Good Friday and Easter Services

April 14, 12 pm
Please join Pastor Jeremiah and Pastor Mary Blessing for a noontime Good Friday Service to be held at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, 5271 Scotts Valley Drive.

Two Easter Services will be held this year on Sunday, April 16. There will be a “sunrise” service at 7 am at the fire pits at Twin Lakes Beach and a more traditional Easter service at 10:30 am in the church sanctuary.

Those who are able are encouraged to park in lower parking lot behind the church.

Easter Flowers are Welcome
You may bring lilies, daffodils or tulips to the beach or to church on Easter Sunday and place them in the sand or across the front of the platform. You may include a note on the pot if your flowers are in memory of or in honor of a loved one.

Holy Week

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Good Friday, March 25, 12 noon at Community Covenant Church
On Good Friday, Pastor Jeremiah will join with Pastor Mary Blessing from St. Philip’s Episcopal Church for a noontime service to be held at Community Covenant Church.

Please join us for one or both of our Easter services. There will be a sunrise service at 7 am at the fire pits at Twin Lakes Beach and a more traditional service at 10:30 am in the sanctuary. Parking at the beach is limited, so carpooling is encouraged. Also, as we expect a number of visitors at the 10:30 service, those who are able are encouraged to park in the lower parking lot behind the church. This year we are encouraging you to bring lilies or daffodils or tulips to the beach or to church on Easter Sunday and place them in the sand or across the front of the platform. You may include a note on the pot if your flowers are in memory of or in honor of a loved one.
Easter Sunday, March 27, 7 am, Twin Lakes Beach, meet at the fire pits
Easter Sunday, March 27, 10:30 am, Community Covenant Church

Here’s what’s happening:

Club 4-5 meets at church Friday March 27th, from 7 – 8:30 pm. Bring your friends! Call Brian McCutchen if you have questions, 831-222-0576.

The second session of the new member class will meet Saturday, March 28th, from 9 am – 12 pm in the Community Room.

This Sunday, March 29th, at 10:30 am, will be an all age worship service.

Youth Group meets Sunday evening, March 29th, from 7 – 8:30 pm, at church.

Spring Break Youth Beach Day, Wednesday, April 1st, from 11 am to 2 pm! Meet at Its Beach (around the corner from Steamer’s Lane). Contact Brian if you have questions or need directions, 831-222-0576.

Men’s Bible Study, Wednesday, April 1st, 6:30 pm, meet in the Library.

Good Friday Services, April 3rd:
12 pm, joint service with St. Phillip’s Episcopal Church, AT St. Phillip’s, 5271 Scotts Valley Drive

7 pm, service at Community Covenant Church
​If anyone wishes to participate in either service by doing a reading, please talk with Sally, 831-334-2302.

​Easter Services, April 5th
9:30 am Brunch in the church Fireside Room

10:30 am Easter Worship Service at church​

Holy Week

Good Friday, March 29th, at 12:00 noon we will have a joint service with St. Philip’s Episcopal Church. The service will be at St. Philip’s at 5271 Scotts Valley Drive, Scotts Valley.

Resurrection Sunday, March 31st

9:30 am – Coffee and refreshments will be served before the service. There will be an egg hunt for ages 2 – 5th grade that walks through the Easter Story. Adults and youth 6th grade and up, please consider ushering a child or small group through the self-explanatory stations. It will be a wonderful way to experience Easter Sunday through new eyes!

10:30 am – Worship Service and Children’s Ministry – nursery care provided; children will be dismissed for their own Children’s church time.

Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the season of Lent. The early Christians observed the days of our Lord’s passion and resurrection, and it became the custom of the Church to prepare for them by a season of repentance and fasting. Lent is the period of forty days from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday. The Forty Days is connected to the forty days Jesus spent being tempted in the wilderness. This season is a time to consider what unhealthy things our lives are filled up with and to remove those things that keep us from being wholly devoted to our Lord. It is a time to die to our own sins and to make room for living the life of Christ.

Join us as we observe the historical practice of Ash Wednesday and begin the season of Lent. By doing so we join in with the whole Church, both in time and place, to honor and follow Christ’s example of sacrificial love.

The Ash Wednesday service starts at 7pm sharp and is open to families, kids, etc. Andrew Hoeksema is speaking. Brian McCutchen is leading music on acoustic guitar. The service is geared to be really mellow and contemplative.