You're invited to celebrate the best news in the world: Jesus is alive! We'd love for you to join us on Sunday, April 20, for Easter 2025. Learn more below:
Locations
Ankeny Campus
6:26am (Sunrise Service & Breakfast), 8am, 9:30am, 11am
317 SE Magazine Road
Carlisle Campus
10am
Carlisle Middle School (325 Scotch Ridge Rd)
Lamoni Campus
10am
106 S Cedar St, Lamoni
Online
Unable to make it in person? We’ll be streaming our 8, 9:30, and 11am services live from our Ankeny Campus. But we’d love for you to join us for a service!
Passion Week Sermon Series
The Final Week
Seven days. 168 hours. 10,080 minutes.
What occurred in the final week of Christ’s life is remarkable in every way. That span of time involves the past, present, and future, and most assuredly is the apex of human history. Participate with First Family Church this Easter as we dive deeper into the beautiful effects of three days within that week — Palm Sunday, Good Friday, and Resurrection Sunday—and experience the full weight of Christ’s final week upon your heart and soul.
FAQs
Good Friday
- The tone of the night will be somber and reflective: We’re remembering a death—the death of Jesus—so we encourage you to approach the night like you would a funeral. If it helps you enter into that space, feel free to wear funeral-style attire. And once you’re in the building and Worship Center, we’d ask that you keep things quiet and prayerful.
- Childcare: Available for birth–preschool, no registration needed. Just drop your kiddos off at the Student Center beginning 15 minutes before service.
- The service will feel different than a typical Sunday: There will be creative elements woven in to help you reflect more deeply on Christ’s sacrifice.
- Ushers will help with seating: To make room for everyone, please be flexible. If the Worship Center fills up, overflow seating will be open in the Youth Room.
- Arrive early! This is not a service you want to slip in late for, so make plans to arrive with plenty of time to find your seat.
- We’d love to see you in person, but we’ll also be livestreaming the service on our watch page.
Easter Sunday
- Lord willing, we’ll be baptizing at each location! Come ready and excited to celebrate with those believers following in obedience through baptism. Want to be baptized on Easter Sunday? Contact Pastor Travis Walker.
- Kids programming will be available for birth–5th grade like usual at the 8, 9:30, and 11am services. There won’t be any kids programming at the Sunrise Service. With it being Easter and extra services in Ankeny, kids check-in will likely be busier than usual! Please be patient as we seek to get all kids in and out of their rooms in an effective manner. Dropoff begins 15 minutes before service!
- There will be a Photo Booth (Ankeny + Carlisle) to grab an Easter photo with your family. Gather up your family or friends and grab a photo in our Photo Booth we’ve put together for Easter!
- To help with seating capacity at our Ankeny Campus, our ushers will be seating you. We expect the 9:30am service to be the busiest service. If you have flexibility in your Easter morning, please consider attending one of the other services to help with seating. If the service fills up, we’ll have overflow seating available in the Youth Room. This will be strictly an overflow space, unlike normal weeks with our Livestream Venue.
- There will be a full breakfast at our 6:26am Ankeny Campus service! This special service will begin right at sunrise and include a breakfast in the Youth Room.
- We will have coffee like usual and some small treats for you to enjoy at the rest of our services. Grab some coffee and goodies before you head into the service.
- ASL interpreting: Our Deaf community will be gathering together at the 9:30am service. They will have reserved seating at the front of the left-middle section.
- Español translation: Our Spanish-speaking community will be attending the 11am service, with special Spanish translation for those in attendance. All you’ll need is a phone and headphones! This group will be sitting in the front-left section.
- Arrive early!