{"id":5451,"date":"2021-04-03T18:44:06","date_gmt":"2021-04-03T22:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/?p=5451"},"modified":"2021-04-07T09:50:46","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T13:50:46","slug":"holy-week-2021-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/?p=5451","title":{"rendered":"Holy Week and Easter 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Holy Week in the Time of Covid<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Holy Week is the most important week in Christ Church&#8217;s liturgical calendar and that of the whole Church. But as we&#8217;ve learned over the past 13 months, worship in the time of\u00a0a pandemic requires flexibility in the interests of safety. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Our Holy Week services in 2021 nevertheless revealed our\u00a0commitment to tradition along with our embrace of change. What hasn&#8217;t changed is the importance of recalling the Lord&#8217;s passion and death so we can rejoice in the Resurrection on Easter Sunday.<br \/>\nPlease enjoy the following photographs of our Holy Week and Easter services.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Maundy Thursday<br \/>\n<\/span>Pictured is the altar of repose following the stripping of the altar in preparation for parishioners keeping prayerful vigil overnight&#8211;this year, virtually.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-5451 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/?attachment_id=5449'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/0BA658BD-0807-4017-85B5-DF8F9F439EDE-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/?attachment_id=5438'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/FFE19B5F-380D-48D1-84FE-A6533AA329C1-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Good Friday<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Here, Mother Lisa S. Mitchell, our rector, presents the cross for veneration by congregants during our Good Friday service.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-5451 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/?attachment_id=5440'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/0C0E910D-0D0E-48A2-BA1D-4F9FE6074015-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/?attachment_id=5439'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/60F061D8-8E0C-41A0-A373-9C2D5025C3F0-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Holy Saturday Vigil and Egg Hunt<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">On a chilly but sunny Holy Saturday evening, our outdoor service included the lighting of the Easter fire and the musical abilities of our young parishioner and trumpet player P.J. Reyes.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Then, our annual Easter Egg Hunt was enjoyed by the many children attending the service, including those who luckily found the &#8216;Hallelujah&#8217; eggs.<\/p>\n<p>A similar Easter Egg hunt was held following the festive Eucharist on Easter Sunday morning at 11:00 am, which featured a baptism in addition to impressive organ playing and some choir members singing hymns, following social distance guidelines.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Happy Easter to all!<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-5451 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/?attachment_id=5452'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_6064-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-5452\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-5452'>\n\t\t\t\tHappy Easter to all!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-5451 gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/?attachment_id=5441'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/89E10582-B2FA-428C-A6F5-FDCD22BDD1D4-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/?attachment_id=5442'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/CC03C851-5FF6-4C20-8702-FB4744FC853D-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/?attachment_id=5443'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/9828BFE0-DBD3-488D-B4A0-5EFEDE17B7B7-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/?attachment_id=5446'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/CFBD3D47-E622-4629-BFCE-A29390553630-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/?attachment_id=5447'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/692986D6-26FB-416A-A3E5-AB9E7486A3A2-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div id='gallery-5' class='gallery galleryid-5451 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/?attachment_id=5445'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/29641D96-AD28-4876-85DB-B2E360535ABC-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/?attachment_id=5448'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/9EF386BE-450C-4EF4-A839-7303E07C7D94-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/?attachment_id=5455'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_6080_2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Hallelujah Egg Winners<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-6' class='gallery galleryid-5451 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/?attachment_id=5461'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_6121-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/?attachment_id=5458'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/1FA61189-8345-47EC-AA8A-4FD4ABAC2FDE-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Holy Week in the Time of Covid Holy Week is the most important week in Christ Church&#8217;s liturgical calendar and 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