Mid-Week Lenten Dinners and Programs and Easter Services
We are excited to share our Mid-Week Lenten Program as we look forward to celebrating the Old Chapel’s 275th anniversary this spring and summer. All dates include dinners in the Christian Education building (40 W Church St.) at 6 p.m., followed by a brief worship and program in the Old Chapel.
February 18, Ash Wednesday Worship in the Old Chapel.
Dinner: Sacristans
February 25, “Construction and Evolution of the Old Chapel” touching on the construction, original layout and decor, and usage of space throughout the years. Dinner: Social Action Committee and Teams
March 4, “Famous Visitors in the Old Chapel”. Central’s young people will share anecdotes from famous visitors including Ben Franklin, Martha Washington, Lafayette, etc. Dinner: Moravian Women, Bible Studies
March 11, “Indigenous Peoples in the Old Chapel”. This program will explore the 1792 visit by Chiefs and Warriors of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy; and Moravian church’s involvement
with indigenous people.
Dinner: Congregational Potluck (sign-ups at earlier dinners)
March 18, “Moravian Academy – Then and Now” Head of the Moravian Academy downtown campus, Abby Mahone will join Charlene Donchez Mowers. Dinner: Busy Workers
March 25, “Music in the Chapel and a Singstunde”. Music through the years, including organs, hymns, musical landmarks and concluding with a Singstunde led by Becky Lepore. Dinner: Central’s Choirs
For those not able to attend the programs in the Old Chapel, a Zoom showing will be held in the CE building after dinner on the Smart Board.
If you cannot attend in person, please access the 7 p.m. programs using the same Zoom link each week at: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84564287979
Holy Week and Easter Worship
March 29, 30, 31 – 7 p.m. Readings for Holy Week (Chapel)
April 1 – 7 p.m. Readings for Holy Week (Sanctuary)
April 2 – Maundy Thursday- 7 p.m. Holy Communion (Sanctuary)
April 3 – Good Friday
10 a.m. Communion Service (Chapel)
2:15 p.m. Crucifixion Service (Sanctuary)
7 p.m. Seven Last Words (Chapel)
April 4 – Great Sabbath Lovefeast 2 p.m. (Sanctuary)
April 5 – Easter Sunday
6:15 a.m. Easter Dawn Service: gather in-person in the Sanctuary at 6 a.m. and move to God’s Acre for the second section of the Easter Dawn Service. 7 a.m. Refreshments outside the Christian Education building.
9 a.m. Old Chapel
11 a.m. Triumph Service – Sanctuary
