“ST. HUBERT CATHOLIC CHURCH in Langley begins its observance of Holy Week the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday at 7 p.m. On Good Friday, the celebration of the Passion will also take place at 7 p.m. The church is open all day Friday and Saturday for meditation and reflection.On Holy Saturday, there will be confessions from 3-3:30 p.m., with an Easter Vigil Mass held at 9 p.m. The Mass of the Resurrection will be said at 9 and 10:30 a.m. on Easter Sunday, April 15. ST. AUGUSTINE’S-IN-THE-WOODS EPISCOPAL CHURCH prepares for Easter with special services through this week. Maundy Thursday, April 12, will be celebrated at 7:30 p.m. The congregation will take part in the symbolic washing of the feet and share in the Eucharistic meal. Parishioners will keep watch during an All Night Vigil. On Good Friday the 7:30 p.m. service will include the Way of the Cross and the Passion in the words of the Gospel of John. On Saturday, April 14, at 8 p.m. three congregations will come together to celebrate the ancient Easter Vigil service, one of the earliest services celebrated by the Christian Church. Preaching at this ancient liturgy of the will be the Rev. Nigel J. Taber-Hamilton, Rector of St. Augustine’s; the Presider will be Pastor Jim Lindus of Trinity.Festive Eucharists will celebrate the Resurrection in 8 and 10 a.m. services on Easter Sunday, with a festive brunch at 9 a.m.The church is located at 5217 Honeymoon Bay Rd., Freeland. LANGLEY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH will host a Passover Dinner at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 12 at the church. (Call 221-4233 for reservations.)Easter Sunday services will be at 9 a.m., From Darkness into Light, and at 10:30 a.m., He is Risen! (a traditional Easter service). Children are welcome at both services; nursery care and children’s activities are also provided.The church is located at Third and Anthes in Langley.THE CHRISTIAN AND MISSIONARY CHURCH in Langley begins its Holy Week with communion, choir and worship on Thursday, April 12 at 7:30 p.m. On Easter, a Sunrise Service will begin at 7 a.m. at the Langley Nichols Boat Dock (or in the dock building if the weather is inclement). Bring chairs, and park at C&MA on Sixth and Cascade in Langley for shuttle service.At a 10:30 a.m. service at the church, the musical Redeemed will be performed, and there will be a children’s celebration with the Promise Players. Nursery care is provided, and a continental breakfast will be served following the service. MAXWELTON CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP will hold an Easter Egg hunt on Saturday, April 14, at 5 p.m. and a free pizza feed at 5:30 p.m., followed by a new church service at 6:30 p.m., with contemporary music and an informal atmosphere.On Easter Sunday, April 15, a 9:30 a.m. Easter Brunch will precede the special Easter service at 11 a.m.The church is located at Maxwelton and French roads in Clinton.FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH of South Whidbey will celebrate Resurrection Sunday, April 15, with two services: a morning worship service at 11 a.m. and an evening service at 6 p.m.The church is located on Newman Road in Freeland.THE WHIDBEY INSTITUTE has planned a multi-denominational earth-honoring Easter service on Sunday, April 15, at 10 a.m. in the Thomas Berry Hall on the Chinook lands in Clinton.A traditional egg toss will follow the service For more information or directions call 341-1884. UNITY OF WHIDBEY will hear the congregation’s Totally Inspired Gospel Choir at the Easter Sunday service April 15, beginning at 10 a.m. The choir, directed by Melinda Mack and accompanied by Diane Burgess, will provide the special music throughout the intergenerational celebration.Unity’s spiritual leader, Mary Knight-Burdsal, will offer the Easter message, And Still I Rise.Unity meets at Bayview Community Hall on Bayview Road, and provides childcare for ages 2-5.SOUTH WHIDBEY ASSEMBLY OF GOD will observe its Easter celebration with a service of Great Praise and Worship on Sunday, April 15, at 10 a.m. There will be special music and the message, Three Crosses – Three Responses.Nursery and Children’s Church will be available during the service. The church is located on Maxwelton Road, Langley. WHIDBEY EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH will present a special Easter music cantata, The Way of the Cross on Resurrection Sunday, April 15, at 10:30 a.m. Childcare will be provided, and refreshments will follow the service. WEFC is located at 3770 SR 525 in Greenbank–it’s the church with the white cross on the hill. All are welcome to attend. Visit the Web site at www.pioneernet.net/wefc; or call 360-222-3211 for more information.HOUSE OF PRAYER, located at 5719 Pioneer Park Place and Highway 525, will celebrate Easter Sunday, April 15, with a 9:30 a.m. coffee hour and a worship service at 10:30 a.m. Nursery and Children’s Church will also be available.TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH will begin its Easter observances at a sunrise service on Sunday, April 15, at 7 a.m. A festive Easter celebration will be held at 9 and 11 a.m., with an Easter breakfast served from 8-10:30.The church will also sponsor an Easter Egg Hunt at 10:15 a.m.Trinity is located at Highway 525 and Woodward Road in Freeland.ST. PETER’S LUTHERAN CHURCH invites all to worship on Easter Sunday at a Sunrise Service with Holy Communion at 8 a.m. and a second service, Flowering of the Cross, with Sunday School at 10:30 a.m. Pastor Dick Grudt will officiate.There will be a breakfast social in the hall from 9-10 a.m., and kids can take part in an Easter egg hunt at 9:30 a.m.The church is located in Clinton, one block north of Whidbey Island Bank. THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CONGREGATION of Whidbey Island will explore how Unitarian Universalists celebrate Easter when Rev. Tim Jensen speaks on the topic, Easter, Again? on Sunday, April 15, asking the questions, Is Easter simply a spring holiday about blooming flowers and the consumption of chocolate? Or is there a deeper message about the renewal of life which we too can share?The UUCWI meets at 4 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in the first sanctuary. Children’s religious education for grades K-5 runs simultaneous to the service, and childcare is available for ages 0-5. “