We hope you will join us this Sunday, as we gather in festive Easter celebration of the resurrection of the Lord!
Easter Sunrise Service
6:30 a.m. at Oak Street Beach
Lucy Forster-Smith preaching
We’ll celebrate the dawning of a new day and of new life when we gather for the annual Easter Sunrise Service at Oak Street Beach.
Members of Tower Brass will be on hand to accompany our singing, and we’ll celebrate Communion as we worship together at sunrise on the lakeshore.
Easter Morning Worship
Shannon J. Kershner preaching
9:00 a.m. in the Sanctuary
In person only
11:00 a.m. in the Sanctuary
From the stirring sounds of a Tower Brass prelude to the Morning Choir singing Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus and the Andrew Pipe Organ sending us out into the world with Widor’s Toccata, our morning services will reverberate with the joyous good news that Jesus Christ is risen today!
See below for more “Notes about Easter Worship”
Children’s Easter Program
9:00 a.m. on Gratz Floor 4
As on every Sunday, children are invited to worship with their parents at any of the services. For those children age 3 and up who are looking for an alternative Easter experience, we invite them to join us at 9:00 a.m. Sunday for a fun Easter program in the Gratz Center.
Parents will use the Delaware entrance to the Gratz Center to drop children off and then go outside to Michigan Avenue to enter through the Loggia doors to attend worship.
Easter Jazz Service
4:00 p.m. in Buchanan Chapel
In person only
Joseph L. Morrow preaching
A favorite Easter service of many, our Easter Jazz Service brings together joy-filled music led by our jazz ensemble, scripture, prayer, and Communion, as our worship echoes with “Christ is risen!”
Notes about Easter Worship
Entrance for the 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. services will be only via the glass Loggia doors on Michigan Avenue, next to the courtyard. Seating will begin a half hour prior to each of those two services.
There will be no socially distanced seating at any of the Easter services. We invite those who prefer to practice social distancing to join us in worship outdoors for the sunrise service or online for the 11:00 a.m. service.
Nursery care will not be available; as noted above, an Easter program for children age 3 and up will be held in the Gratz Center at 9:00 a.m.
For those who do not have Internet access, we make our 11:00 a.m. livestreamed worship service available to listen to via the phone. If you know of someone for whom this audio opportunity would be welcome, please encourage them to call 888.916.9166 (toll-free) at the time of the service.