Tuesday April 15                 Evening Prayer 6 PM, Zoe Urquhart
Wednesday April 16           Evening Prayer 6 PM, Linda Van Sickle

Maundy Thursday:

Thursday April 17             Maundy Thursday Agape Meal & Eucharist
                                                     Hall, 6.30 PM, please sign up 

Good Friday:

Friday April 18                 The Experience of Good Friday, 10 AM
                                                  (A meditation through experience)

 Easter:

Saturday April 19          Easter Vigil Service (Spanish /English),
                                                 6 PM, followed by potluck dinner

Sunday April 20          Easter Sunrise Service, 6 AM
                                                (Esquimalt Lagoon beach) 
                                               Easter 8:30 AM Service
                                               Easter 10 AM Service 
                                                  (children’s Easter Egg hunt follows)

This year, we are again offering unique and powerful ways to experience Holy Week and Easter.

Go deeper during Holy Week with evening prayer services on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. Easter actually begins with the ancient and beautiful Easter Vigil, also known as the Great Vigil. The service begins in darkness, after sunset on Holy Saturday and consists of The Service of Light (kindling of new fire, lighting the Paschal candle), Scripture Readings that tell the story of our faith, from Creation to the Resurrection of Jesus, the singing of hymns and a joyful Baptism.  Join us for our bilingual Easter Vigil on Saturday 19th, at 6 PM.    

The Easter Sunrise service at 6 AM has become increasingly popular. We gather on the Esquimalt Lagoon beach (the bridge side), just before the sun rises, to greet Jesus with the dawn on Easter Day!

Easter services will take place at the church at 8.30 and at 10 AM. Families, don’t forget the Easter egg hunt following the later service, courtesy of Jill and William Dolan.

Would you like to experience the Way of the Cross in a different way? 

During Holy Week, from 10 AM on Holy Monday, the Church of the Advent will host an outdoor Way of the Cross installation in the church gardens. 

Each of the fourteen stations will feature the work of artist Edward Webber. While you meditate on an artwork, you can listen to a recording of the station's reading and prayers on your phone, read by our own Lenn Enns, which can be accessed by scanning a QR code. The images and audio of the Way of the Cross will be available on our website. A booklet for the Way of the Cross will be available to borrow from the Narthex, for those who would prefer.

Join us at 6:30 pm on Thursday evening in the Hall for a slightly different Maundy Thursday experience!  The service will be in the context of an Agape Meal - we'll sit around the table and break bread together in a beautiful Eucharist service as a community, remembering and living out that night nearly 2000 years ago. The service will include singing by the choir and the washing of the feet/hands. Sermon by Lisa Brodersen.

Experience Good Friday in a new and creative way with a 90-minute time of reflection on Jesus' last hours through song, meditation and unique prayer installations, including the opportunity to walk a labyrinth.

This service will be followed by an outdoor Way of the Cross service.

The Easter Vigil Service is one of the oldest and most beautiful ways to begin Easter.

We are delighted to be able to share this experience on Saturday, April 19th at 6 pm with Sr. Ingrid and Fr. Dimas, in both English and Spanish - with a bulletin in your language of choice.

The service begins outside with the lighting of the Easter fire - from which the Paschal (Easter) Candle is first lit.
We will follow the ancient tradition of holding a baptism during this service.

Please join us for the service, and for the festive Pot Luck Supper in the hall afterwards!

The Easter Sunrise service at 6 AM has become increasingly popular. We gather on the Esquimalt Lagoon beach (the bridge side), just before the sun rises, to greet Jesus with the dawn on Easter Day!