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Holy Week and Easter Services

Palm Sunday -April 2nd -10:00 am – Come and wave palms during our Worship Service with Holy Communion

Maundy Thursday –April 6th – 6:30 PM Soup and bread meal in Fellowship Hall followed by Worship in our sanctuary (we welcome members of BUCC who will be joining us)

Good Friday -April 7th – 3:00 PM Tolling of the Bell

7 :00 PM Worship in sanctuary, Tenebrae Service

Happy Easter –April 9th – 6:15 AM Sunrise Service at the Quabbin Reservoir Tower parking lot (ecumenical with BUCC and St. Francis)

10:00 AM Easter Celebration Worship in our Sanctuary

Worship April 17, 2022

Easter Sunday

Easter Sunday, April 12, 2020

Christ the Lord is Risen Today!! Alleluia! Alleluia!

Good Friday Service

Come and join us as we worship during Good Friday

Holy Week at Hope UMC

And what about YOU?  What are YOU searching for this Easter?

LOVE? – On Ash Wednesday, we celebrated God’s greatest gift of LOVE – may you especially know what it is to be loved by a strong and very good God! Come on Easter and hear the message of that love risen from the dead!  (Worship at the Quabbin Tower at 6:00 AM, and in our sanctuary at 10:00 AM.)

HEALING? – While we remember Jesus’ life and ministry to others, we have been learning to listen.  We listen to scriptures about Jesus healing others; we listen to God working deep into our souls.

COMFORT? – During Holy Week, we will remember those who stood all around Jesus and walked that final road with him.  Truly the crucifixion was a sorrowful time of life.  And yet they found comfort in being together – on the road, hiding in a room, going to the tomb.  May you find comfort in being a part of this church home.

LISTEN to God these next few weeks as we explore more ways to pray and be still before God.

LISTEN through Holy Week…. Palm Sunday morning as the choir leads us in the beginnings of the Passion Week, and as our young dancers and singers also lead us in worship that day. 

LISTEN through Maundy Thursday at a meal (6:00 PM) followed by communion.  Readings and music remembering the Way of the Cross (the Via Dolorosa) beginning on Thursday and carrying us through to the Crucifixion story on Good Friday (7:00 PM).

LISTEN as the birds begin to sing on Easter morning (up at the Quabbin Tower at 6:00 AM!!!) – and as we lift our voices too – in great celebration of the Risen Lord on April 1st…. perhaps the very greatest April fools ever – a man sealed in a tomb rises from the dead and walks among those left on earth around him once again!  Celebrate the Resurrection at 10:00 AM on Easter morning!

What are YOU searching for?  Come home to HOPE and experience the greatest news, the most powerful love, and the most amazing grace!

Pastor Joy

Holy Week Schedule:

Holy Thursday: 

6 PM Come and share in a light meal of soup and bread

6:45 PM Service of music and readings remembering the Way of the Cross

8:00 PM to 3:00 PM Friday, Prayer vigil in the sanctuary

Good Friday:

7:00 PM Service continuing to remember the Way of the Cross bringing us to the crucifixion

Easter Sunday:

6:00 AM Sunrise Service at the tower at the Quabbin Resevoir.

9:00 AM Sunday School classes

10:00 AM Resurrection Service in the sanctuary, come and celebrate that HE IS RISEN!

 

 

The Easter Garden

We had a wonderful children’s program this morning, The Easter Garden.  The children heard the stories of Holy Week, sang some songs, created some great crafts and ate delicious food.

Making jeweled crosses for our shut ins.

Making jeweled crosses for our shut ins.

Listening to the stories.

Listening to the stories.