Some churches are planning a whole Holy Week slate of services and all will praise the Lord on Easter Sunday. Here’s a list of what some churches have planned to celebrate the holidays. We have also included links to the famous Flora-Bama Bunny Drop and Easter Egg Hunt on the beach.
FLORA-BAMA CHURCH
The Worship on the Water Easter Church Services will be on the beach behind the Flora-Bama with a Good Friday service at 6 p.m. on April 7 and two services on Easter Sunday, April 9, at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. Click here for more information on the Bama’s Easter Egg hunt and Easter Bunny sky dive on Saturday.
OASIS AND ORANGE BEACH COMMUNITY CHURCH
The Orange Beach Community Church and Oasis Church will be hosting “Easter at the Park” again this year. It is scheduled for April 8 at the waterfront kids park. We will have an Easter egg hunt, crafts, and face painting. It starts at 10 a.m. OBCC will have a Good Friday service on April 7at 6:30 p.m. and our Easter service will be on April 9 at 10:30 a.m. Oasis Church will have Easter Sunday service at 10 a.m.
ORANGE BEACH METHODIST CHURCH
OBUMC will start Holy Week with Palm Sunday services April 2 at 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., have a Holy Week Experience with the church’s Next Gen group on April 5 at 5:30 p.m. and Maundy Thursday Communion and Prayer Event two times during the day, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. and 5-6 p.m. On Good Friday, OBUMC will have a Tenebrae Service at 6:30 p.m. and Easter Sunday contemporary service at 9 a.m. and a traditional service at 10:30 a.m. There will be Kids Club Easter Services as well at 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. and an Easter egg hunt in the Brooks Center at 10 a.m.
OYSTER BAY BAPTIST
Oyster Bay will have an 8:45 a.m. Easter breakfast, 9:45 a.m. Sunday School and an 11 a.m. worship service.
HOLY SPIRIT EPISCOPAL CHURCH
On Palm Sunday, April 2, Holy Spirit will have a service at 10:30 a.m., a Maundy Thursday service April 6 at 6 p.m., a good Friday service April 7 with Stations of the Cross at 11:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. and with a services at noon and 6 p.m. Easter Sunday they will have services at 6 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
OUR LADY OF THE GULF
This Catholic church will have the mass of the last supper at 6 p.m. on April 6, stations of the cross at 3 p.m. and veneration of the cross at 6 p.m. on April 7, an Easter vigil mass at 7:30 p.m. on April 8 and two services on Easter Sunday at 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
FORWARD CHURCH
The Forward Church will be doing two Easter services on April 9, 8:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. at the CMX Movie Theater in Gulf Shores next to Target.
THE ISLAND CHURCH
The Island Church will have an Easter Egg hunt on April 1 at the Marina Lawn at The Wharf starting at 11 a.m. with the hunt at 11:30 a.m. Admission is free but some other activities will have costs like $5 pony rides ore $10 for face painting. Good Friday Service: 5:00 PM. Easter Services: 7:00, 8:15, 9:30 and 11:00 AM
GULF SHORES UNITED METHODIST
On Easter Sunday from 4-6 p.m. Gulf Shores United Methodist will have an Easter egg hunt. The event is open to the community.
THE POINT CHURCH
Holy Week
Maundy Thursday, April 6th-Service at 6pm
Good Friday, April 7th
Easter Sunday, April 9th
CENTRAL CHURCH ORANGE BEACH
We invite you, your family, and your friends to join us this Easter | April 9 | 6:30am Sunrise or 10am on the beach at The Gulf as we gather to celebrate the GOOD NEWS of Easter.
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