News & Events
Lent and Holy Week
Season of Lent - March 5 to April 13
Sundays in Lent:
• 9:15-10:15 a.m. - Seeking Our Call discernment sessions, sanctuary
Wednesdays During Lent (March 13- April 10):
• 6:30 p.m. - Soup Supper
• 7:00 p.m. - Contemplative Service
(no program on Wednesday nights this year; Sunday morning discernment sessions are our Lenten program. Instead, we'll gather for dinner and a quiet, reflective service weekly)
Sat, April 6
From 9:30 to 11:30 or as your time permits. Join us for a pre-Easter parish work day in the gardens
Anne Sherwood & Leonard Foreman, Co-Chairs
Sun, April 14 - Palm Sunday
• 8:00 a.m. - Palm Sunday Liturgy with Holy Eucharist, Rite I, Sanctuary
• 10:30 a.m. - Palm Sunday Liturgy with Holy Eucharist, Rite II, Sanctuary
On Palm Sunday Christians celebrate the triumphal entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem, the week before his death and resurrection. The Bible reveals that when Jesus entered Jerusalem, the crowds greeted him by waving palm branches and covering his path with them, which we commemorate by waving palm branches of our own. Palm Sunday, often referred to as “Passion Sunday,” marks the beginning of Holy Week, which concludes on Easter Sunday.
Thurs, April 18 - Maundy Thursday
• 6:30 p.m. - commemorates Jesus Christ’s institution of the Eucharist during the Last Supper. St. John’s will have a Maundy Thursday Agape Meal (dinner) at 6:30 p.m., followed by a 7:00 p.m. Eucharist with the washing of feet, commemorating how Jesus washed his disciples’ feet at the last supper as a show of humility and service. The day is also known as Holy Thursday, Passion Thursday, Paschal Thursday or Sheer (or Shere) Thursday.
Fri, April 19 - Good Friday
• 12 - 3 p.m. - commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death at Calvary. We have a service that includes lay members witnessing to the Seven Last Seven Words of Christ as they have experienced them in their lives. The day is also known as Holy Friday, Great Friday or Black Friday.
Sun, April 21 - Easter Sunday
• 5:00 a.m. - Easter Vigil, with incense
A new fire is kindled outside and from it the Great Paschal Candle and then individual candles are lit. “We await our Master’s return with our lamps full and burning” (Luke 12:35ff). We go into the church with our candles. The great and ancient hymn The Exsultet is sung, the sweeping story of salvation history is recounted. The service (with incense) then follows with the year’s principal rites of Baptism and Eucharist. Then the Resurrection of Jesus is proclaimed (loudly!), with the ringing of bells, as the sun rises.
• 9:00 a.m. - Holy Eucharist, Rite II
• 11:00 a.m. - Holy Eucharist, Rite II
This festive Easter Choral Service celebrates the Resurrection of Jesus Christ in liturgy and music
Sundays April 28- June 2, 3:00-5:00 pm,
"I Will, With God's Help" Adult education classes. Location to be announced shortly.
Upcoming Intergenerational Services (at the 10:30 service) will be held on:
April 7, 2019
May 5, 2019
Season of Lent - March 5 to April 13
Sundays in Lent:
• 9:15-10:15 a.m. - Seeking Our Call discernment sessions, sanctuary
Wednesdays During Lent (March 13- April 10):
• 6:30 p.m. - Soup Supper
• 7:00 p.m. - Contemplative Service
(no program on Wednesday nights this year; Sunday morning discernment sessions are our Lenten program. Instead, we'll gather for dinner and a quiet, reflective service weekly)
Sat, April 6
From 9:30 to 11:30 or as your time permits. Join us for a pre-Easter parish work day in the gardens
Anne Sherwood & Leonard Foreman, Co-Chairs
Sun, April 14 - Palm Sunday
• 8:00 a.m. - Palm Sunday Liturgy with Holy Eucharist, Rite I, Sanctuary
• 10:30 a.m. - Palm Sunday Liturgy with Holy Eucharist, Rite II, Sanctuary
On Palm Sunday Christians celebrate the triumphal entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem, the week before his death and resurrection. The Bible reveals that when Jesus entered Jerusalem, the crowds greeted him by waving palm branches and covering his path with them, which we commemorate by waving palm branches of our own. Palm Sunday, often referred to as “Passion Sunday,” marks the beginning of Holy Week, which concludes on Easter Sunday.
Thurs, April 18 - Maundy Thursday
• 6:30 p.m. - commemorates Jesus Christ’s institution of the Eucharist during the Last Supper. St. John’s will have a Maundy Thursday Agape Meal (dinner) at 6:30 p.m., followed by a 7:00 p.m. Eucharist with the washing of feet, commemorating how Jesus washed his disciples’ feet at the last supper as a show of humility and service. The day is also known as Holy Thursday, Passion Thursday, Paschal Thursday or Sheer (or Shere) Thursday.
Fri, April 19 - Good Friday
• 12 - 3 p.m. - commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death at Calvary. We have a service that includes lay members witnessing to the Seven Last Seven Words of Christ as they have experienced them in their lives. The day is also known as Holy Friday, Great Friday or Black Friday.
Sun, April 21 - Easter Sunday
• 5:00 a.m. - Easter Vigil, with incense
A new fire is kindled outside and from it the Great Paschal Candle and then individual candles are lit. “We await our Master’s return with our lamps full and burning” (Luke 12:35ff). We go into the church with our candles. The great and ancient hymn The Exsultet is sung, the sweeping story of salvation history is recounted. The service (with incense) then follows with the year’s principal rites of Baptism and Eucharist. Then the Resurrection of Jesus is proclaimed (loudly!), with the ringing of bells, as the sun rises.
• 9:00 a.m. - Holy Eucharist, Rite II
• 11:00 a.m. - Holy Eucharist, Rite II
This festive Easter Choral Service celebrates the Resurrection of Jesus Christ in liturgy and music
Sundays April 28- June 2, 3:00-5:00 pm,
"I Will, With God's Help" Adult education classes. Location to be announced shortly.
Upcoming Intergenerational Services (at the 10:30 service) will be held on:
April 7, 2019
May 5, 2019