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While millions of regular church-goers and millions more in California who rarely or never attend a service will feel inspired this Easter Sunday, there are some unique services that bring that inspiration ever closer to your heart. Here are but a few that caught our interest. We came up with them by thinking about places that inspire us, and seeing if there was going to be a service held in our favorite places. Try it, yourself!

Great places for Easter Sunrise Service this Sunday, April 8, 2012:

• Yosemite Valley Chapel – yosemitevalleychapel.org
  Easter Day Sunrise Service 7 a.m. at Lower Pines Campground; Easter Day Services 9:15 & 11 a.m. at Chapel. Located in the breathtakingly beautiful Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park, California, the Yosemite Chapel is Yosemite’s oldest structure, built in 1879!
• Lover’s Point – Pacific Grove – Call city: (831) 648-3100. ci.pg.ca.us.
  The city recreation guide states that a sunrise service is held here each Easter morning. You should call to find out the time and details. Some local hotels may know, as well.
• Spreckels Pavilion, Balboa Park – San Diego-balboapark.org
  Balboa Park Sunrise Service: A nonsectarian Easter service was hosted by several area churches from 6:30 to 7:30 a.m. in 2011.  While we’re not sure if it is back again in 2012, there will be a Sunday Organ Concert from 2 – 3 p.m. at Spreckels Organ Pavilion, 1549 El Prado # 10, San Diego, CA. Call: (619) 702-8138. one of the world’s largest outdoor pipe organs, to the City of San Diego in 1914 for the Panama-California Exposition. This unique organ contains 4,530 pipes ranging in length from the size of a pencil to 32 feet and is housed in an ornate vaulted structure with highly embellished gables. Spreckels Organ is one of the world’s largest outdoor pipe organs.
• On the Beach, Newport Beach Peninsula. Call: (949) 673-3805. christbytheseanb.org A sunrise service at 6:30 a.m. at 14th Street Beach invites you to bring a beach chair or blanket. The Balboa Island Ferry will begin transporting cars from Balboa Island at 6 a.m. for this special service.
• Mt. Helix, La Mesa – San Diego County. 4901 Mt Helix Dr. La Mesa, CA.  Call: (619) 588-6901
  Easter Sunrise at 6:30 a.m. is a beautiful service is held in the Mt. Helix Park Amphitheater. Shuttles run from the fire station at 10105 Vivera Drive in La Mesa beginning at 6 a.m.
• The Flower Fields, Carlsbad – Sunday, April 8,2012, 6:30 a.m. theflowerfields.com
  The Fields Church presents a sunrise service on Easter morning at the Carlsbad Flower Fields. Dress warmly, and come prepared for great music and fellowship. After the service, they serve a free breakfast (for the first 500), and stay to enjoy the beauty of the Flower Fields! 5704 Paseo Del Norte, Carlsbad, CA

Pre-Easter and Easter Day Egg Hunts take place throughout California on April 7 & 8, 2012!