April 16, 2025

Easter in Borrego Springs

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Something for Everyone This Easter


Looking for ways to celebrate Easter in Borrego Springs? Whether you’re here for faith, food, family, or fun, there’s something for everyone this Easter week.


From spiritual gatherings to festive brunches and colorful art shows, this quiet desert village offers a variety of options to make your Easter memorable.


Friday Events – April 18

Stations at the Cross

Friday, April 18

9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Community United Methodist Church Green, Church Lane

An ecumenical Good Friday experience open to all.

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Presentation & Film: In Search of Nights Lost

Friday, April 18

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Borrego Springs Library, 2580 Country Club Rd

Free event recognizing Jim and Anne Wermers, followed by a film partially shot at Fonts Point.

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Good Friday Service – St. Barnabas Episcopal Church

Friday, April 18

4:00 PM

2680 Country Club Rd

Service of Readings and Communion.

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Good Friday – Saint Richard Catholic Church

Friday, April 18

4:00 PM Bilingual Mass

5:00 PM Stations of the Cross

611 Church Lane

Held in English and Spanish, followed by community observance.

Easter Egg Hunt

Friday, April 18

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Borrego Springs High School Football Field, 2281 Diegueno Rd

$5 per family. Hosted by the high school freshman class. Includes music, painting, and Beachin Boba.

Saturday Events – April 19

Holy Saturday – Saint Richard Catholic Church

Saturday, April 19

8:00 PM – Easter Vigil Service

611 Church Lane

ARTTALK with Andy Brown

Saturday, April 19

3:00 PM

The House of Borrego Springs West Gallery, 624 Palm Canyon Dr

Discussion about his "Flashback" exhibit.

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Live Music at Carlee’s

Saturday, April 19

8:00 PM

Carlee’s Place, 660 Palm Canyon Dr

Soul Frenzy performs.

Sunday Events – April 20

Easter Sunrise Service

Sunday, April 20

6:09 AM

Behind the Methodist Church, Church Lane

Hosted by the Borrego Ministers Association.

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Communion – St. Barnabas Episcopal Church

Immediately after sunrise service

Followed by 9:30 AM Festive Easter Eucharist with hymns

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Easter Worship – Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Sunday, April 20

10:00 AM

597 Cahuilla Rd

Celebrate Jesus Christ’s greater love. Call (909) 272-2595.

Self-Realization Fellowship

Sunday, April 20

9:40 AM – Energization Exercises

10:00 AM – Meditation

11:00 AM – Inspirational Reading

12:00 PM – Fruit and Fellowship

Special Note: Easter meal will be a Greek food potluck.

To contribute a dish, email marg1920@yahoo.com

Easter Sunday – Saint Richard Catholic Church

6:00 AM – Ecumenical Sunrise Service

9:30 AM – English Mass

12:00 PM – Christ the King Bilingual Mass

611 Church Lane, Borrego Springs

Rams Hill Easter Special

Sunday, April 20

8:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Rams Hill Clubhouse Restaurant

$23 per person. Build-your-own omelet, waffles, and more.

Reserve

Easter Sunday Brunch with Live Music

Sunday, April 20

11:00 AM – 3:00 PM

The Arches at Borrego Springs Resort, 1112 Tilting T Dr

Live music by Desert Crossing. Call (760) 767-5700 for reservations.

Ongoing Art Exhibits

Andy Brown’s Flashback

Through May 11

The House of Borrego Springs West Gallery

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Sheltering Dark Sky – Photography by Dany Tomas

Through April 25

The Gallery at The Palms, 2220 Hoberg Rd

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Shadows Over the Oasis – Student Art Exhibit

Through April 27

587 Palm Canyon Dr, Suite 208

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Borrego Art Institute – 19th Annual Plein Air Invitational

Through April 27

Borrego Art Institute, 665 Palm Canyon Dr

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Learn More About Borrego Springs

Update: Restoring 707 Christmas Circle

April 17, 2025
Mitzi Matijevich gives a heartfelt look into the daily work, vision, and unexpected moments behind restoring the historic building at 707 Christmas Circle—known locally as the old Borrego Sun building.

In Memory of Carlos Medina

April 17, 2025
Carlos Augusto Medina, a Borrego Springs resident for many years, passed away peacefully at his home here on April 13, 2025. He was 86.

BMA Ecumenical Easter Sunrise Service

April 17, 2025
Celebrate the resurrection in a peaceful desert setting with the annual Community Easter Sunrise Service, hosted by the Borrego Ministers Association.

Sheltering Dark Sky: Dany Tomas Photography Exhibition

April 13, 2025
The Gallery at The Palms is showing Dany's new collection of prints April 5 - 25. Opens with a reception on Saturday April 5 at 5-7 pm. Dark Sky International restores the nighttime environment and protects communities from the harmful effects of light pollution through outreach, advocacy and conservation. The International Dark Sky Places program works with Borrego Springs, Ca. to certify and protect and keep our town dark for humans and wildlife alike. Dany Tomas' Sheltering Dark Sky photographs are spectacular dark sky images that capture the sacred and timeless magic of our desert night sky. His creativity documents the paramount importance of protecting nature from nighttime light pollution while engaging with the nocturnal world as a unique visionary. Curator Elizabeth Rodriguez has carefully selected photographs that conjoin dark sky with true nocturnal beauty. The Gallery is located at The Palms at Indian Head , 2220 Hoberg Road, Borrego Springs, Ca. 92004. Info: 760.443.3300 houseofborregosprs@sbcglobal.net

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April 17, 2025
Bike4BorregoKids is a scholarship fundraiser led by Sylvia Maas, a Soroptimist of Borrego Springs and endurance cyclist.

Holy Week and Easter in Borrego

By Michael Plekon • April 17, 2025
Every spring, the calendar of the Christian churches comes round to the Forty Days of Lent, a time of self examination and reflection, very much like the season of Ramadan in Islam. These weeks culminate in Holy Weeks, the time from Palm Sunday, this year April 13, till Easter Sunday, April 20. Easter, coming from an Old English word for spring, is the celebration of Jesus being raised from death. But the Resurrection is preceded by several other special days. Called Maundy Thursday from the Latin mandatum or commandment, Thursday in Holy Week commemorates the last supper Jesus had with his disciples. At this meal he gave them bread and wine to share, this becoming the central sacrament of the church, holy communion or the Eucharist. Thursday also recalls Jesus' washing the feet of his friends as an act of love, a commandment he urged them to continue--their love for each other and all the world. Good Friday seems wrongly named for it is the day of Jesus' death on the cross. Yet this self giving is for Christians the ultimate sign of God's love for all humankind and the world. On the next day, Holy Saturday, towards evening, a vigil service of readings, the proclamation of the resurrection and holy communion begin the Easter celebration. Finally on Easter Sunday services of song, prayer, readings and communion feast the rising of the Lord from death, a promise to all of new life with God and each other forever.
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