Chat & Coffee Fellowship follows both the 8:00 & 10:00 services
Marsh Hall
Wednesday
10:00 am
Holy Eucharist Rite II and healing service
Chapel
Special Services
Service
2012 Date
Information
Annual Meeting
February 12th
Holy Eucharist 9:00 am followed by potluck and meeting
Ash Wednesday
February 22nd
Services 10:00 am, 12:00 pm (Noon), and 7:30 pm
Palm Sunday
April 1st
Holy Eucharist 8:00 am & 10:00 am
Maundy Thursday
April 5st
Holy Eucharist 7:00 pm with foot washing and stripping of the Altar
Prayer Vigil follows 9:00 pm to 8:00 am
Good Friday
April 6th
Ecumenical Stations of the Cross Walk, Noon
7:00 pm Evening Service
Easter
April 8th
6:00 am Easter Vigil
Renewal of Baptismal Vows
Vesting of the Altar
Holy Eucharist with Choir and Incense
9:00 am and 11:00 am Festal Eucharist with Choir
Worship in the Park
TBD
Lessons and Carols
TBD
Christmas Eve
December 24th
4:00 pm Family Service
Rite II Holy Eucharist
Nursery Provided
7:30 pm Christmas Music and Carols followed by -
8:00 pm Candlelight Traditional Service
Rite II Festal Eucharist with Incense
No Nursery
The first season of the church year is Advent, during which we prepare for the birth of Christ at Christmas. Advent begins four Sundays before Christmas.
The season of Christmas is more than just the 25th of December. Christmas is actually twelve days - December 25th through January 5th.
January 6 begins the season of Epiphany when the light of Christ breaks out into the world.
Lent, the forty days of penitential preparation before Easter, begins on Ash Wednesday and is a time of reflection and penitence. Finding the date for Ash Wednesday can be interesting as it is based on Easter which is based on the Pascal moon. A liturgical calendar can be very handy!
>Holy Week is the week prior to Easter. The most deeply spiritual services of the year take place during this week in which we commemorate the last days of the life of Christ culminating in His resurrection on Easter Sunday.
During the Easter season, we focus particularly on the experiences of the risen Christ in the early Church.
Pentecost begins 50 days after Easter Sunday and continues until the end of the church year. Pentecost is when the disciples were filled with the Holy Spirit and sent into the world and, for us is a season of spiritual growth and ministry.
