Lent and Easter at Trinity
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Friday, March 30: Good Friday Tenebrae Worship 7:30 p.m.
Join us for one of the most meaningful services of the year. Tenebrae, which means “service of darkness,” is an early Christian observance of the events of Jesus’ passion. As the story of the Passion narrative is told through readings and music, candles are extinguished and the lights are dimmed. The Christ candle is hidden toward the end of the service to signify the apparent victory of death and evil. After a period of silence and darkness, the candle is returned as we remember that in Jesus, “light has come into the world that the darkness could not extinguish.” We leave the service in silence, carrying with us sadness for Christ’s suffering and the suffering of the world, but hope that will prepare us for the celebration of Easter.
Easter Day, Sunday April 1
All morning: the Easter Brunch begins following the Sunrise service and continues until 11 a.m.; come early or stay late, please bring a dish to share.
Flowers for the blooming cross: Please bring a few blooms from your yard to decorate the cross on the front hill by the flagpole. If you have extra flowers, you can leave them by the cross for others to put up.
7 a.m. Sunrise Service
Our Easter celebration at Trinity begins at 7 a.m. with our Easter Sunrise Service, held in the chapel at the top of the hill beside Trinity. This chapel can be accessed from the stairs at the upper end of the parking lot at the Inglewood Street entrance to the church. This service is always a great beginning to the Easter celebration with the beauty of the woods around us, and a celebration of the sacrament of Holy Communion. The meditation and scripture at this service is different from the sermon at later services.
9 a.m. Contemporary Worship in Calvin Hall
11:00 a.m. Brass ensemble
11:15 a.m. Traditional Worship Service is at 11:15 a.m.
Please note: there is no Sunday school on Easter morning. Please come to the Fellowship hall for an Easter brunch instead. There is also not a 5:30p.m. evening worship on Easter Sunday.