Lent is a season of repentant reflection at Trinity. A time when we come together and focus our attention on our need for a savior and the suffering Christ experienced in our place.
It lasts 40 days (plus Sundays) from Ash Wednesday to Holy Week. Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday and includes Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday.
Palm Sunday is the Sunday before Easter and it has a dual purpose. First, it celebrates Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem where people lay palms and shout praises to Jesus. But, it also takes us to the cross, since it is the last Sunday before Easter.
Maundy Thursday takes us to the upper room where Jesus gives the disciples (and us) two commands (maundy is derived from the Latin word meaning “to command”). First is to “take and eat” his body and “take and drink” his blood in the bread and wine of the Lord’s Supper. Second is “to love one another as I love you.” Finally, it takes us to the Garden where Jesus prepares Himself for Judas’ betrayal. At Trinity we celebrate Maundy Thursday with a special evening service at 7pm. We conclude this service by removing all the decoration from the altar (stripping of the altar) in preparation for Good Friday.
Good Friday takes us from the garden to the Cross and the Tomb. We intensely focus ourselves on the suffering of Jesus and how it is because of me that Jesus had to suffer and die in my place. We remember this day with two different services. First, in the morning in conjunction with our school we have a Last Words of Christ Service where we hear the words of Jesus from the cross. In the evening we commemorate Good Friday with a Tenebre service. This is a powerful service of increasing darkness that focuses us on the intense suffering of Christ and the darkness that came because of Christ’s death.
Easter Vigil is the Saturday between Good Friday and Easter Sunday. While there is no community worship at Trinity on this day, it is a time for us to expectantly wait for the promised resurrection. It’s that “inbetween” time-yes Jesus died on the cross, but he hasn’t risen yet. It’s a time for us to realize that salvation is not easy. It was a major sacrifice on God’s part for us to be brought back to him.
Our celebrations culminate with Easter! The day that we remember Jesus rising from the grave-proving that not only did He die for our sins but that he has conquered sin, death, and the Devil! We have multiple worship services and special celebrations.
From the repentant reflection of Lent to the jubilant exuberance of Easter-we invite you to join us to worship and reflect with the Trinity community this Lenten and Easter season.
Ash Wednesday Worship Services 2/22/2012
With Children 8:30 am
Evening Worship 7:00 pm
Lenten Worship with Children (Wed.) 2/29 – 3/28, 8:30 am
Lenten Soup Suppers (Wed.) 2/29 – 3/28, 5:30 pm
Lenten Midweek Worship (Wed.) 2/29 – 3/28, 7:00 pm
Easter Egg Hunt (Sat.) 3/31, 3:00-4:00 pm
Palm Sunday Worship Services 4/1, 8:30 & 11:00 am
Maundy Thursday Communion Service 4/5, 7:00 pm
Good Friday Last Words of Christ Worship Service 4/6, 7:00 pm
Good Friday Tenebrea Worship Service 4/6, 7:00 pm
Easter Sunday Activities 4/8/2012
- Sunrise Service 7:00 am
- Easter Breakfast 8:30 am
- Sunday School Program 9:45 am
- Easter Festival Service 11:00 am
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