Maundy Thursday: Family Dinner Church 6pm at Westminster Presbyterian
Thursday, April 6, 6-7:30p
Great Hall, Westminster Presbyterian Church
1624 NE Hancock Street, Portland
Family Dinner Church is a meal-embedded worship, centering connection and community, kid-friendly and rooted in ancient ritual, youth and parent leadership, holy play and holy mess - all around the table. A team of Westminster teens, young adults, and parents with kids came together to dream up this vision, where we take seriously the early church’s practice of worship around a literal meal, thus “family dinner.”
RSVP TO ATTEND: Email Chris Dela Cruz at cdelacruz@westprespdx.org and tell him you’re from Leaven Community!
Good Friday: Liberation Theology Stations of the Cross
Friday, April 7, 6-7:30 pm
Sanctuary at Leaven Community Center
Led by Mike Hogan, this year’s Good Friday observation will be a contemplative service featuring Stations of the Cross artwork by Argentinian artist, liberation theologian, and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (1980) Adolfo Pérez Esquivel.
Come ready to reflect on themes rooted in Latin American liberation theology and ground into how each of the stations are relevant to us in our Pacific Northwest context today.
Image: 2nd Station of the Cross, by Adolfo Pérez Esquivel
Easter - Sunday Service, Pancake Breakfast, Egg Hunt
Sunday, April 9, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
CELEBRATE new life and rebirth in community at Salt and Light on Easter Sunday! We will sing, celebrate, breathe, and wonder at the buds and blossoms emerging into the world and within our hearts this spring. Image source.
We need your help to make Easter happen!
🌱 BRING A HOUSEPLANT (or two!) with you on Easter morning to decorate the sanctuary throughout the Easter Season (April 9-May 21). We will water and tend to your plants, which can be brought home on May 21 or later. Make sure to label your plant so everyone remembers whose is whose!
🍓 BRING FRUIT to share at the Pancake Breakfast immediately following the service.
🐝 SIGN UP to usher, set up the sanctuary, or serve pancakes on Easter. (Correction: Set up the sanctuary is Saturday, April 8th (not 9th).