Holy Week & Easter liturgies invite us into a communal time of celebrating the central story of our faith: the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Holy Week and Easter Day worship services will be livestreamed on YouTube.
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Palm Sunday: April 13, 2025 | 10AM
• Festive blessing and procession with palms from front courtyard (weather permitting) • special music and hospitality after worship
Holy (Maundy) Thursday: April 17, 2025 | Noon & 7PM
• The Noon liturgy will be abbreviated • Confession and absolution, with individual pronouncement of forgiveness • Holy Communion • Footwashing ritual and stripping the altar in preparation for Holy Friday at the evening liturgy
Holy (Good) Friday: April 18, 2025| Noon to 3:00 PM & 7PM
• Noon to 3PM Tre Ore (3 hours) service on the Seven Last Words of Christ – come and go for prayer, reflections, and music. At 7PM is Adoration of the Cross liturgy with reading of the passion narrative, choral and instrumental music, and prayer around the cross • Virtual Stations of the Cross are available online.
Virtual Stations of the Cross Meditation
Holy Saturday: The Great Vigil of Easter: April 19, 2025 | 8:01PM (sunset)
• Lighting the new fire outside and blessing the new paschal candle • Candlelight procession • Stories of salvation, baptismal renewal, and the first Easter Eucharist • Choral music • champagne and chocolate reception
Easter Sunday Worship, Hospitality, & Egg Hunt: April 20, 2025 | 10AM
Join together as we celebrate the good news of the resurrection of Christ • Flowering of the indoor cross before worship / this cross is fashioned from a previous Christmas tree (bring your cut flowers) • Holy Communion • Choral and instrumental music • Festive Hospitality after worship • Easter Egg hunt during hospitality (bring a basket for little ones)
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The Easter Season
The Easter season is the church’s fifty-day celebration of the resurrection of Christ. It is the time of greatest joy as we gather in the good news of God’s victory over death and the power to renew our lives in Christ. It is the counter-balance to the forty-day season of Lent that prepared us for such great celebration. In the tradition of the whole church, it was also the time for the newly baptized to deepen their connection to Christ through sharing in the resurrection meal of communion, and to experience the mystery of new life in Christ as a gift of grace. A Paschal candle is a central symbol in the church’s worship life. The paschal candle, newly made and lit throughout the Easter season, shines forth with the light of Christ’s resurrection, reminding us that we have new life in resurrection love.