Special Services at Messiah

 

December 24: Christmas Eve,  4:00 pm: Children’s Pageant and Holy Communion
                                                     10:30 pm: Midnight Mass with carols

December 25: Christmas Day:  10:00 am Family service with Holy Communion

Epiphany: January 6:  Tuesday: Holy Eucharist (Holy Communion) with music

Ash Wednesday: services at 7:00am, 12:00 noon, 7:30pm
                              Children’s service at 5:30pm

Lent: Wednesdays I Lent: Stations of the Cross: 7:00 pm

Holy Week
Holy Wednesday: Tenebrae: 7:30 pm
Maundy Thursday: Seder meal, Foot washing, stripping of the altar and late night vigil.
Good Friday: 12 noon Long Valley Peace walk, 2:pm children’s service, and 7:30 pm Solemn Liturgy for Good Friday with reserved sacrament
Holy Saturday: The Great Vigil of Easter
Easter Sunday: Festival Eucharist

Ascension  Day: Thursday Holy Eucharist (Holy Communion) with music

Pentecost: Occurring 50 days after Easter,  it celebrates the descent of the Holy Spirit to the crowd gathered in Jerusalem.