One Service, Three Days – In preparation for Holy Week in 2006, as the staff of St. Paul’s prepared for the services, each of us grew a deeper understanding of the Great Three Days: Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Easter Vigil.  It had never occurred to me that these services were actually one service over a period of three days.  There is no dismissal on Maundy Thursday nor on Good Friday.  In addition, we tried to incorporate services for all members of our congregation from small children to adults.  In the late afternoon of Good Friday, a special service for children was held.  The children gathered around the Altar to hear a Godly Play story about Holy Week leading up to but not including the Resurrection.

The photo of the footwashing on Maundy Thursday is blurred so one cannot really distinguish where the foot ends and the hands begin.