Stories tagged with: easter egg hunt

March 28, 2013 - 5:19pm
7 weeks 5 days ago

The House of Grace Church will be hiding 10-thousand Easter eggs filled with candy this Saturday at their first Easter egg hunt.

About 30 church members put together the Easter eggs and will hide them around the nine acres of land in the front yard of the church on Saturday. The Easter egg hunt is for kids of all ages and will take place at 2960 Maysville Pike.

"We've got over ten-thousand eggs and the people have to get out here and let the children pick them up and take...

March 19, 2013 - 2:37pm
9 weeks 13 hours ago

A Zanesville man returns home to serve the community.

Joe Dunlap has been away from Zanesville for 22 years. He's served as a pastor in Atlanta, Georgia and a funeral brought him back home where he connected with old friends.

"I had one sit down and ask me if I would come home and start a church," explained Pastor of House of Grace Joe Dunlap. "I was pastoring in Atlanta. I'd been in Atlanta, Georgia area for five years and I said well I'll go home and pray about...

April 7, 2012 - 5:20pm
1 year 6 weeks ago

Kids brought their baskets to one of the biggest Easter egg hunts in our area...

About 6,000 eggs were hidden around 12 acres of land at Dresden Road Baptist Church. Pastor Gary Butler said it's something his church has been planning for a while.

"We're very excited. We wanted to do something to reach out to our community. As a church, we've been trying to reach out, and get out of the pew and get into the pavement, is what we've been saying. So we've been trying to reach...

April 1, 2012 - 4:52pm
1 year 7 weeks ago

Easter Sunday is a week away, but festivities have already begun...

Kids brought their baskets to Lake Isabella on Saturday for an Easter Egg Hunt. Lake Trustee Teresa Little said more children participated than she expected.

"Last year was our first one, we had 70 some last year and this year we've had 105. And we just enjoy having all the kids and, you know, it's something to do before we open," said Little.

Over 1,000 Easter eggs were hidden around the lake's...

April 17, 2011 - 8:03pm
2 years 5 weeks ago
April 16, 2011 - 5:04pm
2 years 5 weeks ago

The Easter Bunny made a special appearance in Zanesville on Saturday.

The Putnam Pride Committee hosted an Easter egg hunt at the Forever Dads facility in Zanesville. Volunteer Joyce Krouskoupf said Putnam area businesses wanted to do something special for the kids.

"Seeing the excitement of all the kids, they were so excited they got to get their candy and go and find the eggs and seeing the Easter bunny, they really liked that," she said.

She said they...

April 3, 2010 - 5:29pm
3 years 7 weeks ago


More than a thousand parents and children descended on Riverside Park Saturday morning for a massive Easter egg hunt.

With baskets in hand, children went after the 12,000 eggs stashed throughout the park. Fifty of the eggs had a ticket for a new bike, gas grill or free meals at Bob Evans and eggs were not the only thing kids were hunting for.

"Candy is in the eggs!" says Scarlett Toombs

"In addition to the eggs we have over 30,000 pieces of candy...

March 30, 2010 - 4:05pm
3 years 7 weeks ago

The Easter bunny will be stopping by a day early in Zanesville.

The North Terrace Church of Christ will be hosting an Easter Egg Hunt this Saturday with more than 10,000 eggs filled with goodies for all children in the area.

"It's open to the public," said Associate Pastor Danny Harp. "We've invited the community to come out and share in the event with us. We've got a lot to celebrate, given the Easter weekend. Part of that celebration is the Easter Egg Hunt....

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