Thursday, April 2, 2009

Holy Week and Easter 2009

(all services at St. Stephen’s unless otherwise noted)

The Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday - April 5
11:00AM – Blessing of the Palms and Holy Eucharist

Maundy Thursday- April 9
7:00PM – Holy Eucharist; Stripping of the Altar at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church

Good Friday- April 10
12:00 PM –Good Friday service at St. Mark’s
7:00 PM – Liturgy of the Passion and Holy Communion from the Reserved Sacrament*

Holy Saturday - April 11
10:00 AM – Liturgy of the Word for Holy Saturday

Easter Eve Saturday - April 11
7:00 PM – The Great Vigil of Easter at Gethsemane Cathedral

Sunday April 12 - Easter Sunday
11:00 AM – Holy Eucharist, with the Baptism of Samantha Lemke


* On Maundy Thursday, we will strip the altar and the Sacrament (the consecrated bread and wine), normally reserved in the aumbry, will be removed to an “altar of repose” in the sacristy. Since, the Eucharist is not celebrated in the Episcopal Church on Good Friday, Holy Communion will be administered from the reserved sacrament at the Good Friday service.

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