Beginning with our Palm Processionals on Palm Sunday, March 28, Holy Week is a time to remember Christ's final week as we participate in special services and activities that will build community among our church family and invited friends. Holy Saturday will be a wonderful time to witness the joy of our children at our annual Easter Egg Hunt and then join in an intergenerational day -- working together, eating together, waiting together for the joy and mystery of Easter morning.

Maundy Thursday
Thursday, April 1
7:00 pm 
Maundy - not a word we hear every day. "Maundy," from mandatum, is the mandate Jesus gave his disciples at the Last Supper to love and serve one another as he loved and served them. We celebrate this Maundy in Communion and in washing one another's feet at this service, the first of the great Easter celebrations. After all, the Maundy is addressed to us too. Come celebrate with us.
Rev. Tom Minges, preaching 

Good Friday
Friday, April 2
7:00 pm 
Before we get to Easter, we have to go through Good Friday. A solemn, sacred occasion, Good Friday marks the crucifixion of Jesus - a day which marks the presence of senseless violence in our world.
A day of deep mourning and troubling ambiguity, Good Friday services are an ancient Christian practice which highlight the sense of mortality we experience during lent. Plan to participate in this powerful service.
Rev. Allison Lanza, preaching
Rev. Holly McKissick, leading worship
Music offered by the Saint Andrew Choir; a woodwind trio featuring Dave Winans, Barbara Pinkston, and Janice Rawlings; Joy Zimmerman; and Cindy Egger-Farris.

Easter Egg Hunt
Saturday, April 3  
10:00 am
All children age 3 through 5th grade are invited to bring your Easter baskets and meet us on the patio to join in the fun! Families are encouraged to sign up for our Holy Saturday Day of Service, sign up sheets will be in the Hearth Room, Sunday, March 21 & 28. Day  of Service begins immediately following the egg hunt.

Holy Saturday/Day of Service 
Saturday, April 3
10:30 am
Immediately following the Egg Hunt, we will begin with a communion and commissioning service, then meet in Friends Hall to break into small groups to do service projects around the church. Here is a list of service opportunities you will be able to participate in:

• Spring Cleaning Inside & Out (Please bring your own gardening tools, and gloves if you plan to help outside--and cleaning supplies, trashbags  etc. for inside.) 
• Health Kit assembly (bring toiletry items and make health kits for local organizations. Items needed for the kits include soap, shampoo, conditioner, razor, washcloth, deodorant, toothbrush, toothpaste, chapstick, wet wipes, shaving cream, quart ziplock bags, gallon ziplock bags)
• Banner Changes/Decorating for Easter
• Sort Donated Books

Lunch can be purchased from our youth groups at $5/adults & $3/child. Proceeds from the sale benefits youth summer mission trips. What a great way to prepare for Easter; by spending the day following Jesus' example working for justice and love.

Easter Sunday Services
Sunday, April 4
8:15, 9:30 and 11:00 am Worship
9:30 am Children, Youth, and Adult Education 
Not your average Easter...
We have journeyed together to this joyous day - singing, praying, and working together.  Join us this Easter as we celebrate new life - knowing that nothing will stand in the way of God's hope, healing, justice and peace.

Rev. Holly McKissick, preaching
Rev. Allison Lanza, leading worship, 8:15 am
Rev. Tom Minges, leading worship, 9:30 & 11:00 am

Join Rev. Erika Marksbury, Friends Hall, 9:30 am for "Strangers and Gardeners, Jesus, and All of Us."
 
Come early, avoid the crowd and the parking crunch! 
You are invited to join us for muffins & hot coffee at 8:00 am, then Worship at 8:15 am.
The shuttle will start running at 7:45 am! We are particularly asking all of our leaders and those who are able to please ride the shuttle. As a fun bonus, all shuttle riders will be entered in a drawing for either lunch with a Pastor, a chance to name a sermon topic for May 2, or a Town Center gift card (the early Shuttle run time is just on Easter).