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Sunday Adult Formation in Lent: Freeing Jesus
9:30-10:15, in the library and on Zoom
Our Lenten series based on Diana Butler Bass's book, Freeing Jesus, concludes this week with St. Thomas member Nancy Prescott's sharing her reflections on 'Jesus as Presence', followed by a group exploration of how thinking of Jesus in this way might open up new, 'freeing' ways to experience Jesus and make our 'life transformed'. The church office still has a few copies of the paperback edition of the book, available for $15 each. However, reading the book is not required to benefit meaningfully from this series.
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Second Sunday
CVEM Offering
On the 2nd Sunday of the month we receive a special offering for CVEM. They are helping many neighbors with rent, utilities, and other needs in this time. To give, go to cvemjubilee.org or bring cash or check to the collection box on Sunday.
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Shine Time
(Sunday School for children)
Outreach Center, 9:30 - 10:15
We will remember and celebrate Christ's death and resurrection in a series of Lenten devotions while making and utilizing resurrection blocks. For more information email Erin@stthomascolumbus.org
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Youth Sunday School
9:30-10:15, Youth Room
Join Taylor Sunday morning in the Youth Room for Sunday School.
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Holy Week is when the foundational story of Christianity – Jesus’ suffering, death, and resurrection – is remembered and retold, both in words and in ritual actions, at services throughout the week. It begins this Sunday with Palm Sunday and ends at sundown on Holy Saturday with a service called the Great Vigil and the first Easter celebration.
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Maundy Thursday
Thursday, April 14, Agape Soup Dinner at 5:30, Service at 6:30 in the Nave and online
Join us in the Parish Hall at 5:30 for a simple Agape meal of soup and bread to prepare for the service. Reservations here. At 6:30, gather in the Nave for a ritual of foot washing followed by Eucharist. The service ends with stripping the altar of all adornment, a sign of sorrow for Good Friday. Nursery care will be available beginning at 6:15. Children will go to Children’s Chapel at the start of the service and join their families for foot washing, Eucharist, and stripping of the altar. Service livestreamed here.
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The Watch
Thursday, April 14, 2022, 7 pm - midnight
The Chapel will be open until midnight. We invite you to come and go at any time to pray as if you were staying up with Jesus in the garden. Devotional materials will be available. Or, sign up to pray from home and devotional materials will be emailed to you in advance. Sign up by emailing office@stthomascolumbus.org.
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Good Friday
Friday, April 15, labyrinth from 9 to 6, Liturgy of the Day at noon and online, Service at 6:30
Stations of the Cross will be available in the labyrinth from 9 am to 6 pm for you to pray on your own, weather permitting. The Liturgy of the Day is at noon, with the reading of Jesus’s Passion from John’s gospel and the adoration of the cross. This service will be livestreamed here. A service of Stations of the Cross will be in the nave at 6:30. Nursery care will be available for the 6:30 pm service. Older children are invited to join their parents in the nave at 6:30 for Stations of the Cross. |
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Holy Saturday
Saturday, April 16, 9:30 am
This brief liturgy recalls the burial of Jesus. We also bless a new paschal candle to light at the Easter Vigil. We gather in the columbarium, or in the chapel in case of rain.
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Easter Vigil
Saturday, April 16, 6:30 pm
We gather outside to kindle a new fire and welcome the light of Christ. We enter a darkened nave and hear the words of the Exsultet while we light candles from the new paschal candles. We hear lessons and a sermon in darkness, and then turn on the lights to welcome Easter and celebrate baptism. The Nursery will open at 6:15. Children will go to children’s chapel during the lessons and sermon and return for baptism and Eucharist.
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Easter Sunday Services
Sunday, April 17, 9 & 11 am in the Nave and online
Two nearly identical services at 9 am (no incense) and 11 am (with incense) with brass and glorious music to celebrate the risen Christ. A simple breakfast will be available outside and in the parish hall between services. Children and families are invited to flower the cross outside as you arrive. Nursery care and children’s chapel will be available at both services. Services livestreamed here. |
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