Maundy Thursday Service

Holy Week — that is, the week before Easter — is a very special time in the church year. We use this time to walk with Jesus through the last week before his death.

Maundy Thursday is the Thursday of Holy Week. Traditionally this evening centers on Jesus’ Passover meal with his disciples in the upper room, and specifically on the command (or mandate) he gives them here: Love each other as I have loved you. The word Maundy comes from the Latin word mandatum, which means mandate.

Our traditional liturgical Maundy Thursday service contains scripture, song, and optional foot-washing. Jesus said to his disciples on that night, after washing their feet as a servant would, “So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have set you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you.” (John 13)

Thursday April 1, 7pm – at St Paul’s German Church, 22nd between 8th and 9th

No childcare provided.