Disciplines of Lent

Maundy Thursday - April 5th,
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Good Friday - April 6th,
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Easter Vigil - April 7th,
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Reserve the evenings of April 5th, 6th and 7th for the greatest Christian festival of the year: the Triduum or ‘three days’ of Holy Week. All round the world Christians will gather on these three days to remember the great Story of Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection in a series of powerful rituals.

Thursday, April 5th is known as Maundy Thursday, the day that Jesus commanded his disciples to ‘love one another as I have loved you.’ We celebrate by eating dinner together in a structured, meditative way. We remember in this meal how Jesus

washed the disciples’ feet
fed them with the bread and wine that are for us Christ’s body and blood
prepared himself for death by praying in the garden

You will be invited to bring food to share, to bring a story of your Lenten discipline, to laugh, sing, pray, love and serve one another in expectation of

Jesus’ promises to be with us in our dying and our rising.

Friday, April 6th is known as Good Friday, not because death and suffering are ‘good’ but because, on this day, our suffering and death became God’s suffering and death in Jesus Christ. We bring symbols of our suffering ? old letters, newspaper articles, etc. ? and lay them at the foot of the cross. We sing and pray, remembering the story of Jesus’ suffering and death on the cross. We take time to remember the whole world and it’s suffering in prayer.

Saturday, April 7th is the Easter Vigil. On this evening we gather to kindle the light of Jesus’ resurrection, to listen to the old stories of God’s love for us, to wash Christians new and old in the waters of baptism and renewal, and to partake of the first Communion of Easter. This is an evening rich with symbols and stories, overflowing with love beyond all telling!

Children are welcome at all three of the Triduum festivals! Childcare will be available for our youngest friends on Friday night only.

Sunday, April 8th, is Easter Sunday. On this morning, we celebrate the Risen Christ with music and verse, bring back the “A” word into our celebration of our life with God.

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