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Youngstown’s YMCA hosts annual downtown Good Friday event

By Kelcey Norris
The YMCA of Youngstown’s Good Friday event has brought Youngstown residents and families downtown for over 50 years.
The YMCA of Youngstown’s Good Friday event has brought Youngstown residents and families downtown for over 50 years. YMCA of Youngstown

One Easter event has brought Youngstown residents and families downtown for over 50 years.

The Central YMCA of Youngstown will once again host their Good Friday Service and Breakfast for the community.

A catered breakfast will be served at 7 a.m. on April 7 at 17 N Champion St.

The Good Friday service will start shortly after breakfast at 7:45 a.m.

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Community tradition 57 years in the making

“Fifty-seven years ago, the YMCA of Youngstown recognized the need for a community event in downtown Youngstown to highlight the historical death and resurrection of Jesus Christ and to celebrate the Y’s Christian roots,” said Tom Gacse, the YMCA’s CEO.

Good Friday in Christianity is commemorated as the day Christ was crucified and is a major part of Holy Week.

Holy Week is also the final week during the season of Lent.

“Each year since then, the YMCA has held this special Good Friday Service to bring the community together in prayer, encouragement, worship, and reflection on what Jesus Christ has done for us,” Gacse said.

Good Friday service at YMCA backed by religious leaders in Mahoning County

John Muckridge, president and CEO of the Rescue Mission of Mahoning Valley and Youngstown State University graduate in 2005, will lead the service.

Another YSU graduate, Linda Noday of the Rising Star Baptist Church, will provide music for the service. Noday also works at YSU as a coordinator of Accessibility Services.

Tickets for the event are $15 per person.

For tickets and reserved seating, contact Patty Tchoryk at the downtown YMCA Metro Office by calling 330-742-4781 or emailing her at ptchoryk@youngstownymca.org.

Organizers request anyone wanting a ticket to reach out by March 20.

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