Island places of worship offer varied services over the course of Easter weekend. Services begin Friday and run through Sunday.

Good Friday

Chilmark Community Church, 9 Menemsha Crossroad. Music, lessons and meditation, 5:30 to 6:15 p.m.

Community Baptist Church of Gay Head in Aquinnah, 1 Church street, 7 p.m.

First Baptist Church, Spring and William streets, Vineyard Haven, noon.

Our Lady Star of the Sea, Oak Bluffs. Liturgy of the Word and veneration of the cross., 3 p.m. Stations of the Cross, 7 p.m.

St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, North Summer street, Edgartown. Service at noon, Stations of the Cross, 4:30 p.m.

Trinity Worship Center, Camp Ground, Oak Bluffs. Performances, music, videos and readings from noon to 8 p.m. Come and go as you please.

Holy Saturday

Chilmark Community Church, 9 Menemsha Crossroad. Music, lessons and meditation from 5:30 to 6:15 p.m.

Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Oak Bluffs. Easter vigil, 8 p.m.  

St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, North Summer street, Edgartown. Great vigil of Easter, 7 p.m.

Easter Sunday

Chilmark Community Church, 9 Menemsha Crossroad, 9 a.m. Special music with harpist Sandra Attwood. Child care available and Easter egg hunt follows the service.  

Christ United Methodist Church (Stone Church), William street, Vineyard Haven, 10 a.m.

Community Baptist Church of Gay Head in Aquinnah, 1 Church street. Sunrise service, 6 a.m.

Federated Church of Edgartown, sunrise service, 6 a.m., lawn of Mayhew Parsonage, South Water street. Easter service at the meetinghouse, South Summer street, 10:30 a.m.  

First Baptist Church, Eastville Beach in Vineyard Haven, 9 a.m. Breakfast at the church, Spring and William streets, 9:45 a.m. Alleluia service, 11 a.m. Easter egg hunt follows.

First Congregational Church of West Tisbury, service at Agricultural Hall, 10 a.m. Sunday school during the service and Easter egg hunt after.

Good Shepherd Parish, Sheriff’s Meadow Beach, Main street, Vineyard Haven. Sunrise service, 6 a.m.

Our Lady Star of the Sea, Oak Bluffs, 9:30 a.m.

St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, North Summer street, Edgartown, 8, 9:15 and 10:30 a.m..

St. Augustine’s Church, Vineyard Haven, 8 a.m., 11 a.m. (in Portuguese).

St. Elizabeth’s Church, Main street, Edgartown, 11 a.m.

United Methodist Church, sunrise service, 5 a.m., Inkwell Beach. Free breakfast at Trinity parish house afterwards.

Grace Episcopal Church, Woodlawn avenue and William street, 8 a.m. no incense service; 10 a.m. with incense. Music at both services. Easter egg hunt follows the last service at approximately 11:15 a.m.

Unitarian Universalist Church, 238 Main street, Vineyard Haven. Rolling Away the Stone with Rev. Bill Clark, 11 a.m.

Martha's Vineyard Bible Church, American Legion Hall, 34 William street, Vineyard Haven. Easter service begins at 10 a.m.