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Holy Week Schedule 2024
We are pleased to present our schedule for Holy Week 2024 below:
Holy Week Sermon Series: Questions at Calvary
Sundays, March 17, 24, and 31
As we enter Holy Week and Easter, Trinity’s Rector, the Rev. Morgan S. Allen, will explore the categories of questions that Jesus’ crucifixion presents in the Gospel of Mark:
March 17 (V Lent), Theodicy: exploring the problem of evil and our claims of a loving God
March 24 (Palm Sunday), Atonement: exploring how Christians understand what Jesus’ death accomplishes
March 31 (Easter Sunday), Resurrection: exploring ideas about what it means that “God raised Jesus from the dead
Palm Sunday Worship with Palm Procession
Sun., 3/24, 8 am, 10 am*, 5 pm, Copley Square & Church; meet on the Clarendon Lawn
Our 10 am service will be livestreamed to our website and our Facebook page.
All Palm Sunday services will include the second in the Questions at Calvary Sermon Series. Palm Sunday's sermon will focus on Atonement: exploring how Christians understand what Jesus’ death accomplishes.
Donate to the Easter Flower & Music Fund by Palm Sunday, March 24
Easter flower and music dedications are a beautiful way to honor friends, family, and loved ones, whether far or near, living or deceased. Make your donation here.
Donations are accepted online through Sun., Mar., 24, in order to meet Easter bulletin print schedules. We invite a minimum contribution of $50 per name.
Prepare the Church for Easter
Thurs., 3/28-Sat., 3/30; and Tues., 4/2
Just like the Women going to the tomb in the wee hours of the morning, all of us have an opportunity to come and prepare the space for Easter Morning and the great celebration of Easter!
There is a place for you and the whole family! Please consider how you might be called to be a part of the team as we, too, find the tomb empty and celebrate the Lord's resurrection!
Sign up here to prepare the church for Easter.
Maundy Thursday Simple Supper
Thurs., 3/28, 5:45 pm, Commons
Join us for a simple supper immediately before our Maundy Thursday service in the Commons (downstairs). Soup, bread and sides, along with options for our younger members. All ages welcome! If you are available to assist in setting up, serving and clearing, we'd love your help! Click here to sign up.
Maundy Thursday Worship
Thurs., 3/28, 7 pm, Church
Gethsemane Watch
Thurs., 3/28, 8 pm – Fri., 3/29, 10 am, Chapel and online
As our Maundy Thursday worship concludes, we will begin a “Gethsemane Watch” through the hours of the night. Recalling Jesus’ gathering with his disciples in the garden just before his arrest, we honor Jesus’ charge to “Stay awake and pray.” The Watch will begin in-person at the conclusion of our 7 pm Maundy Thursday Service with the procession of the reserved sacrament to the chapel. The in-person vigil will continue until 10 pm. We will then pray through the night at home. The Watch will resume in-person at 6 am, on Good Friday and conclude at 10 am, just before our Good Friday worship begins at 12 noon.
All are welcome to attend at any time. To ensure that we have at minimum 2 people present during the watch, we invite you to sign-up for times in the Watch. Select the slot below that best suits your time and location. If the slot you would like attend is filled, you may still attend those in person slots. PLEASE NOTE, all prayers between Thursday at 10 pm and Friday at 6 am will NOT be on Campus. We would like for two people to always be praying; if the slots when you would like to pray are full, please feel free to join in at that time also.
Sign up for the Gethsemane Watch here.
Good Friday Worship
Fri., 3/29, 12 noon*, Church and livestreamed
Our 12 noon Good Friday service will be livestreamed to our website and our Facebook page.
Good Friday High School Lock-In
Fri., 3/29, 5 pm-Sat., 3/30, 1 pm, Parish House
All 9th-12th graders are invited to the High School Good Friday Lock-In on March 29 & 30! Our Lock-In will include games, worship, and discussion, sleeping in the Parish House, volunteering with the Children’s Ministry Easter Gardens and much more! RSVP by Wed., 3/27 to let us know you’re joining the fun!
Children’s Ministry Easter Gardens
Sat., 3/30, 10 am–12 noon; Undercroft
Join Children's Ministries on Sat., 3/30, for our annual creation of Easter Gardens, part of Trinity's altar and Sanctuary flowers for Easter Sunday. Parents and friends are welcome to join us as well. Sign up here to join in here.
Easter Vigil Worship
Sat., 3/30, 6 pm, Church
Easter Day Worship
Sun., 3/31, 8 am, 10 am*, 12 noon, Church
Our 10 am Easter Day service will be livestreamed to our website and our Facebook page.
All Easter Day services will include the third and final sermon in the Questions at Calvary Sermon Series. Easter's sermon will focus on Resurrection: exploring ideas about what it means that “God raised Jesus from the dead."
Our 10 am service will also include an in-person Children's Homily.
Easter Day Nursery Care
Sun., 3/31, 7:30 am - 1 pm, Betty Copplestone Nursery
We are pleased to offer nursery care for little ones during Easter morning.
Flowering of the Cross
Sun., 3/31, 8 am-1:30 pm
On Sunday, during and between the Easter services, we invite all to share in the flowering of the same cross borne into the church on Good Friday — which will be on our Copley Square porch. We welcome worshippers to bring a bloom or spray of green from their home windowsills, gardens, and lawns. We will also have flowers available to place on the cross.
T-n-T Easter Brunch
Sun., 3/31, 12 pm, Earl’s at the Pru
Because many young adults can’t visit family to celebrate Easter, T-n-T provides a community for our 20s and 30s to gather in faith. Join us to rejoice in the joy and sacredness of Easter together at Earl’s at the Pru at 12 pm. Click here to RSVP if you would like to join us!
Easter Share the Flowers
4/2, 10 am – 2 pm, Church
Come join us as we rearrange the flowers to go out into the world, giving thanks for a lovely Easter and sharing them with those who were unable to attend! Sign up here.
