Commit yourself to walk with Jesus this week. The services of Holy Week commemorate Jesus’ descent into death before the great miracle of Easter. The crowds’ cheers at Jesus’ triumphal parade into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday turn to jeers and the demand for his blood on Good Friday. If you allow yourself to descend to the depths of despair in what seem to be Jesus’ final hours, you will experience in new ways the incomparable power of the resurrection of Easter.
Palm Sunday, April 14
Palm Sunday Services:
Our festive procession this Palm Sunday will lead us where Jesus went … to the center of power. We will march out of the church, cross Euclid and march down Thurgood Marshall, turn left, enter City Hall from the West, process through the center of City Hall and gather on the steps and in the street on the East side of City Hall. For those who are unable to march or wish to stay in the church, we will be streaming it live on the video screens in the transepts. There will be seating on the plaza side of the church for those who do not wish to march but want to view the first part of the dramatic telling of the Gospel, which will take place on the steps.
At 7:30 a.m. a Eucharist is held in the Chapel; at 9 & 11:15 a.m. Coventry Choir offer music of Poulenc and Bach; Dan Cole & the 1 p.m. Ensemble offer music of Hernández and Moré; Mike Kinman preaches
At 9 a.m. Minisingers, Mastersingers and Trouvères Baritones offer music; at 11:15 Trouvères Trebles offer music.
The 11:15 a.m. service will be a Bilingual English/Spanish service.
(The 1 p.m. service will resume Easter Sunday)
Monday, April 15—Eucharist: 12:10 p.m. (Chapel)
Tuesday, April 16—Eucharist: 12:10 p.m. (Chapel)
Wednesday, April 17—Eucharist: 12:10 p.m. (Chapel)
Maundy Thursday, April 18
Maundy Thursday Evening Service:
At 7:30 p.m. in the Church a beautiful evening service recalls the last supper Jesus shared with his disciples. The congregation is invited to participate in the washing of the feet, symbolic of the servant ministry Jesus instituted with the disciples. The Trouvères offer music; Mike Kinman offers a meditation. This is a Spanish/English liturgy. All are welcome. Parking is available at Plaza Las Fuentes.
Vigil until 7 a.m. follows the 7:30 service
Good Friday, April 19
The Great Three-hour service:
Noon to 3 p.m. (Church). This service commemorating the passion and death of Jesus is a major moment in Holy Week. The rector and members of the staff offer five meditations on the meaning of the crucifixion in our own time. Each meditation is part of a fabric of worship and reflection that includes hymns, scripture, prayers and silence. Canterbury and Coventry choirs offer spirituals and music of Fauré, Parker, Bruckner, Dawson, Gjielo, Poulenc, Dvorak, Chilcott and Hogan. Parking is available at Plaza Las Fuentes. Signs and parking attendants will direct you.
Stations of the Cross – A Journey Through Pasadena:
6:00 p.m. (Quad Lawn). We journey through Pasadena and recreate events that encompassed Jesus’ journey carrying his cross from the Hall of Pilate where he was condemned to death to the site of his execution on Golgotha, reflecting, and praying at each station. This is a Bilingual Spanish/English service.
Tenebrae (Service of Shadows):
7:30 p.m. (Church). This ancient candlelight service commemorates the somber in-between-time of waiting, offering an opportunity to grieve Jesus’ death and sense a glimmer of hope of the resurrection. Coventry Choir Renaissance Singers offer music. Parking is available at Plaza Las Fuentes.
Holy Saturday, April 20
Children’s Vigil:
4 p.m. (Church). Celebrate the conclusion of Holy Week and beginning of Easter with children leading this service through reading and music with infant and child baptisms. Troubadours offer music. Bring a bell to ring at the Easter proclamation!
The Great Vigil of Easter:
The service begins at 7:30 p.m. on the lawn with the kindling of the fire and lighting of the Paschal candle, then proceeds into the Church to experience the stories of our faith, welcome new members into All Saints,baptize youth and adults by candlelight andcelebrate the first Eucharist of Easter. You’re invited to bring bells to ring during the Gloria. Canterbury Chamber Singers offer music of Billings. Parking is available in the Plaza Las Fuentes.
Note: Incense will be used at this service.
Easter Sunday, April 21
Easter Sunday
Festive Eucharist:7:00, 9:00 and 11:15 a.m.; 1:00 p.m. Bilingual Spanish/English service
The rector, Mike Kinman preaches in the midst of a blaze of candles, lilies and trumpets. At 7, 9 & 11:15 a.m. Coventry and Canterbury choirs and Trouvères, brass and percussion ensemble, and soloists offering music of Cunliffe, Beethoven, and Handl; At 1 p.m. Dan Cole leads music. Normal Sunday parking is available in Kaiser and Plaza Las Fuentes—remember, the Plaza is free only until 1 p.m.
Child care for children 4 yrs. and under is available for Maundy Thursday evening, Good Friday noon and evening, the Children’s Vigil, the Great Vigil, and all services on Easter Sunday.
