Today is Thursday and marks the end of Lent. The church down through the ages has used these next three days for worship in preparation for Easter and the celebration of Christ’s resurrection from the dead on Sunday.
The three days, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday, are three days of worship that are intended to be one worship service stretched over three days.
- It begins with Maundy Thursday, a service of remembrance when Christ was in the Upper Room with His disciples.
- The second service is Good Friday, when we remember Christ’s trial and walk to the cross.
- The third service is the Easter Vigil or Holy Saturday, a service of waiting in hopeful anticipation of Christ’s resurrection on Easter morning.
Now most churches don’t offer all of these services but at LCPC we observe two of the three.
- We are having a Maundy Thursday service on Thursday evening at 6:00pm where we will remember Christ’s Last Supper, and His final “mandates” (maundy is taken from the Latin word “mandatum” which means mandate or command). If you want to join us for a simple Soup supper at 5:00pm, you can.
- Our Good Friday Service is at 7:00pm where we will have a service that includes the “Rites of Nails” remembering that it was our sins that nailed Christ to the cross.
Let me also encourage you to invite someone to our Easter Celebration Service on Sunday at 9:45am. The best way is to give a personal invitation.
The way our church will be a thriving growing church will be through your personal invitations. Be praying about all of the upcoming services and I hope that you will invite a few people to be a part of our Easter celebration.