Holy Week and Easter Sunday services at Bethel Congregational UCC Beaverton serving Portland OR 2024.
Easter Sunday, Palm sunday and Holy week in Beaverton 2024
Curious about what an Easter service is like here at Bethel? Check out the video below for last year’s service. Then read on to learn more about this year’s plans for Holy Week.
Easter 2023 Worship Service
Palm/Passion Sunday - March 24 at 10 a.m.
Holy Week begins with worship on Palm Sunday. The children and choir members will gather at the Front entrance of the church and in the Narthex for a congregational procession into the sanctuary with palms waving! Congregants can decide if they would like to join the processional or be seated in the sanctuary at the start of service. Pastor David will offer a special service entitled, “Songs of Loudest Praise.” Worship will conclude with the building of the cross (made from the trunks of our Christmas trees).
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Maundy Thursday - March 28
Hybrid Worship Service at 7:00 p.m
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On Thursday, March 28th at 7 pm, we will be offering a Maundy Thursday hybrid worship service. You can participate in person or join us virtually via Zoom and Facebook. If you're joining us virtually, please have a candle with you.
The Maundy Thursday worship service draws its purpose and themes from historical events that our Christian tradition believed happened on the Thursday before Easter. It is a reenactment of the Last Supper. “Maundy” is the English form of the Latin word meaning commandment. Jesus’ new commandment, “Love one another as I have loved you,” is the focus of Maundy Thursday.
This year our celebration of Maundy Thursday will walk us through Peter's perspective in the crucifixion narrative. Stage by stage, we experience the story through the eyes of one of Jesus' closest followers and friends as he goes to his death. This service will be a multisensory worship taking us through confession, lament, and repentance. We leave the sanctuary in silence.
Good Friday - Quiet Prayer
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Join us on March 29th from 10-12 p.m. for a Good Friday quiet prayer, in-person at Bethel. We will offer an opportunity for those who would like to come to Bethel for a contemplative sit. We will be in the Chapel. Come and stay for as little or as long as you would like. Worship materials will be provided for your time of quiet prayer and contemplation.
Easter Sunday - March 31 at 10:00 a.m.
Children from our Sunday School and Preschool help flower the cross in our Easter Service, 2023.
Please join us this year for Easter Sunday! Worship will take place on March 31 at 10:00am both in person and virtually via Zoom and Facebook. This all-generational worship will celebrate Christ’s resurrection with special music, prayers and liturgy. Our sanctuary will be flooded with color from flowers given in honor or memory of loved ones. We will once again have an opportunity to Flower the Cross inside. We invite you to come forward to the chancel and sing Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus to conclude worship.
Easter Service at Beaverton progressive church near Portland
Easter Egg Hunt - March 31
Join us after worship (11:15 am) on Easter Sunday, March 31, for an Easter Egg Hunt for children ages 0 through 5th grade. The Easter Egg Hunt will happen in two waves - those in Kindergarten and younger and those in 1st - 5th grades. The children will have a period of time to find the eggs and then the area will be re-stocked with eggs and next group of children will go. Should we anticipate rainy weather, our egg hunt will be held in classrooms divided by age groups. Please have your child bring their own Easter basket. We will have bags available for those who forget. Questions? Please reach out to Erin Barber at eb@bethelbeaverton.org.
Bethel Congregational United Church of Christ at 5150 SW Watson Avenue, Beaverton OR is a progressive Christian community committed to service and is open to everyone. No matter who you are, or where you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here!