Palm Sunday, April 13 8:00 a.m. - Said Eucharist 9:00 a.m. - Family Eucharist 11:00 a.m. - Liturgy of the Palms & Sung Eucharist ( incense)
Monday and Tuesday in Holy Week 7:30 p.m. – Holy Eucharist
Wednesday in Holy Week 7:30 p.m. – Sung Service of Tenebrae
Maundy Thursday 7:30 p.m. – Holy Eucharist with Foot-Washing (incense) 8:45 p.m. – 12:00 midnight – Watch in the Chapel
Good Friday 12:00 noon – Good Friday Liturgy with Choir Communion from the Reserved Sacrament 12:00 noon - Children’s Lenten Program - Great Hall 4:00 p.m. Stations of the Cross 7:30 p.m. – Good Friday Liturgy (said)
Holy Saturday 9:00 a.m. – Holy Saturday Prayers 7:30 p.m. – The Great Vigil of Easter (incense)
Easter Day, April 20 9:00 a.m. – Festival Eucharist 10:30 - Easter Egg Hunt 11:00 a.m. – Festival Choral Eucharist (incense) The Maundy Thursday Watch Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane; and he said to his disciples, —Sit here while I go over there and pray.”… Then he said to them… “Remain here, and stay awake with me.”
After the Eucharist on Maundy Thursday a portion of the consecrated bread and wine is taken downstairs to the Chapel of Christ the King and reserved to be used the next day on Good Friday. As the Sacrament remains on the altar through- out the night, it symbolizes for us Jesus’ time praying in the Garden of Gethsemane, and his invitation to his disciples to pray also with him.
Jesus invites us to do the same. From 8:45 pm until midnight the chapel will be open for prayer and meditation. If you would like to take part in this devotion and can give a half hour or more of your time, please sign up on the schedule posted in the back of the church.
People who participate in the watch can bring their own reading material or use the prayer suggestions that will be available in the chapel. And of course, there will always be someone watching with you.
As Jesus asked Peter, so he asks us, “Could you not stay awake with me one hour?”