Easter at Lovell Church of Christ

LOVELL — Easter activities at the Lovell United Church of Christ have been announced.

A free program for children up to grade five, Egg-Citement, will take place from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, April 12. There will be crafts, snacks, games and an egg hunt.

The Palm Sunday worship service will be at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, April 13.

The Maundy Thursday service of Tenebrae will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 17.

The fourth annual Easter bake sale will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 19.

The Easter sunrise service will be held at 6 a.m. at the top of Hoss Hill Road.

The worship service will take place at 10:30 a.m.

Easter cantata at Thomas Memorial

LEWISTON — An Easter cantata, “The Day He Wore My Crown,” will be held at 6 p.m. Sunday, April 13, at Thomas Memorial Baptist Church, 62 Strawberry Ave.

The event features the “TMBC” choir.

Easter services, Phillips Church

PHILLIPS — The Phillips Community Church will have the following services for Easter.

Maundy Thursday, April 17: Worship and supper of fruit, cheese and breads at 5:30 p.m. at Phillips Community House.

Easter Sunday worship, April 20: 11:15 a.m. at the Phillips Community Church.

Live Stations in Spanish

PORTLAND — Live Stations of the Cross will be presented outside and spoken in Spanish at Sacred Heart/St. Dominic Parish on 65 Mellen Street on Good Friday, April 18, starting at 3 p.m. Featuring live actors, the stations will begin in the church and then move to the parking lot area.

The Stations of the Cross began as the practice of pious pilgrims traveling to Jerusalem to retrace the final journey of Jesus Christ to Calvary. Later, for the many that wanted to pass along the same route but could not make the trip to the Holy Land, a practice developed that eventually took the form of the 14 stations. It is one of the most important devotions honoring the passion of Jesus.

Sacred Heart/St. Dominic Parish is the home for the Diocesan Hispanic Ministry for the Greater Portland Area, and serves people from 12 Spanish-speaking countries, offering a variety of events like Spanish Bible Study, retreats and Spanish Mass each Sunday.

Sunrise Service, Rumford Methodist

RUMFORD — On Easter morning, Sunday, April 20, the Rumford United Methodist Church will host a Sunrise Service at 6 a.m. in the parking lot of the Mountain Valley Middle School.

Jim Robertson will lead the service with scriptures, music and a skit titled “The Lord Prayer’s Skit.”

There will be no breakfast following the service this year, but Pastor Dan Pearson of the Rumford First Baptist Church on Washington Avenue has invited people to attend their 8 a.m. breakfast.