Holy Week 2025 services at West Seattle churches

When:
April 13, 2025 all-day
2025-04-13T00:00:00-07:00
2025-04-14T00:00:00-07:00
Where:
various - we'll continue updating

Please email us info on your Holy Week/Easter services (we*************@***il.com). Here’s what we have so far:

THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST (WSB sponsor)
3050 California Ave SW

Sunday, April 13 – Palm Sunday
8:30 and 10:30 Procession with Palms, Reading of the Passion Gospel, Holy Eucharist

Monday and Tuesday, April 14 & 15
6:30 PM Spoken Holy Eucharist

Wednesday, April 16
6:30 PM Stations of the Cross in the Parish Hall

Thursday, April 17
Maundy Thursday Holy Eucharist with Footwashing and Stripping of the Altar

Friday, April 18
Good Friday Noon: Good Friday Liturgy with Veneration of the Cross and Communion of the Presanctified
Good Friday 6:30 PM Good Friday Liturgy with Veneration of the Cross

Saturday, April 19
10:30 AM Holy Saturday Brief Proper Liturgy
8:00 PM The Great Vigil of Easter beginning with the Lighting of the New Fire, Vigil Readings, Renewal of Baptismal Vows, and the First Eucharist of Easter (incense will be used)

Sunday, April 20
Easter Day
8:30 AM Holy Eucharist
10:30 AM Holy Eucharist with the SJB Choir and the Emerald City Horn Choir
11:45 AM Easter Egg Hunt, outdoors on SJB lawn, weather permitting (otherwise inside church buildings)

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FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH OF WEST SEATTLE (WSB sponsor)
4105 California SW

April 13 – Palm/Passion Sunday, 10:30 am
April 15 and 16 – Evening Prayer in the chapel, 5:00 pm
April 17 Maundy Thursday – 7:00 pm Holy Communion, Stripping of the altar
April 18 Good Friday – 7:00 pm Service
April 19 The Great Vigil of Easter – 7:00 pm Service of Light, Readings, Baptism and Eucharist
April 20 Festive Easter Eucharist – 10:30 am

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FAUNTLEROY UCC
9140 California SW
youtube.com/FauntleroyChurchUCC

Holy Friday service
Apr 18 @ 8:00 pm in the sanctuary
A contemplative Tenebrae service of readings and songs to remember the moments of deep shadow surrounding Jesus’ crucifixion.

Easter services
Apr 20 @ 6:00 am on Alki beach

Look for a bonfire near 57th Ave. SW to join this rain-or-shine sunrise service, including simple communion, with Alki UCC and Admiral UCC.

9:00 am in the sanctuary and on YouTube
11:00 am in the sanctuary

Each service will begin by transforming a simple wire cross with beautiful spring flowers; bring a favorite to add or get one at the door. Both services will have a children’s time and conclude with a joyous singing of Handel’s “Hallelujah Chorus.” Sunday school for elementary-age children will be available during the 11:00 am service, and nursery care for infants through age 3 will be available during both services.

Easter breakfast
Enjoy a festive breakfast from 9:30-11:00 am in Fellowship Hall. Suggested donation: $10/adult, $5/child.

Egg hunt
At about 12:20, children will hunt for treat-filled eggs hidden on the church grounds.

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PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH
39th/Thistle

April 13 ~ Palm/Passion Sunday, 9:15 am cross-gen activities; 10:30 am Palm Sunday procession followed by Choral Cantata– “Candles of Grace”
April 17 ~ Maundy Thursday, 7 pm Worship with Holy Communion and stations for prayer, baptismal remembrance, and washing.
April 18 ~ Good Friday, 7 pm Prayer around the Cross Bulletin:
April 19 ~ Easter Vigil, 7 pm New fire, Saving Story, Baptismal Remembrance, Easter Proclamation.
April 20 ~ Easter Sunday:
9:00 – 10:00 am Easter Brunch Served by Peace Youth; freewill offering
9:45 am Children’s Activities
10:30 am Festival Worship with Bells, Choir, Brass, and Organ
All services Live Streamed except the Easter Vigil. YouTube link can be found HERE.

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ADMIRAL CHURCH collaboration with TIBBETTS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

Maundy Thursday, April 17, 6 pm @ 4320 SW Hill St, Seattle, WA 98116
-Taize prayer service with readings, prayer stations, Choir anthem, and a fire outside to close

Good Friday, April 18, 7 pm @ 3940 41st Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98116
-Tenebre prayer service connecting Jesus’ death with current threats to our flourishing as a beloved community

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ALKI UCC
6115 SW Hinds

April 17 at 6:00 pm
Maundy Thursday Service
Rev. Emily Tanis-Likkel
Soup, Supper and Holy Communion

April 18 at Noon
Good Friday Service

A contemplative service of music, readings, art reflection and labyrinth walk.

April 20 at 10:00 am
Easter Sunday Sanctuary Service

Celebrate the resurrection!
Service includes special music by the Alki Community Choir, directed by Daniel Self.
Sermon and a Time with Children with Rev. Emily Tanis-Likkel.

April 20 at 11:15 am
Community Easter Egg Hunt

A neighborhood tradition! All ages welcome to enjoy art activities and enjoy refreshments. Bags for collecting eggs are provided.

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Near the bathhouse at 59th

Easter Sunrise Service on Alki Beach
April 20 at 6:00 am

Look for a bonfire near the bathhouse at 59th Ave SW and join a West Seattle tradition with pastors from Alki, Admiral and Fauntleroy UCC. A short service with communion will be offered. We’ll be there rain or shine, so dress warmly!

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ALL SOULS CHURCH OF SEATTLE
7551 35th Ave SW
(We have offices and worship services at Trinity West Seattle’s building)

Palm Sunday
April 13
Join us at 4p for worship and a parade of palms celebrating the unexpected way Jesus embodies being a servant king. Stick around for our Second Sunday Supper. Background-checked, childcare is available for kids 6 and under.

Good Friday
April 18
Drop-in from 2-5:30p for a self-guided Stations of the Cross art gallery experience exploring key moments in Jesus’s journey to the cross designed for all ages. Background-checked, child care is available for kids 6 and under.

Saturday Great Easter Vigil
(Our big Easter service)
April 19 starting at 6:30p
Childcare and kid activities offered for kids up to age 9.
You can come as early as 6:30 to hang out around the bonfire and drop kids off to their classes.
This is our main Easter service and a high point in our year. The service begins outside of the building around a bonfire (on the gravel near the main entrance ramp on 35th). We begin with a bonfire as a reminder of the fire around which Peter denied Jesus and the bonfire on the beach on which he was later restored by Jesus’s grace. Then, light from that fire makes its way into the darkened church building on a large candle. The service gets brighter as we celebrate what Jesus has done about the darkness of death and injustice: “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it” (John 1:5).

Easter Sunday “Sunrise” Gathering
9a April 20 @ the Lincoln Park Shelter
Join us for breakfast on the Sound. We’ll have a roaring fire in the picnic shelter that faces the Fauntleroy Ferry near the South Parking Lot.

No Easter Sunday Afternoon Service
We gather typically on Sundays at 4p, but on Easter Sunday we won’t be gathering at our usual time.

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WEST SEATTLE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY:
Holy Rosary & Our Lady of Guadalupe

Holy Thursday, April 17th:
Mass of the Lord’s Supper | Holy Rosary @ 7 pm | Our Lady of Guadalupe @ 7 pm

Good Friday, April 18th:
Stations of the Cross | Holy Rosary @ 3 pm | Our Lady of Guadalupe @ 3 pm
Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion | Holy Rosary @ 7 pm | Our Lady of Guadalupe @ 7 pm

Easter:
Easter Vigil, April 19th: Our Lady of Guadalupe @ 8:30 pm | Holy Rosary @ 8:30 pm
Easter Sunday, April 20th: Our Lady of Guadalupe @ 8:30 am & 11:00 am | Holy Rosary @ 8:30 am & 10:30 am

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ADMIRAL CHURCH
4320 SW Hill

Easter
*early morning 6 AM on Alki Beach in collaboration with Alki & Fauntleroy UCC churches
*and at 10:30 AM we’ll be worshiping in our Sanctuary at 4320 SW Hill St in celebration of new life

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BETHANY COMMUNITY CHURCH
8600 9th SW

Seder Passover Dinner | April 17 | 6 PM | Bethany West Seattle
Join us for a special Seder (Passover) Dinner on Thursday, April 17th at 6pm at Bethany West Seattle. The Seder dinner is a very commonly celebrated Jewish tradition that tells the story of the Exodus through an interactive customary meal. More Info & Register here

GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE
FRIDAY, APRIL 18 | 6 PM | C&P COFFEE COMPANY
Gather with the church in the intimate setting of a local coffee shop, C&P Coffee Company, to remember and lament Jesus’ death on the cross before the hope of Easter morning.

EASTER SERVICE
SUNDAY, APRIL 20 | 9:30 AM | BETHANY WEST SEATTLE
We are excited to celebrate the risen Christ this Easter and host a wonderful morning together for the community! Join us at our regular service time to experience the hope of Christ together. After service, you’re invited to pastries and an Easter egg hunt at Highland Park Elementary playground!

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HOPE LUTHERAN
4456 42nd SW

Stations in the Street
Stations in the Street, by artist Scott Erickson, will be set up along 42nd Avenue during Holy Week. To learn more, click HERE.

Maundy Thursday Communion Service 7 PM
Come early to view eight original oil paintings of Christ’s suffering and death and resurrection, which will be displayed in the Commons/narthex on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday at 6 PM.. They are the work of local West Seattle artist, Jim Gerlitz.

Good Friday Service at 7 PM

Easter Sunday Worship with Communion
Traditional at 8:30 AM and Contemporary 10:30 AM

Easter Sunday Egg Hunt
We’re excited to welcome kids through grade 5 to an egg hunt this Easter at 10:00 AM, in between worship services!! CLICK HERE for all the details and to register! Invite your friends!

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