Remember Christ’s Passion, Death & Resurrection
Holy Week & Easter Schedule
Palm Sunday, March 24
Palm Sunday Services
8 am at the Garden Chapel
9 am and 11 am in the Great Hall
Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday: The Sunday of the Passion. It has two names because it's really two services. Outside we remember our Lord's triumphal entry into Jerusalem with the palm branches and the people's praises, inside we hear the story of his arrest, trial, and crucifixion as a criminal. That movement -- from praise to sin -- is not meant to give us whiplash, but it's a reminder that we too can be as fickle as the crowd that cried "Hosanna" and "Crucify him" in the same week! It's a wonderful, powerful service. Ending with the crucifixion gives us a Sunday-to-Sunday connection with Easter story of the empty tomb next week.
Maundy Thursday, March 28
Maundy Thursday Service
7 pm in the Great Hall (and online)
The beautiful and powerful Maundy Thursday service includes foot washing (optional, for those who wish to participate), the celebration of Christ’s institution of Holy Communion, and the Stripping of the Altar.
The Watch
From the end of the Maundy Thursday service to the beginning of the first Good Friday service, we have The Watch. It commemorates Jesus' taking his disciples into the garden at Gethsemane, after dinner, before he was arrested, and asking them to watch with him just one hour while he prayed. We build a garden indoors at St. Andrew's, have Jesus there in the form of the consecrated bread and wine, and take turns being with him for one hour. Unlike the disciples, we don't fall asleep.
Good Friday, March 29
Stations of the Cross
11:30 am and 6:30 pm starting at the Garden Chapel
Early Christian pilgrims to the Holy Land often made it a practice to visit the places of Jesus' Passion. Stations of the Cross imitates this practice and is a popular devotion, frequently participated in during Lent. Stations at St. Andrew’s begin and end at the Garden Chapel, in front of the Great Hall. At each station you will participate in a liturgy that highlights Christ’s passion.
Good Friday Services
12 noon (also online) and 7 pm in the Great Hall
Good Friday is the solemn remembrance of Christ's death on the Cross. The service includes the reading of the Passion Gospel from John, the Solemn Collects, a Good Friday sermon, and concludes with veneration of the Cross.
Holy Saturday, March 30
The Great Vigil of Easter
8 pm starting at the Garden Chapel
The Great Vigil of Easter is a sacred liturgy observed by Christians on the evening of Holy Saturday, marking the beginning of the Easter celebration. This ancient and beautiful sung service of Easter moves from darkness into the light of the Resurrection, beginning in the Garden Chapel with the lightning of the new fire and then moving into the Great Hall.
Easter Sunday, March 31
Easter Sunrise Service
With a simple liturgy and music, this beautiful service will begin while it is mostly dark and will end in the full brightness of Easter morning. The Easter Sunrise service takes place at the Garden Chapel (on the front lawn). In case of rain, service will move to the Great Hall.
Easter Day Services
8 am, 9 am and 11 am in the Great Hall
The joy-filled celebration of Christ’s resurrection on Easter morning.
Easter Egg Hunt
10 am on the front lawn and playground
Hop over to our annual Easter egg hunt between services. There is a hunt for older kids on the church lawn and a hunt for younger children on the church playground.
We will also have coffee and Easter cookies available for everyone to enjoy while they fellowship as we celebrate the Lord’s resurrection with joy.
Please bring your own Easter baskets or bags (though we will have extras if anyone forgets).
Holy Week & Easter
By his death he has destroyed death, and by his rising to life again he has won for us everlasting life.
Join us as we, following the practice of Christians for nearly two-thousand years, gather ourselves to remember and celebrate the events leading up to our Lord's passion, his death, and then his glorious resurrection.
Stations of the Cross
An Audio Devotion
Early Christian pilgrims to the Holy Land often made it a practice to visit the places of Jesus' Passion. Stations of the Cross imitates this practice and is a popular devotion, frequently participated in during Lent and on Good Friday.
The liturgy for The Way of the Cross can be found here.
This audio devotion is adapted from The Way of the Cross from The Book of Occasional Services with special station descriptions written and voiced by Ginny Lamoureux. Originally aired as an episode of the podcast St. Andrew's Present, it has been rehosted for the use of all.
Stations of the Cross was produced by Tim Jenkins. Special thanks to Carolyn, Michael, and Joshua Nicketta, Tracy Hutchinson, Laura and Syd Verinder, Stephanie Jenkins, David and Ginny Lamoureux, and the Rev. Deacon Pam Fairley for lending their voices to this project.
Songs featured in this production are “Now is the Time to Leave” by August Wilhelmsson, “Tomorrow’s Rain” by Hushed, and “Growing Love” by Josef Bel Habib.