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Taize and Labyrinth in Holy Week by The Rev. Hartshorn Murphy On Wed., April 7th at 7:30 a.m., we are invited to join with St. Paul's Lutheran church for a morning meditation. They are at Lincoln and California. That night, from 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m., we will offer here at St. A's, a walking meditation (the Labyrinth) and a service in the style of Taize simultaneously. The Labyrinth will be offered downstairs in Pierson Hall and will feature our harpist Paul Baker. The labyrinth can accommodate about 30 people per hour and while waiting your turn to walk, you have the choice of sitting quietly in the labyrinth area or joining others upstairs in the sanctuary for Taize chant, readings and, for those who wish it, veneration of the cross. Taize worship will feature our pianist, Greg Schreiner. One image we see is barefoot (or in stockings) people gently and naturally moving between these two equally powerful worship experiences. Another could be people coming to either one or the other as they are wont to do. At 9:30, we will conclude in the church will a brief stripping of the altar and establishing an "altar of repose" in the Chapel. Those who wish to are encouraged to bring cut flowers to decorate the altar, which stands for us as a Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus, in the veil of bread of wine, will wait in silence until the events of Good Friday. (This action is typically done at the end of the Maundy Thursday worship but is being "anticipated" on Wednesday as we will join St. Paul's church for worship at 7:30 p.m. Thursday April 8th for Maundy Thursday worship.)
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