We will gather outside on the North Lawn for the Liturgy of the Palms and then process into the Cathedral. All who are able to join the procession are encouraged to participate! Our Choristers and Youth Choir will also be joining the Cathedral Choir to sing at the morning services.
Almighty God, whose most dear Son went not up to joy but first he suffered pain, and entered not into glory before he was crucified: Mercifully grant that we, walking in the way of the cross, may find it none other than the way of life and peace; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. -BCP, pg. 607
O Lord our God, whose blessed Son gave his back to be whipped and did not hide his face from shame and spitting: Give us grace to accept joyfully the sufferings of the present time, confident of the glory that shall be revealed; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. -BCP, pg. 607
Tenebrae (Latin for darkness or shadows) has for centuries been applied to the ancient monastic night and early morning services (Matins and Lauds) of the last three days of Holy week, known as the Paschal Triduum. In medieval times Tenebrae came to be celebrated on the preceding evenings. It is a most beloved and hated liturgy because of the shadows of death that begin to cling to our Lord starting with this liturgy on the even of the Wednesday of Holy Week, sometimes called ‘Spy Wednesday’ in reference to the ambush of Jesus by Judas Iscariot.
Apart from the chant of the Lamentations (in which each verse is introduced by a letter of the Hebrew alphabet), the most conspicuous feature of the service is the gradual extinguishing of candles and other lights in the church until only a single candle, considered a symbol of our Lord, remains. Toward the end of the liturgy this candle is hidden, typifying the apparent victory of the forces of evil. At the very end, a loud noise is made, symbolizing the sealing of the tomb by a great stone and all depart in silence. Interestingly, the candle stand is known as a hearse. The Tenebrae service recreates the betrayal, abandonment, and agony of Jesus and it is left unfinished, because the story isn’t over until the Feast of the Resurrection.
Come, watch and pray with Christ for an hour or more at the Cathedral, which will be open throughout the night beginning after the Maundy Thursday Liturgy (6:30 pm).
"So, could you not watch with me one hour?” (Matt 26:40)
Maundy Thursday commemorates Jesus' time with His disciples in the Upper Room, where He instituted the Last Supper and commanded His disciples to love one another, showing them an example of servant-love by washing their feet. The word Maundy comes from the Latin word mandatum, which means command, as He commanded us both to remember His death through the Supper and to love one another with a self-giving love.
The Good Friday liturgy is the second part of the Triduum - the sacred three days. This most somber of all days is appropriately marked by fasting, abstinence, and penitence, leading us to focus on Jesus and the meaning of his cross. The church is darkened. The bare, stark appearance of the church serves as a reminder of the solemnity and sorrow of this day.
The Lord of Life was rejected, mocked, scourged, and then put to death on the cross. The faithful are reminded of the role which their own sin played in this suffering and agony, as Christ took all sin upon himself, in obedience to his Father’s will. By the cross we are redeemed, set free from bondage to sin and death. The cross is a sign of God’s never-ending love for us. It is a sign of life, in the midst of death.
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The Good Friday liturgy is the second part of the Triduum - the sacred three days. This most somber of all days is appropriately marked by fasting, abstinence, and penitence, leading us to focus on Jesus and the meaning of his cross. The church is darkened. The bare, stark appearance of the church serves as a reminder of the solemnity and sorrow of this day.
The Lord of Life was rejected, mocked, scourged, and then put to death on the cross. The faithful are reminded of the role which their own sin played in this suffering and agony, as Christ took all sin upon himself, in obedience to his Father’s will. By the cross we are redeemed, set free from bondage to sin and death. The cross is a sign of God’s never-ending love for us. It is a sign of life, in the midst of death.
Childcare Provided
“I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended to the dead.” - Apostles Creed
The Great Vigil of Easter is celebrated on Easter Eve. This is a service unlike any other in the Church's year. The first part is quiet, dark, and reflective - a continuation of the somber tone of Good Friday. However, midway through the service, the organ rumbles, bells ring, and the light bursts forth, heralding the miraculous Resurrection of our Lord!
Join us this Easter Sunday as we celebrate the glorious Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. In the beauty and reverence of Anglican worship, we will gather for Holy Eucharist and the proclamation of the Easter Gospel: “Alleluia! Christ is risen. The Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia!”
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Join us this Easter Sunday as we celebrate the glorious Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. In the beauty and reverence of Anglican worship, we will gather for Holy Eucharist and the proclamation of the Easter Gospel: “Alleluia! Christ is risen. The Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia!”
Childcare Provided
The Chorister choir comprises of students from Kindergarten to 12th Grade. Join us as they lead a Lenten Evensong.
Join us in the Nave to participate in the Great Litany. This responsive time of prayer takes 10-15 minutes.
The Imposition of Ashes | Music & Communion
Bless the Lord who forgiveth all our sins. His mercy endureth for ever.
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the season of Lent: a time of penitence, fasting, and prayer, in preparation for the great feast of the resurrection.
Marked with ashes, we gather to remember our baptismal identity and our shared life in Jesus Christ. This service begins the forty-day journey of Lent, as we turn our hearts toward the cross and prepare to celebrate the joy of Christ’s resurrection together.
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The Imposition of Ashes | Music (No Communion)
Bless the Lord who forgiveth all our sins. His mercy endureth for ever.
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the season of Lent: a time of penitence, fasting, and prayer, in preparation for the great feast of the resurrection.
Marked with ashes, we gather to remember our baptismal identity and our shared life in Jesus Christ. This service begins the forty-day journey of Lent, as we turn our hearts toward the cross and prepare to celebrate the joy of Christ’s resurrection together.
Childcare Provided
The Imposition of Ashes (No Music or Communion)
Bless the Lord who forgiveth all our sins. His mercy endureth for ever.
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the season of Lent: a time of penitence, fasting, and prayer, in preparation for the great feast of the resurrection.
Marked with ashes, we gather to remember our baptismal identity and our shared life in Jesus Christ. This service begins the forty-day journey of Lent, as we turn our hearts toward the cross and prepare to celebrate the joy of Christ’s resurrection together.
Join us for Shrove Tuesday as we prepare for Ash Wednesday with the Burning of the Palms. Enjoy a pancake supper cooked by our clergy in the Parish Hall, with proceeds supporting St. Peter’s mission trips. Dinner will be served from 5- 6:30 pm, and the Burning of the Palms will take place on the patio at 6:00 pm. Volunteers to help with decorating, serving, or cleanup are welcome, please contact Kurt Spitzer at Kurt.Spitzer@ksanet.net.
The Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord, also called Candlemas, marks forty days after Christmas. Join us as we remember Christ revealed in the Temple as the Light for the Gentiles, our Savior, and the fulfillment of God’s promise.
Forgiveness is the theme for our Healing Prayer Service this Sunday. We will worship and pray together, seeking God’s grace to help us accept His forgiveness and forgive others in His name. Join us in St. Marys chapel at 6:15pm after the 5:00pm worship service.
The Great Vigil of Easter is celebrated on Easter Eve. This is a service unlike any other in the Church's year. The first part is quiet, dark, and reflective - a continuation of the somber tone of Good Friday. However, midway through the service, the organ rumbles, bells ring, and the light bursts forth, heralding the miraculous Resurrection of our Lord!
The Good Friday liturgy is the second part of the Triduum - the sacred three days. This most somber of all days is appropriately marked by fasting, abstinence, and penitence, leading us to focus on Jesus and the meaning of his cross. The church is darkened. The bare, stark appearance of the church serves as a reminder of the solemnity and sorrow of this day.
The Lord of Life was rejected, mocked, scourged, and then put to death on the cross. The faithful are reminded of the role which their own sin played in this suffering and agony, as Christ took all sin upon himself, in obedience to his Father’s will. By the cross we are redeemed, set free from bondage to sin and death. The cross is a sign of God’s never-ending love for us. It is a sign of life, in the midst of death.
"So, could you not watch with me one hour?” (Matt 26:40)
Come, watch and pray with Christ for an hour or more at the Cathedral, which will be open throughout the night beginning after the Maundy Thursday Liturgy (7pm) and ending at the Morning Prayer Liturgy on Good Friday (9am). While sign-up is not required, please consider committing to an hour block, on the roster, which will be in the Narthex closer to Holy Week, to ensure minimal coverage throughout the night. If signup for an hour is full, you are still welcome to come at that time.
Maundy Thursday commemorates Jesus' time with His disciples in the Upper Room, where He instituted the Last Supper and commanded His disciples to love one another, showing them an example of servant-love by washing their feet. The word Maundy comes from the Latin word mandatum, which means command, as He commanded us both to remember His death through the Supper and to love one another with a self-giving love.
Families will partake in a Passover meal before the 7pm service. This is not a Jewish Seder meal, but a meal recreating some ambiance of what it was like at the Last Supper with Christ. We will start with feet washing and there will be scripture readings and thought provoking discussions connecting what was the first Passover to how Christ is now our forever Passover meal. Families need to sign up to contribute to the meal. Open to all ages and stages (babies, kids, youth, grandparents).
Tenebrae (Latin for darkness or shadows) has for centuries been applied to the ancient monastic night and early morning services (Matins and Lauds) of the last three days of Holy week, known as the Paschal Triduum. In medieval times Tenebrae came to be celebrated on the preceding evenings. It is a most beloved and hated liturgy because of the shadows of death that begin to cling to our Lord starting with this liturgy on the even of the Wednesday of Holy Week, sometimes called ‘Spy Wednesday’ in reference to the ambush of Jesus by Judas Iscariot.
Apart from the chant of the Lamentations (in which each verse is introduced by a letter of the Hebrew alphabet), the most conspicuous feature of the service is the gradual extinguishing of candles and other lights in the church until only a single candle, considered a symbol of our Lord, remains. Toward the end of the liturgy this candle is hidden, typifying the apparent victory of the forces of evil. At the very end, a loud noise is made, symbolizing the sealing of the tomb by a great stone and all depart in silence. Interestingly, the candle stand is known as a hearse. The Tenebrae service recreates the betrayal, abandonment, and agony of Jesus and it is left unfinished, because the story isn’t over until the Feast of the Resurrection.
We will gather outside on the North Lawn for the Liturgy of the Palms and then process into the Cathedral. All who are able to join the procession are encouraged to participate! Our Choristers and Youth Choir will also be joining the Cathedral Choir to sing at the morning services.
Ash Wednesday is February 14. St. Peter’s will offer three Liturgies to choose from that may best fit your schedule: 7:00am, 12:00pm, and 7:00pm. Childcare will be available at the 12:00pm and 7:00pm services only.
Please join us for a Christmas Day service! We expect this to be a much smaller service and it is perfect for those who could not worship on Christmas Eve or are not comfortable with larger crowds. Childcare is not available at this service, and it will not be live-streamed.
There will be four Christmas Eve services to choose from this year. Childcare is available at the 12:00pm and 5:00pm service and only for children 4 years old and younger.
Join us for a Chorister Christmas! Choristers of all ages will sing a special Christmas program! This is a great event for the entire family to enjoy!
We will have a potluck dinner as well! Please email Amy Stewart for more information and to RSVP.
Our annual service of Lessons and Carols helps us as a Cathedral family to prepare for the coming Christmas season. It also provides us an opportunity to open our doors to the wider community, inviting them to join us in hearing the story of our redemption.
Childcare is available for children 4 and under and must be requested by December 1. Email Amy Stewart to request childcare.
The Gulf Atlantic Diocese Annual Synod is being held at St. Peter's November 3rd and 4th. Clergy, Clergy Delegates, Congregational Leaders, and Lay Delegates will come together for fellowship, workshops, council/delegate nominations/votes, changes in Canons & Constitutions, and any other orders of business.
All parishioners are invited to attend the 7pm worship on November 3.
We are also looking for volunteers to help serve dinner, lunch, and get the cathedral ready for Sunday! Contact Ellen Culpepper with questions and Tina Campbell if you are able to help!
For more information, visit the Gulf the Gulf Atlantic Diocese Website Diocese Website.
Join us for Connections Sunday! Come out to the transepts after each morning service to discover new ways to get connected in the different ministry opportunities St. Peter's has to offer.
St Peter’s Cathedral choir member, and amazing tenor, DaSean Stokes will be in recital! DaSean will also be raising funds to get to Berlin where he will sing in the Opera!
Easter Egg Hunt for Children at 10:30am
The Nursery will be available for children ages 4 and under at both Easter Sunday services.
The Great Vigil of Easter is celebrated on Easter Eve. This is a service unlike any other in the Church's year. The first part is quiet, dark, and reflective - a continuation of the somber tone of Good Friday. However, midway through the service, the organ rumbles, bells ring, and the light bursts forth, heralding the miraculous Resurrection of our Lord!
The Good Friday liturgy is the second part of the Triduum - the sacred three days. This most somber of all days is appropriately marked by fasting, abstinence, and penitence, leading us to focus on Jesus and the meaning of his cross. The church is darkened. The bare, stark appearance of the church serves as a reminder of the solemnity and sorrow of this day.
The Lord of Life was rejected, mocked, scourged, and then put to death on the cross. The faithful are reminded of the role which their own sin played in this suffering and agony, as Christ took all sin upon himself, in obedience to his Father’s will. By the cross we are redeemed, set free from bondage to sin and death. The cross is a sign of God’s never-ending love for us. It is a sign of life, in the midst of death.
Join us for the Good Friday Liturgy (with the distribution of Communion), followed by the Stations of the Cross.
The Good Friday liturgy is the second part of the Triduum - the sacred three days. This most somber of all days is appropriately marked by fasting, abstinence, and penitence, leading us to focus on Jesus and the meaning of his cross. The church is darkened. The bare, stark appearance of the church serves as a reminder of the solemnity and sorrow of this day.
The Lord of Life was rejected, mocked, scourged, and then put to death on the cross. The faithful are reminded of the role which their own sin played in this suffering and agony, as Christ took all sin upon himself, in obedience to his Father’s will. By the cross we are redeemed, set free from bondage to sin and death. The cross is a sign of God’s never-ending love for us. It is a sign of life, in the midst of death.
"So, could you not watch with me one hour?” (Matt 26:40)
Come, watch and pray with Christ for an hour or more at the Cathedral, which will be open throughout the night beginning after the Maundy Thursday Liturgy (7pm) and ending at the Morning Prayer Liturgy on Good Friday (9am). While sign-up is not required, please consider committing to an hour block, on the roster, which will be in the Narthex closer to Holy Week, to ensure minimal coverage throughout the night. If signup for an hour is full, you are still welcome to come at that time.
Maundy Thursday commemorates Jesus' time with His disciples in the Upper Room, where He instituted the Last Supper and commanded His disciples to love one another, showing them an example of servant-love by washing their feet. The word Maundy comes from the Latin word mandatum, which means command, as He commanded us both to remember His death through the Supper and to love one another with a self-giving love.
