Palm Sunday, March 28, 8 & 10 a.m.
Palm Sunday services will evoke the joyous entry of Christ into Jerusalem. Palms will be blessed and the Passion Play will be incorporated into the services. At 10 a.m. we will have a big procession, with all the banners and people we can muster -- we'll even go around the block and invite our neighbors! Plan on a full triumphal experience.
Wednesday, March 31, 7 a.m.
Holy Eucharist (Julian Chapel)
Maundy Thursday, April 1, 6 p.m.
Agape Feast with foot washing, followed by solemn stripping of the altar as we explore the transition from celebration to loss and grief. Dinner will start at 6 p.m. with Celtic harp music. Foot washing will be in the cloister, dinner and communion in McBride Hall, with a procession to the sanctuary for the stripping of the main altar and the chapel.
Please call the church office (327-6857) so we know how many places to set for the Maundy Thursday dinner.
Maundy Thursday after the service to Friday Noon
The Gethsemane Watch will be in the sanctuary, with a large cross in front of the altar.
Good Friday, April 2, Noon
Stations of the Cross and prayer services on the Labyrinth.
Good Friday, 5 p.m.
Children's Stations of the Cross (in the Undercroft).
Good Friday, 7 p.m.
The main service for Good Friday, with full choir, Passion reading, psalms, and solemn prayers.
Holy Saturday, April 3, 7 p.m.
The Great Vigil of Easter. A joyous celebration of Christ's Resurrection, with lessons, chants, and hymns, renewal of baptismal vows and asperges, and our first Holy Eucharist of the Easter Season. Come and make a joyful noise.
Easter Sunday, April 4, 8 & 10 a.m.
We will celebrate with the sound of the trumpet! The 10 a.m. service will include bells and incense. Please bring sweets to share at coffee hour following the 8 a.m. service or a potluck dish to share after the 10 a.m. service. There will be special activities for children at 11:30. Wear your best Easter bonet, too!
