Bedford's Holy Week and Easter Sunday Services

Compiled by The Bedford Citizen

Looking ahead to Holy Week and Easter services at Fawn Lake and at Bedford churches.

With thanks to Bedford’s various faith communities for sharing their schedules. If your community isn’t listed, please email [email protected].

Easter Dawn Service at Fawn Lake
On the banks of Fawn Lake, at the end of Sweetwater Avenue

March 27 – Easter Sunday – Led by lay members of Bedford’s churches at 6:30 am, this service is a decades-old community tradition

First Baptist Church
155 Concord Road, Bedford
781-275-8151 – www.fbcbedford.net/

First Church of Christ, Congregational
25 The Great Road, Bedford
781-275-7951 – www.firstchurchbedford.wordpress.com/

March 24 – Maundy Thursday: Service of Communion and Tenebrae at 7:00 pm in the Sanctuary, remembering Christ’s last supper with his disciples, in anticipation of his suffering and death.
March 25 – Good Friday: On the day when we remember the crucifixion and death of Jesus, we will be having a special Taizé-style worship in the Sanctuary at 7:00 pm.
March 27 – Easter Sunday: Come to our 10:00 am Service in the Sanctuary as we joyfully celebrate the resurrection of Jesus.

First Parish Unitarian Universalist
75 The Great Road on Bedford Common, Bedford, MA 01730
781-275-7994 • www.uubedford.org

March 25 – Good Friday – Candlelight Tenebrae Service at 7:00pm – using Bedford’s historic Communion Silver
March 27 – Easter Sunday – two services: Revs. John Gibbons and Megan Lynes with the FP Adult Choir at 9 am and an Intergenerational Service with Lisa Rubin, Josh Leach and our Youth Choirs at 11 am

Lutheran Church of Our Savior
426 Davis Road, Bedford, MA 01730
781-275-6013 • www.lcsavior.org

March 24 – Maundy Thursday service at 7pm with the Lord’s Supper
March 25 – Good Friday Tenebrae service at 7 pm
March 27 – Easter Sunday Sunrise Service at 7:30 am with fellowship at 8:45 am and a Festival Service at 10:00 am

Parish of St. Michael
90 Concord Road, Bedford
781.275.6318 – www.bedfordcatholic.org/

March 24: Holy Thursday – 7 pm Mass
March 25: Good Friday – 12 noon: Youth Stations of the Cross; 3 pm: Stations of the Cross; 7 pm Good Friday Service
March 26: Holy Saturday – 8 pm Mass
March 27: Easter Sunday – Masses at 7 and 10 am with an all-parish Easter Egg Hunt after the 10 am Mass – please bring your own basket

St Paul’s Episcopal Church
100 Pine Hill Road, Bedford
781-275-8262 • www.stpaulsbedford.org/

March 22 – Night Prayer in the Chapel at 7:30 p.m.
March 23 – Stations of the Cross will be set up in the church from Noon to 8 p.m. for individual viewing.
March24 – Maundy Thursday – Eucharist with foot washing at 7:30 p.m; stripping of the altar follows the service. An Overnight Parish Prayer Vigil begins at 9:00 p.m.
March25 – Good Friday – The Overnight Prayer Vigil concludes at 7:00 a.m; the Children’s Good Friday Service begins at 3:00 p.m. and a Good Friday Service with Choir and Sermon begins at at 7:30 p.m.
March26 – The Great Vigil and First Eucharist of Easter (with Choir) begins at 7:30pm
March27 Easter Sunday – Ecumenical Easte`r Dawn Prayers at Fawn Lake at 6:30 a.m. and Festival Easter Eucharist at St. Paul’s beginsat 10:00 a.m.