Bluffton congregations have several special services planned for Easter week. In addition, the Bluffton Area Ministerial Association’s Good Friday Procession of the Cross takes place.

Here is the schedule of Easter week church services. Churches with information missing from this schedule may e-mail details to: [email protected].

Procession of the cross
According to Rev. Jeremy Mann, pastor of Emmanuel United Church of Christ and president of the Bluffton Area Ministerial Association, the Good Friday plans follow:

Procession of the cross begins at 11:30 a.m. at English Lutheran Church and will process to each BAMA church and will conclude at St. Mary’s Catholic Church at noon for a community Good Friday service.

Bluffton Presbyterian Church
Maundy Thursday
7 p.m. - Service
Sunday
8 a.m. – Easter breakfast
9:30 a.m. – Kid’s egg hunt
10:15 a.m. – Worship service

Ebenezer Mennonite Church
Sunday
8:30 a.m. - Easter worship service
9 a.m. – Continental breakfast
10:15 a.m. – Easter worship service

Emmanuel United Church of Christ
Maundy Thursday
6:30 p.m. – Emmanuel UCC joins St. John’s UCC, for worship and communion
Sunday
Worship service

English Lutheran Church
Maundy Thursday
7 p.m. – Worship with communion
Sunday
7:30 a.m. – Easter sunrise service with communion
8:45 a.m. – Fellowship brunch
10 a.m. – Easter worship with communion

First Mennonite Church
Maundy Thursday
Evening song and prayer service with communion, 6:30 p.m.
Sunday
9:15 a.m. – Easter brunch, no Sunday school
10:30 a.m. – Worship service
12:05 p.m. – Potluck lunch

First United Methodist
Sunday
10:30 a.m. – Worship

Mt. Cory United Methodist – Pleasant View United Methodist
Maundy Thursday
7 p.m. – Service at Pleasant View for Mt. Cory UM and Rawson New Hope UM
Sunday
7 a.m. – Easter sunrise service, Bethel Family Life Center, breakfast follows; regular Sunday school and worship services follow at each church.

St. John’s United Church of Christ
Maundy Thursday
6:30 p.m. – Emmanuel UCC joins St. John’s UCC, for worship and communion
Sunday
10:30 a.m. – Worship service and communion

St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Maundy Thursday
7 p.m. – Mass
11 p.m. – Adoration
Good Friday
7 p.m. – Worship service
Saturday
8:30 p.m. – Easter vigil
Sunday
8 a.m. – Mass
10 a.m.  - Mass

Trinity Lutheran Church, Jenera
Maundy Thursday
7 p.m. – Worship service
Good Friday
7 p.m. – Worship service