Holy Week & Easter

PALM SUNDAY (March 28)

10:00am
Blessing of Palms & Donkey
West End Ave and Facebook Live

We’ll gather on the steps at 10am for a short liturgy to bless our donkey friend and the palms, before we process around the block together to commemorate Jesus’s final entrance into Jerusalem (please register if you plan to attend in person).There will also be a Donkey Cam, livestreamed from our Facebook event, if you aren’t able to come to the church, but want to attend from afar.

Palm Sunday Service
available on Youtube

MAUNDY THURSDAY (April 1)

6:30pm
Maundy Thursday Worship
watch on Youtube

We will gather on Zoom at 6:30pm to commemorate the last supper that Jesus had with his friends before he was betrayed and arrested. We will spend time in contemplation and share in holy communion. We encourage you to have pen and paper with you, as well as having at the ready some bread and juice or an approximation of both.  May this night be made holy for us all, as we remember.

GOOD FRIDAY (April 2)

6:00pm
Crosswalk

You are invited to walk with fellow pilgrims in a meditative journey with the cross through the Upper West Side, ending at the church. Registration is required (register here).

Good Friday Worship
watch on YouTube

Join us for a rich and powerful virtual worship service on Good Friday. Our focus turns, on this day, to the mystery and awe of the passion, as we follow Jesus on the journey to his death on the cross. We will listen for God’s voice from Golgotha together. We will be guided by reflection, reading, song, and prayer.

EASTER SUNDAY (April 4)

6:30am
Sunrise Service on Zoom
Meeting ID: 992 6799 5385 | Passcode: Easter

We’ll have the Sunrise Service led by K Karpen and Jessie Floyd. We hope you will Zoom in from observing the sunrise outside your own homes that will break over your neighborhood. You may also gather at Belvedere Castle in Central Park, masked and socially distanced. If you plan to attend in person, registration is required (register here).

11:00am
Celebration of the Resurrection
available on YouTube and Facebook

Our Celebration of the Resurrection worship service will be a premiere on YouTube and Facebook. We can view together...finding community in the chat, as we watch and worship.

12:15pm
Coffee Hour on Zoom
Meeting ID: 922 4947 4848

We’ll have a church-wide Easter coffee hour on Zoom. All are invited to put on your best Easter bonnet and join us for a few rounds of breakout room chats and compete in the contest of the season….for the Best Decorated Easter Egg. The prize is a Seamless gift card for dinner on the church!