Norco locals commemorate Easter dawn service on horseback

Throughout the Inland Empire, numerous beinged in church benches Easter Sunday morning.

In Norco - - called Horsetown USA - - some sat on horseback while putting on cowboy hats.


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, https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-SUNRISE-0409-11MS.jpg?w=1860 1860w" > People on horseback participate in a Norco daybreak Easter service in an Ingalls Park arena Sunday, April 9, 2023. (Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer).


< img alt =" Tam Day and Brandie Haining attend an Easter dawn service ..." class =" lazyload size-article_inline "data-sizes =" auto" data-src =" https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-SUNRISE-0409-18MS.jpg?w=620" data-srcset =" https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-SUNRISE-0409-18MS.jpg?w=620 620w, https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-SUNRISE-0409-18MS.jpg?w=780 780w, https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-SUNRISE-0409-18MS.jpg?w=810 810w, https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-SUNRISE-0409-18MS.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-SUNRISE-0409-18MS.jpg?w=1860 1860w" > Tam Day and Brandie Haining participate in an Easter daybreak service on horseback at Ingalls Park in Norco on Sunday, April 9, 2023. (Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer). < img alt=" Guests at a sunrise Easter service in Norco sing in ..." class=" lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes=" car" data-src=" https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-SUNRISE-0409-17MS.jpg?w=620" data-srcset=" https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-SUNRISE-0409-17MS.jpg?w=620 620w, https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-SUNRISE-0409-17MS.jpg?w=780 780w, https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-SUNRISE-0409-17MS.jpg?w=810 810w, https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-SUNRISE-0409-17MS.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-SUNRISE-0409-17MS.jpg?w=1860 1860w" > Guests at a daybreak Easter service in Norco sing in the grandstands Sunday, April 9, 2023, at Ingalls Park in Norco.( Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer). < img alt=" An Easter dawn service at Ingalls Park in Norco consists of ..." class=" lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes=" auto" data-src=" https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-SUNRISE-0409-15MS.jpg?w=620" data-srcset=" https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-SUNRISE-0409-15MS.jpg?w=620 620w, https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-SUNRISE-0409-15MS.jpg?w=780 780w, https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-SUNRISE-0409-15MS.jpg?w=810 810w, https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-SUNRISE-0409-15MS.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-SUNRISE-0409-15MS.jpg?w=1860 1860w" > An Easter dawn service at Ingalls Park in Norco includes musical performances Sunday, April 9, 2023.( Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer). Joanna Sturtevant, a member of Norco Christian Church, sings Sunday
, April 9
, 2023, during an Easter sunrise service at Ingalls Park in Norco.( Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer). Minister Alton Vance sings Sunday, April 9, 2023, during an Easter daybreak service at Ingalls Park in Norco.( Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer ). < img alt=" A couple gets here Sunday, April 9, 2023, at Ingalls Park ..." class=" lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes=" auto" data-src=" https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-SUNRISE-0409-05MS.jpg?w=620" data-srcset=" https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-SUNRISE-0409-05MS.jpg?w=620 620w, https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-SUNRISE-0409-05MS.jpg?w=780 780w, https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-SUNRISE-0409-05MS.jpg?w=810 810w, https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-SUNRISE-0409-05MS.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-SUNRISE-0409-05MS.jpg?w=1860 1860w" > A couple gets here Sunday, April 9, 2023, at Ingalls Park in Norco for an Easter dawn service.( Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer). < img alt=" Fia Sullivan and her horse called" infant"="" attend="" an="" easter ..."="" class=" lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes=" car" data-src=" https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-SUNRISE-0409-04MS.jpg?w=620" data-srcset=" https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-SUNRISE-0409-04MS.jpg?w=620 620w, https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-SUNRISE-0409-04MS.jpg?w=780 780w, https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-SUNRISE-0409-04MS.jpg?w=810 810w, https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-SUNRISE-0409-04MS.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-SUNRISE-0409-04MS.jpg?w=1860 1860w" > Fia Sullivan and her horse named" Baby" participate in an Easter sunrise service at Ingalls Park in Norco on Sunday, April 9, 2023.( Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer ). < img alt=" Norco Christian Church Minister Alton Vance speaks Sunday, April 9, ..." class=" lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes=" car "data-src=" https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-SUNRISE-0409-03MS.jpg?w=620" data-srcset=" https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-SUNRISE-0409-03MS.jpg?w=620 620w, https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-SUNRISE-0409-03MS.jpg?w=780 780w, https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-SUNRISE-0409-03MS.jpg?w=810 810w, https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-SUNRISE-0409-03MS.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-SUNRISE-0409-03MS.jpg?w=1860 1860w" >
Norco Christian Church Minister Alton Vance speaks Sunday, April 9, 2023, at an Easter dawn service inside an arena in Ingalls Park in Norco. (Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer).


< img alt =" Members of the Norco Christian Church, led by Minister Alton ..." class=" lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes =" automobile" data-src =" https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-SUNRISE-0409-02MS.jpg?w=620" data-srcset =" https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-SUNRISE-0409-02MS.jpg?w=620 620w, https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-SUNRISE-0409-02MS.jpg?w=780 780w, https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-SUNRISE-0409-02MS.jpg?w=810 810w, https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-SUNRISE-0409-02MS.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-SUNRISE-0409-02MS.jpg?w=1860 1860w" > Members of the Norco Christian Church, led by Minister Alton Vance, far left, carry out at an Easter daybreak service in an Ingalls Park arena in Norco on Sunday, April 9, 2023.( Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer). < img alt=" Members of Norco Christian Church, led by Minister Alton Vance, ..." class=" lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes=" auto" data-src=" https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-SUNRISE-0409-01MS.jpg?w=620" data-srcset=" https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-SUNRISE-0409-01MS.jpg?w=620 620w, https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-SUNRISE-0409-01MS.jpg?w=780 780w, https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-SUNRISE-0409-01MS.jpg?w=810 810w, https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-SUNRISE-0409-01MS.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-SUNRISE-0409-01MS.jpg?w=1860 1860w" >
Members of Norco Christian Church, led by Minister Alton Vance, center with banjo, carry out at an Easter sunrise service at an arena in Ingalls Park in Norco on Sunday, April 9, 2023. (Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer).


< img alt="Residents attend an Easter daybreak service on horseback in an ..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="car" data-src="https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-SUNRISE-0409-14MS-1.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-SUNRISE-0409-14MS-1.jpg?w=620 620w, https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-SUNRISE-0409-14MS-1.jpg?w=780 780w, https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-SUNRISE-0409-14MS-1.jpg?w=810 810w, https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-SUNRISE-0409-14MS-1.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-SUNRISE-0409-14MS-1.jpg?w=1860 1860w" > Residents attend an Easter daybreak service on horseback in an arena at Ingalls Park in Norco on Sunday, April 9, 2023. (Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer).

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The daybreak service in a dusty arena was amongst the numerous religious observations Sunday, April 9, for Easter.

Some worshippers also filled the bleachers at the arena in the rural town's Ingalls Park. All were welcome, whether on a horse or on foot, to hope and hear a pastor's sermon.

The not-for-profit organization Norco HorseWeek staged the service. Its yearly series of occasions commemorating all things equestrian in Norco begins Friday, April 21.