LITURGY @ NEWSONG
The historic liturgical calendar is a tool that NewSong uses to help center the community's worship in the rhythms of the whole Gospel: God’s acts of creation, humanity’s fall, God’s covenants with His people, the coming of Christ to redeem the world, and the establishment of Christ’s kingdom on earth. Each calendar season presents the church with a fresh opportunity to explore God’s truth while pressing deeper into Jesus’ life and work.
CHURCH CALENDAR
Advent: The forty days before Christmas, intended for focus on the incarnation of Christ.
Christmas
12 Days of Christmas
Epiphany: The season following Christmas, in which the church proclaims Jesus to the world as Lord and King.
Shrove Tuesday
Ash Wednesday
Lent: The forty days beginning on Ash Wednesday, and concluding the day before Easter, intended for preparation and anticipation of the Resurrection.
Holy Week: The last week of Jesus' life before the crucifixion, celebrated at NewSong with services on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday.
Easter: The fifty days from Resurrection Sunday to Pentecost Sunday. Easter season recognizes God's ongoing work of establishing new creation through the Forerunner, Christ. It also celebrates the hope of that work being culminated in a new heavens and a new earth.
Pentecost: The season used to celebrate the reality that God, through His Spirit, is at work through and among His people. Literally meaning “50 days after,” the day of Pentecost falls 50 days after Easter.
Ordinary Time: This season’s name comes, not from ordinary, but the word ordinal, which means counted time. The time, beginning on the first Sunday after Pentecost, is used to focus on specific themes of interest or importance to a local congregation.
Christmas
12 Days of Christmas
Epiphany: The season following Christmas, in which the church proclaims Jesus to the world as Lord and King.
Shrove Tuesday
Ash Wednesday
Lent: The forty days beginning on Ash Wednesday, and concluding the day before Easter, intended for preparation and anticipation of the Resurrection.
Holy Week: The last week of Jesus' life before the crucifixion, celebrated at NewSong with services on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday.
Easter: The fifty days from Resurrection Sunday to Pentecost Sunday. Easter season recognizes God's ongoing work of establishing new creation through the Forerunner, Christ. It also celebrates the hope of that work being culminated in a new heavens and a new earth.
Pentecost: The season used to celebrate the reality that God, through His Spirit, is at work through and among His people. Literally meaning “50 days after,” the day of Pentecost falls 50 days after Easter.
Ordinary Time: This season’s name comes, not from ordinary, but the word ordinal, which means counted time. The time, beginning on the first Sunday after Pentecost, is used to focus on specific themes of interest or importance to a local congregation.
