Holy Week Services
Sunday Worship Schedule:
8:45AM - Worship in the Holmes Chapel
with the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper
11:00AM - Worship in the Sanctuary, with the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper being offered every first Sunday of the month.
This Lent, The Rev. Dr. Yorty will preach a sermon series entitled, “In the Footsteps of Jesus” referring to his recent trip with members of Westminster and Rabbi Harry Rosenfeld and members of Temple Beth Zion to Israel. Through the ‘lens’ of the land Dr. Yorty will interpret the biblical lessons for Lent as they speak to and guide our living today.For more on this trip, read the travel blogs of Dr Yorty and Rabbi Rosenfeld
March 28-Palm/Passion Sunday
9:30 am Join us for breakfast and palm preparation in the Parish Hall.
Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy
Week. The Sunday School Committee
invites everyone to begin this special week
with a special breakfast in Parish Hall.
This is a time for us to remember, tell and
pass on the story of Jesus’ entry into
Jerusalem. We will prepare palms for worship and put together bunny bags for Loaves and Fishes.
This year, Westminster will be using palms from the Eco-Palm Project. This Project is a joint venture with the
Presbyterian Church (USA) Lutheran World
Relief, Catholic Relief Services and the University
of Minnesota to offer congregations the option of
purchasing responsibly harvested eco-palm branches for Palm Sunday. The palms come from
communities in Mexico and Guatemala where
workers are paid fairly and engage in sustainable
harvesting in order to protect the local ecosystem.
10:50 am Procession begins
11am Worship in the Sanctuary
In the Footsteps of Jesus: Mean Streets
Preaching: The Rev. Dr. Thomas H. Yorty
Luke 19-23 selections
April 1-Maundy Thursday
6pm - Worship with Communion in the Holmes Chapel.
In the Footsteps of Jesus: Upper Room, Taking Leave
John 13:1-17, 31b-35
Preaching: The Rev. Dr. Thomas H. Yorty
April 2-Good Friday Tenebrae*
7:43pm-Choral, Scripture readings and meditation in the
Sanctuary
In the Footsteps of Jesus: Calvary and the Way of the Cross
Preaching: The Rev. Dr. Thomas H. Yorty
*Tenebrae, the service of "darkness" or "shadows", has
been practiced by the church since medieval times. It is appropriate that the service begin in daylight and conclude
as darkness has overtaken the outside world.
Therefore, the liturgy traditionally begins at the moment
of sunset, this year being 7:43PM, just as the light of day
begins fading into night.
April 4-Easter Sunday
10:45am - Prelude music in the Sanctuary
11am - Worship in the Sanctuary
In the Footsteps of Jesus: Empty Tomb
Luke 24:1-12
Preaching: The Rev. Dr. Thomas H. Yorty