Sunday

Weekday

Season of Epiphany

Season of

Lent

Season of

Easter

Sunday Services

Morning Prayer

or

Holy Communion

8:30 a.m.

CTS offers a service of lessons with songs and preaching.

On the first Sunday of each month and on festival days, CTS has a service of Holy Communion.

Holy Communion

11:00 a.m.

CTS offers diversity in worship styles, with everything from jazz and contemporary to the traditional High Mass services.

Between the 8:30 and 11:00 a.m. services, CTS has an education hour for all ages. Adult Forum and traditional Sunday School classes for pre-school through high-school begin at 9:50 a.m. each Sunday.

Weekday Services

Daily Prayer (Monday through Friday)

Nightly

(Contact church office for time.)

CTS is unique in the Washington Metropolitan Synod. It offers a prayer service every weekday. Evening prayer is led by lay leaders in the church sanctuary, whenever a regular service is not scheduled at 7:30. On many Wednesdays throughout the year, we use the Holden Village Evening Prayer, a contemporary music setting for Vespers.

Holy Communion on feast days and commemorations

7:30 p.m.

On special feast days and commemorations, CTS offers a simple service of Holy Communion in the evening.

Evening prayer on Wednesdays during Advent and Lent

7:30 p.m.

After a simple supper of meatless soup and bread, CTS has a service of sung vespers with sermons by the pastor.

The Season of Epiphany

Epiphany

January 6

8:30 a.m.

11:00 a.m.

Holy Communion

High Mass

Baptism of

Our Lord

January 13

8:30 a.m.

11:00 a.m.

Holy Communion

High Mass

Epiphany 2

January 20

8:30 a.m.

11:00 a.m.

Matins

Holy Communion

Epiphany 3

(RIC Sunday)

January 27

8:30 a.m.

11:00 a.m.

Matins

Holy Communion

Transfiguration of

Our Lord

February 3

8:30 a.m.

11:00 a.m.

Holy Communion

High Mass

The Season of Lent

Ash Wednesday

February 6

7:30 p.m.

Holy Communion and imposition of ashes

Sundays of Lent

February 10, 17, 24

March 2, 9

8:30 a.m.

11:00 a.m.

Matins (Holy Communion on first Sunday of month)

Holy Communion

Lenten Vespers

Wednesdays

7:30 p.m.

February 13, 20, 27

March 5, 12

After a simple supper of meatless soup and bread, CTS has a service of sung vespers with sermons on Luther's Small Catechism by the pastor.

The Sunday of the Passion

Palm Sunday

Sunday of the Passion

(Palm Sunday)

March 16

9:30 a.m.

(one service)

The Passion story according to St. Matthew

Holy Week Services

Holy Monday

March 17

10:00 a.m.

7:30 p.m.

Matins

Way of the Cross (outside, weather permitting)

Holy Tuesday

March 18

10:00 a.m.

7:30 p.m.

Matins

Tenebrae

Spy Wednesday

March 19

10:00 a.m.

7:30 p.m.

Matins

Service of the Word

Holy Week concludes with

The Three Days

Maundy Thursday

March 20

10:00 a.m.

7:30 p.m.

Matins

Holy Communion with foot washing and

the dereliction of Christ

Good Friday

March 21

12:00 noon—3:00 p.m.

7:30 p.m.

Good Friday Noonday Prayer

(The Pastor will be available to hear private confessions until 3:00 p.m.)

Veneration of the Cross

Holy Saturday

March 22

7:30 p.m.

Vigil of Easter--Service of Light with the lighting of a new fire and Paschal Candle, Service of Word with readings from the Old Testament and the New Testament, Service of Renewal of Holy Baptism, and Liturgy of Holy Communion

The Season of Easter

Easter Sunday

The Resurrection

of Our Lord

March 23

8:30 a.m.

11:00 a.m.

Holy Communion

Solemn High Mass

Annunciation of

Our Lord

March 25

7:30 p.m.

Holy Communion

The Sundays

after Easter

March 30

April 6, 13, 20, 27

May 4

8:30 a.m.

11:00 a.m.

Matins/Holy Communion (on first Sunday of month)

Holy Communion

Ascension Thursday

May 1

7:30 p.m.

High Mass

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