The story was inside and out. Unlike the other Easter services, Tenebrae doesn’t relate to a specific Holy Week event as Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter. It sets a mood and brings you through the Holy Week story through a set of “shadows”. Each shadow generally has a reading from Luke, a Psalm and a hymn.|Outside, the weather was continued cool from the weekend. Two hours before the service there were threatening clouds. The unsettled weather moved toward full sunlight in a short amount of time captured in the gallery.
Holy Week
Palm Sunday, March 24, 2013
An overcast, cool Palm Sunday. We have pictures of the Lenten Quiet Day plus the music, Liturgy of the Palms and Passion narrative.
Review of the First Week in Lent, 2013
Here are 50 slide that review 4 events and services of the first week in Lent, 2013:1. Shrove Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013 2. Ash Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013 3. From Repentance to Hope: A Service of Remembrance, Celebration and Witness, Feb. 16, 2013 (held at St. George’s Fredericksburg). 4. Lent 1, Feb. 17, 2013
Tenebrae, 2012
April 4, 2012 – A calm meditative service with candlelight featuring readings from the Psalms, St. Augustine, Hebrews and the Canticles which complements the events as Holy Week progresses.
Palm Sunday, 2012
50 photos of April 1, 2012 a service of several parts – Liturgy of the Palms, Procession, Passion Readings and Holy Communion. This year there was a combination of the Passion Readings from nine parishioners with complementary music by the choir. Being the first Sunday of the month, there was also coffee hour.
Palm Sunday, April 17, 2011
It’s all here – Adult Education, Liturgy of the Palms, Passion readings, the choir, birthdays, the congregation all in the burgeoning spring at St. Peter’s
Maundy Thursday
We had 31 tonight on April 5, 2012 focusing on the Last Supper, Judas betrayal and the descent into Gethsemane.
Tennebrae, April 20, 2011
TENEBRAE is the Latin word for darkness or shadows. This service introduces the events of Holy Week and provides an opportunity to meditate on those events through the words of the Psalms. The most conspicuous feature of the service is the gradual distinguishing of candles until only a single candle, considered a symbol of our Lord, remains.
Maundy Thursday, April 21, 2011
At this service, we focus on the institution of Holy Eucharist, given to us by Jesus at the Last Supper, the gift of love in the sacrament of Christs Body and Blood. We also focus on the law of love, the demonstration of self-giving which is symbolized in the washing of feet. This service is the beginning of the celebration of the Passion and Death of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Good Friday, April 22, 2011
This service is a time of prayer and reflection as we meditate on Christs passion and death. The service begins in silence and darkness because it is a continuation of the Maundy Thursday service. At this service, we will hear the Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John. A large cross will be brought into the church and we will have time to meditate on Christs passion and death during the Veneration of the Cross.
Easter Vigil, April 23, 2011
THE GREAT VIGIL OF EASTER-This service ends our Holy Week services and begins the celebration of the Resurrection. Within this service is the story of our redemption throughout history, through scripture and through baptism. In this service, we celebrate our Passover, the passing over from death into life, from sin into grace, from darkness into light. At the beginning of the service, we will light the Paschal Fire,