Holy Week & Easter | Service & Event Schedule

03 12 2025

Palm Sunday Services | April 13
As we begin the most solemn week of the church year, we celebrate Jesus’ Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem with 10:30 AM liturgies beginning outside the South transept and a procession into the Church and Chapel led by a real, live donkey! Our 5 PM Tenebrae service is a somber, sung service that goes from light to dark as we meditate on the Seven Last Words of Christ.

• 8 AM | Chapel | Rite I Palm Sunday Eucharist
• 10:30 AM | Church | Liturgy of the Palms and Passion Narrative with Eucharist
• 10:30 AM | Chapel | Palm Sunday Children’s Sabbath
• 5 PM | Church | Palm Sunday Tenebrae for Holy Week

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Palm Sunday Picnic & Egg Hunt | April 13 | Click here to register.
Bring a blanket and join other families for a picnic lunch, then watch the children of Christ Church enjoy a petting zoo and take part in our annual Egg Hunt. Food will be served in the McKissick Family Courtyard. We anticipate the picnic and egg hunt will be over by 1 PM. Scan the code to purchase lunch.

Each age group will have a different, marked section of the Churchyard for the hunt. The children will be given reusable bags (provided by the Vardry McBee Society) to hold all of their eggs so there’s no need to remember to bring basket! All candy will be wrapped and nut-free. Some eggs will have toys rather than candy. The Egg Hunt will be divided by the following age groups: Toddlers–2K, 3K–4K, 5K–2nd grade and 3rd grade–5th grade.

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Holy Week Noonday Eucharist | April 14-16
Please note that Tuesday’s regularly-scheduled 5:30pm Healing Service in the Chapel is canceled, and Wednesday’s regularly-scheduled 10:30 AM service will be moved to 12 PM in the Church.

• 12 PM | Church | Holy Monday Eucharist
• 12 PM | Church | Holy Tuesday Eucharist
• 12 PM | Church | Holy Wednesday Eucharist

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Maundy Thursday | April 17
We begin the Triduum with the celebration of the Lord’s Supper on Maundy Thursday. This special service is one of quiet reverence as we prepare for the Lord’s passion.

• 7 PM | Church | Maundy Thursday Eucharist & Stripping of the Altar

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Good Friday | April 18
We pause with Christians around the world to remember the death of our Lord on Good Friday.

• 12 PM | Church | Good Friday Liturgy of the Word
  
• 3 PM | Church | Stations of the Cross

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Holy Saturday | April 19

• 4 PM | Church | Easter Eve Baptism Service
• 7 PM | Church | The Great Vigil of Easter, incense

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Easter Sunday | April 20
Alleluia! Christ is risen! Our journey to the cross ends with a celebration of joy on Easter. No Sunday School on Easter morning. Nursery and Children's Church are noted below when available.

• All morning | Churchyard | Flowering of the Easter Cross (Bring flowers from your yard to decorate the cross on Easter Morning!)
• 7:30 AM | Chapel | Rite I Eucharist
• 9 AM | Church | Rite II Festal Eucharist, featuring Parish Choir & Brass | Nursery and Children's Church available
• 9 AM | Chapel | Rite II Eucharist, featuring Markley Chapel Musicians | Nursery available
• 11:15 AM | Church | Rite II Solemn Eucharist, incense featuring the Parish Choir & Brass | Nursery available
• 11:15 AM | Chapel | Rite II Eucharist, featuring Markley Chapel Musicians | Nursery available
• 5 PM | Church | Rite II Eucharist featuring Soloist & Harp