2021 Easter Service Plans: We welcome you back this year!
We will host our outdoor hilltop Easter Sunrise Service on April 4, 2021, at 7 AM, fully abiding by state COVID regulations for outdoor worship services.
All visitors and worshipers over the age of two, even if fully vaccinated or considered immune from past COVID infection, are expected to wear face masks at all times and observe appropriate social distancing as we meet outdoors on our farm hillside. We’ll have hay bales available for spaced seating but you may find it more convenient to bring your own folding chairs. Wear warm clothing as there can be brisk winds and sturdy shoes for the walk up the hill in wet pasture.
If it is raining, bring umbrellas as we’re unable to move indoors into the barn given the current state restrictions on indoor worship.
Unfortunately, due to COVID regulations, we will not be able to provide our usual coffee/hot chocolate and cinnamon rolls this year.
We are so looking forward to worshipping with you again this year, rain or shine!
Dan and Emily Gibson
For more information about the service, and how to find our farm, contact us at emilypgibson@gmail.com
Our Easter Sunrise Service Tradition
When we purchased Walnut Hill Farm from the Morton Lawrence family in 1990, part of the tradition of this farm was a hilltop non-denominational Easter sunrise service held here for the previous 10+ years. We have continued that tradition, with an open invitation to families from our surrounding rural neighborhood and communities, as well as our church family from Wiser Lake Chapel, to start Easter morning on our hill with a worship service of celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. We have seen over 150 attend our services some years.
At our annual Easter Sunrise Service in Whatcom County starting at 7 AM, we develop a different Easter theme each year through use of scripture readings and songs, led by Dan Gibson. We sit on hay bales on the hill for the worship service, followed by breakfast of cinnamon rolls, hot chocolate and coffee in our barn. As many of the people who attend come from some distance from all over the county, we try to conclude by 8 AM so they may have time to get to morning church services.
We invite all to come to our farm to participate in this traditional service of celebration. Please dress warmly with sturdy shoes as you will be walking through wet grass to reach the hilltop. Bring heavy blankets or sleeping bags to wrap up in if it is a chilly morning.
In case of light rain, please bring umbrellas or wear your rain gear. If we have heavy rain, we will meet in the red hay barn. We never cancel this service (except in the event of an emerging global pandemic!)
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