Above: There are many options in town for readers looking to attend special Easter Services. (images edited from church websites and social media)
For many readers, Easter is about more than bunnies and baskets filled with candy.
I’m sharing details below on special services the churches in town are holding this week through Easter Sunday (April 20th).
Almost all of the parishes promote the United Parishes of Southborough’s annual Easter Sunrise Service. That takes place at Hopkinton State Park in the marina area at 6:30 am.
(The backup location in inclement weather is at First Community Church, 137 Southville Road.)
(For those unfamiliar, the United Parishes is a charitable religious organization serving the Southborough community that is through a partnership between First Community Church, Pilgrim Church, St. Anne Church, St. Mark, and St. Matthew Church.)
Now here is the information that each Southborough church has posted/shared about their individual services and celebrations over Holy Week.
First Community Church (website)
(A Protestant church)
- Maundy Thursday, 6:00 pm, starting in the vestry for a simple meal followed by a special service in the sanctuary
- Easter Sunday, 11:00 am in the sanctuary with music
Pilgrim Congregational Church (website)
(A congregation of the United Church of Christ)
- Maundy Thursday:
- Supper 6:00 – 7:15 pm in the Hall & Kitchen
- Service 7:30 – 8:15 pm in the Church Sanctuary
- Easter Sunday:
- 8:15 – 9:30 am – Easter Family Breakfast
- 10:00 – 11:00 am – Service
- 11:00 – 11:30 am – Easter Egg Hunt
St Anne’s Church (website)
(A Catholic parish)
- Holy Thursday, 7:30 pm
- Good Friday, 7:30 pm
- Holy Saturday, 7:30 pm – Easter Vigil
- Easter Sunday:
- 8:30 am Mass
- 10:30 am Mass
- No evening mass.
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church (website)
(An Episcopalian church)
- Maundy Thursday:
- 7:00 pm Liturgy with Foot Washing & Stripping of the Altar
8:00 pm – 12:00 am Praying at the altar of repose
- 7:00 pm Liturgy with Foot Washing & Stripping of the Altar
- Good Friday:
- 12:00 pm – Stations of the Cross
- 7:00 pm – Good Friday Liturgy
- Easter Sunday Services:
- 8:00 am – Spoken Holy Eucharist
- 9:00 am – Festival Eucharist with Organ, Choir and Trumpet (identical to 11:00 am service)
- 10:10 am – Children’s Easter Egg Hunt
- 11:00 am – Festival Eucharist with Organ, Choir and Trumpet (identical to 9:00 am service)
St. Matthew’s Church (website)
(A Catholic parish)
- Holy Thursday, March 28, 7:00 pm Mass of the Last Supper
- Good Friday, March 29:
- 11:00 am – Stations of the Cross – Youth Ministry
- 12:45 pm – Stations of the Cross – Children
- 3:00 pm – Stations of the Cross – Families
- 7:00 pm – Good Friday Service
- Holy Saturday, March 30, 7:00 pm – Easter Vigil Mass
- Easter Sunday, March 31:
- 7:30 am Mass
- 10:30 am Mass
- No evening mass.
Chinese Gospel Church
(A non-denominational Christian church) (website)
- Easter Sunday, Joint English, Mandarin, and Cantonese service (I couldn’t find a specified the time for this service, but regular Sunday worship times are 9:45 – 11:10 am)
