Holy Week and Easter
Holy Week and Easter is the high point of the Christian year. In our worship we are invited into ancient liturgies which invite us to symbolically participate in the final week of Jesus’s life and the Resurrection. We would love for you to join us.
Palm Sunday: March 24th | 8:00 am and 10:15 am
We process around the church waving palm fronds and singing “Hosannah”, lead by the guitar. We remember Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem and then listen to the dramatic reading of the Passion, and end on somber notes anticipating Good Friday.
Palm Sunday will have a children's choir joining in the anthem after the processional. We will have a string quartet playing before the service, accompanying the anthem and Erbarme Dich, mein Gott-one of the most beautiful arias in Bach's St Matthew Passion-with a fabulous soprano soloist during communion.
Palm Sunday will have a children's choir joining in the anthem after the processional. We will have a string quartet playing before the service, accompanying the anthem and Erbarme Dich, mein Gott-one of the most beautiful arias in Bach's St Matthew Passion-with a fabulous soprano soloist during communion.
Maundy Thursday: March 28th, Dinner Church & foot washing ritual | 6:00 pm
Dinner Church is a meal embedded in a casual worship service. Maundy Thursday remembers the institution of the Lord’s Supper and when he washed his disciples feet as a symbol of service and humility. Participants have the opportunity to wash the feet of others as a sign of entering into Jesus humility and service. After the service we strip the altar of all ornamentation for Good Friday.
Good Friday: March 29th, Stations of the Cross | 9:00 am, Good Friday Liturgy | 10:00 am, Children's Good Friday Service | 4:30 pm
We begin by a series of 14 mediations outside where we carry the cross and remember the events on the day of Jesus crucifixion. After, the Good Friday liturgy is celebrated with the Adoration of the Cross and a somber service in which we leave in silence.
Easter Vigil Saturday: March 30th | 8:00 pm
This service begins with the lighting of the Easter fire and a candlelit procession to the sound of the ethereal “exscultet” chant. It will be a musical feast with a will have a soprano soloist.
Easter Sunday: March 31st | 8:00 am and 10:15 am
We will celebrate the Feast of the Resurrection with awesome music and vocalists: both classical and contemporary. The brass trio will play before the Easter service. The service will feature the brass trio and the anthems are beautiful, well known hymns that are shared by the choir and congregation.
There will be an Easter egg hunt for children.
There will be an Easter egg hunt for children.
