† Return to God with all your heart in this holy season of penitence and renewal †
Worship in Lent and Holy Week 2023
Ash Wednesday – February 22
Remember that we are dust, and to dust we shall return.
7:30–9:00 AM: “Coffee, Prayer and Ashes-to-Go” at the Augustana garden on New Hampshire Ave.
6:00 PM: Brief bilingual liturgy with a children’s message and the imposition of ashes.
7:30 PM: Worship with holy communion and imposition of ashes.*
Sundays in Lent – February 26, March 5, 12, 19 & 26
Weekly worship reflects the quieter, more solemn season, while still celebrating Christ’s presence among us.
10:30 AM: Worship with holy communion*
1:15 PM: Worship with holy communion (Spanish)
Midweek Evening Prayer – March 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30
May the light of Christ make our darkness bright.
6:30 PM: “Holden Evening Prayer,” a cantor-led service.*
☩ Holy Week ☩
Palm/Passion Sunday – April 2
Palms, procession, and passion. This service takes us from rejoicing through a dramatic reading of Jesus’ death.
9:45 AM: Blessing of the Palms, Meridian Hill Park (with St. Augustine’s Roman Catholic Church).
10:30 AM: Worship with holy communion.*
1:15 PM: Worship with holy communion (Spanish).
The Triduum – April 6 – 8
The heart of the Christian story, of our faith, of our life, meant to flow as one worship service in three parts:
Maundy Thursday – April 6
The heart of the Maundy Thursday liturgy is Jesus’ commandment to love one another.
5:30 PM: Dinner church and service project.
7:30 PM: Individual anointing for forgiveness, foot washing, and remembrance of the Last Supper.
The service concludes with the stripping of the altar as we prepare for Good Friday.*
Good Friday – April 7
Pause in adoration of the Cross – Christ’s self-sacrificial gift that enables us to live.
Noon: Neighborhood “Stations of the Cross” with St. Augustine’s Roman Catholic Church.
7:30 PM: Tenebrae service concluding with Solemn Reproaches.*
The Vigil of Easter – April 8
Hear the stories of salvation by candlelight and celebrate the first Eucharist of Easter, at last declaring: Alleluia!
7:30 PM: Worship with holy communion.*
The Resurrection of Our Lord – Easter Sunday, April 9
We give thanks for the new life we have in Christ’s rising. Alleluia!
10:30 AM: Festive worship with glorious music and holy communion.*
1:15 PM: Worship with holy communion (Spanish).
*Indicates an opportunity to worship online