Holy Week
(March 16-22, 2008)
March 16 - Sunday
of the Passion (Palm Sunday)
8:00 and 11:00 a.m.: A palm
processional from outside into the nave and congregational
reading of the passion according to St. Matthew.
March 17, 18 and 19 -
Holy Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
8:30 a.m.:
Daily Prayer
March 20 -
Maundy Thursday
8:30 a.m.:
Daily Prayer
7:30 p.m.:
Holy Eucharist - The beginning of Triduum (The Three Days)
March 21 -
Good Friday
Tre Ore (Three Hour)
Noon - 3:00
p.m.: A three-hour
service which focuses on the words from the cross. The
service begins at noon and is intended to be come-and-go.
Guest preachers offer meditations on the words from the cross.
Noon: The Rev. Todd Ferguson
(Willow Meadows Baptist Church)
12:30
p.m.: The Rev. Galen Knutson (Faith Lutheran Church)
12:55
p.m.: The Rev. Romonica Malone (Westbury United Methodist
Church)
1:20
p.m.: The Rev. James Berggren (Holy Cross Lutheran Church)
1:50
p.m.: The Rev. Jon Burnham (St. John's Presbyterian
Church)
2:15
p.m.: The Rev. Herbert Palmer (Interim Bishop's Staff,
Texas/Louisiana Gulf Coast Synod)
2:35
p.m.: The Rev. Carol Blaine (St. George's and St.
Patrick's Episcopal Church)
Tenebre (Darkness)
7:30 p.m.: A dramatic
service remembering Christ's crucifixion.
March 22 -
Holy Saturday
Easter Vigil
7:30 p.m.: Preparation for
Easter with readings and baptisms.
Easter (March 23)
Festival
Easter Eucharists
8:00 and 11:00
a.m.: A joyous,
triumphant celebration of the Resurrection; Salem's grandest
celebration of the year.
Easter
Brunch
9:00 - 10:30
a.m.: Salem's
fellowship event of the year. A wonderful variety of foods
will be served continuously
in the Family Life Center.
Easter Egg Hunt
10:00 a.m.:
An Easter Egg Hunt for
children ages 10 and under in the courtyard begins at 10:00 a.m.