Here is a complete listing of all Lenten small groups, ongoing ministries, Lent-related events and Holy Week and Easter services happening during Lent/Eastertide 2025, in the order of their beginning sessions.

Monday Night Meditation
Mondays, 6:45-8:00 p.m. in the Chapel. Every week our open gathering of people sitting together and walking together in the Great Silence confirms the mysterious healing power of the Spirit. Beginning meditators, practitioners from Buddhist, Catholic, Anglican and other traditions are all transformed together on Mondays at 6:45 p.m. both on Zoom and in the chapel. All are welcome. Why not try it on for Lent?

Tuesday Centering Prayer
Tuesdays, 7:00-8:00 p.m. on Zoom. Centering Prayer is a meditation practice that is centered in the contemplative Christian tradition. A sacred word is chosen as your symbol of intention to consent to God’s presence and action within. Your word is used to focus your attention so that when thoughts or sensations arise you return gently to the sacred word. The prayer is done in silence for a 20 minute period. Make this part of your Lenten Tuesdays?

Taize
Wednesdays, 6:10-7:00 p.m. in the Chapel. Prayer in the Taize style of worship is quiet and reflective, deeply peaceful and joyful, including simple songs and chants in different languages, readings, silences and prayers. Songs are sung many times over as a prayer of the heart and the focus of this service is on Christ and the cross, reconciliation and prayers for the suffering throughout the world. Taize would make a great addition to your Lenten journey.

FULL — From Dark Wood to Mystic Rose: A Lenten Journey with Dante Alighieri led by Wendy Furman Adams
Thursdays, March 6, 13, 20, 27, April 10 & 27, 12:00 p.m., via Zoom. These lines begin and end the third “canticle” of Dante’s famous Commedia, and they summarize all the poet has learned by the end of his mystical pilgrimage. At last he is able to gaze at the luminous Reality of God’s eternal and universal love and to study God’s “supernal face”–visibly expressed (as Paul says in Colossians) in the human face of the cosmic Christ. The light of this Love, Dante tells us, is so radiant that no one who sees it can ever again turn away. To see it, moreover, is to be transformed from our ordinary mortal selves into the miraculous beings we were created to become.

Sacred Collage
Sundays, March 9, 16, 23, 30 & April 6 12:00-2:00 p.m. in Sweetland Hall. This 5 week program, lead by Dori Torrey, introduces participants to the art medium of collage as a focus for meditation and prayer. No art experience or talent is needed. All supplies are provided. Come and experience a new way of letting your inner voice speak through image. The program will be on Sundays after church March 9 through April 6 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. in the Learning Center. No food will be provided, so please bring a snack or bag lunch for yourself. Attendance at all sessions is recommended, but not necessary. Register here.

Getting Connected: An Introduction to All Saints Church
Sundays, March 9, 16, 23, 30 & April 6 12:00-1:30 p.m. in the Learning Center. This five-week class is designed for anyone — from brand new to long-time seeker — interested in exploring the essence of All Saints and getting more connected through active participation. Each class consists of a presentation by a staff member followed by a small group experience. Together we consider the core values of All Saints Church and develop a sense of belonging as we building connections to individuals, ministries and groups. Register here.

FULL — The Good Place, Lenten Group led by Mark Chase
Tuesdays, March 11, 18, 25, April 1 & 8 at 7:00 p.m. on Zoom. Join us for a Lenten discussion on NBC’s The Good Place. We’ll review episodes, have some laughs and connect, and discuss what it means to be ethical in an increasingly unethical world.

FULL — How We Learn To Be Brave by Mariann Budde, Lenten Book Group led by Tim Rich
Wednesdays, March 12, 19, 26 April 2 & 9, 7:00-8:30 p.m., in the Guild Room. The call to be beacons of God’s love, justice and compassion in these challenging times call for the kind of bravery Bishop Mariann Budde brought to the pulpit on January 21. Let’s learn from her how to be brave together.

FULL — How We Learn To Be Brave by Mariann Budde, Lenten Book Group led by Susan Russell
Wednesdays, March 19, 26, April 2, 9, and 16, at 12:00 p.m., via Zoom. The call to be beacons of God’s love, justice and compassion in these challenging times call for the kind of bravery Bishop Mariann Budde brought to the pulpit on January 21. Let’s learn from her how to be brave together.

Meditation Group
Thursdays, March 13, 20, 27, April 3 & 10, 5:00–6:00 p.m., in the Guild Room. Join us for a weekly Contemplative Practice Group every Thursday during Lent. This gathering offers a peaceful space for reflection, stillness, and spiritual connection as we journey through the season of Lent. Whether you’re new to contemplative practices or looking to deepen your experience, all are welcome. Let’s take this time together to pause, reflect, and grow in mindfulness.

Lenten Evensong
Sunday, March 30, 5:00 p.m., in the Church. Coventry Choir and Chamber Ensemble offer Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir, (Out of the Depths I Cry to You, Lord) Cantata, BWV 131 by Johann Sebastian Bach, a deeply penitential text expressing profound sorrow and plea for forgiveness; the piece is characterized by its expressive, introspective nature. Susan Russell offers a meditation. This special Lenten Evensong of prayer, meditation and song will provide a wonderful moment of reflection this holy season. Validated parking will be available at Plaza las Fuentes.

Join Us for a Parish Lenten Supper
Thursday, April 10, 6:00–8:00 p.m., in Sweetland Hall. You are warmly invited to join us for a special Lenten Supper, as we come together to share a meal in community during this sacred season. This will be a potluck event— we’ll provide the main protein, and we kindly ask you to bring a salad, side dish, or dessert to share. Register here.

2025 Holy Week and Easter Worship Schedule
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.  Join us in-person or Live Stream at www.allsaints-pas.org/worship/streaming.

Palm Sunday, April 13
7:30 a.m. (Chapel)
10:00 a.m. (Church)
Begin your Holy Week with the waving of palms during the grand procession, followed by a dramatic retelling of the Gospel. Unidad and Coventry Choir offer music. Tim Rich preaches.

Holy Week Evening Eucharists at 7:30 p.m.
Monday, April 14, in the Chapel
Tuesday, April 15, in the Seminar Room
Wednesday, April 16, in the Chapel

Maundy Thursday, April 17
Maundy Thursday Worship 7:30 p.m.
This 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. Trouvères offer music. This is a Spanish/English liturgy.

Good Friday, April 18
Good Friday Noon Service, 12:00–3:00 p.m.
Members of the pastoral staff offer five meditations on the meaning of the crucifixion in our own time. Canterbury and Coventry choirs offer music.

Stations of the Cross — A Journey Through Pasadena, 6:00 p.m. beginning on the lawn
We will contemplate the events that led to Jesus’ death, reflecting and praying at each station.

Tenebrae: Service of Shadows 7:30 p.m.
Candlelit service. Coventry Choir Renaissance Singers offer music. Jonathan Stoner offers a meditation.

Holy Saturday, April 19
Children’s Easter Vigil 4 p.m.
Celebrate the conclusion of Holy Week and beginning of Easter with children leading this service through reading and music. (Have your bells ready to ring!) Music offered by Unidad.  Tim Rich offers a meditation.

The Great Easter Vigil 7:30 p.m.
The service begins with the kindling of the fire and lighting of the Paschal candle, then continues with the stories of our faith by candlelight culminating with a celebration of Easter.  (Have your bells ready to ring!) Music offered by Canterbury Chamber Singers. Thomas Diaz offers a meditation.

Easter Sunday, April 20
Festive Eucharists
7:00 a.m., 9:00 a.m., & 11:15 a.m. in the Church We celebrate the resurrection amidst a blaze of candles, and beautiful flowers. Tim Rich preaches.
At 7:00 a.m. Daniel Ramon offers music; at 9:00 & 11:15 a.m. Coventry and Canterbury choirs and Trouvères, and soloists offer music of Rentz, Dillworth, Beethoven, Cunliffe and Handl.

Children, Youth and Families Easter Egg Hunt!
Sunday, April 20, 10:45 a.m., on the playground and on the lawn. Join us for this joyful family activity. Easter egg hunt for Children 0-5 years will be located in playground area. Children and youth 6 years and up, meet on the lawn.

Join us! For more information, contact our front desk at frontdesk@allsaints-pas.org.