Cookie Lee, her husband John Lin, and their dog, Mochi, take a selfie next to the cross during Laguna Beach United Methodist Church’s Easter sunrise services at Main Beach on Sunday, April 20, 2025.(Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Ryder Morera, 9, lets out a huge yawn during Laguna Beach United Methodist Church’s Easter sunrise services at Main Beach on Sunday, April 20, 2025. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Revs. Courtney Mackey, left, and Ginny Wheeler, take part in Laguna Beach United Methodist Church’s Easter sunrise services at Main Beach on Sunday, April 20, 2025.(Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Laura Hahn, left, and her daughter, Wendy Johnson, sing along with dozens of worshippers during Laguna Beach United Methodist Church’s Easter sunrise services at Main Beach on Sunday, April 20, 2025. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Diane Hunt takes a capnap with her dog, Tzarina Anastecia, while waiting for Easter sunrise services at Main Beach in Laguna to begin on Sunday, April 20, 2025. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Beth Chapman places a flower on the cross during Laguna Beach United Methodist Church’s Easter sunrise services at Main Beach on Sunday, April 20, 2025.(Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Lisa LaCorte, right, with Laguna Beach United Methodist Church, watches as people adorn a cross with flowers during sunrise services at Main Beach on Sunday, April 20, 2025.(Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Laguna Beach United Methodist Church members blow bubbles after Easter sunrise services at Main Beach on Sunday, April 20, 2025.(Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Roxana Solonar and Jeffrey Wu huddle together in the cool Laguna Beach morning during Easter sunrise services at Main beach on Sunday, April 20, 2025. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Lisa LaCorte, right, with Laguna Beach United Methodist Church, watches as people adorn a cross during sunrise services at Main Beach on Sunday, April 20, 2025. One man points towards the heavens after placing his flower. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Rev. Courtney Mackey with Laguna Beach United Methodist Church, performs Easter sunrise services at Main Beach on Sunday, April 20, 2025.(Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Cookie Lee, her husband John Lin, and their dog, Mochi, take a selfie next to the cross during Laguna Beach United Methodist Church’s Easter sunrise services at Main Beach on Sunday, April 20, 2025.(Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Lisa LaCorte embraces her son, Erik, after he places a flower on the cross during Laguna Beach United Methodist’s Easter sunrise services on main Beach on Sunday, April 20, 2025. Several dozen worshippers took part in the church’s 25th sunrise service. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
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Cookie Lee, her husband John Lin, and their dog, Mochi, take a selfie next to the cross during Laguna Beach United Methodist Church’s Easter sunrise services at Main Beach on Sunday, April 20, 2025.(Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
It’s not an hour when Main Beach, even given its summer popularity, sees many people.
But as the sun rose Sunday, members of the community gathered on the sand with congregants of the Laguna Beach United Methodist Church for an Easter Service.
Worshipping with the dawn of Easter has been a tradition for the church the last 25 years. When Mother Nature throws them a weather curve, the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ might move up to the church’s sanctuary, as it did last year, but the fellowship travels well.
Along with singing and a message from the church’s pastor, the sunrise service offered an open-table communion and at the end the worshipers helped decorate a cross with flowers and blew bubbles in celebration.
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