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Holy Week and Easter Sunday Services
All Holy Weekday services begin at 5:30 PM

Only if it is too cold to read Evening Prayer in the chapel on Monday and Tuesday, look for us to gather below in Willard Hall.

Palm Sunday (March 24)
10:00 - 11:25 AM
Holy Eucharist with a palm procession circling inside the church sanctuary.
We begin Holy Week, walking with our Lord to his execution or crucifixion, and on to the Resurrection.

Monday in Holy Week (March 25)
5:30 PM – 5:50 PM.

Evening Prayer

Tuesday in Holy Week (March 26)
5:30 PM – 5:50 PM

Evening Prayer


Wednesday in Holy Week (March 27)
5:30 PM

We are going to celebrate Palm Sunday this evening.

Due to the recent snowstorm we were unable to celebrate Palm Sunday on 3/24 so, instead, we are having the Palm Sunday service today. Please join us for 'Palm Wednesday'

and let me know if you would like a Zoom link.

Maundy Thursday (March 28)
5:30 - 6:15 PM
Holy Eucharist with optional foot washing in imitation of Jesus at the Last Supper.
This service commemorates primarily Jesus blessing bread and wine and serving them to his disciples, with the mandate to continue. Such practice we have had in Christianity ever since. The foot washing is offered for those who like to share it. We conclude the service by moving any reserved sacrament to the chapel altar, leaving the main aumbry open, empty, and bare. We darken the church except for the altar candles by the reserved sacrament in the chapel.
The church remains open for those wishing to keep vigil. This begins at 6:15PM and continues as signed up for until midnight.
To sign up to keep vigil, please use the clipboard after our Palm Sunday service or contact us here (stlukeschester@gmail.com) stating the time period you would like to offer.

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Good Friday (March 29)

5:30 - 6:15 PM 

Good Friday Liturgy as offered by our diocese and the Episcopal Church Standing Commission on Music and Liturgy. Our hearts and souls are empty as we await Jesus' Resurrection.

6:15 PM - 12:00 AM: Informal Stations of the Cross in the church.

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Holy Saturday (March 30)

5:30 - 6:15 PM

Lighting of the new fire (if practical) and blessing of the Paschal Candle.

The wait between Jesus’ crucifixion and burial, and the Resurrection celebration on Easter.

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Easter Sunday (March 31)

10:00 -11:15 AM  Holy Eucharist

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Easter Season continues for 50 days until May 19, the Feast of Pentecost.

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