-Tujunga Kiwanis. The Rev. Glen Haworth, Tujunga United Methodist Church, will speak. 6 a.m.

VAL VERDE: Val Verde Park, (805) 257-2871. Sponsored by the Val Verde Civic Assn. David Miner will speak. 6 a.m.

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WHITTIER: Rose Hills Memorial Park, (310) 692-1212, Ext. 325. Sponsored by Whittier Area Churches. Pastor Steven Newman, Plymouth Congregational Church of Whittier, will speak. 6 a.m.

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