Holy Week, specifically the Triduum: Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Vigil, is one service taking place in three acts over three days. We hope you will join us for the most Holy time in our Liturgical year.

For a more detailed explanation of Holy Week and the individual services, listen to the Pastoral Words from our Senior Pastor:

ACT I - MAUNDY THURSDAY | The Darkness of Betrayal

March 28th @ 6:00 pm

Maundy Thursday draws our attention to the life of Jesus, specifically focusing on the events of the Last Supper and bringing an official end to the season of Lent. This service is neither penitential nor celebratory by nature. It will include the washing of hands (symbolizing the washing of feet, which takes place at the Last Supper), the celebration of the Eucharist, and concludes with the stripping of the altar and our entrance into the darkness of Jesus’ coming betrayal.

ACT II - GOOD FRIDAY | The Darkness of Death

March 29th @ 6:00 pm

On Good Friday, we remain in the darkness we entered on Thursday. How could we rejoice on a day like today? All we can do is gather in silence; all we can do is gather and pray, and so we do. Our Good Friday service is described as a Tenebrae service. Tenebrae means darkness, and on this night, we enter the darkness of death with Jesus. The candles, save one (because God’s light is never fully extinguished), are snuffed out one by one with each reading as our readings recount the passion narrative. Every once in a while, we will stop to reflect, sing, or remain silent.  We leave just as we enter, mourning and silent.

ACT III - EASTER VIGIL | The Darkness of Intimacy

March 30th @ 7:00 pm

The liturgy of the Easter Vigil begins in darkness, with a single candle in the center of the sanctuary. Each person will be given a candle (electric for the kiddos), which we will light from the central candle, called the Paschal (“Passover” or “Easter”) candle. With candles lit, we will hear the story of the salvation of the cosmos read. As the story climaxes, we will sing the Gloria and, at that moment, the lights come on! We sing our alleluia, for Christ is alive. Traditionally, this is a night for baptisms and for all of us to remember our baptism and baptismal vows, which we will do with the sprinkling of water. Our liturgy ends with the celebration of the Eucharist, our first Communion of the Easter Season. Dismissed singing Alleluias, we enter into the night, knowing that the light has come and the darkness has not overcome it. The darkness we enter on this night is not the darkness of betrayal, mourning, or death, but the darkness of intimacy. The darkness that exists in the closeness of friends, of lovers, of saints.