Easter Weekend

Easter Saturday

4:00pm Easter Celebration Service with Holy Communion

Easter Sunday Schedule

6:45 – SonRise Easter Worship with Communion

8:00 – Easter Breakfast

9:00 – Adult Bible Class

9:00 – Children to Sunday School Rooms

9:45 – Easter Egg Hunt

10:30 – The Resurrection of Our Lord Celebration with Communion

SonRise Service:

At dawn (6:45 AM) we gather for a sunrise service. It is a very simple service held in the east end of our parking lot. Our focus at Easter Dawn is the stunning miracle of Christ’s resurrection and what it was like for the women to find the empty tomb. We do celebrate the Lord’s Supper outside and at the conclusion of the SonRise service we exit to the parish hall for Easter breakfast.

SonRise Breakfast:

All Bethel members and visitors are invited to share the joy of the Risen Lord together at our annual Easter Breakfast. Everyone is encouraged to stay for a delicious breakfast and great fellowship following the Sonrise Worship Service. Coffee and juice will be provided. All Bethel members and visitors are invited to share the joy of the Risen Lord together at our annual Easter Breakfast. Everyone is encouraged to stay for a delicious breakfast and great fellowship following the Sonrise Worship Service. Coffee and juice will be provided. Each family is asked to bring one of the following (already prepared and baked):
1. An egg dish (recipes below)
2. Breakfast pastry
3. Fruit salad (already prepared)
If you have any questions, please contact the front off.

We will have Sunday School at 9AM and then an Easter Egg Hunt

at 9:45AM. The Easter Egg Hunt is for grades 6 and younger, divided up by age groups. We are encouraging everyone to go to their Sunday School Classroom if you want to participate in the Egg Hunt. We will direct the children from the classroom to their egg hunting location.

The Resurrection of Our Lord Celebration Service:

This service begins in darkness. After the reading of the resurrection story, the altar is redecorated with banners, lilies, and the Lord’s Supper is brought in procession. The focus of the Celebration service is the impact of Christ’s resurrection in our lives. The music at Easter Celebration is the very best we enjoy all year, as our music staff pulls out all the stops that day. We also conclude this service by celebrating the Lord’s Supper and singing “At the Lamb’s High Feast We Sing!” Our Easter morning services are very different, both having different hymns and different readings and sermons. If you have ever been inclined to have “too much church,” Easter Sunday is the day!

Recipes:

LARGE EASY BREAKFAST CASSEROLE (A Church Favorite)
This may be made on Saturday and put into the refrigerator until Sunday.
Place one bag frozen tater-tots or hash brown in the bottom of an un-greased 13×9 cake pan. Top with 10-12 cooked eggs
(scrambled, boiled, or diced.).
Top eggs with one of the following:
1 lb. bacon crisp and crumbled,
1 lb. sausage fried (scrambled if pan sausage, chopped if link sausage)
2-3 cups chopped ham
Top meat with cheese sauce: Mix 5 Tbs. Flour with 5 Tbs. Melted butter. Add 2 cups milk and heat, stirring frequently
until thickened. Add one of the following:
½ lb. Velveeta (that’s ¼ of a 2 lb. package.)
2-3 grated cups of your favorite cheese (Cheddar, Swiss, etc.)
Stir until cheese is melted. Place casserole, uncovered, in a 350 degrees oven for 25-35 minutes or until cheese begins to
bubble and is slightly brown on the edges. (May add onion, bell pepper, chili peppers, mushrooms)

OVEN BREAKFAST
16 eggs 2 cups milk
1 tsp. salt 1 ½ T. minced onion
6 oz. pkg. sliced ham (diced) 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
Heat oven to 325 degrees. Beat eggs, milk, and salt. Stir in ham, cheese, and onion. Pour into buttered 9×13 glass pan.
Bake 40-50 minutes or until golden. Brown. Great!

SAUSAGE CASSEROLE
8 slices white bread (remove crust & cube) ¾ pound grated long horn cheese
4 eggs 1 ½ pounds link sausage (fried/cut up)
¾ tsp. prepared mustard 2 ½ cups of milk
1 can cream/mushroom soup ¼ tsp. Salt with a little milk (¼ c. or less)
4 oz. drained mushrooms
Mix bread, cheese, and sausage – put in dish. Mix eggs, milk, mustard, and salt -pour over first layer. Refrigerate overnight. Mix soup, mushrooms, and milk. Bake at 300 degrees for 1 ½ hours.

EGG AND HAM BRUNCH
7-8 slices (cubed bread) 1 pound precooked ham (cubed)
1 ½ pound grated cheese 5 eggs
2 cups milk 1 tsp. mustard
1 tsp. salt ⅓ cup margarine
Place bread cubes in bottom of a liberally greased 9×13 pan. Layer ham and cheese cubes over bread. Beat eggs well.
Add milk, mustard, and salt to eggs; pour this over bread, ham, and cheese. Melt margarine and pour over the top. Cover
and refrigerate overnight. Bake 1 hour at 325 degrees. Serves 10-12 people.]