HOLY WEEK EVENTS AT CPC

Please join us!

Thursday, March 28^th at 8 pm in the Sanctuary for our Maundy Thursday Worship including the Motet Choir, the Celebration of the Lord's Supper, worship leadership from Rev. Don Steele and several CPC members, as well as a service of Tenebrae candle lighting.

At 9:30 am on Good Friday, March 29^th all children and their families are invited to join Rev. Cynthia Betz-Bogoly in the annual Children's Walk with the many churches of Summit.

We begin in the CPC auditorium and then walk from church to church throughout town to hear, see, sing, and learn the story of Holy Week led by youth, musicians, and pastors from our neighboring churches.

We will walk from CPC to the Memorial Hall of St. Teresa of Avila Roman Catholic Church, then to the lawn of Monastery of Our Lady of the Rosary, from there we process to Christ Church’s Barnwell Hall, and then into the Sanctuary of Christ Church, from which we head to the Memorial Garden at St. John's Lutheran Church, and finally finish our walk in the sanctuary of St. John's Church.

At noon on Good Friday, March 29^th Rev. John Illian will lead worship in the chapel

On Easter morning, Sunday, March 31^st

·  Sunrise worship is at 6:30 am in the Memorial Garden with a message preached by Rev. Don Steele followed by a continental breakfast

·  9 am worship features the children flowering the cross in the sanctuary

·  11 am worship in the sanctuary

·  11 am children's crafts, snacks, and a movie in the auditorium

 

Palm Sunday Evening Worship

On the evening of Palm Sunday we gathered to praise God using our voices and our bodies.  We focused on finding our own answers  to the question "Is Jesus Who You Expected?" through exploring scripture and discussion with our brothers and sisters in Christ.  We offered up our palms in praise through artistic expression reaching toward Jesus' glory just like those who gathered along the roadside reaching out in praise to Jesus as he triumphantly entered Jerusalem at the beginning of Holy Week.  We offered up our love and prayers through the creation of care cards for those in our faith community who are hurting.  We also gathered around the Lord's Table to celebrate Communion and later in the evening we shared around the dinner table in a delicious meal prepared by some of our church volunteers.


using paint this Palm Sunday to add our palms of praise to the image of the triumphant cross

Pastor Cynthia delivering the evening message on Phillipians 2:5-11

exciting news for our sister church!

La Iglesia Presbiteriana Nuevas Fronteras is being officially chartered by the
Presbytery of Elizabeth as a PC(USA) congregation on March 17th.

This is the congregation with partner with for the annual Sharing Tree providing gifts for needy families at Christmas as well as the monthly soup kitchen at which our senior high students and adult volunteers prepare and serve a hot meal for those in need in Plainfield.

CPC volunteers preparing dinner

 

CPC volunteers cooking!



serving line full of delicious free food preprared by CPC members!



church auditorium where dinner is served and free clothing distributed

baked apples!