What is Holy Week?Holy Week is the week leading up to Easter, which is the celebration of Jesus's resurrection.
The week begins with a re-enacted parade as we wave palms and welcome Jesus on his final journey to Jerusalem. On Maundy Thursday, we gather at tables and remember Jesus's last meal with his disciples. We stare death in the face together on Good Friday when we remember Jesus's execution. And we kindle a small flame of new hope in the midst of darkness on Holy Saturday. Easter morning we go all out - celebrating the God-of-Eternal-Do-Overs in grand style. |
Easter is Sunday, April 17.Join us for a celebratory Easter morning! At 9:30 a.m. we'll have a potluck breakfast in our fellowship hall. Bring your favorite breakfast food to share and we'll have the coffee ready for you. Please bring your own table service to help us care for the environment and simplify clean up.
Easter worship is at 10:45 a.m. in our sanctuary or via Zoom. We'll have special music with our brass ensemble and our tradition of flowering the cross will return this year. We encourage you to arrive EARLY to enjoy music from the brass beginning around 10:30 a.m. Plan to stick around for the Kids' Easter Egg Hunt immediately after the service. | Click to Zoom for worship or call 1-669-900-6833 and dial meeting ID 899 1685 3476# at the prompt. Meeting password is 66502. Please note: long distance charges may apply if you use the call-in option. |
Lenten Continual Prayer Vigil, April 8-9Click for details and sign up.
ZOOM PRAYER VIGIL ZOOM OPTION: If you'd like to come to the Lenten Prayer Vigil via Zoom, we will have a silent Zoom room of our sanctuary open from 3:00-4:00 p.m. tomorrow (Saturday). Just use the regular worship Zoom login at uccmanhattan.org/online to join us. No need to sign up. |
Palm Sunday
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Maundy Thursday
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Good Friday
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Walking Through Holy Week (for all ages)LOCATION CHANGE DUE TO WEATHER: Join us at the church building instead of Tuttle Creek.
We have two options for Holy Saturday evening and hope people of all ages can join us for both! Last year when we had to move many Lent and Easter activities outside we created a Walking Through Holy Week station activity to help bring meaning to the Lenten season for our children. This year we would like to extend an invitation to everyone to experience it. The stations will take you through stations representing the life of Jesus, leading up to the crucifixion. This year the activity will take place starting at 7:00 pm before the Holy Saturday Pascal Candle lighting at Tuttle Creek Overlook. We will send groups through in 15 minute increments. As groups finish, we will have an opportunity for fellowship (and goodies!) as we wait for the service to start at 8:05. If you have any questions, or if you’d like to help with the event, please let Brandy know. |
Holy Saturday Paschal Fire Lighting
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