Maundy Thursday, celebrates the Thursday before Easter commemorating Jesus Christ's Last Supper with his disciples.  

Key Themes and Traditions

• Foot Washing: Many church services include a foot-washing ceremony to emulate Jesus’ act of service and humility toward his disciples.

• Betrayal and Arrest: The night concludes the Last Supper, where Jesus is betrayed by Judas in the Garden of Gethsemane.

• Stripping the Sanctuary: In many traditions, altars are cleared, and churches are stripped of decorations, symbolizing the abandonment of Jesus and the beginning of the Passion.

• The Name: "Maundy" comes from the Latin "mandatum" (meaning commandment or order). It refers to Jesus' words, "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another" (John 13:34).

• The Last Supper:  Christians remember Jesus sharing bread and wine, representing his body and blood, which is celebrated as the institution of the Eucharist, otherwise known as the Lord's Supper and Communion.

Join us and Trinity United Methodist Church on Thursday, April 2nd at 7pm in the sanctuary.