Palm Sunday

Palm Sunday is the beginning of Holy Week – the most intense week of our Christian Year. Palm Sunday has been celebrated in the Christian Church since the 4th Century. 1,600 years ago believers in and around Jerusalem would retrace Jesus’ route from the Mount of Olives back into the city for worship. Hosanna! is the shout of praise so familiar to Palm Sunday worshipers. It literally means “Save us we pray!” Jesus was riding into Jerusalem to do just that.

Palm Sunday Worship is at 8:00, 9:00, 10:00 and 11:00 a.m.

 

Holy Week Tuesday

Holy Week Tuesday is a time to reflect on some easily overlooked events of Holy Week that are not covered in the other services, such as Jesus’ time with his disciples or his teaching in the temple on Palm Sunday afternoon, Monday and Tuesday.

We observe Holy Week Tuesday with a service that focuses on Confession of Sins with a brief Communion..

Confessional Services with Communion at 1:30 and 3:30 p.m.

 

 

Holy Thursday

Just as Ash Wednesday begins Lent, so Holy Thursday marks the end of Lent proper and the beginning of the Three Holy Days of Christendom (Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter, sometimes called by the Latin name Triduum). The theme of the celebration is the Lord’s new command (mandatus, Latin, became Maundy in Old English) to his disciples of all time to love each other as he has loved. The institution of the Lord’s Supper sets forth the depth of Jesus’ love and gives power to the church to live out his command. As with Ash Wednesday, Holy Thursday occupies a unique place in the church calendar. It is a festival in which reconciliation is solemnly expressed and in which the congregation makes its transition from preparation for the celebration of the mystery of the Passion and Resurrection, to the celebration itself.

Communion Services at 1:30, 3:30, 6:00 and 7:30 p.m.

Good Friday

Though guiltless, Jesus, the Lamb of God was tortured and cursed; though innocent, he died among criminals. Who could ever call this day “good?” Only those who know the truth of the cross.

Our remembrance of Jesus’ death, while solemn, is not a message of gloom, but a service of adoration of the Son of God as he gives up his life. We gather here today to celebrate the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross. So we remember his passion, but do so with a triumphant note—for we know that in his resurrection Christ has conquered sin, death, and the devil.

The Good Friday Afternoon service is full of prayers that ask for mercy, understanding, and peace as we meditate on Christ’s sacrifice.

Services at 1:30, 3:30 and 6:30 p.m.