Holy Week, Anno Domini 2025

“When your heart is thus established in Christ, and you are an enemy of sin, out of love and not out of fear of punishment, Christ’s sufferings should also be an example for your whole life.”

-Martin Luther The Complete Sermons of Martin Luther, volume 1.2

Maundy Thursday, April 17: St. Paul - Potter - 5:30 pm with Holy Communion

St. Paul - Sidney - 7:00 pm with Holy Communion

Good Friday, April 18: St. Paul - Potter - 5:30 pm Tenebrae* Service

Salem - 7:00 pm Tenebrae* Service

Easter Sunday, April 20: St. Paul - Potter - 8 am Divine Service with Communion

Salem - 9:30 am Divine Service with Communion

St. Paul - Sidney - 11 am Divine Service w/ Communion

*Tenebrae (/ˈtɛnəbreɪ, -bri/[1]—Latin for 'darkness') is a religious service of Western Christianity held during the three days preceding Easter Day, and characterized by a gradual extinguishing of candles, and the strepitus or "loud noise" in the total darkness at the end of the service.