Holy Week Services
The Passion of Our Lord: Palm Sunday (April 17)
Saturday at 5:00 p.m.
Sunday at 8:45 and 10:00 a.m.
Maundy Thursday: The Last Supper and Foot Washing (April 21)
Thursday at 7:15 p.m.
Tenbrae Service of Shadows: Good Friday (April 22)
Family Friendly Good Friday Worship - 5:30 p.m.
The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross - 7:15 p.m.
The Vigil of Easter (April 23)
Saturday at 5:00 p.m.
Festival of the Resurrection of Our Lord: Easter Sunday (April 24)
Easter Sunrise Worship - 6:30 a.m.
Easter Festival Worship with Holy Communion - 8:30 and 10:30 a.m.
Please join us for Easter Breakfast from 7:15 to 10:30 a.m. Sunday Morning!
Good Friday Family-Friendly Worship Service
Ten years ago when I became a parent, I knew there would be big and small changes I would have to make in my life. One of the little worship changes I discovered was my first Good Friday service as a mother. I brought my (then) four-month-old to the service thinking he would just cuddle and sleep while I worshipped. It was a very somber service as all Good Friday services should be, but during that service my baby discovered that squeals and cues made great echoing sounds in the sanctuary. All of which would have just been drowned out with the singing and worship in a normal Sunday morning service, but in a meditative and somber service of Good Friday it seemed amplified. As my children got older, I would chose to skip out on Good Friday because of the clash with bedtime routine for my toddlers. When they were in early elementary school I thought the time had come that I could return to Good Friday worship. Attending the worship service with early elementary children, I found that the teaching of the crucifixion was just a little too grown-up for my children right before bedtime. So I have been absent from Good Friday worship a good many times since becoming a parent. My guess is that many of you have found yourself in that same worship dilemma.
Well, now you can worship as a family at Faith with a family-friendly Good Friday service at 5:30 p.m. Come and be part of the remembering of Christ’s death without being out late or sharing too much crucifixion information that your child may not be ready to hear. Our 4th and 5th grade Chime Choir will be our featured music for the evening. Join us for this important Holy Week celebration, and invite other families who may want to worship earlier rather than our normally offered 7:30 p.m. worship.
Melinda Littler,
Director Children and Family Ministry
Grace Stories - 2011 Lenten Series
Wednesday Evenings at 7:15 p.m.
Come and gather with us for a time of quiet reflection, music, and story telling as a number Faith staff share their stories of encounters with grace.
Easter Egg Hunt
The Children and Family Ministry board will once again be offering an Easter Egg Hunt. We will have the hunt on April 16, at 10:00 a.m. More information will be coming
