Easter Services, Kids Science Headline This Week's Events in McKinley Park

Neighborhood congregations celebrate Easter this week and coming weekend, including Blessed Sacrament Parish's Ascensions of the Cross, with a walk through the McKinley Park neighborhood on Friday morning.  Ss. Peter and Paul Church plays host to the all-parish Holy Saturday Easter Service on Saturday evening, the Blessing of the Easter Baskets earlier that day at noon, Good Friday Service at 7 p.m. Friday, and a Bilingual Mass of the Lord's Supper Thursday evening.

St. Andrew Lutheran Church precedes Easter weekend with a Maundy Thursday Worship Service on Thursday evening, then Good Friday Worship Service at 7 p.m. on Friday. The church begins Easter morning, Sunday, April 1, with an Easter Dawn Worship Service, followed by an Easter Breakfast. Then St. Andrew's Easter Festival Worship Service takes place at 9:30 a.m.

Bethany Baptist Church offers Easter Prayer Service on Easter Sunday at 10 a.m., then Easter Worship Service at 11 a.m. Bethany concludes its Easter Sunday with a family-style Easter Lunch at noon.

The McKinley Park branch of the Chicago Public Library is once again the place to be for kids who love science and building: Exploratorium with Plant Chicago introduces kids to aquaponics at 2 p.m. on Wednesday through a session led by experts from The Plant Chicago. The continuing LEGO at the Library series presents different building challenges to kids on Tuesday evening.

These are just some of the great neighborhood events happening in McKinley Park this week. Check the full calendar, featured events, showcase events and events dashboard for more.