Churches plan Holy Week services

This week is Holy Week, the final days before Easter when churches typically have special services and other events to mark Maundy Thursday and Good Friday.

• Zion Lutheran Church will have a service with communion at 7 p.m. on Thursday. Holy Friday will be celebrated with a meditation of the cross at 12:10 p.m. and a service the cross at 7 p.m. The church is at 8304 E. Buckeye.

• The 7 p.m. worship service Thursday at the Veradale United Church of Christ will include a communion meal and candlelight. The church is at 611 N. Progress Road.

• Spokane Valley Church of the Nazarene, 15515 E. 20th Ave., will have a communion service at 7 p.m. Thursday and a Tenebrae service at 7 p.m. on Good Friday.

• A Good Friday service will begin at 7:30 p.m. at Foothills Community Church, 11102 N. Forker Road.

• Millwood Presbyterian Church will host a Palm Sunday pancake breakfast from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Sunday. The cost is $5 per person. Children under 6 are admitted free. Proceeds from the breakfast will go to the senior high mission trip to Mexico.

The church, at 3223 N. Marguerite Road, will also host a Good Friday service at 7 p.m.

• The Episcopal Church of the Resurrection will host a Maundy Thursday Eucharist with an optional foot washing ceremony at 7 p.m. There will be a service of healing at 7 p.m. on Good Friday. The church is at 15319 E. Eighth Ave.

• St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 304 S. Adams Road, will host the Stations of the Cross at noon on Good Friday.

• A Maundy Thursday service will begin at 7 p.m. Thursday at Opportunity Christian Church, 708 N. Pines Road. The service will be preceded by a meal at 6 p.m.

• The Knights of Columbus at St. Paschal’s Catholic Church will host a Palm Sunday breakfast from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Sunday. The menu includes pancakes, scrambled eggs and ham. The meal is by donation. It will be served in the basement of the church school at 2521 N. Park Road.

• Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 821 S. Sullivan Road, will have a Maundy Thursday service at 7 p.m. and a Good Friday service at 7 p.m.

• The Spokane Valley Seventh-day Adventist Church will present a dramatic portrayal of the last week of Christ’s life called “Journey to the Cross.” Actors will dramatize various scenes that guests will walk by, led by a guide. The journey will last 25 minutes and people may arrive at any time between 6 and 9 p.m. each evening. The dramatization will be held on Friday, next Saturday and March 23. There is no admission charge.

• A Good Friday service will begin at 7 p.m. at Christ Lutheran Church, 13009 E. Broadway Ave.

• Opportunity Presbyterian Church, 202 N. Pines Road, will host a Maundy Thursday service with communion at 7 p.m. and a Tenebrae service at 7 p.m. on Good Friday.

• Spokane Valley United Methodist Church will have a combined Palm Sunday service at 10 a.m. Sunday. The church will host a Hallelujah Party for kids in preschool through fifth grade from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Kids will listen to the Easter story, participate in fun activities and have an Easter egg hunt.

The church, at 115 N. Raymond Road, also will host a Maundy Thursday service at 7 p.m. and a Good Friday service at 7 p.m.

• A Good Friday worship service will begin at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Peace Lutheran Church, 4124 N. Harvard Road.