Ministerial Alliance Churches Celebrate Holy Week 2026

Several Ministerial Alliance churches are celebrating Holy Week in a variety of ways:

• Palm Sunday, March 29: First Presbyterian Church of Pauls Valley invites you to join a cheerring, chanting, dizzy crowd on Palm Sunday at our regular 11:00am worship service. We start with a children's parade waving palms, but then we turn to anticipate the events of Holy Week.
• Maundy Thursday, April 2: First Christian Church, First Presbyterian Church, and First United Methodist Church are joining together to host a Community Maundy Thursday service focused on the last supper. The service will be held at the First United Methodist Church at 6:00pm on Thursday, April 2.
• Good Friday, April 3: Trinity Baptist Church is opening its sanctuary to the community from noon to 3:00pm for personal prayer and reflection.
  First Christian Church, First Presbyterian Church, and First United Methodist Church are also hosting a Community Good Friday service focused on the cross. This service will feature darkness, a stripping of the sanctuary, and solemn reproaches. The service will be held at the First Presbyterian Church at 6:00pm on Friday, April 3.
  Trinity Baptist Church will also be holding a Good Friday service on Friday, April 3 at 6:00pm. This service will feature Haley Hanzel, violinist. Communion will be served.
• Easter Sunday, April 5: Each our churches would love to welcome you to celebrate the resurrection of our Lord at their regular Sunday worship service. Check out the Ministerial Alliance churches at https://mapvok.blogspot.com/p/churches.html to help find the right congregation for you!

Easter Egg Hunt

Each year the Ministerial Alliance partners with the City of Pauls Valley to sponsor the city-wide Easter egg hunt in Wacker Park. This year, the hunt will be held on Saturday, Marchc 28. The City, the FOP, and Ministerial Alliance Churches are providing the thousands of stuffed plastic eggs and prize baskets.

Volunteers should show up between 8:30am and 9:00am to help set up. The start time is 10:30am, but kids generally line up at the starting line ahead of that. Prizes are awarded at 10:45am. The Ministerial Alliance, with support from First United Bank, will serve hot dogs at 11:00am.

March Ministerial Alliance Gathering

One of the joys of Christianity is worshipping together. In the Ministerial Alliance, we try to make a habit of worshipping together everytime there is a fifth Sunday in the month. This month, though, the fifth Sunday is Palm Sunday, and we acknowledge that each of our congregations might have special things going on, OR they might be recovering from a lot of work to put on a special event. SO: This month, the Ministerial Alliance is moving its Gathering worship service tothe fourth Sunday.

The March Ministerial Alliance Gather will be held on Sunday, March 22nd at 6:00pm at the Pauls Valley Seventh Day Adventist Church. Come worship with sisters and brothers, and linger in Christian fellowship afterwards.

We'd love to see you there!

3 Churches Ash Wednesday and Holy Week service

Each year, the First Christian Church, the First Presbyterian Church, and the First United Methodist Church join together to put on community worship services for Ash Wednesday, Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. This year, the services will follow this schedule:

• Ash WednesdayWednesday, February 18th, at the First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
• Maundy ThursdayThursday, April 2, at the First United Methodist Church
• Good FridayFriday, April 3, at the First Presbyterian Church

All services will be at 6:00pm

FUMC Groundhog Day Breakfast

The First United Methodist Church invites you to join them for their annual Groundhog Breakfast. In anticipation of Groundhog's Day, the breakfast will be held Saturday, January 31, from 7:00am to noon in their Fellowship Hall. Donations will be collected to help fund their youth programs.

Pancake Breakfastat First Church of God

The First Church of God invites you to a Youth Pancake Breakfast on Monday, January 19, from 8:00am to noon. The cost for Adults is $7.00 and Children are $3.00.

For more information, check out their facebook event page:
PV FCOG Youth Pancake Breakfast

Ministerial Alliance Churches Christmas Eve Services

Our Ministerial Alliance churches are excited to be celebrating the birth of our common Lord whom we serve. There are many beautiful and meaningful traditions in our congregations, an each would ba honored for you to join them.

Christmas Eve Services

• 6:00pm - First Christian Church
• 6:00pm - First United Methodist Church
• 11:00pm - First Presbyterian Church

Other churches might qave services at different times; check out each of their websites at our list of ministerial alliance churches to find out more.