We are entering into my favorite week of the year—Holy Week. I invite you to join me as we usher in Holy Week waving our palm branches and rolling out a makeshift red carpet of clothing for Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem. Most of the ink in the gospel is used to tell of Jesus’ final week of life— the cleansing of the Temple, a handful of parables about readiness, tears shed over Jerusalem, a meal shared among friends, Judas’ betrayal, Jesus’ prayer in the garden of Gethsemane, his arrest and trial, Peter’s denial and the painstaking events that surround his death on the cross and burial in a borrowed tomb. While the drama picks up in during Holy Week, it also provides us with moments to slow down and deepen our own relationship with God and with one another.
Christ the Lord is Risen Today
At 7pm on Holy Thursday, we will be joined by the Hurlbut Memorial Community United Methodist Church as we share in a service of Foot Washing and Holy Communion and hear the inspired preaching of the Rev. Carmen Perry. On Good Friday, let us join together at noon at Moore Park with other members of our community for our annual Cross Walk. Please take a moment to sign up with LeAnn in the church office as we continue the beautiful tradition of keeping Easter Vigil.
Every year in anticipation of Christ’s resurrection, I spend some time between Good Friday and Easter morning reading one or more of the gospel accounts of Christ’s suffering and death on the cross. I have found that doing so, allows me to proclaim with a renewed sense of wonder “Christ is risen” and it deepens the hope and promise of new life offered to us in Christ.
Easter Blessings,
Pastor
Holy Week Services- 2017
“Egg”cellent Easter Celebration – April 8th
10:00 – 12: 30 event for children
Palm / Passion Sunday – April 9th
8:30 Service & 10:45 Service – Cantata
Holy Thursday – March April 13th – 7:00 PM –
Combined service with Hurlbut @ FUMC
Good Friday – April 14th – Noon
Way of the Cross – Moore Park
Easter Eve Watch
Sat., April 15th – 6 PM to Sun., April 16th – 6AM
We are asking you to set aside 1 hour, either in the church sanctuary or in your home, to take time to pray.
There will be a sign up sheet outside the office so we can “cover” the entire 12 hours with prayer. There will also be packets available for prayer/scripture reflections that you can use.
For those that would like to pray at the church and need a key, please contact the office.
Easter Sunday – April 16th
8:30 & 10:45 (both services in the Sanctuary) – Communion
*Remember to bring flowers to put on the cross