Holy Week services at local churches
Local churches will hold special services for Holy Week, which begins with Palm Sunday. A second schedule with special services on Easter Vigil Saturday and Easter will appear April 19. Services marked with an asterisk indicate child care will be provided:
Christ the King Lutheran Church, 495 Florida Road. 6 p.m.* Good Friday worship.
First Baptist Church of Durango, 332 E. 11th St. 7 p.m.* Good Friday service.
First Presbyterian Church of Durango, 1159 East Third Ave. Noon. Ecumenical Good Friday worship. Sanctuary will be open from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. for prayer and meditation.
First United Methodist Church of Durango, 2917 Aspen Drive. 4 p.m. today Crafts, games and Easter egg hunt before 5:30 p.m. service; 7 p.m.* Thursday, Living Last Supper; 7 p.m.* Good Friday service.
St. Columba Catholic Church, 1830 East Second Ave. 7 p.m. Good Friday.
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 910 East Third Ave. Ecumenical community worship service, noon Good Friday.
To have an Easter schedule appear April 19, email Ann Butler at abutler@durangoherald.com.
Christ the King offers nursery care Sunday
Christ the King Lutheran Church, 495 Florida Road, is offering nursery care at both Sunday services, 8 and 10:30 a.m.
Pine Valley Church sets Easter schedule
Pine Valley Church, 1328 County Road 501 in Bayfield, will host a Good Friday worship service at 7 p.m. Friday.
Easter service times will be 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Brunch will be served between the services at 9:30 a.m.
Nursery and Children’s Church are available at both services.
For more information, call 884-7196 or visit http://pinevalleychurch.org.
Methodist church to host egg hunt
An Easter egg hunt will be held from 4 to 5:15 p.m. today at First United Methodist Church, 2917 Aspen Drive.
Families are invited for games, stories, crafts, snacks and an egg hunt. All ages are welcome.
For more information, call 247-4213.
Malaysia, Indonesia ban biblical epic ‘Noah’
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Malaysia and Indonesia have banned the biblical epic “Noah,” joining other Muslim nations that forbid the Hollywood movie for its visual depiction of a man Islam considers a prophet.
Film censors in both countries said the portrayal of the ark-builder by Russell Crowe was against Islamic law. Depictions of prophets are shunned in Islam to avoid worship of a person rather than God.
Malay Muslims make up about 60 percent of Malaysia’s 30 million people, and Christians about 9 percent.
In Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim nation, the head of the national censorship board said the plot of “Noah” contradicts both the Quran and the Bible.
Indonesia’s most influential Islamic body welcomed the move, saying films that could corrupt religious teachings should be outlawed.
herald staff & Associated Press
