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Newport Beach churches celebrate Easter sunrise over sand – Orange County Register

By Ellen McCoy
April 17, 2022
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Pastor Paul Capetz offered a message of hope to dozens of people who gathered on Easter Sunday for a sunrise service on the beach.

As dawn broke over the Balboa Peninsula, worshipers at two Newport Beach Methodist churches, Christ Church by the Sea and Newport Center United Methodist Church, prayed and sang songs, watching at the end of a man baptize in the ocean, and a little girl by the sea.

  • Six-month-old Everleigh Vu enjoys her first Easter sunrise service as her father, Michael Vu, holds her in Newport Beach on Sunday, April 17, 2022. Dozens of worshipers rose early to take part in the beach service of Christ Church by the Sea. . (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Erin and Aaron Phillips, and their children Issac, 10, pictured, and Owen, 8, wait for Christ Church by the Sea Easter Sunrise services to begin in Newport Beach on Sunday, April 17, 2022. They are from Vegas. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Congregants arrive for the Christ Church by the Sea Easter Sunrise Service in Newport Beach on Sunday, April 17, 2022. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Richie Jaramillo and his son, Chase, arrive for Christ Church by the Sea sunrise services with dog, Yuke, in Newport Beach on Sunday, April 17, 2022. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Dozens of worshipers attend Easter sunrise services at Christ Church by the Sea in Newport Beach on Sunday, April 17, 2022. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Pastor Paul Capetz and Reverend Cindy Williams lead Easter sunrise services in Newport Beach on Sunday, April 17, 2022 as dozens of worshipers spill onto the sand. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Maverick, a one-year-old Bernedoodle, attends Christ Church by the Sea sunrise services with owner Taylor Oliver in Newport Beach on Sunday, April 17, 2022. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Congregants gather for Easter sunrise services hosted by Christ by the Sea United Methodist Church in Newport Beach on Sunday, April 17, 2022. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Congregants gather for Easter sunrise services hosted by Christ by the Sea United Methodist Church in Newport Beach on Sunday, April 17, 2022. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Congregants gather for Easter sunrise services hosted by Christ by the Sea United Methodist Church in Newport Beach on Sunday, April 17, 2022. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Susan and Miguel Ovalles, center, with their 3-month-old son, Roman, pause for a photo at the end of Easter sunrise services on Newport Beach on Sunday, April 17, 2022. Grandparents from left right: Mark and Brenda Hiler, and Javier and Adrianna Ovalles. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Pastor Paul Capetz, with Christ by the Sea Church, right, ends Easter sunrise services by baptizing Ray Donahue, left, in Newport Beach on Sunday, April 17, 2022. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Six-month-old Everleigh Vu may find her first Easter sunrise service a bit tiring as her father, Michael Vu, holds her in Newport Beach on Sunday, April 17, 2022. Dozens of worshipers braved the morning chill to participate in Christ Church by the Sea Beach Service. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Dozens of worshipers attend Easter sunrise services at Christ Church by the Sea in Newport Beach on Sunday, April 17, 2022. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Collaborating on the service with Pastor Cindy Williams of Newport Center United, Capetz discussed the Easter story of the resurrection of Jesus Christ in her sermon.

“This is good news for all of us,” said Capetz, pastor of Christ Church by the Sea. “If we embrace the Christian faith, we can live our lives on Earth without fear of death. We know that God is more powerful than death, and God has determined that we will have an eternal destiny beyond death.

Capetz said he was happy for the return of the long tradition between the two churches. The service had been canceled for the past two years by the pandemic.

He said he hoped those in attendance found his message “fresh and new”. Although he knows many people have moved away from traditional Christian churches, Capetz said he hopes people will give congregations like his and Williams’s a new look.

“Although it’s traditional,” he said, they wouldn’t find it “old-fashioned” and “it has answers to questions people are asking today.”

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