The following churches have submitted their Holy Week services and activities.

Edgecomb Congregational Church, UCC

Palm Sunday, March 29: We will celebrate Jesus’ Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem with the distribution of Palms. Worship Service at 9:30 a.m.

Maundy Thursday, April 2: Our 7:30 p.m. service of worship will celebrate the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper, and observe the Service of Tenebrae, the gradual diminution of light.

Easter Sunday, April 5: An Easter Sunrise Service will be held at 6:15 a.m. at Fort Edgecomb, 66 Old Fort Road, Edgecomb. At 9:30 a.m. join us in the sanctuary of Edgecomb Congregational Church, as we greet the risen Christ with a service of word and praise.

An Easter morning breakfast will be served beginning at 7:30 a.m. including frittatas, muffins, fruit, yogurt, granola, oatmeal, juice and coffee. Donations gratefully accepted.

All are welcome. For further information please call the church office at 207-882-4060 and leave a message. Edgecomb Congregational Church, UCC is located at 15 Cross Point Road, Edgecomb.

Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor

Holy week will begin with a parade of palms on Palm Sunday, March 29 during the 10 a.m. worship service. The Rev. Sarah Foulger will preach about "The Temptation to Miss the Moment."

On Maundy Thursday, April 2, a service of Tenebrae (gradual darkening of the sanctuary) with communion will take place at 7 p.m.

An ecumenical Easter sunrise service will take place, April 5, at "three trees" Ocean Point at 5:45 a.m.

A joyful Easter worship will take place April 5 in the sanctuary at 10 a.m.

Everyone is welcome. For more information, please visit the church website: www.congregationalchurchboothbayharbor.org.

St. Columba's Episcopal Church

March 29: Palm Sunday: 10 a.m. Service

April 2: Maundy Thursday: 7 p.m. Service with Holy Eucharist

April 3: Good Friday: The church will be open all day for meditation; noon, Good Friday Liturgy; 1 p.m., The Way of the Cross; 2 p.m., Ecumenical Good Friday Service.

April 4: Easter Eve: 7 p.m. Great Vigil of Easter

April 5: Easter Day: 10 a.m. Festal Easter Eucharist

April 7: Holy Tuesday: 10:30 a.m. Service of Healing at St. Andrews Village

First Congregational Church of Wiscasset

Continuing with the Lenten theme, Journeying to Jerusalem, the First Congregational Church of Wiscasset will host A Walk though Holy Week, reliving the events leading up to Easter. The special interactive program for children and adults will be held on Palm Saturday, March 28, from 10 a.m. to noon beginning in Fellowship Hall and concluding in the sanctuary.

On Palm Sunday, The Rev. Susan Craig’s sermon is titled “Riding in the Rumble Seat.” Special music at the 10 a.m. service will include the children’s choir performing “The Children Cry Hosanna” by Keith Currie. The children will join the adult choir for the anthem, “Hosanna to the Son of David” by Georg Philipp Telemann.

A candlelight service will be held on Maundy Thursday, April 2, at 6:30 p.m. The choir selection will be “For God So Loved the World” by Alan Bullard.

St. Philip’s Episcopal Church will join the First Congregational Church of Wiscasset for Easter by the Bay, a sunrise service on the Wiscasset pier, beginning at 6 a.m. on April 5, with The Rev. Susan Craig and Rev. Paul Tunkle officiating. Music will be provided by Dr. Jeff Grosser. Coffee and doughnuts will be served in the Wiscasset Yacht Club following the service. Blankets and folding chairs are recommended for those attending. In the event of rain, the service will be held in the yacht club.

“Alleluia, Then and Now” will be Craig’s sermon topic at the 10 a.m. service on Easter. Under the direction of Leela Koilpillai, choral music for the service will include “Hallelujah for the Mount of Olives” by Ludwig van Beethoven.

The First Congregational Church is located at 28 High Street in Wiscasset. All events are open to the public and guests are always welcome.

Methodist Church Cooperative

The Cooperative Parish churches consist of Boothbay Harbor United Methodist, Southport Methodist and East Boothbay's Methodist churches.

Our Holy Week services will be:

March 29, Palm Sunday: Joint worship at Southport UMC, 9 a.m.

April 2: Maundy Thursday: Simple supper and worship at Southport UMC, 5:30 p.m.

April 3: Good Friday: Musical Service of Darkness at Boothbay Harbor UMC, 6:30 p.m.

April 5: Easter Sunrise Newagen at 6:10 a.m.; Easter Breakfast at East Boothbay UMC, 6:30 a.m.; Easter Breakfast at Southport UMC, 6:30 a.m.; Regular worship service times at each church; Community Easter Dinner at Boothbay Harbor UMC at 1 p.m.