Why these services

These services arose out of a heartfelt need to deepen the experience of Holy Week by connecting with and relating to the human side of Christ’s struggle as he journeyed to the cross. Too often, the average worshiper leaves Palm Sunday and returns on Resurrection Sunday with only the barest hint of the drama of the week before. Essentially, we go from celebration to celebration, not connecting with and dwelling on the full emotional and painful price God paid for us during Holy Week.

These services are meditative. The music is calm and reflective. The tone of the service is subdued. The leader is not the focus. We center on the Christ candle as it makes its way through the week, finally finding its resting place on the altar on Good Friday. At the end of Good Friday’s service, it is extinguished as the flame of life leaves our Savior, dead in a tomb. I have found that the only way I can fully feel Easter is by trying to feel Holy Week through the Scriptures.

Every service will start at 7:00 PM and last about half an hour. There are very few elements of the traditional worship services of Sunday morning: we gather to sing, pray, read Scripture, and walk with our Lord during his most painful days. It is that simple.