Celebrate the story behind the Easter break this year by attending services at one of our churches.

Newham Recorder: Fr. Simon Conway, OFM, & church volunteers, John Pieroni & Peter McFadden, engrossed in splitting packs of golden palms, at St. Francis Friary, Stratford, ready for public distribution on Palm Sunday.Fr. Simon Conway, OFM, & church volunteers, John Pieroni & Peter McFadden, engrossed in splitting packs of golden palms, at St. Francis Friary, Stratford, ready for public distribution on Palm Sunday. (Image: (c) copyright citizenside.com)

Congregations will gather on Good Friday, when according to the Bible Jesus Christ was crucified, and on Easter Sunday, when Christians claim the son of God rose from the dead.

Believers can join in worship, prayer and singing praise at the following locations across the borough:

n St. Paul’s Church

Burges Road, East Ham

Good Friday services:

10am Family worship

11.15am Walk of Witness (meet at St Bartholomew’s Church)

1pm to 3pm At the Cross

Easter Day services:

10.30am Family Communion

6.30pm Evening prayer

Call 020 8472 5531 for more.

n St Marks Church

Lorne Road, Forest Gate

Good Friday services:

10.30pm Hour at the Cross

Easter Sunday services:

10.30am Holy Communion

6.30pm Joint worship

Call 020 8519 8206 for more.

n All Saints West Ham Parish Church Church Street, West Ham

Easter Sunday service:

11am Festal Communion

Call 020 8519 0764 for more.

n East Ham Congregational and Methodist Church Pilgrims Way, East Ham

Good Friday services:

10am worship

Easter Sunday services:

10am All-Age Holy Communion

6.30pm Holy Communion

Call 020 8552 5030 for more.

n Redeemed Christian Church of God

Tom Allen Centre, Grove Crescent Road, Stratford

Good Friday services:

Midnight Lets go-a-fishing

Easter Sunday services:

Midnight Let’s go-a-fishing

Call 020 8555 7116 for more.

n St John’s Church

Broadway, Stratford

Good Friday Service:

Noon to 3pm worship

Call 020 8503 1913 for more.

n St Margarets’ Church

Barking Road, Canning Town

Saturday services:

8pm Easter Vigil

Easter Sunday services

Midnight mass

Call 020 7476 4129 for more.

n Memorial Community Church

Barking Road, Plaistow

Good Friday services:

10.30am Communion at the foot of the cross

Easter Sunday services:

10am Easter Songs around the piano including breakfast and quiet reflection

11am Easter Garden and a celebration of the risen Christ

Call 020 7474 6603 for more.

n Little Ilford Baptist Church

Sheringham Avenue, Little Ilford

Good Friday services:

9am Prayer

10.30am Holy Communion

11.30am Outreach with Easter eggs

Easter Sunday services:

6.30am Sunrise Prayer Walk

8.00am breakfast

10.30am Celebration Service

1pm to 4pm Raised with Christ service

Call 020 8478 7234 for more.