Holy Week & Easter


As we prepare to worship on Easter weekend together, we encourage you to fully celebrate Easter by participating in the entire Holy Week experience: Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter. Together, these Holy Week events are carefully designed to move you through Jesus’ arrival in Jerusalem, the Last Supper, his death, and, ultimately, his triumphant resurrection. Participating in all of them will lead you into the deepest, most powerful and meaningful Easter you can have. 

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Easter

Easter


Easter (or Resurrection Sunday)—a foundational Christian holiday—is the glorious celebration of the day Jesus, having been in the grave for three days, rose from the dead. It commemorates the central event of the Christian faith. It is a time of rejoicing and hope, and it symbolizes forgiveness, rebirth, and God’s saving power. Easter is a celebration of Christ’s victory over sin, death, and all destructive forces in people’s lives, and it points ahead to a future resurrection for all who claim Jesus as their Savior. 

Palm Sunday

Palm Sunday


Palm Sunday commemorates the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, which occurred several days before his death. As he rode into the city on a donkey to participate in the festival of Passover (a Jewish holiday celebrating God’s deliverance of the Israelites from their slavery in Egypt), the people of Jerusalem waved palm branches and spread them on the road in front of him, saying, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the King of Israel” (John 12:13). Today, we understand the people had certain expectations for Jesus as their King and Savior—expectations he would not meet in the way they anticipated.

Maundy Thursday

Maundy Thursday


On Maundy Thursday, also known as Holy Thursday, the emphasis is on the Last Supper—a Passover meal Jesus shared with his disciples the night before his death. On this evening, Jesus surprised his disciples by washing their feet, a task normally done by a servant. Afterwards he told them, “I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you” (John 13:15). During the meal, Jesus took bread and wine and blessed them. He broke the bread, saying “This is my body, given up for you” and offered the wine saying “This is my blood, poured out for you … Do this in remembrance of me” (Luke 22:19-20). 

Good Friday Experience


Good Friday focuses on the Passion of Christ—Jesus’ trial, crucifixion, death and burial. Mourning, fasting, and prayer have been its focus since the early centuries of the church. It is the most somber service of the year. In this self-paced, interactive Good Friday experience you can take in the scents, touch the nails, experience the serenity of the garden, and so much more as you enter into a space created for you to slow down and commemorate the betrayal, suffering, and death of Jesus Christ. This nontraditional rendering of the Stations of the Cross helps you engage in some of the historical events, drawing you near to Jesus who made the ultimate sacrifice on our behalf. 

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Weekly Lent Devotions

Weekly Lent Devotions


Each week we will slow down and reflect on our humanity and the deep need we have for repentance and forgiveness. We will be reminded of our dependence on God and our gratitude for the gift of his son Jesus.