Local churches to hold special Easter services

Christian churches in North Big Horn County will celebrate the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ this week and next with a variety of special services, culminating with Easter on Sunday, April 5.

At St. John’s Lutheran Church, Rev. Tyrel Bramwell will lead a Maundy Thursday service at 6:30 p.m. on April 2 and a Good Friday service April 3, also at 6:30. 

Easter Sunday at St. John’s will feature a sunrise vigil at 6 a.m. An Easter Divine Service will be directed by Rev. Bramwell at 10:30 a.m.

Lovell United Methodist Church pastor Rev. Janita Krayniak will lead a Palm Sunday service this Sunday at 9 a.m. including a parade of palms, followed by a Maundy Thursday service with holy communion April 2 at 5 p.m. and a Good Friday Tenebrae service April 3 at 5 p.m.

Pastor Krayniak will lead an Easter resurrection service April 5 at 8 a.m., followed by a light breakfast.

Father Andrew Kinstetter will lead Holy Week services at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Lovell as follows:

Palm Sunday Mass, March 29 at 11 a.m.; Holy Thursday, April 2: Mass from 7-8 p.m., Adoration from 8 p.m. to midnight; Good Friday: Passion of Our Lord, noon-1 p.m., and Stations of the Cross, 3 p.m. Father Kinstetter will lead a Saturday Easter Vigil Mass April 4 at 8 p.m. and an Easter Sunday Mass at 11 a.m. at the church in Lovell.

Bible Church Pastor Kurt McNabb will lead a Palm Sunday service March 29 at 9 a.m. and an early resurrection service on Easter Sunday, April 5, at a time and place to be announced, followed by an Easter morning service with a message celebrating the resurrection of Christ at 9 a.m.

Pastor Johannes Slabbert of Cowley’s Water of Life Church will hold an Easter Sunday sunrise service at Frog Rock on Road 5 in the Sand Hills between Cowley and Byron on April 5 with a fire and donuts and hot drinks offered. Check the church Facebook page for the time.

Pastor Slabbert will then lead an Easter service at 10:30 a.m. at the church in Cowley.

Pastor Dan Jarvis of the Lovell Assembly of God Church will lead an Easter Sunday service at 11 a.m. April 5.

Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will hold sacrament meetings on Palm Sunday at the eight wards in North Big Horn County. Meeting times are as follows:

Cowley Second Ward, 9 a.m.; First Ward, 11:30 a.m.

Byron Ward, 9 a.m.

Lovell First Ward, 11:30 a.m., West Chapel; Second Ward, 10:30 a.m. in Byron; Third Ward, 9 a.m., East Chapel; Fourth Ward, 9 a.m., West Chapel; Fifth Ward, 10:30 a.m., East Chapel.

On Easter Sunday, members will watch the General Conference broadcast at home.