The first service

of Tenebrae, a service of lessons and psalms, will begin at 9 p.m. Wednesday.

The Maundy

Thursday services begin at 7:30 p.m. with Holy Communion and the washing

of feet. During this rite, members of the congregation are invited to

come to the altar where the priests will wash their feet in accordance

with the passage in St. John's Gospel. Maundy Thursday commemorates the

institution of the Lord's supper. Maundy comes from the Latin word mandatum,

which means commandment, that is, "...I give you a new commandment

that you love one another..."

After communion,

the congregants will help the priests strip the altar in anticipation

of the Lord's death on the cross. The lights will be extinguished and

all will leave the church.

The second

Tenebrae will begin at 9 p.m. followed immediately by the all-night vigil

with the altar of repose. Members of the congregation will be at the church

throughout the night. Those who wish to pray in one-hour increments may

do so by calling the church, 770-487-8415, or by signing up in the narthex

of the church. There is no limit to how many may be present.

"When

I came last year at 3 a.m. there were 12 people here," the Rev. Dan

Brigham recalled.

The all-night

vigil is in keeping with Jesus' question to his sleeping apostles in the

garden of Gethsemane, "Can't you watch with me just one hour?"

The Good Friday

service begins April 18 at noon with prayers and veneration of the cross,

as well as a sermon. The service is about one hour long. The third and

last Tenebrae will begin at 9 p.m.

The Holy Saturday

service is at 7:30 a.m. and the first service of Easter begins at 9 p.m.

with the candlelight Easter Vigil.

The high Masses

of Easter morning will be at 7:30, 9:15 and 11 a.m. In addition to the

regular Sunday School schedule, there will be an Easter egg hunt for the

young children at 10:30 a.m.

St. Andrew's-in-the-Pines

is at 316 Peachtree Parkway North in Peachtree City. There will be a nursery

available at all services. For more information about the church and its

services, call 770-487-8415.

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