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Easter Flower Order Form
Use the online order form below to make your donation of Easter Altar Flowers for memorial and thanksgiving. Forms are due Tuesday, April 15 for printing in the bulletin.
Lent Education Series
Lenten Bible Study
Return to Me
Wednesdays during Lent, at 11:00 AM in the Parish Hall
Beginning Ash Wednesday
A Seven-Week Journey of Vulnerability, Surrender, and Renewal This Lent, you are invited to a deeper, more meaningful walk with Christ through our seven-session Bible study, "Return to Me." Rooted in the wisdom of Henri Nouwen and Jürgen Moltmann, we will explore themes of repentance, struggle, healing, and transformation. Lent is more than a season—it is an invitation. An invitation to embrace our woundedness as a place of healing, our doubts as a doorway to deeper faith, and our emptiness as a space where Christ meets us. Each week, we will journey with Scripture, reflecting on Christ’s path from the wilderness to the cross and, ultimately, to the hope that is to come. Join us Wednesdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Week at 11 a.m. in the Parish Hall.
Wednesday Evenings in Lent: The Final Days
Join us for our Wednesday Lenten Series, March 12 – April 9, 6–8 p.m. in the Parish Hall, as we journey through The Final Days: A Lenten Journey Through the Gospels by Matt Rawle. This powerful study explores Jesus’ final days through the lens of each Gospel, revealing profound themes of justice, love, sacrifice, and redemption. Each evening will include a time of worship, discussion, and reflection, helping us prepare our hearts for Easter. A soup and bread dinner will be provided—sign up in the narthex to bring soup. Don’t miss this opportunity for spiritual growth and community as we walk the road to the cross together. Sign up here!
Services and Programs at Lent
"Shrove Sunday", March 2
Pancake Supper
It's our final celebration before Lent and we encourage everyone to attend! Donations benefit the Youth Group on their mission trip this summer. Homemade pancakes from scratch!
Ash Wednesday, March 5
Disposition of Ashes at three services throughout the day.
6:30 AM
10:00 AM
7:00 PM
Morning Prayer Online, Weekdays
9:00 AM Monday - Friday on Zoom.
Link is available on the Prayer page. Bulletin is also available.
Lenten Bible Study
Return to Me
Wednesdays during Lent, at 11:00 AM in the Parish Hall
Beginning Ash Wednesday
A Seven-Week Journey of Vulnerability, Surrender, and Renewal This Lent, you are invited to a deeper, more meaningful walk with Christ through our seven-session Bible study, "Return to Me." Rooted in the wisdom of Henri Nouwen and Jürgen Moltmann, we will explore themes of repentance, struggle, healing, and transformation. Lent is more than a season—it is an invitation. An invitation to embrace our woundedness as a place of healing, our doubts as a doorway to deeper faith, and our emptiness as a space where Christ meets us. Each week, we will journey with Scripture, reflecting on Christ’s path from the wilderness to the cross and, ultimately, to the hope that is to come. Join us Wednesdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Week at 11 a.m. in the Parish Hall.
Family Soup Suppers
Wednesdays in March from 6:00 - 7:00 PM in the Parish Hall
Lenten Soup Suppers are back! Join us for delicious, simple meals and community reflections on gratitude. Something for everyone:
Please let us know you're coming so we can prepare!
FREE
Theological Book Study
Theological Book Study: Meets Thursdays in the library at 4:00 pm. Join us for Lent! From March 5 – April 10, the book group will be discussing Turning Over Tables by Kathy Escobar. With keen insight and unwavering conviction, the author guides readers on a Lenten journey inspired by the ways of Jesus to dismantle the systems that perpetuate inequality and injustice. Each week we will explore the ways Jesus calls us to build a world where justice, healing, and equity reigns supreme. The book group meets on Thursdays at 4 pm, either in the library or by Zoom. All are welcome. Contact Mary Lou Crifasi for more information. (561-746-4674).
Food Packing For Haiti
Saturday, March 15
Tequesta Community Center (across from the church)
Area churches from our diocese along with community groups and individuals will gather to pack 75,000 meals for our brothers and sisters in Bondeau, Haiti. We encourage you to not only join us, but share the invitation and bring your friends and family for this inspirational event.
Lenten Outreach to Restoring Friendship House
This Lent, Good Shepherd is committed to finishing Friendship House, a multi-functional housing facility in Bondeau, Haiti that is currently providing shelter for teachers who have no homes. Originally a guest house, the building was restored after the 2021 earthquake but remains unfurnished. Our goal is to raise $20,000 to provide essential appliances and furnishings. To track our progress, we’ll feature a model "doll house" version of Friendship House, adding pieces as donations come in. In the future Friendship House will serve as lodging for those visiting Bondeau (mission teams, pilgrims, visiting clergy, and healthcare professionals).
Find out more on the Outreach page.
Holy Week Schedule
You Are Welcome
Whether you are a member of Good Shepherd or not, whether you are an Episcopalian or not, whether you are a Christian or not, all are welcome to these beautiful and sacred offerings as we commemorate the last week of Jesus’ life before his death and glorious resurrection. You can find more information here. We hope to see you!
Palm Sunday, April 13
8:00 AM Rite I Liturgy of the Palms & Holy Eucharist
10:00 AM Rite II Liturgy of the Palms & Holy Eucharist
This service begins outside in the courtyard. Families with children are asked to come 15 minutes early to prepare for the procession under the palms into church.
Prayer Cards are available on this day. You are invited to fill one out and leave it in the box in the Narthex. Each prayer will be read at the altar in the St. Martin's Chapel all night long beginning Maundy Thursday at 9:00 pm. You may also fill out a prayer card online.
Attention families with elementary age children: Please be here by 9:45 am for the children to prepare with palms for the for the procession into church.
What is the Triduum?
The EASTER TRIDUUM includes the three holy days prior to Easter Sunday. Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday are at the heart of the Holy Week observance. The proper liturgies appointed in The Book of Common Prayer for these three days may be viewed as one continuous service lasting three days which begins with the Opening Acclamation on Maundy Thursday and continues without dismissal until the conclusion of the Triduum with the Easter Vigil.
The evening of MAUNDY THURSDAY begins the Triduum. It comes from the Latin mandatum novum, “new commandment,” from Jn 13:34. The ceremony of washing feet was also referred to as “the Maundy.” Maundy Thursday celebrations also commemorate the institution of the eucharist by Jesus “on the night he was betrayed.” The Prayer Book liturgy for Maundy Thursday provides for celebration of the eucharist and a ceremony of the washing of feet which follows the gospel and homily. There is also provision for the consecration of the bread and wine for administering Holy Communion from the reserved sacrament on Good Friday. Following this, the altar is stripped and all decorative furnishings are removed from the church.
GOOD FRIDAY is the Friday before Easter Day, on which the church commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus. It is a day of fasting and special acts of discipline and self-denial. In the early church candidates for baptism, joined by others, fasted for a day or two before the Paschal feast.
THE GREAT VIGIL OF EASTER is the principle and most ancient Eucharistic service of the church year. It is an experiential drama that moves from the Passion and death of Jesus Christ to his Resurrection. The service begins in darkness, sometime between sunset on Holy Saturday and sunrise on Easter, and consists of four parts: The Service of Light (kindling of new fire, lighting the Paschal candle, the Exsultet); The Service of Lessons (readings from the Hebrew Scriptures interspersed with psalms, canticles, and prayers); Christian Initiation (Holy Baptism) or the Renewal of Baptismal Vows; and the Eucharist.
Maundy Thursday, April 17
7:00 PM Maundy Thursday Liturgy and Holy Eucharist
Maundy Thursday Liturgy and Holy Eucharist. This service commemorates Jesus' last supper with the disciples and concludes in a powerful foot-washing ritual. The service ends with the stripping of the altar and leaving the church in silent darkness. Easily removable shoes are recommended for those who wish to participate in the foot-washing portion of the service. **LIVESTREAM
9:00 PM All Night Vigil begins
Can you stay awake one hour with Christ? Each year on Maundy Thursday we recall Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemene, praying in the hours before he was betrayed, tried, and crucified.
Participants can sign up in the Narthex, or call the office for a one-hour slot beginning at 9 PM on April 17 and ending at 9 AM on April 18, Good Friday. A minimum of two people will be needed for each hour of the night. 561-746-4674
Prayer Cards for Holy Week
You may request prayer by filling in an online prayer card or pick one up in the Narthex and leave it in the basket. The prayer cards will be read at the altar in the St. Martin's chapel throughout the night beginning on Maundy Thursday.
Good Friday, April 18
9:00 AM Vigil concludes
12:00 PM Stations of the Cross At noon we will gather to pray the Stations of the Cross, an ancient tradition going back to the early Church in Jerusalem with Good Shepherd's beautiful encaustic wax art pieces by renowned artist Dorothy Masom. Stations of the Cross will end at 1:00 PM.
6:00 PM Youth-led Stations of the Cross - begins in the Courtyard.
7:00 PM Good Friday Taizé Service On the evening of Good Friday, we gather again for a holy and intimate candlelight Good Friday service with simple Taizé songs and the veneration of the cross. Taizé is a form a Christian prayer originating from the ecumenical Christian community of Taizé in France. **LIVESTREAM
Saturday, April 19
8:00 PM The Great Easter Vigil This first service of Easter begins in the prayer labyrinth outside with a fire where the new flame is lit and then processed into the church where we will hear the whole salvation story in selected passages of Scripture from both the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures. The first half of the service is in the dark until the great proclamation of Easter when the lights come on with shouts of joy and bells ring out! (Bring bells to ring at the end of the service!)
Easter Day
Services
6:30 AM Sunrise Service in the Outdoor Chapel
Join us in the outdoor chapel behind the Parish Hall for a service that moves from dark to light as the sun rises and nature awakens on Easter morning.
8:00 AM Easter Eucharist
Festive Holy Eucharist for Easter with music and full choir in the church.
10:00 AM Easter Eucharist
Festive Holy Eucharist for Easter with music and full choir in the church. Flowering of the cross (bring fresh flowers). ** LIVESTREAM
Children's Easter Egg Hunt
11:30 AM Children's Egg Hunt begins. Gather in the Parish Hall
Tots through fifth grade are invited to participate in an Easter egg hunt after church. Bring your basket and proceed to the Parish Hall after church. We will gather inside and all start together when everyone is there.
Flowering of the Cross
During the 10:00 AM service we will place fresh flowers on a barren wooden cross as a symbol of rebirth. Bring fresh flowers to the service and all children are invited forward to help bring the cross to life.