Variety of Lenten Services Offered

St. James Episcopal Church will offer Holy Eucharist services at noon Monday through Friday. A Maundy Thursday service will take place at 6 p.m.; reservations are required. Good Friday services will be as follows: 6:30 p.m., morning prayer; noon to 3 p.m., Homilies on Christ’s seven last words; 6 to 7 p.m., confession; and 7:30 p.m., Stations of the Cross with choir. The church is at 3209 Via Lido, Newport Beach. (714) 675-0210.

Fullerton First Baptist Church will present the musical drama “Every Tongue Confess” at 6:30 p.m. Sunday. One Voice and the Coronation Choir will be featured. The church is at 212 E. Wilshire Ave., Fullerton. (714) 526-2265.

Good Friday Communion services will be offered from noon to 1 p.m. at Vineyard Newport Beach. Child care will be provided. The church is at 102 E. Baker St., Costa Mesa. (714) 556-8463.

“The Last Words,” a drama based on the seven last words of Christ from the cross, will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Maundy Thursday at the First Presbyterian Church of Westminster. The church is at 7702 Westminster Blvd., Westminster. (714) 893-1393.

St. Clement’s By-the-Sea Episcopal Church will have its Church Women Spring Boutique from 10 a.m. to noon today. Handcrafted items, plants and flowers and more will be available. The church is at 202 Avenida Aragon, San Clemente. (714) 492-3401.

Richard L. Deming will give a Benefit Piano Recital at 4 p.m. Sunday at Morningside Presbyterian Church. Deming is a professor of chemistry at Cal State Fullerton. A freewill offering will be taken. The church is at 1201 E. Dorothy Lane, Fullerton. (714) 871-7072.

A Purim Festival and potluck dinner will take place at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at Temple Isaiah of Newport Beach. A masquerade for all ages, with a prize for best costume, will be featured. There will also be singing and dancing. A freewill offering will be taken. The temple is at 2401 Irvine Ave., Newport Beach. (714) 548-6900.

Holy week at Messiah Lutheran Church of Yorba Linda will begin with Palm Sunday services at 8:30, 10 and 11 a.m. A Maundy Thursday service will take place at 7:30 p.m. and a Good Friday service will be at 7:30 p.m. The church is at 4861 Liverpool St., Yorba Linda. (714) 582-0920.

A Maundy Thursday Holy Communion will take place at 7 p.m. at Christ Lutheran Church. A Good Friday Tenebrae will be offered at 7 p.m. The church offers a Lenten service at 7 p.m. every Wednesday, preceded by a dinner at 6 p.m. The church is at 820 W. Imperial Highway, Brea. (714) 529-2984.

Chabad Chai Center will offer a Megillah reading at 7:15 p.m. tonight and at 9 a.m. Sunday. The Sunday service will be followed by a bagel and lox breakfast. The Chai Center is at 33 Creek Road, No. 320, Irvine. (714) 786-5001.

An egg-dyeing event for children will take place at 11:30 a.m. Sunday at Saint Michael and All Angels Episcopal Parish Church. The egg hunt will follow at 11:30 Easter Sunday at the United Methodist Church next to St. Michael’s. St. Michael’s is at 3233 Pacific View Drive, Corona del Mar. (714) 644-0463.

The Easter drama, “He is Alive,” will be presented at 6 p.m. Sunday at Stadium Vineyard Church. The drama will highlight the lives of Christ’s disciples. The church is at 1531 S. Sinclair St., Anaheim. (714) 9937-5111.

An interfaith breakfast and meeting will be held from 7:45 to 9:30 a.m. Monday at Temple Beth David. Representatives from Huntington Beach, Westminster and Fountain Valley will meet to discuss issues in the religious community. The temple is at 6100 Hefley St., Westminster. (714) 892-6623.

A Purim Carnival will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday at Temple Beth Tikvah. Food from “Mordecai’s Cafe” will be featured. There will also be clowns, a magician, karaoke, games and more. The temple is at 1600 N. Acacia Ave., Fullerton. (714) 8713535.

Pastor David Mitchell will give the message “What Would You Do if You Had One Week to Live?” at 8:45 and 10:30 a.m. Palm Sunday at Calvary Church of Santa Ana. A Good Friday service will be offered from noon to 12:45 p.m., with a Communion service at 7 p.m. The church is at 1010 N. Tustin Ave., Santa Ana. (714) 973-4800.

Palm Sunday services will be offered at 9 and 10:15 a.m. to begin Holy Week at the First United Methodist Church of Huntington Beach. A Maundy Thursday service will be offered at 7 p.m. and a Good Friday service, with six other Huntington Beach churches, will take place at 7 p.m. The church is at 2721 Delaware St., Huntington Beach. (714) 536-3537.

A Palm Sunday “New Traditions” service, with a procession of palms led by the Chancel Choir, will be given at 9:30 a.m. at Christ Church by the Sea, United Methodist. A “Sunday Night Alive” celebration, with Pastor Dave Lehmberg giving the message “The Triumphant Entry,” will take place at 5:30 p.m. The church is at 1400 W. Balboa Blvd., Newport Beach. (714) 673-3805.

The Rev. Norman F. McFarland, Bishop of Orange, will bless palms and celebrate mass at 11:15 a.m. Palm Sunday at Holy Family Cathedral. At 4 p.m. the church will make a Blessed Sacrament procession through the streets of Santa Ana. At 6 p.m. Monday some 200 priests from Orange County will celebrate a Chrism Mass to renew their priestly promises. A Maunday Thursday service will be at 7 p.m. and Good Friday services will be at noon and 1:15 p.m. The church is at 566 S. Glassell St., Orange. Information: (714) 497-3151.

The Anaheim Mormon Chorale will present the Easter Concert “Jesus Once of Humble Birth” at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The church is at 441 S. Fairmont Blvd., Anaheim Hills. (714) 692-0504.

A Palm Sunday Processional will occur during the 8:30 and 11 a.m. services at Faith Lutheran Church. A Maundy Thursday Communion service, with music by the Chancel Choir, will take place at 7 p.m. A Good Friday service will be at 7 p.m. The church is at 8200 Ellis Ave., Huntington Beach. (714)962-5571.

A Maundy Thursday service will take place at 7 p.m. at Bethlehem Lutheran Church. There will be a Good Friday service at 7 p.m. The church is at 3352 Katella Ave., Los Alamitos. (310) 430-3444.

The fifth annual Pageant of the Cross will take place at 5 p.m. Palm Sunday at St. Edward Catholic Church. The program will include readings, meditation, music and more. Another presentation will be offered at 6:30 p.m. Good Friday. The church is at 33926 Calle La Primavera, Dana Point. (714) 496-1572.

The Rev. Weldon H. Leimer will lead a Tenebrae service at 12:15 p.m. Good Friday at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in the Chapel of the Cross. A service will also be offered at 7:30 p.m. in the sanctuary. The church is at 4321 Cerritos Ave., Cypress. (714) 527-7225.

Handel’s Messiah, Parts II and III, will be presented at 6:15 and 8:30 p.m. Good Friday at the First Evangelical Free Church of Fullerton. Care for children through age 5 will be provided. The church is at 2801 N. Brea Blvd., Fullerton. (714) 529-5544.

Congregation Adat Israel/Chabad of West Orange County will celebrate Purim with a Megillah Reading and costume party at 7:45 p.m. tonight in the Hebrew Academy Auditorium. Purim services are at 8 and 8:30 p.m. Sunday and Purim party begins 3:30 p.m. at Adat Israel. Reservations are required. The Hebrew Academy is at 14401 Willow Ave., Westminster. Adat Israel is at 5052 Warner Ave., Huntington Beach. (714) 846-2285.

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