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The sale will include homemade baked goods and crafts made by hospital personnel and auxiliary members.

Publicity Chairman Jean Gilligan encourages patrons to shop early since the items usually sell quickly.

The event is co-chaired by Yvonne Albrecht and Charlotte Westcott. Proceeds from the sale will benefit the hospital's building fund.

For more information, call the auxiliary at 410-787-4504.

Shrimp feast

The Ladies Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 160 will sponsor a shrimp feast from 7 p.m. to midnight April 19 at the post hall, 2597 Dorsey Road.

Admission is $35. Proceeds will benefit cancer aid and research.

Food will be served from 7 to 10 p.m. Music will be played from 8 p.m. to midnight.

The menu includes steamed shrimp, fried shrimp, pit-roasted beef and ham, chicken, sausage, pork and sauerkraut, salads, vegetables, draft beer and soda. Patrons are not permitted to take their own beverages.

The event also will include games of chance.

For details, call 410-766-9802.

Fellowship Baptist

An Easter musical "Rise Again" will be presented at 7 p.m. Good Friday and at 11 a.m. Sunday at Fellowship Baptist Church, 1015 Sundown Road.

The cantata will take the audience from the beginning of Jesus' ministry through his miracles, his death and his resurrection.

Admission is free.

The church also will sponsor a free children's Easter party from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday at the church.

The event is for all children ages 4 through sixth grade.

For more information, call the church at 410-760-7755 or visit www.fellowshipofferndale.org.

FUMC

The congregation of Ferndale United Methodist Church will gather at 6 p.m. tomorrow for a light soup supper in the church fellowship hall, 117 Ferndale Road.

The supper will be followed by a Communion service around the Cross at 7 p.m. in the fellowship hall.

The church will be open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. for silent, individual prayer and meditation on Good Friday. A prayer and hymn service will begin at 7 p.m. The service is conducted in darkness and includes prayer, hymns, stripping of the altar and extinguishing the candles as the congregation mourns the crucifixion and awaits the resurrection.

For more information, call the church at 410-761-2880.

Glen Burnie Baptist

Glen Burnie Baptist Church, 7524 Old Stage Road, will host a children's Easter egg hunt from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday. Children ages 1 to 12 are invited to participate.

In additional to the traditional search for eggs, there also will be craft activities and snacks.

For more information, call the church office at 410-766-2588 or visit www.glenburniebaptist.org.

Good Friday

Glen Burnie Evangelical Presbyterian Church will offer a Good Friday worship service at 7 p.m. at the church, 710 Aquahart Road.

For more information, call the church office at 410-766-5363.

Services at GBUMC

Glen Burnie United Methodist Church will offer a Maundy Thursday worship service at 7 p.m.

The Rev. Kelly Sparks will preach the sermon.

The church also will hold a Stations of the Cross service at 7 p.m. Good Friday led by the Glen Burnie United Methodist Youth.

For more information, call the church at 410-761-4381.

Holy Trinity

Holy Trinity Catholic Church at 7436 Baltimore Annapolis Blvd. will offer a variety of Holy Week services prior to Easter vigil and Easter Sunday.

Morning prayer services and Liturgy of the Hours will be offered at 9 a.m. tomorrow through Saturday.

The celebration of the Mass of Lord's Supper will begin at 8 p.m. tomorrow.

The congregation may participate in the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament from 9 p.m. to midnight tomorrow in the church hall.

Stations of the Cross will begin at noon Friday in the church. A Living Stations of the Cross, performed by members of the parish, will start at 3 p.m. Friday in the auditorium of the Monsignor Slade Catholic School, 120 Dorsey Road.

A Lenten fish bake dinner will be served from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday in the church hall.

The Celebration of the Lord's Passion will begin at 8 p.m. Friday in the church.

For more information, call the church office at 410-766-5070.

Fish fry at John Wesley

John Wesley United Methodist Church will sponsor a fish fry from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday at the church, 6922 N. Ritchie Highway.

Dinners cost $9.50. Tickets will be sold at the door. Participants have a choice of fish or chicken.

For more information, call the church office at 410-766-6981.

Living Hope Church

Living Hope Church will sponsor an Easter egg hunt Sunday at the church following the 10:30 a.m. worship service.

The church is located at 508 McCormick Drive, Suite M.

For more information, call the church at 410-76604567 or visit www.livinghopechurch.info.

Lord's Supper

The Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer, 7606 Quarterfield Road will celebrate the Lord's Supper at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow .

The church also will offer a Good Friday Tenebrae service will begin at 7:30 p.m. The Passion according to John will be read.

During the service, all of the lights in the church will be extinguished to show the darkness of the Crucifixion and the tomb.

For more information, call the church at 410-766-8778.

Egg hunt at Oakwood

Oakwood Wesleyan Church will hold an Easter egg hunt for children ages 3 to 12 at 12:30 p.m. Sunday following services. The church is located at 505 Oakwood Station Road.

For details, call the Rev. Ken Clendaniel at 410-761-4530.

Peace Lutheran

Peace Lutheran Church will host a bilingual Holy Thursday worship service in English and Spanish at 7 p.m . The church is located at 416 Wellham Ave.

During the service, the First Communion class will receive their first Holy Communion and there will be the traditional washing of feet.

A Good Friday worship service with Holy Communion will begin at noon; a Tenebrae service will start at 7 p.m.

For more information, call the church at 410-766-3283.

St. Alban's Episcopal

St. Alban's Episcopal Church will offer a Maundy Thursday service at 7 p.m..

A Good Friday service will begin at 7 p.m.

The church is located at 105 First Ave. S.W.

For more information, call the church office at 410-766-1455.

St. Paul's Lutheran

St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church will gather at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. for Maundy Thursday services at the church, 308 Oak Manor Drive.

Sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade students in the church's First Communion class will receive their first Holy Communion during the 7 p.m. service. The service will conclude with a stripping of the alter.

A Good Friday Tenebrae service will begin at 7 p.m. Friday. For more information, call the church office at 410-766-2283.

Easter egg hunt

The Dundee and Associates Community Association will host its annual community Easter egg hunt from noon to 1 p.m. Saturday at Oakwood Elementary School, 330 Oak Manor Drive. Registration will be held from 11:30 to noon.

Children in the community ages 2 to 11 are welcome to participate.

Admission is free.

The event will be canceled should it rain or snow.

For details, call President Barbara Morgan at 410-768-5430.

Another egg hunt

The North Glen Community Association will host an Easter egg hunt at 10 a.m. Saturday at the community hall, 303 Wellham Ave.

The event is for children ages 8 and younger whose parents or grandparents are members of the association. Children should take a basket or other container in which to collect their eggs.

Advance registration is required.

For more information, call president Nancy Mason at 410-761-4894.

Happy Helpers

The Happy Helpers for the Homeless will going to Baltimore on Sunday to distribute Easter baskets from noon to 4 p.m.

Volunteers will meet in Glen Burnie to organize and car pool. Families are invited to join the volunteer effort.

For more information, call Bobbi Coffman at 410-766-4973

Clubs and organizations in the 21061 ZIP code area can call Maryland Gazette correspondent Kathleen Shatt at 410-766-8547 for publication of their news. They can also fax information to her at 410-766-1520 or send e-mail to kasmgfern@hotmail.com.