Your Holy Week Travel Itinerary 2024
| Holy Week Day & Time | What happens? | What does it mean? |
| Palm Sunday, March 24, 8 am & 10:15Special Instructions: Bring drums, maracas, musical instruments so we can make a joyful noise on the parade! LIVESTREAM LINK BULLETIN | 8 am – We celebrate Palm Sunday during the service9-10am – We hold a special “between the services” Coffee Hour. 10 am – We gather outside to get ready for our Palm Sunday parade.10:15 am – We process around the neighborhood, led by the cross, for our Palm Sunday Parade, that brings up into the church to sing “All Glory, Laud and Honor” and celebrate the Palm Sunday Service. | We begin Holy Week with our bodies moving through the streets of our neighborhood with palms, in connection to Jesus’ triumphal entry into the Jerusalem. We shout, “Hosanna in the highest! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!” |
| Monday – Thursday, 12-12:30pm | In preparation for the liturgies of Tenebrae through Easter Vigil, there will be Eucharist at noon in the chapel on Monday through Thursday during Holy Week. | The service will include an opening chant, reading a portion of the Passion according to Luke, a consecration and sharing of holy communion, and silence. Come to one or more of these brief liturgies as we prepare our hearts to walk on the road Jesus walks with us. |
| Wednesday, 7 pm, Tenebrae Service LIVESTREAM LINK BULLETIN | A meditative service with poetry, music, scripture and the slow diminishment of light as we extinguish candles slowly as we hear parts of the Passion story. | Our first approach to Christ’s arrest and death through this service of “shadows” (i.e. Tenebrae). |
| Maundy Thursday, 5:30 pm, beginning with supper in the Choir Room Special Instructions: Please wear shoes that are easy to remove if you would like to participate in the footwashing. We will take a special offeringfor the World Central Kitchen, who provide meals in response to humanitarian, climate, and community crises. LIVESTREAM LINK BULLETIN | We begin with a simple dinner together, first gathering in the Choir Room, then proceeding to the Undercroft for a simple supper. As we play a drum, we go upstairs to enter the candlelit sanctuary. There we will offer footwashing for those who wish, followed by Holy Communion, the stripping of the altar and the beginning of Night Watch for those who wish to stay and pray. | The word Maundy is derived from the Latin word madatum (com- mandment) and refers to Jesus giving the “new com- mandment” to “love one another as I have loved you” (John 13:34) to his disciples at the Last Supper. The Maundy Thursday service commemorates the Last Sup- per and often focuses on two things Jesus did at the Last Supper: washing of the disciples’ feet and the institution of the sacrament of Holy Communion. The service ends in complete silence with the stripping of the altar in re- cognition of Jesus’ prayers in the Garden of Gethsemane and the despair and death to come. |
| Night Watch, 8 pm | Silent prayer in the church and chapel for those who wish to pray for part (or all) of the night. | We accompany Christ by staying awake and spending the night in prayer as did Christ on the night of his betrayal. |
| Good Friday, 12 pm & 7 pm (only Livestreamed at 7pm) We will collect a Good Friday Offering to support Christians in Jerusalem and the Middle East. LIVESTREAM LINK BULLETIN | We hear the Passion story, pray the ancient Solemn Collects as we bring the needs of the world before God, venerate the cross and leave in silence. | On Good Friday we join Mary and John at the foot of the cross as we contemplate the death of Jesus. |
| Holy Saturday, 9-9:30 am | A brief, informal service scripture and prayers in the church. | “Holy Saturday is the day in which God has died into our very own death, and sanctified it, in all its stark, immovable threat.” (James Farwell) |
| Easter Vigil, Saturday, 7:30 pm LIVESTREAM LINK BULLETIN | We gather outside in the darkness to light the new fire, come into the dark church and light our own candles. We hear ancient stories of God’s people from our Hebrew scripture, celebrate a baptism and celebrate Holy Communion. There will be a festive reception of chocolate after the service! | We go to the tomb in darkness with Mary, only to find it empty and discover the mystery of resurrection, the new life given by God through Christ. |
| Easter Day, 8 am & 10:15 am LIVESTREAM LINK BULLETIN | We celebrate Easter a lot like we celebrate every Sunday (indeed, every Sunday liturgy is technically an Easter liturgy), except with added joy and alleluias! | Easter is the most important day of celebration in the Christian Year. On this day we celebrate how Christ overcame death to rise to new life, offering his redemption and love to all. |