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Holy Week services in York, Chester, Lancaster counties

Holy Week services lead up to the Celebration of Resurrection on Easter Sunday.
Holy Week services lead up to the Celebration of Resurrection on Easter Sunday. AP

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Ebenezer ARP Church, Ebenezer Road, Rock Hill: Maundy Thursday Communion, 7 p.m. Thursday.

First ARP Church, East White Street, Rock Hill: Maundy Thursday Tenebrae service, 7:30 p.m Thursday.

Neely’s Creek ARP Church, Neely’s Creek Road, Rock Hill: Good Friday Stations of the Cross, 7:30 p.m. Organ prelude, 7 p.m.

BAPTIST

Fundamental Baptist Church, Poag Street, Rock Hill: Good Friday service, 7 p.m. Friday.

Heath Springs Baptist Church, Heath Springs: Good Friday service, “Cries of Christ from the Cross,” 7 p.m. Friday with seven area pastors and three choirs. Details: 803-288-6168.

Liberty Baptist Church, Liberty Road, Chester: Easter egg hunt, 9 a.m. Saturday. Easter sunrise service, 7 a.m. April 16 with breakfast, 8 a.m.; Sunday school, 9 a.m. and worship, 10 a.m. Men’s ministry, 7 p.m. April 18. Food pantry available.

Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church, Ridge Road, Bowling Green: Dinner theater featuring, “The Price He Paid,” 5 p.m. Saturday. Tickets, $5.

CATHOLIC

St. Anne Catholic Church, Bird Street, Rock Hill: Intercultural Mass with Washing of the Feet, 7 p.m. Thursday. Stations of the Cross, 3 p.m. Friday. Living (outdoor) Stations, 5 p.m. Friday. Intercultural Mass, 7 p.m. Friday. Holy Saturday with Blessing of the Easter food, 11 a.m. and Easter Vigil, 8 p.m. with Baptisms. Sunrise Mass, 6 a.m. April 16 with regular weekly Mass schedule. St. Vincent de Paul yard sale, 7:30 a.m.-noon April 22. Donation drop off, 6-7:30 p.m. April 21.

St. Mary Catholic Church, Crawford Road, Rock Hill: Holy Thursday Mass, 7 p.m. Thursday. Stations of the Cross, 3 p.m. Friday; 7 p.m. Mass. Holy Saturday Mass, 8:30 p.m. Saturday.

The Oratory, Charlotte Avenue, Rock Hill: Key Practices of a 21st Century Spirituality, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. April 22 with Sister Donna Lareau. Cost: $40 (includes lunch).

EPISCOPAL

Episcopal Church of Our Saviour, Caldwell Street, Rock Hill: Maundy Thursday foot washing and Stripping of the Altar, 7 p.m. Thursday. Good Friday service, noon, Friday. The Great Vigil of Easter, 7 p.m. Saturday. Gather in the Smyth Memorial Garden.

LUTHERAN

Epiphany Lutheran Church, West Main Street, Rock Hill: Maundy Thursday Holy Communion and Stripping of the Altar, 7 p.m. Thursday. Good Friday Service of Darkness, 7 p.m. Friday.

Grace Lutheran Church, Oakland Avenue, Rock Hill: Maundy Thursday worship, 7 p.m. Thursday. Good Friday worship, 7 p.m. Friday.

METHODIST

Adnah United Methodist Church, Adnah Church Road, Rock Hill: Maundy Thursday service, 7 p.m. Thursday. Good Friday service, 7:30 p.m. Friday.

Aldersgate United Methodist Church, Celanese Road, Rock Hill: Good Friday Cross Walk, 9:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Friday beginning at the church parking lot and walking a 3-mile loop returning for a brief devotional.

Bethel United Methodist Church, Curtis Street, Rock Hill: Maundy Thursday service, 6 p.m. Thursday.

Clover Chapel United Methodist Church, Kings Mountain Street, Clover: Good Friday service, 6:30 p.m. Friday.

Cornerstone United Methodist Church, Heckle Boulevard, Rock Hill: Good Friday service, 6 p.m. Friday.

First United Methodist Church, Bethel Street, Clover: Maundy Thursday, 7 p.m. Thursday. Good Friday drama and service, 7 p.m. Friday.

Friendship United Methodist Church, Neely Store Road, Rock Hill: Good Friday Tenebrae service, 7 p.m. Friday.

Mount Holly United Methodist Church, Mount Holly Road, Rock Hill: Maundy Thursday service, 7 p.m. Thursday in the sanctuary

St. John’s United Methodist Church, Tom Hall Street, Fort Mill: Maundy Thursday communion service, 7 p.m Thursday.

St. John’s United Methodist Church, Oakland Avenue, Rock Hill:Maundy Thursday drama of the Last Supper, 7 p.m. Thursday with Holy Communion and Stripping of the Altar. Holy Communion, noon-1 p.m. Friday. Ecumenical Good Friday Stations of the Cross, 6:30 p.m. Friday beginning at The Well parking lot and ending with worship at Fountain Park. Easter Prayer Vigil, 8 p.m. Friday-7 a.m. April 16.

NAZARENE

Trinity Church of the Nazarene, Fire Tower Road at Taylor’s Creek Road, Rock Hill: Good Friday service, 7 p.m. Friday.

NONDENOMINATIONAL

River Hills Community Church, Hamilton’s Ferry Road, Lake Wylie: Good Friday service, 7 p.m. Friday led by the youth ministry.

PRESBYTERIAN

First Presbyterian Church, East Main Street, Rock Hill: Maundy Thursday with Holy Communion by intinction, 7 p.m. Thursday. Stations of the Cross, 6:30 p.m. Friday beginning at The Well, 135 S. Oakland Ave., concluding at Fountain Park.

Grace Presbyterian Church, S.C. 160 West, Fort Mill: Maundy Thursday service to experience Jesus’s final days with the disciples, 7 p.m. Thursday.

Oakland Avenue Presbyterian Church, Oakland Avenue, Rock Hill: Maundy Thursday Holy Communion, 7 p.m. Thursday. Good Friday meditation and prayer, 4-6 p.m. Friday.

Purity Presbyterian Church, Wylie Street, Chester: Maundy Thursday service, 7 p.m. Thursday.

This story was originally published April 12, 2017 at 8:40 AM with the headline "Holy Week services in York, Chester, Lancaster counties."

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