Houses of Worship Offering a Full Plate of Easter Services

Spirituality in the new millennium will be the topic at the third annual “Interfaith National Day of Prayer” gathering in Orange County on Friday.

Father Rafael Luevano, chairman of the Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs Commission of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange, will deliver the keynote address for the breakfast gathering.

The event, sponsored by the Newport Mesa Irvine Interfaith Council, begins at 7:15 a.m. at the Orange County Airport Hilton in Irvine.

More than 250 clergy from some 30 faiths, community and business leaders are expected to attend.

Tickets are $17.50. Reservations and information: (949) 660-8665, Ext. 3.

Easter Sunday Events

Donn Moomaw, former senior pastor of Bel-Air Presbyterian Church, will give the message “Stones Easter Rolls Away” at 6 p.m. Easter Sunday at Forest Lawn Memorial-Park. Spiritual leaders John Gutting, Charles Hughes and Warren Thomson will also take part in the service. Forest Lawn is at 4471 Lincoln Ave., Cypress. (323) 340-4744.

Easter Sunday will be celebrated at 8, 9:30 and 11 a.m. at Laguna Presbyterian Church. The Junior Bells will play at the 8 a.m. worship service and the Senior Bells will play the other services. The church is at 415 Forest Ave., Laguna Beach. (949) 494-7555.

St. Mark Presbyterian Church will offer services at 9:30 and 11:15 a.m. Easter Sunday. One Great Hour of Sharing will be received. The church is at 2100 Mar Vista Drive, Newport Beach. (949) 644-1341.

St. Andrew Church will offer Easter Sunday services with Holy Communion at 8, 9 and 11 a.m. The church is at 4050 Katella Ave., Suite 101, Los Alamitos. (562) 594-8706.

St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church will host Easter Sunday services at 7 a.m. in Spanish and at 9 a.m. in English. The church is at 1510 N. Parton St., Santa Ana. (714) 542-6781

Fullerton First United Methodist Church will offer Easter Sunday services at 6 a.m. in Hillcrest Park on North Lemon Street, and at 10 a.m. in the church sanctuary. The Aldersgate Chorale will perform. The church is at 114 N. Pomona Ave., Fullerton. (714) 871-4115.

Pastor Glen Miller will speak on “In What Would You Be Caught Dead?” at 8 and 11 a.m. Easter Sunday at Placentia United Methodist Church. The church is at 2050 N. Valencia Ave., Placentia. (714) 528-1483.

The Rev. Kass Kssouni will give the message “I Have Seen the Lord!” at 5 p.m. today and at 8, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Easter Sunday at Geneva Presbyterian Church of Laguna Hills. The church is at 24301 El Toro Road, Laguna Hills. (949) 837-2323.

South Shores Church will have Easter Sunday services at 7, 8:15, 9:30 and 11 a.m. The church is at 32712 Crown Valley Parkway, Dana Point. (949) 496-9331.

Christ Our Redeemer AME Church will offer Easter Sunday services at 6 and 11 a.m. at UC Irvine in the Social Science Plaza Building. International gospel recording artists Ricky Grundy, Shirley Massie and the COR Chorale will sing. Breakfast will be served at 9 a.m. www.corchurch.org.

Laguna Niguel Presbyterian Church will offer Easter Sunday services at 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. There will be an Easter egg hunt at 9:45 a.m. The church is at 30071 Ivy Glenn, Laguna Niguel. (949) 249-1218.

Redeemer Lutheran Church will host Easter Sunday services at 6:30, 8 and 11 a.m. The church is at 16351 Springdale St., Huntington Beach. (714) 846-6330.

Easter Sunday services will take place at 8, 9:30 and 11 a.m at Trinity United Presbyterian Church. The church is at 13922 N. Prospect Ave., Santa Ana. (714) 544-6837.

The Garden Church of Anaheim Hills will offer Easter Sunday services at 6 and 10 a.m. The church is at 8712 E. Santa Ana Canyon Road, Anaheim Hills. (714) 282-1899.

Mariners South Coast Church will host Easter services at 8, 9:45 and 11:30 a.m. Easter Sunday. A 150-voice Easter choir and 20-piece orchestra will perform. The church is at 5001 Newport Coast Drive, Irvine. (949) 854-7600.

The Crystal Cathedral will feature the Revs. Robert H. and Robert A. Schuller leading Easter services at 6, 8, 9, 10 and 11 a.m., noon and 1 and 6 p.m. The church is at 12141 Lewis St., Garden Grove. (714) 971-4000.

Easter Sunday “Festival Choral Eucharist” services will take place at 8 and 10 a.m. at St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Parish Church. The church is at 3233 Pacific View Drive, Corona del Mar. (949) 644-0463.

United Methodist Church of Garden Grove will host an Easter sunrise service at 6:30 a.m. Easter Sunday at the church’s Festival Amphitheatre. The church is at 12741 Main St., Garden Grove. (714) 534-1070.

Easter Sunday services will be offered at 8, 9:15 and 11 a.m. at St. Matthew Ecumenical Old Catholic Church. The church is at 1111 Town and Country Road, Orange. (714) 647-1007.

St. John’s Episcopal Church and School will offer Easter Sunday services at 8 and 10 a.m. The church is at 30382 Via Con Dios, Rancho Santa Margarita. (949) 858-5144.

Easter Sunday services, featuring the Rev. Tod Bolsinger speaking on “The Power of the Lamb,” will take place at 8:30, 9:45 and 11 a.m. at San Clemente Presbyterian Church. The church is at 119 Avenida de la Estrella. (949) 492-6158.

St. Margaret of Scotland Episcopal Church will offer Easter Sunday services at 7:45, 9:30 and 11:15 a.m. The church is at 31641 La Novia, San Juan Capistrano. (949) 661-0110.

Easter Sunday services will take place at 8, 9:30 and 11 p.m. at Red Hill Lutheran Church. The church is at 13200 Red Hill Ave., Tustin. (714) 544-3131.

The Salvation Army Tustin Ranch Church will offer Easter Sunday services at 7:30 and 10:30 a.m. There will be a community breakfast at 9:30 a.m. The church is at 10200 Pioneer Road, Tustin. (714) 832-7100.

The Liberty Baptist Choir will present the Easter musical “Then Came the Morning . . . “ at 7 p.m. Good Friday and at 6 p.m. Easter Sunday at Liberty Baptist Church. An Easter morning breakfast buffet will be served at 9:45 a.m., followed by a service at 11 a.m. The church is at 5108 Bonita Canyon Road, Irvine. (949) 854-9000. https://www.libertybaptistchurch.org.

Calvary Baptist Church will offer Easter Sunday services at 6 a.m. at the Santiago Canyon College parking lot and at 8:45 and 10:30 a.m. in the worship center. The church is at 1524 W. 1st St., Santa Ana. (714) 543-8211.

The Rev. Chris Schriner will give the message “Earth’s Rebirth: Easter as if the Whole World Mattered” at 10:30 a.m. Easter Sunday at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Laguna Beach. A “Pathways of Understanding” program will be offered from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Wednesday. The center is at 429 Cypress Drive, Laguna Beach. (949) 497-4568.

Trinity Lutheran Church will offer an Easter Sunday breakfast at 7:30 a.m. The church is at 902 S. Broadway, Santa Ana. (714) 997-7867.

First Congregational Church of Santa Ana will host Easter Sunday services at 10 a.m. There will be a pancake breakfast at 8:30 a.m. The church is at 2555 N. Santiago Ave., Santa Ana. (714) 639-0311.

Central Baptist Church will present a musical celebration of Christ’s resurrection at 6 p.m. Easter Sunday. The event will feature the church’s adult choir and orchestra. The church is at 7661 Warner Ave., Huntington Beach. (714) 848-5511.

Rock Harbor Church will host a community “Resurrection Weekend” at 9 and 11 a.m Easter Sunday at the Orange County Fairgrounds, 88 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa. The event will be led by pastor Keith Page. (949) 548-2600. www.rockharbor.org.

The worship drama group of Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church will present Easter Sunday services at 6:30, 8:30 and 10:15 a.m. The church is at 11600 Los Alamitos Blvd., Los Alamitos. (562) 493-2553.

The Rev. Karen Stoyanoff will lead a “Celebrate Spring” Intergenerational Easter service at 10:30 a.m. Easter Sunday at Orange Coast Unitarian Universalist Church. An Easter egg hunt will follow. The church is at 1259 Victoria St., Costa Mesa. (949) 646-4652.

An Easter Sunday sunrise service will begin at 6:30 p.m. Additional services will be at 8, 9:15 and 10:45 a.m. and noon at Coast Hills Community Church. The church is at 5 Pursuit, Aliso Viejo. (949) 362-0079, www.coasthillsresources.com.

Tod D. Brown, Roman Catholic bishop of Orange, will lead an Easter Stational Mass at 9:30 a.m. Easter Sunday at Holy Family Cathedral. The church is at 566 S. Glassel St., Orange. (714) 639-2900.

Pastor Margaret Duttera of Christ Lutheran Baptist Church will give the message “New Life in Christ Every Day” during services at 6 and 8 a.m. Easter Sunday at North Beach, San Clemente (at the foot of Avenue Pico). An additional service will take place at 10:30 a.m. at the church. The church is at 820 W. Imperial Highway, Brea. (714) 529-2984.

Bethel Baptist Church will present the Easter Cantata “When All is Said and Done” at 10:30 a.m. Easter Sunday. The Bethel Baptist Church choir and drama team will perform. The church is at 901 S. Euclid St., Santa Ana. (714) 839-3600.

Easter Sunday services will take place at 7:45 and 9:45 a.m. at Mount Calvary Lutheran Church. The church is at 5895 Ball Road, Cypress. (714) 527-6311.

An Easter Sunday service will take place at 10 a.m. at Neighborhood Congregational Church. The church is at 340 St. Ann’s Drive, Laguna Beach. (949) 494-8061.

Easter Sunday services will occur at 6:30, 8:30 and 10 a.m. at St. Andrew Church. The church is at 4050 Katella Ave., Suite 101, Los Alamitos. (562) 594-8706.

Pastor David Monge, who will be installed at 9:15 a.m. April 30, will preach during Easter Sunday services at 6:30 and 9:15 a.m. at Newport Harbor Lutheran Church. The Church is at 798 Dover Drive, Newport Beach. (949) 548-3631.

The Rev. James E. Bodman will give the message “How Did the Easter Faith Arise?” at 10:30 Easter Sunday at Unitarian Church of Orange County. The church is at 511 S. Harbor Blvd., Anaheim. (714) 758-1050.

Other Events

Bill Dyment will give the talk “Excuse Me, But Did We Just Have a Date?” as part of the Relationship Seminar at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church. Cost is $5. The church is at 600 St. Andrews Road, Newport Beach. (949) 574-2214.

The Caldicot Male Voice Choir will be in concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Covenant Presbyterian Church. The group is on its third U.S. tour. The church is at 1855 N. Orange-Olive Road, Orange. (714) 998-6650.

The Center for Spiritual Development in collaboration with the St. Joseph Health System will present “The Sacred Dimensions of Health Care: Companions on the Journey” from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 29 in the multipurpose room. The center is at 434 S. Batavia St., Orange. (714) 744-3175.

South Shores Church will present LaRue in concert at 7 p.m. today. Tickets are $12 at the door. The church is at 32712 Crown Valley Parkway, Dana Point. (949) 489-1918.

Orange County Friends Meeting gathers at 10 a.m. Sundays. The event is an un-programmed Quaker meeting. The group meets at 117 W. 4th St., Santa Ana, Suite 200. (714) 836-6355.

The Rev. Suzanne T. Black will lead a “Spring Renewal Ceremony” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday at the Unitarian Universalist Church of South County. The event will be an intergenerational celebration of the rites and rituals of spring from religions around the world. The church is at 25801 Obrero Drive, No. 7, Mission Viejo. (949) 581-0245.

Father Gerald P. Ruane will speak on “Jesus Lives! Jesus Heals!” at 7:15 p.m. Monday at St. Angela Merici Catholic Church. The event is part of a healing Mass for those suffering from physical, emotional or spiritual illness. The church is at 585 S. Walnut, Brea. (7140 525-1774.

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