Tag: Clergy & Congregations

Al Shrock doesn’t watch the scene before him any longer. Instead he stands in the corner, engineers the hydraulics and surveys the crowd as they step into Golgotha.

Roman soldiers hiss as they force a bloodstained Jesus onto a cross and nail spikes through his hands. Shrock maneuvers the hydraulics, which he built, raising the cross against the red-lit sky.

It's a busy season for Spokane's Christian community.

Palm Sunday begins this weekend and next week churches will celebrate services for Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday.

Journey to the Cross, an outdoor walkthrough tour of Jesus' life, begins Thursday at Spokane Valley Seventh-day Adventist Church.

St. David's Episcopal Church will begin its Holy Week celebrations on Palm Sunday with a 9 a.m. palm procession and passion readings.

Then, on Maundy Thursday, March 28, "The Story as told in Four Ritual Acts" will begin at 7 p.m., followed by a Garden of Gethsemane Watch at 8 p.m.

The Cathedral of St. the Evangelist begins its observance of Christianity’s holiest week with the Liturgy of the Palms and Reading of the Passion story at the 10:30am service on Palm Sunday.

Other services that week include a 7p.m service on Maundy Thursday...

Next week Spokane’s Jewish community will observe Passover, an eight-day commemoration honoring the liberation of the Israelites from slavery in ancient Egypt.

Below are local Passover, or Pesach, listings.

I find community at church, particularly small group Bible studies.