Maundy Thursday Service 7:30 with Holy Communion

Maundy Thursday Night, April 17, at 7:30 Grace Lutheran (6:00PM at Trinity Lutheran, Elgin) will be having a Service remember what Jesus did on this Holy Week giving His disciples the mandate (hence the word Maundy) to do the Supper saying, "Do this in remembrance of me."  We will have service with the Lord's Supper and a stripping of the Altar in preparation for Good Friday.

The Treasury of Daily Prayer says the following about Maundy Thursday: "Maundy Thursday, the Day of Commandment (Dies Mandati), most properly refers to the example of service given us by our Lord and the directive to love as we have been loved (John 13:34).  Yet we must not forget the command given in the Words of Our Lord to "do this in remembrance of Me."  This day, with its commemoration of the institution of the Lord's Supper, is set off from the rest of Holy Week as a day of festive joy."