HOLY WEEK AT GRACE COVENANT 2014

Upcoming Services
PALM SUNDAY April 13, 2014 9:15 a.m. 9:45 a.m. Palm Sunday Morning Brunch Fellowship Hall Stuart Circle Parish Palm Sunday Service First English Lutheran

10:00 a.m. Stuart Circle Palm Sunday Procession Monument Ave. 11:00 a.m. Palm Sunday Worship Sanctuary MAUNDY THURSDAY April 17, 2014 6:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. Dinner (instead of Wednesday) Communion Service Sanctuary

GOOD FRIDAY April 18, 2014 7:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Prayer Vigil Sanctuary

EASTER SUNDAY April 20, 2014 Bring flowers for the Flowering Cross
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Easter Sunday Flowering of the Cross

This is a gentle reminder from the Worship Ministry to bring your cut flowers for the flower cross on Easter Sunday. This is a beautiful and long-standing Grace Covenant tradition. We ask that you bring flowers from your yard (or those you have purchased) to completely cover the form of the cross that sits in the front of the sanctuary during our Easter worship service. After worship the cross is carried outside and put on our front steps as a visual witness that Grace Covenant is indeed celebrating and rejoicing in the resurrection of our Savior, Jesus Christ. Many of our neighbors and the Monument Avenue Easter parade stop to take pictures beside this cross each year. Please help us continue this tradition and bring your flowers for the cross on Easter Sunday.

Easter Sunday Hallelujah Chorus

One of the great Easter Sunday traditions at Grace Covenant is the singing of Handels Hallelujah Chorus (Messiah) to conclude our worship service. We invite all worshipers in the sanctuary to come forward to join the Chancel Choir in singing this uplifting choral benediction. The church owns a few extra scores of the Hallelujah Chorus that it can pass out to worshipers; however, if you own a copy, we ask that you please bring it with you on Easter Sunday.

Easter Sunday Musical Offerings

Prelude: Carillon de Westminster Louis Vierne Anthem: Christ Has Conquered (Christus Vincit) Joseph Noyon Handbells: Victory (The Strife Is Oer) Jeffery Honor Benediction: Hallelujah Chorus (Messiah) G. F. Handel Postlude: Toccata (Organ Symphony No. 5) Charles-Marie Widor

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Questions? Call the church office at 359-2463

Palm Sunday Breakfast at Grace Covenant

Please plan to join us for breakfast on Palm Sunday, April 13, in the Fellowship Hall. We will gather at 9:15 a.m. to share our morning meal. Afterward, we will walk next door to the steps of First English Lutheran for our combined Stuart Circle Parish service at 9:45 a.m., followed by the annual Palm Sunday procession at 10:00 a.m. Please bring a breakfast food to share. The CE Committee will have the tables set and the coffee and juice ready for all! Contact: Cheryl Jacobs at 355-7310 or by email at bill.cher.jacobs@mindspring.com for additional information.
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This form must be filled out and brought to the church office ON or BEFORE April 14. Name:____________________________ I would like to purchase: _________Qty. In Memory of:_____________________ In Honor of:_______________________ By:______________________________ Total Qty._____ x $12.50 = $__________ *Please make checks payable to GCPC and turn in to the church office or mail to: 1627 Monument Ave., Richmond, VA 23220 Attn: Vanessa Strait