Holy Week & Easter Sunday 

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Palm Sunday - Sunday, April 2 at 9:00 am
Join us either in person or online for our live-streamed service (on our YouTube channel) to celebrate Jesus' triumphant entry into Jerusalem. ​

Then join us for the SCPC Deacons Palm Sunday Breakfast  -they will be serving all the old favorites, so enjoy breakfast and fellowship with your church family.
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Sunday, April 2nd
10:00 - 11:00 am
in the Social Hall
 
Our Palm Sunday Breakfast menu includes French Toast Strata with Apple Cider Syrup, Sausages, Fresh Fruit, and Cinnamon Swirl Coffee Cake.
 
Come for free breakfast and invite a friend. If you haven’t been back to church in a while, we miss you and hope you’ll use this as an opportunity to come back. 

ATTENTION PARENTS OF CHILDREN & YOUTH: There will be no Exploration Hour on Palm Sunday. We invite the children to come to breakfast and eat with their families. Children and Worship and Creative Movement and Music will still take place next week after the children’s message.

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Maundy Thursday Community Meal and Service  Thursday, April 6 - In person or Live-Stream at 6:00 pm
​Join us for Worship at 6:00 pm on April 6th for a time to recognize our God, who washes feet and shares meals. This year our gathering will start in the sanctuary and continue over a shared meal in the Social Hall. We will share communion together in traditional and more expansive ways, and reflect on the surprising way love is shared in our lives. We invite you to bring a dish to share with our community.

There will be an option to attend virtually so stay tuned for details. ​

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Good Friday Tenebrae Service - Friday, April 7 at 7:30 pm
The Service of Tenebrae follows a tradition of the church dating back to the eighth century.  From latin “Tenebrae” means “darkness”.  The service has traditionally been celebrated in the week between Palm Sunday and the festival of Easter.  During the service candles are extinguished sequentially representing the failing fellowship of Jesus friends as the time of his crucifixion draws near.  Through scripture readings shared throughout the service we recall Jesus’ disappointment and sense of abandonment.  These “Solemn Reproaches of the Cross” invite us to confront our own personal withdrawal from fellowship with Christ and failure to remain faithful to God’s indiscriminate and unconditional love.  Our good friday service will utilize this ancient tradition not to convey a message of condemnation but to bring us into an authentic experience of regret, repentance, and longing for the new life that comes through Jesus resurrection.

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Adult Opportunities for Holy Week

• April 2:  Palm Sunday Breakfast - No Adult Education offering in Westminster Hall  or Room 10
• April 9:  Easter Sunday - No Adult Education offering in Westminster Hall 

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Easter Sunday Worship - Sunday, April 9
Celebration of the Resurrection

• A Sunrise Service with Communion at Windswept Farm ~ Our rebranded Youth Sunday School group, Oasis, is hosting a 7:00 am Easter Sunrise Service at Windswept Farm. It will be outside so please dress appropriately for the weather and bring a lawn chair. Getting to experience the new beginning of the day as we remember the meaning of Easter is a powerful experience which can lead to awe and insight. We hope you can join us for this experience! 
• 9:00 am at SCPC ~  we will worship in the Sanctuary for a celebration of our Risen Lord
• 10:00 am ~ Exploration Hour with Coffee Hour, Pathways, Oasis and Adult Opportunities 

For the Sunrise Service at Windswept Farm
What to Bring: Please bring a folding chair for seating, and we suggest wearing warm clothing and appropriate footwear for walking in wet grass. We will be seated widely in a beautiful field below the gazebo. The walk to the field may be muddy if there has been rain. Please pray for good weather!

How to Get there: From State College, take Fox Hollow Road towards the airport. Prior to reaching the main entrance to the airport, take a left off of Fox Hollow onto S. Fillmore Rd. Go 1.1 miles on Fillmore and you will see the sign on the left for the ReFarm Café at Windswept Farm.

Parking: Parking is limited, but deacons will be in the parking lot to help direct you and squeeze all of the cars into the space

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