Local notes

BENTON COUNTY

Bella Vista Community Church, 75 E. Lancashire Blvd., launches a contemporary worship service at

11 a.m. today, with Cody Ragland preaching. The church also offers a traditional worship service at 9:30 a.m. each Sunday.

Information: 855-1126, bvcc.org.

Village Bible Church in Bella Vista, 1591 Forest Hills Blvd., offers a Good Friday worship service with communion at 6:30 p.m. Friday.

Information: 876-5764, villagebibleefc.org

First Presbyterian Church in Bentonville, 901 N.E. J St., celebrates the season with the following events: Palm Sunday worship with palm processional, 10:15 a.m. Sunday; The Cruicifixion, a cantata with the church choir and the choir from First United Presbyterian Church in Fayetteville, 6 p.m. Sunday; Maundy Thursday, worship with communion — a light soup supper is served at 6 p.m. Thursday; Easter egg hunt for infants to fourth-graders, 10 a.m. March 31; Easter, worship with communion and special music, 10:15 a.m. April 1.

Information: 273-5450, fpcbentonville.org.

First United Methodist Church in Bella Vista, 20 Boyce Drive, sponsors an Easter egg hunt at 3:30 p.m. Sunday. The church also sponsors a community Easter sunrise service at 7 a.m. April 1 at the Metfield clubhouse.

The church plans the following services for Holy Week: Palm Sunday, 8 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. Sunday (traditional services) and 9:30 a.m. Sunday (contemporary family service); Lenten service, 11:45 a.m. Wednesday, followed by a Lenten luncheon; Maundy Thursday, taize service, 6:30 p.m. Thursday; Good Friday worship services, noon and

6:30 p.m. Friday; Easter worship services, 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. April 1.

Information: 855-1158, lovelearnlead.com.

Brightwater Memorial United Methodist Church, 14108 E. Highway 62, and Pea Ridge United Methodist Church, 1205 N. Davis St., plan the following events for the Easter season: Maundy Thursday service, 7 p.m. Thursday at Brightwater; Easter egg hunt, 10 a.m. March 31, Brightwater; Easter sunrise service,

6:30 a.m. April 1, followed by a breakfast, Pea Ridge; Easter worship services, 9:30 a.m. April 1, Brightwater, and 11 a.m. April 1, Pea Ridge.

Information: 451-8161, bit.ly/bmucm.

St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Rogers, 840 W. Oak St., marks Holy Week with worship services for Palm Sunday at 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. Sunday, including a palm processional, a dramatic reading of the Passion and communion; a Maundy Thursday service at 6 p.m. Thursday, with foot washing, stripping of the altar and communion; Good Friday services at noon and 6 p.m. Friday with the veneration of the cross, dramatic reading of the Passion and communion from the Reserve Sacrament; festal services of communion for Easter at 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. April 1. An Easter egg hunt for children follows the

10 a.m. service April 1. Information: 636-4072. Unity Church of the Ozarks, 12 McKissick Creek Road, Suite 1210, Bentonville, plans a Palm Sunday service at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, followed by the monthly potluck.

A new class, “Birthing a Greater Reality,” by Robert Brumet, begins at 9 a.m. April 8.

Information: 721-2752, unityozarks.org.

Highland Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Bella Vista, 1500 Forest Hills Blvd., plans several services for the Easter season. Palm Sunday, worship service at 10:30 a.m. Sunday; Maundy Thursday, worship service at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, followed by a 24-hour prayer vigil; Easter, early worship service, at 8:30 a.m. April 1, followed by breakfast, at Forest Hills Church; Easter, worship service, 10:30 a.m. April 1 at Highland.

The church hosts James Garrett and “Tribute to John Denver” at 2 p.m. April 22, benefiting the Village House adult day program and the Bella Vista Public Library.

Information: 855-2780, highlandchristianchurchbv.org.

Bella Vista Lutheran Church, 1990 Forest Hills Blvd., marks Palm Sunday with just one service, at 9:30 a.m. Sunday. A Maundy Thursday service at 6 p.m. Thursday includes communion. A Good Friday Tenebrae, a service of darkness, is planned for 6 p.m. Friday. Two worship services are planned for Easter Sunday, a traditional service at 8:30 a.m. April 1 and a blended service at 10:45 a.m. April 1.

The church offers an Easter egg hunt at 4 p.m. March 31.

Information: 855-0272, bvlutheran.com.

The United Lutheran Church of Bella Vista,

100 Cooper Road, serves a Seder meal at 6 p.m. Thursday. Tickets are $1 per person or a canned good for the church food pantry. A Maundy Thursday service is planned for 7:30 p.m. Thursday, and a Good Friday service at 7 p.m. Friday. The church holds Easter services at 8:15 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. April 1. An Easter egg hunt and breakfast begins at 9:30 a.m. April 1.

The church choir presents its Easter cantata, The Alleluia Tree, during the 9:30 a.m. worship service April 8.

Information: 855-1325, unitedlutheranbv.org.

The Presbyterian Church of Bella Vista, 1880 Forest Hills Blvd., offers a worship service for Easter at 10 a.m. April 1. The Easter Bunny will be available for photographs after the service.

Information: 855-2390, pcbv.org.

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Rogers, 1101 W. Hudson Road, plans the following activities for Holy Week: Maundy Thursday, communion services, 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Thursday; Good Friday, Lenten Canticles,a cantata presented by the church choir, 7 p.m. Friday; Easter sunrise service, 7 a.m. April 1; Easter breakfast, hosted by the youth, at 8:15 a.m. April 1; Sunday school and an egg hunt for children, 9:30 a.m. April 1; Easter celebration service with communion, 10:45 a.m. April 1.

Information: 636-1135, holytrin.org.

Unitarian Universalists of Benton County, 1400 W. Walnut, No. 113, Bentonville, present Keith Foster, public information officer of the Rogers Police Department, speaking on how to avoid and defend against an active shooter situation at 11 a.m. Sunday. A slow-cooker potluck meal follows the talk.

Information: 855-1485, uubcar.com.

Grace Point Church in Bentonville, 1201 McCollum Dr., presents “Mindscapes and Monuments: Revelation and the Gospel,” a solo art show by Dick Davison, an architecture professor at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. The works will be hung in the church’s Story: the Gallery from April 22 to June 10. His works have been compared to the style of Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio and 18th-century Italian artist Giovanni Piranesi with contemporary perspectives of filmmaker Tim Burton and Swiss surrealist H.R. Giger. The exhibit is free.

Information: 479-4647223, gracepointchurch.net.

Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas in Rogers, 2710 S. Rife Medical Lane, presents the Heritage Edition of the St. John’s Bible on display through May 31 in the hospital lobby. Visitors may view the Bible from 6:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. each weekday. At 11:45 a.m. each Wednesday, a page of the Bible will be turned and a reflection offered. A public blessing is planned for 10 a.m. April 5.

Four Catholic health ministries collaborated to bring the Year of the St. John’s Bible to Arkansas in recognition of the 175th anniversary of the founding of the Diocese of Little Rock. The St. John’s Bible was commissioned in 1998 by Benedictine monks of St. John’s Abbey and the University of Collegeville in Minnesota. The Bible is written on vellum, using quills, natural hand-made inks, hand-ground pigments and gilding. The art piece includes 1,165 pages and 165 illuminations.

Information: 338-2903.

REGION

Holiday Island Community Church, 188 Stateline Drive, presents Ellen Stephenson in concert from 1 to 2:15 p.m. April 7, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the church. The free concert of Stephenson’s original music includes guest artists Jim Swiggart, T.J. Strecker and Cat Templeton.

Information: 253-8200, hicchurch.com.