Holy Week services at Epiphany
Holy Week is a time for each of us to consider what it means to follow the One whose greatest achievement was His death. Foolishness! It just is not logical that the all-powerful God would descend from His heavenly throne of glory to take on the lowly, feeble form of a human embryo. It doesn’t make sense that the One who cannot die was laid in a grave. It boggles the mind that the eternal Word through whom all creation came into being spoke His last words, breathed His last breath and gave up His spirit. It isn’t rational that the Father would pour out His wrath upon His Son so that He could call us His sons and daughters.
It doesn’t add up. It doesn’t make sense. It isn’t rational. It is pure foolishness.
To the unbelieving world, Christ’s cross is pure foolishness. But “to us who are being saved,” the message of the cross “is the power of God.” (1 Cor 1:18) There really is no defending the cross. It cannot be defended. It can only be proclaimed. And that’s what you and I do.
“We preach Christ crucified.” We preach Christ crucified in our pulpits, in our classrooms, in your businesses and in your homes.
There is no other message to preach. For there is no other way out from under the human predicament, no other way we could escape the eternal hellfire we deserve than for God to act in the dramatic and decisive way He did. Stepping here into this world, He took matters into His own hands. Shouldering our burdens and carrying our sorrows, He bore our sins – taking them in His own body to His cross.
Come worship with us at Epiphany during Holy Week and thank God for the divine foolishness of Christ on a cross! We preach Christ crucified!
Maundy Thursday: Apr 1 at 6:30 pm
Jesus in dark Gethsemane
Good Friday: Apr 2 at 1 & 6:30 pm
Jesus dies on the cross
Easter Vigil: Apr 3 at 8 pm
Preparation for Jesus’ resurrection
Easter Sunday: Apr 4 at 8 & 10:30 am
Jesus rose from the dead
Easter Breakfast: Apr 4 at 9:15 am
A potluck of breakfast foods
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