HOLY WEEK | Apr 13-20, 2025

To catch up with our Lent journey, check out this post that explains our practice.

Lent prepares us to make way for Jesus as we journey with him through Holy Week, the week leading up to Easter Sunday. Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday, the Sunday before Easter, when we remember the Triumphal Entry as Jesus approached Jerusalem to the celebration of the people. As soon as the shouts and praises quiet down though, we recognize that Jesus’ entrance to Jerusalem will result in his death. Jesus knows where this road is leading, and yet, he still has to walk through the week.

We want to provide you with three ways in which you can enter into Holy Week.

CHURCH GATHERINGS

The first way is to join us in our four Holy Week services - Palm Sunday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Easter Sunday. We will gather as a community to mark these times so please plan on coming to all four services as we practice the way of Jesus together.

PALM SUNDAY - APRIL 13 | 10 AM

GOOD FRIDAY - APRIL 18 | 10 AM

HOLY SATURDAY - APRIL 19 | 7 PM

EASTER SUNDAY - APRIL 20 | 10 AM

ONLINE: THE GOLGOTHA EXPERIENCE

Another way you can enter into Holy Week is through the arts. The group Poor Bishop Hooper has put together a video experience with musical and visual art that reflects on Christ’s journey to the cross. To view this, visit golgothamusic.com/full-experience where you can watch the video and find the link for the companion book with readings and lyrics that go along with it. You will need to set aside around an hour for this, if you would like to engage in the story in this format.

ENTERING INTO THE SCRIPTURAL STORY

Everyday this Holy Week we will sit with Jesus in the gospels, walking with him as he walks towards the cross. We will walk with him as he tastes death for everyone in order to break the power of death and the devil so we no longer need to live in fear of death (Hebrews 2:9, 14-15). Each day there is a chapter to enter into, except for Easter Sunday where there’s four resurrection chapters to celebrate. Whether you read them or listen to them is up to you.

As you read the passages, here are some questions to ponder:

What is Jesus like in these stories?

How is he aware of his death?

What does it mean to identify with him in his sufferings?

PALM SUNDAY | Matthew 21:1-17, 26:1-75

HOLY MONDAY | Matthew 27

HOLY TUESDAY | Mark 14

HOLY WEDNESDAY | Mark 15

MAUNDY THURSDAY | Luke 22

GOOD FRIDAY | Luke 23

HOLY SATURDAY | John 18-19

EASTER SUNDAY | Matthew 28, Mark 16, Luke 24, John 20