Lent and Holy Week are pivotal in the church calendar, embodying the spiritual journey through suffering towards the hope of resurrection. We invite you to embrace a spirituality that sees hope amidst darkness and recognizes a loving God present in all of life's facets.
The Six Weeks of Lent:
Practice holding joy and sorrow together.
Find purpose in the urgency of Jesus’ ministry.
Acknowledge the preciousness of humanity.
Proclaim God’s love as a lived experience.
Persevere in the radical acceptance Jesus modeled.
Practice patience through the emotions of a grimdark world, preparing for punk hope on Easter Sunday.
Holy Week Services
Palm Sunday - March 24 at 10 a.m.
Palm or Passion Sunday Lent is about patience – sitting patiently as did Jesus through all the emotions in a grimdark world. We will explore what grimdark is in order to prepare ourselves to experience punk hope on Easter Sunday.
Maundy Thursday - March 28 at 6 p.m.
Together with St. Peter’s we will have an Agape Meal in Iona Hall seated at tables and chairs in the form of the cross. Similar to last year this meal will be a mixture or prayer, song, reflections, conversations and food. It promises to be a powerful spiritual experience once again.
Good Friday - March 29 at 11 a.m.
Come experience a dramatic reading involving 12 characters from the story of the last days of Jesus’ life. Each character speaks to the others in honest ways – all ending with the words ‘What else could I do? Interspersed into this conversation will be variations of Agnus Dei (Lamb of God) from different composers. Again it promises to be a very moving service.
Easter Sunday - March 31 at 10 a.m.
A joint service between St. Andrew’s and St. Peter’s Lutheran featuring both choirs. The power of hope will be the theme expressed in a variety of ways including two Easter baptisms and communion.