Villadom Times Weekly Newpaper Online-April 8, 2009 Issue

April 8, 2009 THE VILLADOM TIMES IV • Page 17 Religious Notes Holy Cross announces services Holy Cross Lutheran Church will continue Holy Week with a Maundy Thursday service on April 9 at 7:30 p.m. At the end of the service, the church is laid bare waiting for the Good Friday reﬂection on April 10 at 7:30 p.m. Saturday is a day of fun for the children as the Sunday School of Holy Cross sponsors an Easter Egg Breakfast with the Easter Bunny in Fellowship Hall beginning at 9 a.m. followed by a puppet show at 9:45 a.m. and then an Easter Egg Hunt on the grounds of the church at 10 a.m. Tickets for the breakfast will be $10 for a family of four and $5 for each extra ticket. Call the church ofﬁce for tickets. On Easter Sunday, Holy Cross has an Easter Sunrise Service at 7 a.m. followed by Easter breakfast for everyone at 8:30 a.m. The Easter Traditional Lutheran Resurrection Service starts at 10:15 a.m. with special music and Holy Communion. Holy Cross Lutheran Church is a member of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod and is located at the corner of West Ramapo Avenue and Route 202 South in Mahwah. Call (201) 529-2117. The church is barrier-free. Redeemer celebrates the resurrection The Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in Ramsey will celebrate Easter Sunday with three special services on April 12. The Resurrection of Christ is ﬁrst proclaimed at the sunrise service at 6 a.m. at Redeemer Cemetery on Chapel Road in Mahwah. The sunrise service includes readings, hymns, a sermon, and prayers remembering all who have entered the heavenly kingdom in the 12 months since Easter 2008. All are invited to the outdoor service, and the continental breakfast that will follow. Festival Services of Holy Communion will be celebrated at 8:30 and at 10:30 a.m. at Redeemer Church. Each worship service will feature the lessons, a sermon and a children’s sermon, and special music with the Redeemer Adult Choir, trumpet and organ played by Director of Music Guy Dobson. Childcare is available at both services. All are invited to attend, and the church building is barrier free. The church is located at 55 Wyckoff Avenue in Ramsey. For more information contact the Rev. Dr. Carol Brighton at (201) 327-0148 or go to www.RedeemerRamsey.org. First Presbyterian offers meditative labyrinth First Presbyterian Church of Ramsey will be presenting a Meditative Labyrinth on Good Friday, April 10 from noon on in undercroft of the Historic Memorial Chapel. Audio meditations will be available. Entrance to the meditative labyrinth will be open to the public from noon until 7:15 p.m., and again from the end of the Tenebrae service as long as pilgrims wish to participate. Walking the labyrinth can take anywhere from 15 minutes to as long as any individual wishes to spend in quiet reﬂection. The audio guide is approximately 30 minutes in length. The chapel will be open for prayer and meditation beginning at noon. The church is located at 15 Shuart Lane and welcomes all to participate in the labyrinth. For more information call the church at (201) 327-3879. 555 Russell Ave., Wyckoff, NJ 07481 (just west of Rt. 208) 201-891-4595 • www.gumc.org Grace United Methodist Church “Experience Grace at Easter” �� The people of Grace invite you and your family to join with us in worship and fellowship this Easter season Thursday, April 9 at 12 noon • Service in our Chapel 8:00 - Communion and re-enactment of the Last Supper Friday, April 10 at 8:00 pm • Service of the Tenebrae HOLY THURSDAY SERVICES GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE �� EASTER DAY SERVICES • Sunday, April 12 at 9 am & 11 am Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors: The People of the United Methodist Church �� The LORD is risen! HOLY WEEK 2009 MORNING PRAYER 8:30am in Chapel 7:30pm - FEAST OF THE LORD’S SUPPER. Exposition and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament from 9:00pm to 8:00am in Chapel MORNING PRAYER 8:30am in Chapel 12:00pm - Family Stations of the Cross (outside-weather permitting) 3:00pm - LITURGY OF THE LORD’S PASSION AND DEATH. 7:30pm - Living Stations of the Cross in Church MORNING PRAYER 8:30am in Chapel 8:15pm - EASTER VIGIL MASS: Blessing of the New Fire and Baptismal Water. Welcoming of Victoria Solari and her son Matthew Solari into the Catholic Faith (NOTE: No 5:00pm Mass on Holy Saturday) �� HOLY THURSDAY, APRIL 9th BETHLEHEM LUTHERAN CHURCH 155 Linwood Ave., Ridgewood, NJ 07450 EASTER SERVICE SCHEDULE APRIL 12, 2009 �� EUCHARISTIC LITURGIES: 8:00am, 10:15am, 12:00 noon GOOD FRIDAY, APRIL 10th HOLY SATURDAY, APRIL 11th EASTER SUNDAY, APRIL 12th MONDAY, APRIL 13th No Daily Mass PLEASE JOIN US �� Church of the Nativity 315 Prospect Street, Midland Park 201-444-6362