Easter Sunday falls on March 27 this year, and it is quickly approaching! Several churches in the area will be hosting special services for the holiday.
Hugoton’s Agape Church, at 409 E. Ninth, will be having their regular services and invites everyone to come worship at 10:30 a.m. Sunday morning. The
Assembly of God will be hosting “Unstoppable” at a special service Saturday evening at 6:00 p.m. at 138 S. Main. If you can’t make it then, make sure to attend Sunday morning at 10:45 a.m. Afterward, there will be an Easter egg hunt for the kids. You can bring your favorite Easter basket or a bag will be provided.
Bethel Friends Church will have their annual Sunrise Service at the old Bethel site at 7:30 a.m. Sunday. There will be a breakfast afterward at the church building at Eleventh and Jefferson at 8:30 a.m. in lieu of Sunday school. They will then have regular services at 10:30 a.m. Sunday morning. The First Church of God announced they will have an Easter egg hunt for the kids at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, March 26 at their building at 801 West City Limits.
Lone Star Friends Church, located 14 miles east of Hugoton on Highway 51, will be having a Sunrise Service at 7:30 a.m. followed by a carry-in breakfast at 8:30 a.m. They will host an Easter egg hunt at 9:30 a.m. and then have worship services at 10:00 a.m. Sovereign Redeemer Church announced they will have a Good Friday Communion service March 25 at 7:00 p.m. They will also have a Sunrise Service at 7:00 a.m. Easter morning, followed by their regular worship service at 10:30 a.m. Sovereign Redeemer is located two miles west of Hugoton on Highway 51.
Hugoton’s United Methodist Church at 828 S. Main will have a Maundy Thursday service at 7:00 p.m. March 24. They will also have a Sunrise Service at 7:00 a.m. Sunday morning in the sanctuary, with regular worship at 11:00 a.m. There will also be an Easter egg hunt for the kids at 12:00 noon. Kids can bring an Easter basket, or the Church will provide sacks to gather eggs.
As is tradition, both the Moscow Baptist and the Moscow United Methodist Churches will be joining together – at the Methodist Church this year – for a Sunrise Service at 7:30 a.m. The UMC is located at 300 Ransom in Moscow. The Methodist Church will also host their cantata, “In Christ Alone” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday morning.
You are invited to worship at the church of your choice during this very special holiday. For more information about local churches, see page 4 of this week’s Hermes.
Huguenot Lion’s Club and Hugoton Recreation Commission are hosting an Easter Egg Hunt Saturday morning, March 26 starting at 10:00 a.m. at Parsons Sports Complex West of the 300 block of Washington. Starting times are Starting time for hunts are ages 0-3 years of age at 10:00 a.m., 4-6 years of age at 10:05 a.m. and 7- 9 years of age at 10:10 a.m. Candy and Other Surprises will be Hidden in the Eggs! The event is sponsored by Citizens State Bank, White’s Foodliner, Hugoton Hermes, Jet Drive Inn, First National Bank of Hugoton, Jeff Ramsey Insurance – Farm Bureau, Twisted H Liquor and the Hugoton Area Chamber of Commerce and their Gold Members-Ghumm’s Auto Center, Pioneer Electric Cooperative, Inc., Jordan Air Inc., Pioneer Communications, City of Hugoton, Stevens County Healthcare and Mas´-cow Dairy. DON’T BE LATE!
Moscow Recreation will host an Easter Egg Hunt this Friday, March 25 starting at 1:00 p.m. with children two and under. Three- and four-year-olds will follow at 1:30 p.m., then kindergarten and first grades at 2:00 p.m., second and third grades at 2:30 p.m. and fourth and fifth grades at 3:00 p.m Be sure to bring your basket and have fun!!
Happy Easter!
