"Holy Week" is the Time to be in Church!
It's not quite Easter, but this weekend already marks a "holiday" that is worth celebrating and making sure you get to church!
"Holiday" is simply short for "holy day." Through the course of a year there are certain days we set apart as special or “holy”: to commemorate extraordinary events, to celebrate influential individuals, etc. On such holy days the relentless march of time slows down, and we set aside our usual routines to call attention to whatever or whoever makes that day special.
There are many “holy days”, but there is only one “holy week”. The final week of Lent marks the most pivotal week in human history. In the four gospels—each of which serves as a biography of Jesus’ life 33 year-old life—this single week consumes a third of their ink. That’s how important this week was, and that’s why we slow down for an entire week to ponder all that Christ did for us from his humble entrance into Jerusalem... to his sacrifical death on the cross... to the victory of Easter morning!
This week especially, make sure you join us in church. We start our celebration with Jesus' entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday (April 10th) at 10am. We will then remember Jesus' sacrificial death on the cross in our Holy Week Festival Service at 7pm on Thursday, April 14th, complete with Lord's Supper. Finally, we will joyfully recall the victory of Jesus' resurrection with our Easter Sunday service at 10am on Sunday, April 17th. (We will also have our annual Easter brunch and egg hunt after our Easter Sunday service. If you're able to stay, consider bringing a brunch dish to share!)
There is no better time during the church year to invite friends and family to church, so consider who in your life needs the good news of Jesus, and invite them to come celebrate this "holy week holiday" with us!
