Pentecost - May 11 - The Christian Pentecost celebrates the spiritual birth of the church as recorded in Acts 2 of the New Testament. The liturgical color for Pentecost is red.
Trinity (White) -
Since the fourteenth century
(1334)Trinityhas
been observed as part of the church year.
In the ecumenical liturgical calendar it follows Pentecost (the culmination of Easter) and begins the next and most lengthy period
in the church year, Ordinary
Time. Ordinary Time continues until the first Sunday of
Advent, the church’s New Years. Trinity Sunday is the only special day that centers
on a doctrine of the church and not an event in the Christian story. From the time Jesus commissioned his
followers to baptize in the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit
(Matt 28:19) Christians have prayed to God as the Father (or the Creator), and
the Son, (or the Christ), and the Holy Spirit (or Spirit). Every time we say these words we call to
mind the entire Christian story from the birth of Jesus to the descent of the Spirit
and the birth of the church at
Pentecost.
World Communion Sunday October 5 at 9:30 a.m.
Thanksgiving Eve November 26 at 7:30 p.m.
ADVENTmarks the beginning of the Christian Year. It is the four week journey of expectation and preparation for celebration of the birth of Jesus, the Christ, on Christmas. The liturgical color for Advent is violet or, Today we light the first Advent candle, the candle of Hope.On succeeding Advent Sundays we will add the candles of Love, Joy, and Peace.
CHRISTMAS AND EPIPHANY: The liturgical color for Christmas through Epiphany (January 6) and Baptism of the Lord (Sunday, January 9) is white.
Live Nativity December 22 at 7:00, 7:30 & 8:00 p.m.
It is our hope to bring to life that part of scripture that is loved and so fondly remembered.
Christmas Eve Services
| 6:00p.m. | Candlelight Family Service - Family service with candle-lighting and music provided by our children’s choir and chime groups. Child Care for Children 2 and younger. |
| 8:00p.m. | Candlelight Service - Traditional candle-lighting service Child Care for children 2 and younger. |
| 10:00p.m. | Candlelight Service - Traditional candle-lighting service with the Sacrament of Communion. |
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EPIPHANY The Day of Epiphany, January 6th, is the day following the twelfth day of Christmas, January 5th. Epiphany, which means “manifestation,” culminates the festival of the birth of Christ by celebrating God’s revelation to the world in Jesus Christ. The theme is light, the Light of Christ as experience by the Wise Men in Matthew 2:1-12. The color for Christmas through Epiphany is brilliant white.
ORDINARY TIME -- In the Christian Year, this first period of Ordinary Time begins
after Epiphany (January 6) and continues until Ash Wednesday. The liturgical
color for Ordinary Time is green.
LENT, which begins with Ash Wednesday, is a forty day period of prayer and pondering when Christians, and others who wish to join in, deliberately Cross-examine them selves for the sake of finding the LIFE of Christ in themselves. It is “the season of adolescence” when we try to sort out who we are who we chose to be. In this struggle we are led by the One whose Cross was the declaration of faith in life and the freedom to live it to the fullest
Ash Wednesday February 6, 7:30 p.m.
Palm Sunday 9:30 a.m.
Pancake Breakfast at 8 a.m. before the service.
Maundy Thursday 7:30 p.m.
Good Friday 12 Noon - 3p.m.
At Hatboro Baptist Church
Easter Morning 9:30 a.m.
EASTER is more than a day; it is a way of life. That’s why we have a season for it in the church. Beginning with the festival of Christ’s resurrection on Easter Day the season of Easter lasts fifty days and seven Sundays until the Day of Pentecost. It is hoped that by spending seven weeks remembering Christ’s rising from the dead we will have risen to new heights of living Christ’s way of life. The Easter color is white.
