I know we are still about 4 weeks away from Good Friday, but to accomplish the idea that we have, we need your help.

Traditionally at Holy Trinity, at least the last three years since I was here, Good Friday has consisted of a Tenebrae service. A Tenebrae service is a “Service of Shadows.” It is done in a darkened space and consists of alternating readings, hymns and distinguishing candles.

This year, we would like to shift from a Tenebrae Service to a “Good Friday Experience.” As you might have seen, we have coloring posters for the Stations of the Cross available for you to color in the sanctuary during Lent. The idea is once these posters are completed, we will display them in the sanctuary for you to come and look at and contemplate while reading the scripture and a brief devotion that would accompany each one. The sanctuary would be open all day on Good Friday for you to sign up and attend. For those of you who would not be able to make it, a video would be produced with the posters as the primary images while being accompanied by someone reading the scripture and devotion.

While this will feel different than past Good Friday services, I believe it can be just as meaningful and perhaps accommodate more people. Even though we are beginning an in-person worship this weekend, there are obviously limits on what we are still able to do. Congregational singing is not something that we are ready to participate in. Singing is a big part of the Tenebrae service. Therefore, during this time, the Good Friday experience, might be a better way to have a meaningful Good Friday. But in order for that to happen, we need the posters colored. There is a link below to sign-up to have time in the sanctuary.

Thanks.

Pastor Tim