Holy Week

Yesterday we celebrated Palm Sunday, marking the beginning of Holy Week. With palm leaves raised in the air, believers all over the world honored and celebrated the day that Jesus began his journey into Jerusalem, where he would be tried and crucified. Maundy Thursday is a day that we remember the Last Supper that Jesus had with the Disciples, where he symbolically broke bread and shared of his body and blood that would be given for us. Good Friday, although a somber day, is one that we celebrate Christ's sacrifice- his crucifixion and burial- in order to save us from our own sins. Holy Week culminates with Easter, a day celebrating the promised resurrection of Jesus Christ. This week you have many opportunities to attend church services in the area to celebrate, honor and remember the sacrifice that was made so that we may have Life. Listed below are a few local churches that will have services to celebrate the different days of Holy Week.

Holy Week Services

Emmanuel Lutheran Church
2301 Fall Creek Highway
817-326-2201l
Maundy Thursday, March 20 6 p.m.
Combined worship service & Sedder supper
(reservations required)
Good Friday, March 21
7 p.m. Good Friday Tenebrae service
Easter Sunday, March 23
7 a.m. Sunrise service by youth group
8 a.m. Breakfast
9 a.m. Festival worship

First Christian Church
2109 W. Highway 377
817-573-5431
Maundy Thursday, March 20
7:30 p.m. Communion service (open to all)
Easter Sunday, March 23
7:30 a.m. Sunrise service, followed by continental breakfast
9 a.m. Celebration (contemporary) service
10 a.m. Sunday School
11 a.m. Traditional service

Gateway Community Church
1200 Temple Hall Highway
817-579-0509
Easter Sunday, March 23
9 a.m. Worship service
10:30 a.m. Worship service

Good Shepherd Episcopal Church
3600 Fall Creek Highway
817-326-2035
Maundy Thursday, March 20
7:30 p.m. Holy Eucharist with foot washing,
Good Friday, March 21
Noon Holy Eucharist Good Friday liturgy
6 p.m. Stations of the Cross: "This is the Way it Was"
Holy Saturday, March 22
8 p.m.Easter Vigil Holy Eucharist
Easter Sunday, March 22
8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist
9:15 a.m. - Reception and Easter Egg Hunt

Granbury First United Methodist Church
301 Loop 567
817-573-5573
Maundy Thursday, March 20
5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Come & go communion in Hooks Chapel
Good Friday, March 21
7 p.m. Worship service
Easter Sunday, March 23
8:30 a.m. Easter celebration service
10:50 a.m. Easter celebration service

Lake Granbury Christian Temple
3755 Acton Highway
817-910-9449
Easter Sunday, March 23
10:45 a.m. Easter celebration with the theme, Undefeated...Undisputed...Unstoppable!

Lakeside Baptist Church
500 W. Bluebonnet
817-573-2094
Good Friday, March 21
7 p.m. Worship service
Easter Sunday, March 23
8:30 a.m. Worship service
10:30 a.m. Worship service

Our Savior Lutheran Church
1400 N. Meadows Dr.
817-573-5011
Maundy Thursday, March 20
7 p.m. Worship
Good Friday, March 21
7:30 p.m. Worship
Easter Sunday, March 23
7:15 a.m. Sunrise worship
8 a.m. Breakfast
10 a.m. Easter worship

St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Church
2301 Acton Hwy.
817-326-2131
Holy Thursday, March 20
7:30 p.m. Mass of the Lord's Supper,
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament after Mass until 10 p.m.
Good Friday, March 21
7:30 p.m. Liturgical serivce of the Passion & Death of the Lord
Holy Saturday, March 22
8 p.m. Solemn Easter Vigil
(no confessions and no 5 p.m. Mass)
Easter Sunday, March 23
9 a.m. Mass
12:30 p.m. Mass (Spanish)