PRINCETON, NJ Restaurant Dining Guide Announcement

Holy Week Events at Princeton Methodist Church March 28-April 4, 2010

Princeton United Methodist Church will begin Holy Week with special services on March 28 (Palm Sunday) and April 1 (Holy Thursday). On Good Friday, April 2, after a one-hour service at noon, a cantata by Dietrich Buxtehude will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Easter Sunday, April 4, begins with a sunrise service at 6:30 a.m., followed by services of the Resurrection at 9:30 and 11 a.m.

PUMC is a diverse congregation whose members come from many surrounding communities, backgrounds, and faith histories. For further information, call 609-924-2613 or visit https://www.princetonumc.org/.

Palm Sunday services are at 9:30 and 11 a.m. At 5 p.m. all are invited to a Passover Seder meal, concluding with communion. For $6 dinner reservations, call 609-924-2613.

The service on Thursday, April 1, at 7:30 p.m., will be a solemn commemoration of the Last Supper of Jesus  with his disciples, including the Stripping of the Altar and Holy Communion in candlelight.

On Good Friday, April 2, a one-hour service is at noon. At 7:30 p.m. the PUMC choir will be joined by instrumentalists and soloists from Westminster Choir College of Rider University in a service of contemplation.  It is based on three movements from a 1680 cantata by Dietrich Buxtehude, along with poetry by a medieval mystic and 20^th century artwork.

“The subject of this poem is a contemplation of the crucified Christ. These three movements will be spaced throughout the service and employed in combination with stirring artwork by Luc Freymanc depicting the struggle of Jesus’ journey to the cross,” says David Edmonds, PUMC music director. 

Easter Sunday begins with a sunrise service at 6:30 a.m. on the lawn in front of the church, followed by a continental breakfast. Traditional services of the Resurrection will be in the sanctuary at 9:30 and 11 a.m.