Wishing all of you a blessed end to Holy Week and a Joyous Easter
This note written by Tim Schenck (of Lent Madness fame) sums up all I have to say today. Wishing all of you a blessed end to Holy Week and a Joyous Easter.
Rev. Rachel+
"When you hear clergy strongly encouraging you to attend the services of Holy Week, especially the Great Three Days (Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, the Easter Vigil), it’s not just because they like to see more people in the pews, or it’s good for their egos, or they want parishioners to see how much effort goes into these liturgies.
It’s because they believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ and the transforming power of the Christian faith. It’s because they love you and want nothing more than for you to have such a moving encounter with our Lord, that it will change your life. It’s an invitation rooted in profound love, and a recognition that there is literally nothing more important in the entire world than to participate fully as we collectively journey from the Upper Room to Calvary to the Empty Tomb.
I hope you will join your local parish a lot this week. And I bid you all a most blessed Holy Week."
Good Friday, March 29th: 12-3pm The Last Words of Christ & Labyrinth Walk @ St. Francis. 7pm Veneration of the Cross Service at Christ Church
Holy Saturday, March 30th: 8am Holy Saturday Morning Service @ St. Cross. 8pm The Great Vigil of Easter Service @ St. Francis
Easter Sunday, March 31st: 8am & 10am Easter Celebration @ St. Cross. 9am & 11:15am Children's Easter Egg Hunt @ St. Cross
