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Seasonal Events
The Berwyn UMC community has wonderful seasonal events and festivals for families throughout
the year. Plan to attend these special events of the season
During our journey in Lent, we will have a luncheon program at 12:30 p.m. every Wednesday beginning through March 31. The theme for this journey will be “Where in The World Is God?” based on a Lenten devotion prepared by Stephen J. Carter. The Rev. Dr. Jay Wilkins of Trinity Presbyterian Church will be the speaker at the Feb. 24 luncheon. Other speakers will be from Berwyn United Methodist Church and Trinity. Lunches will be prepared in the church kitchen, and a free-will offering will be received.
Special Readings at Worship Services
Once again there will be special readings during Lent.
If you would like to participate, please contact Kristine or David Adams.
The readings are:
Our journey with Jesus begins on Palm Sunday, March 28, with all of the powerful music and and moving dramatic presentation of “BEHOLD THE LAMB” (10:30 only) 8:30 and 10:30 a.m.. The journey continues to Maundy Thursday (also known as Holy Thursday) on April 1, when at 7:30 p.m. a reenactment of The Last Supper will enfold. Imagine the Sanctuary transformed into a room on the second floor of a Jerusalem inn. As we watch, 12 men introduce themselves and tell us about their lives and their relationship with Jesus. We watch Jesus as He tells them of the events about to unfold. We feel their camaraderie as they join together, and their confusion as Jesus talks about the days to come. When they share their last piece of bread and their last cup of wine together, we are a part of the mystery and awe of the moment. The scene freezes, and we have the opportunity to kneel at the rail and take communion in their presence. Make the reverence of the Holy Thursday service a part of your Easter experience (and plan on arriving around 6 p.m. for a soup supper in Schieck Hall with your friends). On the evening of Good Friday, April 2, we follow Jesus to the cross through the moving music of John Stainer’s “The Crucifixion.” The Choir performance of John tainer’s beloved “The Crucifixion” for the Good Friday service. The work is scored for choir, organ, and two soloists. The soloists joining us are Brian Meneely, tenor, who has sung with us for the past two years, and William McNeal, bass. “The Crucifixion” was written in 1886-87 and first performed in Marylebone Parish Church in London on Feb. 24, 1887. Stainer dedicated the work to “my friend and pupil William Hodge,” who, at that time, was organist and choirmaster at Marylebone, as well as being an assistant organist to Stainer at St. Paul’s Cathedral. Mr. Hodge played the organ for that first performance. Easter Egg Hunt. At 10 a.m. Saturday morning, April 3, there will be a light breakfast, meditation and egg hunt. Please bring a dozen filled eggs. The triumph of the resurrection is celebrated on Easter Sunday, April 4, made far more meaningful by having experienced the events leading up to this glorious day. Please Mark These Dates:
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