Holy Week and Easter | Holy Trinity Parish

Palm Sunday - April 2

8 a.m. worship starting with Blessing of the Palms in the courtyard
8:45 am, Children's Choir rehearsal
9:00 am, Nursery opens (will be staffed for drop off)
9:15 am, Godly Play and Little Lambs
10:30 am, Holy Eucharist beginning with Blessing of the Palms in Courtyard; Children's Choir to sing during Eucharistic Service (live-streamed)

Maundy Thursday - April 6

7 p.m. in Nave (live-streamed)

Sacred Watch 9 p.m. Thursday, April 6 - 11 a.m. Friday, April 7

Good Friday - April 7

Children’s Stations of the Cross - 10 a.m. Join us as we walk with Jesus on his path to the cross, witnessing his passion and coming to know more of his deep love for each of us. We’ll pray through both words and actions, using specially prepared sensory activities at each station. Weather permitting, this service will be held outdoors, with plenty of room to spread out as needed. All ages are welcome.

Noon worship - 12:00 pm, Good Friday (Nursery will be staffed for drop off)

7 p.m. worship in Nave - (Nursery will be parent-led reset room)

Holy Saturday - April 8

Noon in the Chapel - (Nursery will be parent led reset room)

Easter Vigil, Saturday April 8

8 p.m. in Nave - (Nursery will be parent-led reset room)

Easter Day - April 9

No Sunday School formation hour offerings
9:00 am, Easter Brunch in Tisdale Hall
about 10:00 am, Easter Egg Hunt in Deam Courtyard
10:15 am, Nursery opens (Nursery will be staffed for drop off)
10:30 am, Easter Sunday, Children's Choir to sing during Eucharistic Service

Donations for Easter flowers and music are being accepted now.

Please complete the form here (https://www.holytrinitydecatur.org/holy-week-and-e...) or fill out the form in Sunday's bulletin and return it to the parish office with your check made payable to Holy Trinity. Specify Easter Flowers/Music on your check. To be printed in the Easter bulletins, donations must be received in the parish office before 9:00 a.m. on Monday, March 27.

Welcome to Holy Trinity Parish!

Welcome to this place of prayer, service, and belonging. Whether you are looking for a church home or just looking for a place today to slip in quietly and worship God, we are glad you are here.

We know that the church is not the building in which we worship – but the people who worship and share God’s love with the world.

Philippians 4:7 “And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”

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We at Holy Trinity Parish give thanks to God for the gift of spiritual maturity in our leadership. Spiritual maturity means we are able to focus on the work God gives us to do in the world. It means we are able to welcome new people, new experiences, and new challenges without fear or anxiety. It means we welcome diversity as a gift from God. You’ll find a richness here, with people trying to love God and one another all across the age and economic spectrums, and all across the political and cultural spectrums, too. You’ll find people who know the ancient rhythms of our worship by heart, people who are coming from other expressions of Christianity, and people who have little or no experience with Church.

We invite you to join us for worship in person or online

Sunday Worship

8 a.m. Rite I in Chapel

10:30 a.m. Rite II with music in Nave and streaming on our YouTube Channel and facebook live.

When we gather for worship, we strive to glorify God with beautiful music, intentional silence, and words of both comfort and challenge. We also strive in our worship to welcome and include people of all ages and capabilities: people who wiggle and make noise, people whose cell phones go off, people who nod off during the sermon, people who can’t quite sing on key, and people who are so busy through the week that they struggle to “be still and know that you are God.”

If you are bringing young children to our worship, THANK YOU! and we challenge you to try to engage them in the holy drama of worship: teach them our prayers and how to hold a hymnal, show them when to stand or kneel, and use our worship bags to give busy hands something to do. Or if it is better for you or your children that they be in our nursery, it is professionally staffed from 8:00 a.m. until just before communion at the 10:30 a.m. service, and it is located on the second floor next to the chapel.

The faithful giving of all our members enables our ministries and our life together. Each week, we are nurtured in word and sacrament. We are called by God to care for those who are ill or hurting, and welcome all those searching for a community of faith.

We try to be a generous parish. Although giving levels vary in the congregation, all of us are asked to give in a way that reflects our commitment to living a generous life. I invite you to prayerfully consider how you might live life more generously.

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