The Liturgy

of the Palms for the traditional service at 10:30 a.m. will be celebrated

jointly with Nativity's next-door neighbors, St. Gabriel's Catholic Church,

in front of the cross on St. Gabriel's lawn.

Wednesday

evening of Holy Week, April 16, begins with a simple meal at 6 p.m., followed

be held in the Garden of Resurrection. This devotion involves praying

before a series of representations of events on Christ's journey to the

Cross.

On Maundy Thursday,

April 17, there will be an Agape Meal at 5:30 p.m., followed by a celebration

of the Holy Eucharist at 7 p.m. that will include the washing of feet.

Good Friday

observances begin on April 18 at noon at St. Gabriel's Catholic Church,

next door to Nativity. Various local clergy, including Nativity's rector,

the Rev. Robert Hudak, will offer reflections on "The Seven Last

Words of Jesus on the Cross" until 3 p.m.

At approximately

3:15 p.m., The Way of the Cross will begin in the Garden of Resurrection.

The Passion of St. John, Solemn Prayers, and The Veneration of the Cross

will begin at 7 p.m. on Good Friday.

Easter, April

20, is the greatest and oldest feast of the Christian Church. It begins

at Nativity at 6 a.m. with The Great Vigil of Easter, the culmination

of the sacred celebration of Holy Week and the beginning of the celebration

of Christ's Resurrection. An Easter Breakfast will follow at 8 a.m.

Easter Sunday

will continue with a Festal Service of Holy Eucharist 10:30 a.m. Children

are encouraged to bring cut flowers and join the entrance procession,

participating in the tradition of the "flowering of the cross."

An Easter egg

hunt follows the service.

The Episcopal

Church of the Nativity is at 130 Antioch Road in Fayetteville. It is one

of 93 parishes in the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta and a member of the

worldwide Anglican Communion. For more information, call (770) 460-6390

or visit the church's web site at https://www.fayettenativity.com/.

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