Remember Christ’s Passion, Death & Resurrection
Holy Week & Easter Schedule
Palm Sunday, March 29
Palm Sunday Services
8 am, 9 am and 11 am in the Great Hall
Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday: The Sunday of the Passion. It has two names because it's really two services. Outside we remember our Lord's triumphal entry into Jerusalem with the palm branches and the people's praises, inside we hear the story of his arrest, trial, and crucifixion as a criminal. That movement -- from praise to sin -- is not meant to give us whiplash, but it's a reminder that we too can be as fickle as the crowd that cried "Hosanna" and "Crucify him" in the same week! It's a wonderful, powerful service. Ending with the crucifixion gives us a Sunday-to-Sunday connection with Easter story of the empty tomb next week.
Holy Monday, March 30
Holy Monday: Service of Lament, Repentance, and Consolation
7:30 pm in the Great Hall
Join us for a Holy Monday service of prayer and liturgy — lamenting the violence and hatred that has come to define our common life, and bearing witness to our conviction that Christians must come together across our divisions. All are welcome.
Maundy Thursday, April 2
Maundy Thursday Service
7 pm in the Great Hall
The beautiful and powerful Maundy Thursday service includes foot washing (optional, for those who wish to participate), the celebration of Christ’s institution of Holy Communion, and the Stripping of the Altar.
The Watch
9 pm to 11 am in Michie Hall
From the end of the Maundy Thursday service to the beginning of the first Good Friday service, we have The Watch. It commemorates Jesus' taking his disciples into the garden at Gethsemane, after dinner, before he was arrested, and asking them to watch with him just one hour while he prayed. We build a garden indoors at St. Andrew's, have Jesus there in the form of the consecrated bread and wine, and take turns being with him for one hour. Unlike the disciples, we don't fall asleep.
Good Friday, April 3
Stations of the Cross through Downtown McKinney
7:30 am starting at Centro on the Square
On the first Good Friday morning, Jesus carried his cross through the heart of Jerusalem. This Good Friday, we will walk through the heart of downtown McKinney as we observe the Stations of the Cross together.
Along the way we will remember Christ’s suffering and death, pray for our community, and reflect on the love he showed for the world.
Come begin Good Friday in prayer as we walk, remember, and lift our city before God.
Stations of the Cross
11:30 am starting at the Garden Chapel
Early Christian pilgrims to the Holy Land often made it a practice to visit the places of Jesus' Passion. Stations of the Cross imitates this practice and is a popular devotion, frequently participated in during Lent. Stations at St. Andrew’s begin and end at the Garden Chapel, in front of the Great Hall. At each station you will participate in a liturgy that highlights Christ’s passion.
Good Friday Service
12 noon in the Great Hall
Good Friday is the solemn remembrance of Christ's death on the Cross. The service includes the reading of the Passion Gospel from John, the Solemn Collects, a Good Friday sermon, and concludes with veneration of the Cross.
Good Friday Family Service
5 pm in the Great Hall
Gather your family for a meaningful and accessible Holy Week experience. This special service invites families to walk together through the final days of Jesus' earthly ministry — from the triumph of Palm Sunday to the solemnity of Good Friday — all in one worshipful evening.
Together we will journey through: Palm Sunday, The Last Supper, The Garden of Gethsemane, and Good Friday. Following the service, we will share a meal together as a community.
Nursery care is provided for children ages 0–3.
Easter Sunday, April 5
Easter Sunrise Service
6:30 am at the Garden Chapel
With a simple liturgy and music, this beautiful service will begin while it is mostly dark and will end in the full brightness of Easter morning. The Easter Sunrise service takes place at the Garden Chapel. In the event of rain this service will be canceled.
Easter Day Services
8 am, 9 am and 11 am in the Great Hall
The joy-filled celebration of Christ’s resurrection on Easter morning.
Easter Egg Hunt
10 am on the front lawn and Garden Chapel
Hop over to our annual Easter egg hunt between services. There is a hunt for older kids on the church lawn and a hunt for younger children on the church playground.
We will also have coffee and Easter cookies available for everyone to enjoy while they fellowship as we celebrate the Lord’s resurrection with joy.
Please bring your own Easter baskets or bags (though we will have extras if anyone forgets).
Holy Week & Easter
By his death he has destroyed death, and by his rising to life again he has won for us everlasting life.
Join us as we, following the practice of Christians for nearly two-thousand years, gather ourselves to remember and celebrate the events leading up to our Lord's passion, his death, and then his glorious resurrection.
Stations of the Cross
An Audio Devotion
Early Christian pilgrims to the Holy Land often made it a practice to visit the places of Jesus' Passion. Stations of the Cross imitates this practice and is a popular devotion, frequently participated in during Lent and on Good Friday.
The liturgy for The Way of the Cross can be found here.
This audio devotion is adapted from The Way of the Cross from The Book of Occasional Services with special station descriptions written and voiced by Ginny Lamoureux. Originally aired as an episode of the podcast St. Andrew's Present, it has been rehosted for the use of all.
Stations of the Cross was produced by Tim Jenkins. Special thanks to Carolyn, Michael, and Joshua Nicketta, Tracy Hutchinson, Laura and Syd Verinder, Stephanie Jenkins, David and Ginny Lamoureux, and the Rev. Deacon Pam Fairley for lending their voices to this project.
Songs featured in this production are “Now is the Time to Leave” by August Wilhelmsson, “Tomorrow’s Rain” by Hushed, and “Growing Love” by Josef Bel Habib.