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Easter Egg Hunt

Join in the fun! Bethany’s Annual Easter Egg Hunt is Saturday, April 4^th at 4:00 pm. ALL children from birth-5^th grade are welcome! Invite your friends and neighbors! Be sure to bring your Easter Basket! Light snacks will be provided.

Day Camp Registration Open!

Registration is now OPEN for Bethany's Summer Day Camp with Rainbow Trail! Children (Pre School through 5th grade) and Helpers (6th grade - adult) are invited to join in the fun! This year's theme is "Hands Wide Open" and the dates are June 22-26th. Cost will be $90 for Pre School age children and $120 for elementary children. Registration fee includes a camp t-shirt. Click here to reserve your spots now . If you have any questions, please contact Deacon Debra at debra@bethany-denver.org.

All Bethany Retreat

Pack your bags for a weekend of faith, fun, and community! Our all-ages Bethany Retreat will be held at Rainbow Trail Lutheran Camp, May 1–3, and everyone is invited. We’ll explore our faith formation theme of identity, belonging, and purpose through worship, Bible study, large group games, special music, and camp-style activities for every age. It’s a chance to experience all the best parts of camp with your Bethany church family.

We don’t want cost to keep anyone away: if money is tight, simply pay the minimum. If you’re able, you’re invited to give a little extra to help make the retreat possible for someone else.

Click here to register and reserve your spot! Space is limited!

Food Bank of the Rockies

Looking for a service opportunity to be the hands and feet of Jesus? Bethany will work the Food Bank of the Rockies on April 17th from 8:45-12:00. Please contact Maren Diercks at Marenjdiercks@gmail or 720-238-2333 if you are interested. You will be required to make an account at the Food Bank and I will send those directions.  Register Here

Senior Ministries

The gatherings continue on Tuesdays through May 19, 2026

10:00am-1:00pm in the Fellowship Hall. 

What are you doing on Tuesday mornings? Are you looking for something new to do and/or the opportunity to meet new people? XYZ ministries meets every Tuesday morning in the Fellowship Hall. The group starts to gather around 10 a.m. for games, puzzles and conversation followed by a chapel service at 11:30 a.m. A chef prepared lunch is ready at 12. At least once per month, there is a special program.

Holy Week at Bethany

We invite you to join Bethany’s Holy Week worship services as we walk with Jesus through his final days. Each service adds a new part of the story, drawing us deeper into the mercy God gives in Christ. Come and follow the story step by step, so that Easter might meet you not as an idea, but as God’s promise for you.

Palm Sunday 3/29 -   8:30am and 10:00am | Festival Worship with Palms

Maundy Thursday 4/2 -   7pm Worship Service | First Communion Milestone

Good Friday 4/3 -  12:00pm Tenebrae Service

7:00pm Tenebrae Service | Dubios’ Seven Last Words

Early Easter 4/4 -  5:00pm | Festival Worship with Sounds of Praise Choir

Easter Sunday 4/5 -  8:00am Sounds of Praise Choir

                                    9:30am Chancel Choir, Youth Choir, Denver Brass
                                    11:00am Chancel Choir, Youth Choir, Denver Brass

Good Friday 7:00pm Special Music:
Dubois' Seven Last Words

Théodore Dubois (1837–1924), a prominent French Romantic composer, organist, and choirmaster, composed Les Sept Paroles du Christ (The Seven Last Words of Christ) in 1867 while serving as maître de chapelle at the church of Sainte-Clotilde in Paris. Written for soloists, chorus, and orchestra (later often performed with organ, timpani, and harp), the sacred cantata sets the seven final utterances of Jesus on the cross in Latin, drawn from the Gospels and enriched with traditional Holy Week liturgical texts such as the O vos omnes from Lamentations and excerpts from the Stabat Mater.

The work received its first performance on Good Friday, April 19, 1867, and quickly became a beloved staple of Parisian Lenten and Holy Week observances, performed annually at churches including La Madeleine for nearly a century. Structured in nine movements—an introductory soprano lament followed by one movement per “Word,” concluding with a serene Adoramus te, Christe—Dubois’s setting blends dramatic choral writing, expressive solo passages, and rich Romantic harmonies that convey both the agony and redemptive grace of the Passion.



Its emotional depth and accessible yet sophisticated style have made it one of Dubois’s most enduring and frequently performed choral works, offering congregations and audiences a profound musical meditation on Christ’s suffering and triumph. Today, more than 150 years after its creation, The Seven Last Words of Christ continues to resonate in churches and concert halls as a poignant reflection on sacrifice, forgiveness, and eternal hope during the solemn season of Holy Week.

Easter Flowers

Easter flowers: Help decorate the worship spaces for Easter by donating for flowers in honor or in memory of your loved ones. Find envelopes at the Mission Center desk or go to the giving platforms (www.Bethany-Denver.org under Give or via Bethany Connect app) cost is $25. Deadline is Mar 29. Be sure to let the Office know what you want printed in the Easter bulletins! For help contact Office@Bethany-Denver.org or call 303.758.2820.