Holy Week highlights

The holy chaos of Holy Week is over, and it was a wonderful experience. I spent Palm Sunday and Maundy Thursday at Grace and had a great time doing first communion instruction with them...more on that soon.

On Good Friday, we did a Stations of the Cross service at First in the morning. It was quiet and contemplative, a good way to start the day.





Then we had community Good Friday worship in the evening, involving almost all the internship congregations. It's been hosted by different churches in recent years, and this year it was at First. It was a wonderful experience to serve with almost all my pastors together, and to enjoy the gifts of so many different soloists and choirs.

To celebrate the Resurrection of Our Lord, I started with sunrise worship with the Trinity folks, this year at the cemetery...more on that soon. Then I worshiped with the people of Gol, and hit both of their Easter breakfasts in between, of course.

After worship I stopped at First again to meet my supervisor for a nursing home visit, and here's the transformation from Good Friday to Easter. I love the spring flowers!





Meanwhile, I have plenty of less-than-holy chaos to clean up at home. After the craziness of the last couple weeks, my sorely neglected sanctuary is in danger of becoming a biohazard. The kitchen table is just the tip of the iceberg, so thank goodness for a low-key post-Easter week!