Lent and Holy Week 2026 at House of Hope

People flourish when we are encouraged and enabled to be and to become our whole best selves, to fulfill our potential, to contribute effectively to the well-being of others and to society more broadly, and to live joyful, meaningful lives that make a difference and leave a legacy.” So writes theologian Amanda Udis-Kesler. These ideas will be shaping our worship this Lenten season as we explore Paul’s letter to the Philippians.

Lenten Offerings

Midday Lenten Prayer Services
Wednesdays in Lent beginning February 25
Elizabeth Chapel | 12:15 p.m.

Beginning Wednesday, February 25, House of Hope will offer a short, contemplative prayer service in the Elizabeth Chapel. Led by clergy, Scripture reading, prayers, bells, and silence will invite us to ground and center ourselves in this season of renewing practice and deepening wisdom. Rather than giving something up this Lent, consider trying out this liturgy as a new spiritual practice.

Formations Series: Methods of Interpretation
Wednesdays, March 4, 11, 18, 25
Kirk Parlour | 5:30 – 7 p.m.
Our Formations series will continue with a four-week series led by Senior Pastor Scott Jones on the methods
of Biblical interpretation. “Interpretation is not a process along a linear trajectory from ignorance to understanding via the medium of the text . . . but an endless stimulation to further inquiry and conversation.” So writes David Jasper in his book A Short Introduction to Hermeneutics. “Hermeneutics” being the fancy word for the study of interpretation.
Join us for a potluck meal at 5:30 p.m. and then hear about and discuss the rich and wonderful explorations of God that are occurring in contemporary theology.

Holy Week 2026 Schedule
During Holy Week, we hear the fullness of Christ’s passion, his death, and resurrection. From Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem and on to the Triduum (Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday), all of Holy Week focuses on the passion. As his followers, we travel Christ’s path of servanthood through the Lord’s Supper and the suffering of the cross toward the glory of Easter, all of which underscores the inseparable link between the death and resurrection of Jesus.

Palms

Palm/Passion Sunday: March 29
Sanctuary | 10 a.m.

Maundy Thursday Worship with Holy Communion: April 2
Elizabeth Chapel | 12 noon
Office of Tenebrae: Responsories by Healey Willan | Sanctuary | 7 p.m.

Good Friday: April 3
Elizabeth Chapel | 12 noon
Good Friday Choral Vespers | Sanctuary | 7 p.m.
Christ lag in Todesbanden (BWV 4) – J.S. Bach
The Motet Choir and Chamber Orchestra

Easter Sunday: April 5
Sunrise Service | Elizabeth Chapel | 7:30 a.m.
Festive Worship with Organ, Choirs, and Brass | Sanctuary | 9 and 11 a.m.

Worship in the sanctuary is streamed on our website.