Palm Sunday services are at 8am and 10am.
The Sunday of the Passion was the Church’s first “Good Friday.” This celebration continues to this day. Since the fourth century the Church has also celebrated the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem on the Sunday before he was crucified. In the Episcopal Church this day is known as “The Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday.” The liturgy this morning recalls both the final entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem and his death on the cross and burial. Following the Blessing of Palms, the congregation processes into the church where the Passion is celebrated at the Holy Eucharist. The Sunday of the Passion begins Holy Week, which culminates in the Easter Triduum. Today Christian communities begin to prepare in earnest for the celebration of Easter. At sunset on Thursday of this week the Church concludes our season of preparation, Lent, and enters its most sacred days, the Easter Triduum (TRIH-djoo-um – “Three Days”). The Easter Triduum, the celebration of the Lord’s Passover, is the center of the Church’s life.