Sermon @ Maundy Thursday, 6:30 p.m., April 1, 2021: Where Do You Want to Eat? / ¿Dónde quieres comer?
“Christ is still at this table … and now we know that Christ was never only at this table. There are tables in our homes. In our streets. In the wilderness. There is no place on earth that Christ cannot and has not laid a table…. As we come back together, I hope we not only can come back together here. I hope we can come together where you are right now. And show each other the tables that Christ has set in our midst.”
“Cristo todavía está en esta mesa … y ahora sabemos que Cristo nunca estuvo sólo en esta mesa. Hay mesas en nuestros hogares. En nuestras calles. En el desierto. No hay lugar en la tierra en que Cristo no pueda ni haya puesto una mesa. A medida que volvemos a estar juntos, espero que no sólo podamos volver a unirnos aquí. Espero que podamos unirnos donde ustedes están ahora mismo. Y mostremos las mesas que Cristo ha puesto entre nosotros.”
Sermon by Mike Kinman from virtual worship at 6:30 p.m. on Maundy Thursday, April 1, 2021 at All Saints Church, Pasadena.
Watch the entire service on YouTube. Follow along with the service leaflet here.
Sermon 1 @ Good Friday Noon Service, April 2, 2021: With an Angel
Sermon by Alfredo Feregrino from the Noon Service on Good Friday, April 2, 2021 at All Saints Church, Pasadena. Reading: Luke 22:39-48. Read the sermon text here.
Sermon 2 @ Good Friday Noon Service, April 2, 2021: Save Us from the Sin of Loving Religion Instead of Jesus
“Loving religion instead of Jesus has been one of the ways the church has denied Jesus over and over and over again as surely as Peter denied Jesus in the courtyard of the high priest as the cock crowed the third time … and in this time of COVID-19 we have instead chosen to re-imagine religion because of Jesus.”
Sermon by Susan Russell from the Noon Service on Good Friday, April 2, 2021 at All Saints Church, Pasadena. Reading: Luke 22:54-62. Read the sermon text here.
Sermon 3 @ Good Friday Noon Service, April 2, 2021: Walk with Me to the Cross
Sermon by the Rev. Carla Robinson from the Noon Service on Good Friday, April 2, 2021 at All Saints Church, Pasadena. Reading: Luke 22:63–23:25.
Sermon 4 @ Good Friday Noon Service, April 2, 2021: Forgive Them
“If forgiveness truly is nothing but the empty shell that demands everything of the victim but nothing of the perpetrator. If forgiveness truly is nothing but the swallowing of the pain and the suppressing of the truth, then it is certainly worthy of discarding. And yet, if we take forgiveness away from justice, all that is left is vengeance. And more and more, that is the choice that is set before us. Forgiveness without accountability …or vengeance without grace. And each is soul-killing in its dehumanization for victim and perpetrator; for judge, jury and accused. And so, we return to that core question of the cross … what would Jesus do … and in fact what is Jesus doing when he says these words? What is the justice of God? It cannot be either option. For the justice of God, the way of the cross, is not mimicking the cross in either its suppression of truth through fear …or vengeance which we anoint ourselves to execute on God’s behalf. The justice of God, the holiness of God demands both accountability and mercy, reparation and forgiveness.”
Sermon by Mike Kinman from the Noon Service on Good Friday, April 2, 2021 at All Saints Church, Pasadena. Reading: Luke 23:26–43. Read the sermon text here.
Sermon 5 @ Good Friday Noon Service, April 2, 2021: Love Holds Us Still
“In our anguish in the gaps of our lives and the nightmares of hate and separation, love stands with us still. Love holds all those whom we have lost and could not hold.”
Sermon by Sally Howard from the Noon Service on Good Friday, April 2, 2021 at All Saints Church, Pasadena. Reading: Luke 23:44–56. Read the sermon text here.
“Were You There?” / Tolling of the Bell for Christ’s 33 Years @ Good Friday Noon Service, April 2, 2021
“Were You There” sung by soloist Kyla McCarrel, and the tolling of the bell 33 times to commemorate the life of Christ, from the Noon Service on Good Friday, April 2, 2021 at All Saints Church, Pasadena.
Watch the entire Good Friday Noon Service on YouTube. Follow along with the service leaflet here.
Service @ 4:00 p.m., Good Friday, April 2, 2021: Stations of the Cross
The Stations of the Cross, or the Way of the Cross, refers to a series of images depicting Jesus Christ on the day of his crucifixion. Artists of all ages contemplated the events that led to Jesus’ death, reflecting on each station. This service was streamed on Good Friday, April 2, at 4:00 p.m.
Service @ 5:00 p.m., Good Friday, April 2, 2021: Via Crucis
Via Crucis was created by the Thursday Night Bilingual Bible Reflection Class. This service was streamed on Good Friday, April 2, at 5:00 p.m.
Service @ 6:30 p.m., Good Friday, April 2, 2021: Tenebrae – Service of Shadows
This ancient candlelight service, Tenebrae: Service of Shadows, commemorates the somber in-betweentime of waiting, offering an opportunity to grieve Jesus’s death and sense a glimmer of hope of the resurrection, on Good Friday, April 2, 2021 at All Saints Church, Pasadena. Coventry Choir soloists and Renaissance Singers offer music. Mike Kinman offers a meditation. Follow along with the service leaflet here.
Service @ 4:00 p.m., Holy Saturday, April 3, 2021: Children’s Easter Vigil
On Saturday, April 3, 4:00 p.m., All Saints Church celebrated the conclusion of Holy Week and beginning of Easter with children leading this service through reading and music. Music offered by the Troubadours. Follow along with the service leaflet here.
Service @ 7:30 p.m., Holy Saturday, April 3, 2021: Great Vigil – Scherer Family Chicks Exodus
Nina Scherer, Director of Youth Ministry, and family — Jakob, Lenny, Teddy and Dr. Tim — produced this creative and heartfelt Exodus 14:10–15:1 reading (The Story of Liberation) for the Great Vigil of Easter at All Saints Church, Pasadena, on Holy Saturday, April 3, 2021. Watch the entire Great Easter Vigil on YouTube here. Follow along with the service leaflet here.
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