Chilmark Community Church, 9 Menemsha Cross Road, Chilmark
April 16: 6:15 am, dawn service at Squibnocket Beach in Chilmark, followed by breakfast at the Chilmark Community Church. Regular service of worship celebrating Easter at 9 am.
Community Baptist Church of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
April 9: 9 am, Palm Sunday worship service at Community Baptist
April 14: 7 pm, Good Friday service at Community Baptist
April 16: 6 am, Easter Sunday service at Community Baptist
Faith Community Church Chapel, 231 Meetinghouse Way, Edgartown
April 13: 6 pm, Maundy Thursday Tenebrae Communion service
April 16: 10 am, Easter Sunday Resurrection service
Federated Church, 45 South Summer Street, Edgartown
April 9: 10:30 am, Palm Sunday service
April 13: 7 pm, Tenebrae service
April 14: 12 pm, Good Friday service
April 16: 6 am, Easter sunrise service at Mayhew Parsonage, 75 South Water Street, Edgartown; 10:30 am, Easter Sunday service; 11:30 am, Easter egg hunt at Mayhew Parsonage
First Baptist Church, Vineyard Haven
April 9: 11 am, Palm Sunday worship service at First Baptist
April 13: 6 pm, Maundy Thursday dinner and Tenebrae service. Soup and bread followed by a service of diminishing lights in First Baptist’s parish house, William Street, Vineyard Haven.
April 14: 12 pm, Good Friday service at First Baptist, Vineyard Haven
April 16: 9:15 am, Easter Sunday service at Eastville Beach, Vineyard Haven, with the theme A Call to the Sea; 9:45 am, continental breakfast served at First Baptist parish house, William Street; 11 am, Easter Sunday “Celebrate Life” (traditional) service
First Congregational Church of West Tisbury, 1051 State Road
April 9: 10 am, Palm Sunday service
April 13: 7:30 pm, Tenebrae service and Communion
April 16: 9 am, Traditional Easter service in the sanctuary; 11 am, community Easter service at the Ag Hall, with childcare and Sunday school, followed by the Easter egg hunt
Good Shepherd Roman Catholic Parish, St. Augustine’s in Vineyard Haven; St. Elizabeth’s in Edgartown
April 9: 9 am and 5 pm, Palm Sunday Mass
April 13: 7 pm, Holy Thursday Mass, St. Augustine’s
April 14: 3 pm, Good Friday Liturgy of the Word, Veneration of the Cross, and Communion; 7 pm, Stations of the Cross, St. Augustine’s
April 15: 7:30 pm, Holy Saturday Easter vigil
April 16: 6 am, Sunrise service at Sheriff’s Meadow on West Chop; 8 am, Easter Mass at St. Augustine’s; 9:30 am, Easter Mass at St. Augustine’s; 10 am, Easter Mass, St. Elizabeth’s in Edgartown; 11 am, Easter Mass at St. Augustine’s (Portuguese); 5 pm, Easter Sunday Mass, St. Augustine’s
Grace Episcopal Church, 34 Woodlawn Avenue, Vineyard Haven
April 9: 10 am, Palm Sunday with 9 am hospitality hour
April 13: 6 pm, Maundy Thursday, re-enactment of the Last Supper
April 14: 12 pm, Good Friday service with Stations of the Cross
April 16: 10 am, Easter Sunday, Festive Eucharist
Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center, 120 Center Street, Vineyard Haven
April 11: 5:30 pm, Passover Seder led by rabbinic intern Daniel Schaefer. Celebrate freedom from slavery and the continued vitality of the Jewish people.
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 51 Winter Street, Edgartown
April 9: 8 and 10 am, Palm Sunday services with Father Chip Seadale leading the procession through the neighborhood at the 10 am service, and with full choir
April 13: 7 pm, Maundy Thursday service with foot washing and stripping of the altar, with full choir
April 14: 12 pm, Good Friday service with Veneration of the Cross, with full choir and Stations of the Cross at 4:30 pm
April 15: 9 am sharp, annual Easter egg hunt at the Rectory, 10 Bold Meadow Road, Edgartown; over 500 eggs to find
April 16: 8 am, Easter service (Rite I); 9:15 am, family-friendly Easter service; 10:30 am, choral/musical service
Society of Friends (Quakers), Good Shepherd Parish Center, 55 School Street, Oak Bluffs
April 16, 10 am: In the first couple of centuries, Friends (as Quakers are called) did not celebrate any religious holidays. Today, though Quakers still regard all days as equally holy, we cheerfully join in many of the customary holiday traditions. We have no ordained minister or priest, and there will be no prepared sermon on Easter Sunday, but when we gather to worship, we will wait in expectant listening for what the Spirit within us all has to teach us, as we do on every Sunday at 10 am and every Wednesday at noon. There may well be words of resurrection and hope. We are confident of inspiration and spiritual sustenance.
Unitarian Universalist Society of Martha’s Vineyard, 238 Main Street, Vineyard Haven
April 16: 11 am, Easter and the Earth, with the Rev. Bill Clark. What do Easter Sunday and Earth Day have in common? Can one be celebrated and one ignored? Don’t both require labor and acts of transformation? The Rev. Bill Clark explores the connections between Easter and the Earth.
United Methodist Church, Campground, Oak Bluffs
April 13: 7:30 pm, Maundy Thursday Service.
April 14: 12-3 pm, Sanctuary open for prayer and meditation.
April 16: 5:30 am, Sunrise Service at Inkwell Beach. 10 am Easter Worship Service.
Vineyard Assembly of God, 1048 State Road, Vineyard Haven
April 16: 11 am, Easter Sunday service, followed by free Easter dinner hosted by the church, with an Easter egg hunt for the children
