Events

We remember Jesus celebrating the Lord’s Supper with his disciples, his washing their feet as an example to us of serving one another, and his commandment to them to “Love one another as I have loved you”. The service includes foot washing and handwashing, the “stripping of the altar area” in remembrance of the way […]

The Good Friday liturgy marks the day of Christ’s suffering, crucifixion, and death and is a continuation of the Maundy Thursday liturgy. We mark the day of Christ’s suffering, crucifixion, and death. In John’s passion account, Jesus reveals the power and glory of God, even as he is put on trial and sentenced to death. […]

Weather permitting, we gather outside around a newly built fire to light the paschal (Greek for “passage”) candle which is carried in procession into the darkened sanctuary representing Jesus tomb.   We hear beloved Bible stories, sing hymns, and listen to the Easter gospel from John, all of which proclaim that God is always giving new […]

The tomb is empty! Jesus Christ is risen! Like Mary Magdalene and the other women who went to the tomb we experience the risen Lord and our sadness and weeping come to an end. “Now no more can death appall, now no more the grave enthrall; You have opened paradise, and your saints in you […]