Upcoming Lenten Services
Wednesday, March 20, March 27
6pm Soup Supper
7pm Midweek Lenten Service
Wednesday, April 3, 10
6pm Soup Supper
7pm Midweek Lenten Service
Thursday, April 18
7pm Holy (Maundy) Thursday Service
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Friday, April 19
7pm Good Friday Tenebrae Service
The Service: Tenebræ (ten’ eh bray) is an ancient rite of the Church. The Latin word “tenebræ” means “darkness.” During this service the candles will be extinguished and lights will be progressively dimmed. In this we remember that God the Father cloaked the land with darkness during the death of his Son (Mt 27:45).
This service is a time for prayerful meditation. There is no preservice music. The altar remains stripped bare. There are moments of extended silence for meditation on the magnitude of Christ’s sacrificial love.
We will hear Christ’s Seven Words spoken from the cross. After each reading a candle is extinguished. The seventh candle represents Christ. It is not extinguished, but carried from the chancel to his Father’s side. Then is heard the strepitus (strep’ ee toos), a loud noise that represents the rending of Christ’s tomb. The seventh candle is returned to burn in the chancel, foreshadowing the joy that awaits us on Easter morning.
The Dismissal: The service concludes with the final song, Lord, Let at Last Your Angels Come. There is no closing blessing or closing hymn. The congregation may remain for prayer and meditation. The congregation will dismiss themselves and leave God’s house in silence, to return and gather for the Easter Vigil.
(taken from http://www.georgiafaith.com/node/85)
Saturday, April 20
7pm Easter Vigil Service
Sunday, April 21
9:30am Easter Sunday Service followed by a pot-luck brunch and Easter Egg Hunt