Cookie Lee, her husband John Lin, and their dog, Mochi, take a selfie next to the cross during the Easter Sunrise services of the United Methodist Church of Laguna Beach at the beach on Sunday April 20, 2025. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register / SCNG)
Ryder Morera, 9, lets out a huge yawn during the Easter Sun Services of the United Methodist Church of Laguna Beach with Hand Beach on Sunday April 20, 2025. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register / SCNG)
Revs. Courtney MacKey, on the left, and Ginny Wheeler, participate in the Sunrise of Easter services of the Laguna Beach Methodist Church in Hand Beach on Sunday April 20, 2025. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register / SCNG)
Laura Hahn, on the left, and her daughter, Wendy Johnson, sing with dozens of faithful during the Sunrise of Easter services of the United Methodist Church of Laguna 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 the Sunrise of Easter Beach in Laguna’s Sunrise services to start on Sunday April 20, 2025. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register / SCNG)
Beth Chapman places a flower on the cross during the Sunrise of Easter services of the United Methodist Church of Laguna Beach in Hand Beach on Sunday April 20, 2025. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register / SCNG)
Lisa Lacorte, on the right, with the Laguna Beach United Methodist Church, looks at people to adorn a cross of flowers during the Beach Handwrite Services on Sunday April 20, 2025. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register / SCNG)
The members of the United Methodist Church of Laguna Beach blew bubbles after the Sunrise of Easter Beach services on Sunday April 20, 2025. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register / SCNG)
Roxana Solonar and Jeffrey Wu come together in the cool morning of Laguna beach during the Sunrise de Hand Beach services on Sunday April 20, 2025. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register / SCNG)
Lisa Lacorte, on the right, with the Laguna Beach United Methodist Church, looks at people to adorn a cross during the Beach Handwrite Services on Sunday April 20, 2025. A man points to the heavens after placing his flower. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register / SCNG)
The Reverend Courtney MacKey of the United Methodist Church of Laguna Beach, interpreted the services of Sunrise de Hand 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 the Easter Sunrise services of the United Methodist Church of Laguna Beach at the beach on Sunday April 20, 2025. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register / SCNG)
Lisa Lacorte kisses her son, Erik, after having placed a flower on the cross during Easter Suns of Easter of Methodist de Laguna Beach on Sunday April 20, 2025. Several dozen faithful participated in the 25th sunlight 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 the Easter Sunrise services of the United Methodist Church of Laguna Beach at the beach on Sunday April 20, 2025. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register / SCNG)
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This is not an hour when the main beach, even given its summer popularity, sees a lot of people.
But while the sun rose on Sunday, the members of the community gathered on the sand with the faithful of the United Methodist Church of Laguna Beach for an Easter service.
Adoration with Easter dawn has been a tradition for the church in the past 25 years. When Mother Nature launches a meteorological curve to them, the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ could go up in the church sanctuary, as it did last year, but the scholarship moves well.
In addition to the song and a message from the pastor of the church, the sunrise service offered an open -area communion and at the end, the faithful helped decorate a cross with flowers and blowed bubbles to celebrate.
