Lenten Liturgies and Special Events
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Liturgies of Lent, Holy Week and Easter 2012
Palm Sunday - April 1, 2012; services at 8:00am and 10:30am
Liturgy of the Palms and Holy Eucharist;
Service begins outside with the Blessing of Palms (weather permitting)
Monday in Holy Week - April 2, 2012; Holy Eucharist at 5:30pm
Tuesday in Holy Week - April 3, 2012; Holy Eucharist at 5:30pm
Wednesday in Holy Week - April 4, 2012; Holy Eucharist at 5:30pm
Maunday Thursday - April 5, 2012, at 7:30pm
Liturgy of Maundy Thursday and Stripping of the Altar;
Music with the Youth Choir of St. John's Church
Good Friday - April 6, 2012, at 12:00pm and 7:30pm
12:00pm - Liturgy of Good Friday, (held at St. James's Church, West Hartford Center)
7:30pm - Liturgy of Good Friday, (held at St. John's Church)
sung by the combined Youth and Adult Choirs of St. John's Church and St. James's Church
Easter Vigil Service - April 7, 2012, at 7:30pm (service held at Christ Church Cathedral, Hartford); Confirmation for the J2A Youth Group participants
Easter Day - April 8, 2012; at dawn, 8:00am and 10:30am
Dawn service - Ecumenical service at Elizabeth Park, Hartford
8:00am service - Rite II Holy Eucharist; music with Adult Choir
10:30am service - Rite II Holy Eucharist; music with Youth & Adult Choirs, brass and tympani
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Lenten Special Liturgies, Formation, and Music Events 2012
Lenten Quiet Day - March 17, 2012; 8:30am-1:30pm (lunch included)
"Becoming Ourselves with God" - led by The Rev. Dr. Minka Sprague <more information>
Lenten Evening Program - Thursday evenings on March 1, 15, 22, and 29, from 7:00pm-8:15pm (no session on March 8); each evening will conclude with Compline (Prayer for the Close of the Day)
The Muslim Jesus: Muslim perspectives on Christ
Lenten Sunday Forum series - March 4, 11, 18, and 25, at 9:30am
Various topics will be discussed throughout the Lenten season - join us in the Parish Hall.
Evensong for Lent - March 11, 2012, at 5:00pm (The St. John's Adult Choir)
Sunday Tea at 4:00pm, followed by Evensong at 5:00pm and an organ recital at 5:45pm, featuring
Cheryl Wadsworth, Music Director, United Methodist Church of Hartford
Please note: March 11 is the first day of Daylight Savings Time - change your clocks and be on time!
Organ concert by Wilma Jensen - (Sunday) March 25, 2012, at 5:00pm
Internationally acclaimed organist Wilma Jensen will perform in concert and lead the Sunday Forum
<more information>
Church by the Pond - (Saturday) March 31, 2012, at 2:00pm (Bushnell Park)
An outside church service to the homeless followed by the distribution of food to those in need.
Volunteer musicians and singers welcome at this early Palm Sunday celebration.
A Bach Organ Vespers for Holy Week - (Sunday) April 1, 2012
A meditation of seasonally appropriate organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach, Peter Stoltzfus Berton,
organist
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