La Cañada Presbyterian Church begins Holy Week celebrations this Sunday, March 24, with two morning worship services and an afternoon Palm Sunday concert.
The traditional 9 a.m. worship service will be held in the sanctuary and include music by choir and orchestra, while the music at the 10:30 a.m. contemporary worship in the Worship Arts Center will be led by the LCPC Praise Band.
The 2 p.m. concert, with a 1:30 pre-concert lecture, will feature music by Mozart, particularly his “Solemn Vespers for the Confessor.” The concert is free. The worship services and concert will be livestreamed at live.lacanadapc.org.
On Thursday, March 28, a 7 p.m. Maundy Thursday worship service will be in the Worship Arts Center. This contemporary worship service memorializes Jesus’ Last Supper with his disciples before he is betrayed, arrested and ultimately deserted by his followers.
LCPC’s traditional Good Friday service will be March 29 at 7 p.m. in the sanctuary to retell the story of Jesus’ crucifixion and death on a cross. The service ends in darkness and silence.
Holy Week culminates with joyous celebrations on Easter Sunday, March 31. LCPC is offering four worship services that morning celebrating Jesus’ Resurrection. Easter worship will be offered at 6:30 a.m. at Memorial Park located at 1301 Foothill Blvd., 8 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. traditional worship in the sanctuary, and 11 a.m. will be contemporary worship in the Worship Arts Center on LCPC campus at 626 Foothill Blvd.
Family-friendly overflow will be available for the 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. services. Students in sixth grade and younger are invited to participate in an egg hunt after the 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. services. Children will be divided into two separate hunts based on age; all participants will get a goody bag filled with candy and prizes to take home.
All services held on LCPC campus will also be livestreamed at: live.lacanadapc.org. For more information, visit lacanadapc.org.
First published in the March 21 print issue of the Outlook Valley Sun.
