Holy Week Schedule
2010
Monday, March 29, 2010
6:00 PM
TaizÉ Service
Named for an ecumenical Christian monastic community in TaizÉ, France, this worship experience is characterized by prayer, biblical readings, poetry, and singing. It is a quiet, contemplative style of worship that seeks to recover some of the ancient Christian spiritual practices within the context of community.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
6:00 PM
Stations of the Cross
This worship experience centers on the final hours of Jesus’ passion leading to death and his journey there. Worshipers will join in the journey of Jesus’ suffering, contemplating on the meaning of Jesus’ death through prayer, guided meditation, and personal reflection.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
6:00 PM
TaizÉ Service
Named for an ecumenical Christian monastic community in TaizÉ, France, this worship experience is characterized by prayer, biblical readings, poetry, and singing. It is a quiet, contemplative style of worship that seeks to recover some of the ancient Christian spiritual practices within the context of community.
Thursday, April 1, 2010
6:00 & 7:00 PM (identical)
With Christ in the Upper Room
Experience this simple, quiet, moving dramatic portrayal of the Last Supper that Jesus shared with his 12 disciples on the night of his betrayal and arrest. The play encapsulates some of the wisdom, teaching, and ministry of Jesus in a one-act place complete with a congregational celebration of Communion (all are welcome to partake!).
Friday, April 2, 2010
12:00 Noon & 6:00 PM (identical)
Good Friday Tenebrae Service
Friday, the day of the cross, is commemorated in a tenebrae service (or service of shadows). This moving Good Friday worship experience is comprised of biblical readings, dramatic presentation, music, and prayer. Worshipers are invited to enter and exit in silent contemplation and meditation on the cross of Jesus.
Saturday, April 3, 2010
7:00 PM
The Easter Vigil
The Easter Vigil, a service of reading, singing, and prayer, is the crown jewel of the Christian liturgy. Historically a three to eight hour service, this one hour experience walks worshipers through a brief history of the entirety of God’s redemptive history with humanity, beginning with creation and ending with the resurrection of Jesus, which is anticipated to happen on the following morning. Communion is served and all are welcome.
Sunday, April 4, 2010
6:00 AM
Sunrise Service
Gathered as did the disciples on that first resurrection morning, worshipers will assemble in the Prayer Garden just before dawn for singing, praying, and bible reading as we await the rising of the sun, a reminder that the New Dawn, the New Song, and New Life have come in the resurrection of Jesus.
10:30 AM
Easter Worship
All are welcome to join us on Easter Sunday for a triumphant celebration of life’s victory over death, and of Jesus’ rising. Communion is served and all are welcome.
