Holy Week at Redeemer

Maundy Thursday

Service at 7:00pm

Maundy Thursday receives its name from the mandatum (commandment) given by our Lord: “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another” (John 13:34). At the Last Supper, Jesus washed his disciples’ feet and commanded them to love and serve one another as he had done. This day commemorates the Lord’s example of servant ministry, the institution of the Eucharist, the agony in the Garden of Gethsemane, and the betrayal leading to the crucifixion.

Our Maundy Thursday service includes the liturgy of Foot-Washing and the Stripping of the Altar.

No nursery or children’s classes

Good Friday

Stations of the Cross

Open from 2:00-5:00pm in the sanctuary

Come walk through our sanctuary and pray along the Stations of the Cross, a series of art works created by artists in our parish.

Service at 7:00pm

The Good Friday liturgy is the second part of the Triduum (the sacred three days). This most somber of all days is appropriately marked by fasting, abstinence, and penitence, leading us to focus on Jesus and the meaning of his Cross. Some churches do not use musical instruments or bells on this day. The church is often darkened. The bare, stark appearance of the church serves as a reminder of the solemnity and the sorrow of the day. The Lord of Life was rejected, mocked, scourged, and then put to death on the Cross. The faithful are reminded of the role which their own sin played in this suffering and agony, as Christ took all sin upon himself, in obedience to his Father’s will. By the Cross we are redeemed, set free from bondage to sin and death. The Cross is a sign of God’s never-ending love for us. It is a sign of life, in the midst of death.

Toddler nursery available, no children’s classes or infant nursery

The Great Vigil of Easter

Service at 7:00pm

This is the night when you brought our fore-bearers, the children of Israel, out of bondage in Egypt, and led them through the Red Sea on dry land. This is the night when with a pillar of fire you banished the darkness of our iniquity. This is the night when all who believe in Christ are delivered from the gloom of sin, and are restored to grace and holiness of life. This is the night when Christ broke the bonds of death and hell, and rose victorious from the grave.

At this service, we move through the whole story of God’s salvation of the world, from creation, through to Christ’s redemption—the moment of Easter!

We’ll celebrate with baptisms, bells and flowers.

Bring bells if you have them!

To sponsor an Easter lily arrangement—which you can take home or gift at the end of service Easter Sunday—sign up below:

Toddler nursery available, no children’s classes or Infant nursery.