I expect most people who are actively interested and involved in liturgy are up to their necks (or higher!) in planning for the annual liturgy team endurance event commonly known as Holy Week, where most Episcopal churches pack 4 or more completely different liturgies into a single week.
So here you go, some nice fresh open [...]
Here’s an open thread to discuss any and all thing related to planning for Easter Vigil this year.
Tagged Easter, holyweek, openthreads, vigilI’m thinking this week about the one Holy Week liturgy I’m involved in planning this year, a Good Friday wake. The basic concept is a wake for Jesus–to provide a space and a time to sit with friends and grieve his death, and to remember the things he did in his life with us [...]
Tagged contemplative, funeral, good friday, holyweek, icon, mourning, vigil, wakeWhat’s good about your plans for Good Friday? What’s not so good (yet)?
Tagged good friday, holyweek, openthreadsHere’s where to discuss all things Maundy, whether you do it on a Thursday or some other day of the week.
Tagged holyweek, maundy, openthreadsHere’s an open place for discussing Palm Sunday. A few possible starter questions: What are you planning? What are your challenges? How do you handle the transition from the Liturgy of the Palms to the Liturgy of the Passion?
Tagged holyweek, Lent, openthreads, palm sunday, passionMy Ash Wednesday was taken over by an afternoon migraine, and the rest of the clan has been recovering from the flu, so we did not make it to an Ash Wednesday service. Which is too bad, because I generally like the Ash Wednesday liturgy–in my experience, it is one that may be enhanced, [...]
Tagged ashes, Lent, Liturgical Action, tactile, washing