Photos by Mike Smith, Artesia Daily Press

Artesia’s First Methodist started Holy Week activities with a Maundy Thursday service.

“A Living Portrait of the Last Supper” was directed by Sandy Schuetz and featured members of the church gathered around Jesus Christ as the 12 disciples.

Each person spoke in character before Jesus was crucified as outlined in the first four chapters of the New Testament in the Holy Bible.

In addition to the reenactment, hymns were sung and communion was observed.

From Left: Tom Casabonne, Dan Focken and Gary Beverage gather in the lobby of First Methodist Church on Thursday.

Look for more photos and details next week on this website and in Thursday’s newspaper.