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. This week’s services trace the journey, building through Maundy Thursday and Good Friday to the triumph of Easter. (An “*” following the service title indicates “will be live streamed” from the streaming page)
Palm Sunday, April 10
7:30 a.m.(*on Zoom) (Chapel) 9* & 11:30* a.m. (Church)
Gospel drama and Children, Youth & Adult choirs.
Maundy Thursday, April 14
7:30 p.m. Spanish/English service (Church); Trouvères offer music.
Prayer, Meditation and Reflection Vigil (*on Facebook)
follows Maundy Thursday service.
Guided Vigil prayers and the labyrinth will be available.
Good Friday, April 15
The Great Three Hours*
Noon to 3 p.m. (Church)
Mike Kinman and members of clergy staff offer meditations;
Canterbury and Coventry Choirs offer music.
Stations of the Cross – A Journey Through Pasadena
6 p.m. (Quad Lawn) A bilingual Spanish/English service.
Tenebrae: Service of Shadows*
7:30 p.m. (Church) Coventry Renaissance Singers offer music.
Holy Saturday, April 16
Children’s Easter Vigil & Baptisms*
4 p.m. (Church)
Infant and child baptisms. Troubadours offer music.
The Great Vigil of Easter*
7:30 p.m. (Church)
A journey of faith through story, adult baptisms, welcoming of new members
and the first Eucharist of Easter. Canterbury Chamber Singers offer music.
Easter Sunday, April 17
Festive Eucharist*
7*, 9* & 11:30* a.m. (Church)
Mike Kinman preaches; Trouvères, Canterbury and Coventry choirs offer music.