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Easter Sunday
Join us as at St. John's to celebrate Easter! We will hold three service on Easter Sunday as we celebrate the resurrection, knowing that Jesus is alive. All of our services will be offered in-person, and will be available to watch over livestream for those who cannot attend, or prefer to worship from home. Learn more about each of these services below. To watch the services live from home, click on the video box of the service at the time of worship, or click the button to open in YouTube.
8:15AM Easter Service
11AM Easter Service
Our 8:15a.m. and 11:00a.m. Easter services are traditional Methodist services held in our Sanctuary and will feature choir, organ, and the UNM Faculty Brass Quintet.
9:30AM Contemporary Easter Service
Our 9:30a.m. service is a contemporary Methodist service held in the Family Life Center. Our Praise Band provides music for this service, playing current and classic contemporary Christian music and popular hits. Join us for an upbeat, energetic, and music-filled Easter worship.
Easter Activities For Kids & Youth
Easter Egg Hunt
April 9th at 1PM
Our annual Easter Egg Hunt is on Saturday, April 9, at 1 p.m. We will meet in the Family Life Center, but weather permitting, we will hold the hunt outside. All children are welcome, invite your friends and family! Bring your baskets, friends, and cameras!
Palm Sunday Youth Journey to Chimayo
April 10th at 2PM
Palm Sunday journey to Chimayo - Please join the youth as we take a holy journey to the Sanctuario Chimayo on Palm Sunday. We will leave the church at 2 p.m., Sunday April 10. Please contact Pastor Tiffany (thollums@stjohns-abq.org) if you are interested in joining us.
Holy Saturday Easter Vigil
April 16th at 6PM
Join us as we create prayer stations journeying to the cross with Jesus, Saturday at 6 p.m. At 9 p.m. the youth will begin their night watch as we pray hourly until Easter morning. Youth will stay through the night and then wake up early Easter morning and attend the
8:15 a.m. service.
Holy Week Services
We offer several additional worship services during Holy Week beyond our Sunday services. Join us on April 14th at 7:30PM for Maundy Thursday for a special service of Holy Communion, with reflective music by Jim Ahrend. Join us on Good Friday, April 15th at 7:30PM for a powerful service of darkness, with the reading of the Passion narrative, featuring the St. John’s Chancel Choir with special guest musicians: Olga Perez Flora, mezzo-soprano, Ruxandra Marquardt, violinist, Kimberly Fredenburgh, violist, and Joel Becktell, cellist.
We also hold a prayer vigil the Saturday evening before Easter. We invite you to join our community, whether you join us in-person or online. All of our services will be held in-person in our Sanctuary and will be available to watch over livestream from home.