holy week

 

We invite you during this Holy Week to join any or all of these livestream and in-person worship experiences! 

Join us for a series of much-beloved services beginning on Palm Sunday, including a remembrance of Christ's last night and a unique Good Friday “Envisioning the Passion,” along with a special Easter Sunday Sunrise Service in the Asbury First Community Garden.


Palm Sunday | Sunday, April 13

9 am* SERVICE — Traditional service observing Palm/Passion Sunday
11 am* SERVICE LS — Traditional service observing Palm/Passion Sunday 
12 pm -1 pm — Free Lunch – Community Outreach Center

 

Monday | April 14

8:30 - 9 am — Lectio Divina via Zoom (access here)

 

Tuesday | April 15

8:30 - 9 am — Lectio Divina via Zoom (access here)
6 pm — Music, Meditation, and Imagination — Fellowship Hall and via Zoom (access here)

 

Wednesday | April 16

7 - 9 am — Free Breakfast — Community Outreach Center
8:30 - 9 am — Lectio Divina via Zoom (access here)
7 pm — Labyrinth Meditation in Fellowship Hall

 
Maundy Thursday | Thursday, April 17

7 - 9 am — Free Breakfast — Community Outreach Center
8:30 - 9 am — Lectio Divina va Zoom (access here)
9:30 am — Morning Prayer with Holy Communion in the Meditation Chapel
7 pm* — Silent meditation
7:30 pm* SERVICE LS — Worship centers on the last night of Jesus’ life, with communion and an extended candlelit meditation. The service ends with the procession of the cross to the East Avenue lawn.

 
Good Friday | Friday, April 18

7 - 9 am — Free Breakfast — Community Outreach Center
8:30 - 9 am — Lectio Divina via Zoom (access here)
12 pm* SERVICE LS Envisioning the Passion — Holy Week-themed art and choral music. 
5–7 pm Good Friday Family Night — A come-when-you-wish child-friendly event.
7 pm — Seven Last Words of Christ Good Friday Service at Baber African Methodist Episcopal Church, featuring Rev. Dr. Michelle Bogue-Trost and Asbury First Alumn, Rev. Jacqueline Nelson
Episcopal Church Vigil outside Border Patrol Station | details forthcoming

 
Easter Sunday | Sunday, April 20

8 am SERVICE in the Community Garden (Freedom Church of the Poor)
9 am* SERVICE — Traditional service celebrating Easter Sunday
11 am* SERVICE LS — Traditional service celebrating Easter Sunday

 
*Childcare is available at these services
LS services will be livestreamed