Please join us Thursday, Friday and Saturday, for our 3 nightly Services leading up to Easter. Our Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday Services. Each will be at 7:00 PM and will be presented both In-person and Online, via our Facebook Page or Zoom Link. Please come and Worship on these Holy Days with Us.
Our Readings etc. are as follows:
Maundy Thursday Service with Hand Washing:
The Collect:
Almighty Father, whose dear Son, on the night before he suffered, instituted the Sacrament of his Body and Blood: Mercifully grant that we may receive it thankfully in remembrance of Jesus Christ our Lord, who in these holy mysteries gives us a pledge of eternal life; and who now lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Old Testament: Exodus 12:1-4, (5-10), 11-14
Psalm: Psalm 116:1, 10-17
Epistle: 1 Corinthians 11:23-26
Gospel: John 13:1-17, 31b-35
Good Friday Service:
The Collect:
Almighty God, we pray you graciously to behold this your family, for whom our Lord Jesus Christ was willing to be betrayed, and given into the hands of sinners, and to suffer death upon the cross; who now lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Old Testament: Isaiah 52:13-53:12
Psalm: Psalm 22
Epistle: Hebrews 10:16-25 or 4:14-16; 5:7-9
Gospel: John 18:1-19:42
Holy Saturday Service – The Great Vigil of Easter:
Liturgy of the Word
The Collect:
Almighty God, who for our redemption gave your only- begotten Son to the death of the cross, and by his glorious resurrection delivered us from the power of our enemy: Grant us so to die daily to sin, that we may evermore live with him in the joy of his resurrection; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
O God, who made this most holy night to shine with the glory of the Lord’s resurrection: Stir up in your Church that Spirit of adoption which is given to us in Baptism, that we, being renewed both in body and mind, may worship you in sincerity and truth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
First Lesson: Romans 6:3-11
Psalm: Psalm 114
Gospel: Matthew 28:1-10
