Lenten Calendar of Events

Ash Wednesday
This Wednesday, February 22
12:10-12:50 p.m. and 7:00-7:40 p.m.
Two Identical Taizé Services,
including the imposition of ashes for those who desire it.
* Childcare will be provided for the evening service.

Taizé Services
Thursdays during Lent, March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
5:40-6:15 p.m.
Come and experience a meditative service of songs and prayers
in candlelight as we experience the Lenten journey.

The liturgy for these services originated with the Taizé community founded in France in 1940. This community is an ecumenical, intentional community with a twofold purpose: to seek communion with God through personal prayer and the beauty of community prayer; and also be a leaven of peace and trust in the midst of humanity. A traditional Taizé service includes listening to God though simple, meditative songs, scripture, prayer and silence, in the beauty of the Westminster Sanctuary.

Lenten Choral Vespers
* Sunday, March 25, 4:00 p.m.
A German Requiem – Johannes Brahms
Westminster Choir with organ and timpani
A supper will follow for those with reservations. Details to follow.

Palm Sunday
* Sunday, April 1, 10:00 a.m.
Come experience the celebration as Jesus enters Jerusalem.

Maundy Thursday
Thursday, April 5
6:00 p.m. – Dinner in Fellowship Hall
A light dinner will be served at a cost of $5.00 per person.
Reservations are not required.
* 7:00 p.m. – Tenebrae service with Communion
Come and experience both the intimate joy of the Last
Supper and the descent into darkness as Jesus is arrested.

Good Friday
* Friday, April 6, 12:10-1:00 p.m.
The Westminster Choir will sing.
Experience the despair and drama of Jesus’
last words through scripture and music.

Easter
Sunday, April 8
Christ is Risen! Hallelujah!
* 9:00 and * 11:00 a.m.
Two Identical Services
The Westminster Choir
Oakwood Brass with Timpani and Percussion
One Great Hour of Sharing Offering will be received.

* Childcare provided

Worship at Westminster

Westminster is committed to expressing our love of God through inspirational worship in the Reformed tradition – worship that challenges the mind, touches the heart, and lifts the spirit.

Worship Visitors are welcomed graciously, and frequently tell us the beauty and grandeur of the Sanctuary and meaningfulness of the service awe them.

Worship is Westminster’s heart. The tone of our worship is formal and traditional yet also friendly and winsome. (No electric guitars, PowerPoint sermons or projection screens grace our neo-gothic cathedral!)

Music is an important part of any Westminster worship service - from our many choirs, our magnificent organ with its 7,000 pipes and the congregation’s participation. We are a singing church!

The order of worship is guided by the Presbyterian Book of Common Worship.
The Presbyterian Hymnal has been used since its publication. The New Revised Standard Version of the Bible and The Message Bible are read from the lectern. Numerous special, creative services are conducted throughout the liturgical year. Many regional ecumenical services are also conducted in our Sanctuary.