Holy Week & Easter Services

April 15, 2025

This Holy Week, we have many opportunities for worship. Please feel free to invite your friends and neighbors to one or more of these services!

On April 17, a Maundy Thursday Service will be held at 5:00 PM in the Sanctuary. Maundy Thursday (from mandatum, Latin for commandment) proclaims Jesus’ new commandment to love one another as he has loved us. It celebrates Christ’s example of humble service and self-offering, represented by the sharing of communion. My message for this service – based on Matthew 26:47-50 – is entitled: Friend.

On April 18, a Good Friday Tenebrae Service will be held at noon in the Sanctuary. Tenebrae, which is a Latin word meaning “shadows,” has been observed in the church of Jesus Christ since the fourth century. On Good Friday we will remember the death of Jesus and recall his seven last words on the cross.

This coming Sunday, April 20 is Easter Sunday. We will have one worship service at 10:00 AM in the Sanctuary and my message – based on John 20:1-18 – is entitled: Unfolding God’s Love.

May God bless you in this season and in these days of Holy Week and Easter,

Pastor Jonas Hayes