{"id":13181,"date":"2026-02-23T08:54:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T16:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/?p=13181"},"modified":"2026-04-04T13:41:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T20:41:56","slug":"holy-week-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/holy-week-2026","title":{"rendered":"Holy Week 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Holy Week services and events for Memorial<\/abbr> UMC<\/abbr> and Fresno UMC<\/abbr> District.<\/span>
\nLast updated: April 4, 2026 at 13:41 pm<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Palm Sunday at Memorial<\/abbr>:<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n

March 29.<\/span> Memorial<\/abbr> English language service at 10 am. <\/span>\u00a0Hmong service at 11:15 am.<\/span>\u00a0 Bring the kids early for the palm processional.\u00a0 Palm Sunday commemorates the entrance of Christ into Jerusalem<\/b>, during which palm branches were placed in his path, before his arrest on Holy Thursday.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Maundy Thursday at Memorial<\/abbr>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n

Worship Service at 7:00 pm at Memorial<\/abbr>.
\n<\/strong><\/span>(A Fresno District service.)<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Maundy Thursday, also known as \u201cHoly Thursday,\u201d is the Thursday of\u00a0Passion Week, one day before Good Friday (the Friday before Easter). Maundy Thursday is the name given to the day on which Jesus celebrated the Passover with His disciples. It was also the day of His betrayal and arrest. Maundy Thursday commemorates the actions of Jesus associated with the Last Supper.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Good Friday at Memorial<\/abbr>
\n<\/span><\/em><\/span>On Friday, 2 pm, April 14, commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus at at Memorial<\/abbr> United Methodist Church <\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Easter at Memorial<\/abbr>:<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n

April 5
\nEaster English language service at 10 am,
\nEaster<\/span> Hmong language service at 11:15 am.<\/span>
\n<\/a><\/span><\/strong>Arrive at 9:30 for refreshments and fellowship<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

At about 9:50 am, in the sanctuary<\/abbr>, enjoy singing some Easter hymns before the English Language service.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Easter Sunrise at Wesley UMC<\/abbr><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n

6:30 am Sunday, April 5<\/span><\/h3>\n
Wesley United Methodist Church<\/a>, <\/span>1343 E. Barstow Avenue, <\/span><\/span>Fresno,\u00a0CA\u00a093710<\/span><\/h5>\n

(A Fresno District service. There will be no 6:30 sunrise service at Memorial<\/abbr>.)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Easter <\/em><\/span>at Academy church<\/abbr><\/em><\/span>
\n2pm. 10697 North Madson Ave (from hwy 168)\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/h1>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Holy Week services and events for Memorial<\/abbr> UMC<\/abbr> and Fresno UMC<\/abbr> District. Palm Sunday at Memorial<\/abbr>: March 29. Memorial<\/abbr> English language service at 10 am. \u00a0Hmong service at 11:15 am.\u00a0 Bring the kids early for the palm processional.\u00a0 Palm Sunday commemorates the entrance of Christ into Jerusalem, during which palm branches were placed in his […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1909,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,45,7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-13181","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-what-happened-event-over","8":"category-easter","9":"category-special-services","10":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/holy-week.jpg?fit=485%2C228&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-29 23:09:31","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}