Sunday
08:00 am and 10:00 am - In Person & ZOOM
Wednesday - Healing
9:30 am - In Person
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday Prayer
5:30 pm - on ZOOM only
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Holy Week at St. David’s
Holy Week is the most significant and dramatic week of the entire Church Year. It contains some of the richest symbolism, the most stirring rites and customs, and has been provided with some of the finest music the Church has created. The week begins with Palm Sunday, and the sacred Triduum (the three holy days) begins at sunset on Thursday and continues through sunset on Saturday. This liturgy begins on Thursday evening and continues through the Saturday night Easter Vigil Mass, a service we will celebrate in our hearts, but not as a church community, this year.
Palm Sunday—March 29
On Palm Sunday, the liturgy has two distinct parts. At each service, we will begin outdoors with The Liturgy of the Palms, a rite of joy and triumph. As we recall our Lord’s entry into Jerusalem, we wave our palm branches and sing of his glory as we process into the sanctuary. The atmosphere changes and, this year, the Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ is read from the Gospel according to Luke. This dramatic reading includes the congregation in various parts. We are now fully into the experience of Holy Week and, in the words of the preface to the Eucharistic Prayer, we celebrate Christ who was “lifted high upon the cross to draw the entire world to himself.”
Maundy Thursday—April 1 - 7 pm
The Maundy Thursday service marks the beginning of the Triduum, and it commemorates the
evening meal shared by Jesus and His friends. At this meal, Jesus showed His love to His disciples in the simple act of washing their feet. The foot washing echoes the mandate of Christ to love one another, a powerful symbol of the church’s vocation to follow its savior in acts of servant ministry. We will share a meal together at 5:30 pm and then move into the church for the service at 7:00 pm. After the celebration of Holy Eucharist, there is a procession to the Altar of Repose, located in the Fish Library, where the sacrament is placed until Good Friday. After the sacrament is removed, the members of our Altar Guild strip the Altar area of all remaining ornaments as Psalm 22 is recited. The liturgy ends and all leave in silence either to our homes or to sit vigil. Parishioners are asked to sign up for a time to sit vigil with our Lord in the garden. There is a sign-up sheet in the narthex for your use.
Good Friday — April 2 - 12:00 pm & 7 pm
On Good Friday at 12:00 pm and 7:00 pm the Good Friday Liturgy will be offered. Both services will include veneration of the Cross and chanting of the Gospel and the Solemn Collects. We will conclude with Communion from the Reserved Sacrament. The congregation departs in silence to emphasize that it is not the end, but a pause, in the great liturgy of the Triduum.v
Easter Sunday - April 5 - 8 am & 10 am
On Easter Sunday, there will be two choral services for our celebration of the Day of Resurrection. The services will begin at 8:00 am and 10:00 am with the St. David’s Choir. Please feel free to attend the service that best fits your family’s schedule.
Holy Week is the most significant and dramatic week of the entire Church Year. It contains some of the richest symbolism, the most stirring rites and customs, and has been provided with some of the finest music the Church has created. The week begins with Palm Sunday, and the sacred Triduum (the three holy days) begins at sunset on Thursday and continues through sunset on Saturday. This liturgy begins on Thursday evening and continues through the Saturday night Easter Vigil Mass, a service we will celebrate in our hearts, but not as a church community, this year.
Palm Sunday—March 29
On Palm Sunday, the liturgy has two distinct parts. At each service, we will begin outdoors with The Liturgy of the Palms, a rite of joy and triumph. As we recall our Lord’s entry into Jerusalem, we wave our palm branches and sing of his glory as we process into the sanctuary. The atmosphere changes and, this year, the Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ is read from the Gospel according to Luke. This dramatic reading includes the congregation in various parts. We are now fully into the experience of Holy Week and, in the words of the preface to the Eucharistic Prayer, we celebrate Christ who was “lifted high upon the cross to draw the entire world to himself.”
Maundy Thursday—April 1 - 7 pm
The Maundy Thursday service marks the beginning of the Triduum, and it commemorates the
evening meal shared by Jesus and His friends. At this meal, Jesus showed His love to His disciples in the simple act of washing their feet. The foot washing echoes the mandate of Christ to love one another, a powerful symbol of the church’s vocation to follow its savior in acts of servant ministry. We will share a meal together at 5:30 pm and then move into the church for the service at 7:00 pm. After the celebration of Holy Eucharist, there is a procession to the Altar of Repose, located in the Fish Library, where the sacrament is placed until Good Friday. After the sacrament is removed, the members of our Altar Guild strip the Altar area of all remaining ornaments as Psalm 22 is recited. The liturgy ends and all leave in silence either to our homes or to sit vigil. Parishioners are asked to sign up for a time to sit vigil with our Lord in the garden. There is a sign-up sheet in the narthex for your use.
Good Friday — April 2 - 12:00 pm & 7 pm
On Good Friday at 12:00 pm and 7:00 pm the Good Friday Liturgy will be offered. Both services will include veneration of the Cross and chanting of the Gospel and the Solemn Collects. We will conclude with Communion from the Reserved Sacrament. The congregation departs in silence to emphasize that it is not the end, but a pause, in the great liturgy of the Triduum.v
Easter Sunday - April 5 - 8 am & 10 am
On Easter Sunday, there will be two choral services for our celebration of the Day of Resurrection. The services will begin at 8:00 am and 10:00 am with the St. David’s Choir. Please feel free to attend the service that best fits your family’s schedule.
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