Easter Events

Easter performance

The Columbia County Choral Society will present the Easter portion of Handels The Messiah at 7:30 p.m. Friday at First Baptist Church of Evans, Washington and Belair roads. Tickets are $8, or $6 for students and seniors. For information go to choralsociety.org, or call 650-8901.

Y Easter event

The Family Y Easter Egg-stravaganza will be 10 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. Monday-Friday and March 29-April 2 at Camp Lakeside on Lake Thurmond, for children in pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. For information, call 359-2153.

Passion play

Tickets are now available for Abilene Baptist Churchs Passion story, Bow the Knee, which will be presented at 7 p.m. April 1 and 2. The story portrays the life, death and resurrection of Christ from the perspective of the centurion who was instrumental in the crucifixion. For information, call 869-1774.

Passion play

The Good Shepherd Baptist Church will present He Reigneth Forevermore, a Passion play and Musical that tells the story of the creation, the birth, ministry, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Performances are scheduled for April 3 at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. and April 4 at 5 p.m. There is no admission cost, but complimentary tickets are required and an offering will be taken.

Tickets are available at the church, 1714 Olive Road, Augusta; The Medicine Shoppe, 2416 Windsor Spring Road at Rosier Road, Augusta and Salon Lynnique, 125 Davis Road, Martinez.

Call 733-0341 for more information.

Good Friday

First Baptist Church of Evans will hold a Good Friday service 7 p.m. April 9 at the church, Washington Road at Belair. The church will hold an Easter sunrise service 7:30 a.m. April 11, followed by breakfast in the fellowship hall. For information, call 863-1228.

Carrying the cross

Members of Old Union Baptist Church will carry a cross April 10 for three miles from downtown Harlem to the church, at 6095 Old Union Road. The cross will be erected at the church and used during the Easter sunrise service. Participants will meet at 10 a.m. at the traffic signal in Harlem, and members of the community are invited to join. For information, call 556-9055.

Passion and Easter

Marvin United Methodist Church, Belair at Wheeler Road, will present its Passion Scene April 10 on the lawn facing Belair Road. A sunrise Easter service will be 7 a.m. April 11, with Easter services at 9:45 a.m. and 11 a.m. An Easter-egg hunt will be 11 a.m. April 11, with a visit from the Easter bunny.

Easter service

Bible Cathedral, 1116 Furys Ferry Road in Evans, will hold an Easter sunrise service at 7 a.m. April 11. For information, call 863-7090.