Lent and Holy Week
at COHS 2026

Enrich your Lenten journey with “Holy Habits” meditations from Episcopal Relief & Development. Running Ash Wednesday through Easter, these reflections offer insight into monastic life and a practical path to building habits for a life rooted in faith. They are authored by Sister Monica Clare who is the Superior of the Community of St. John Baptist, an Episcopal women's Order located in Mendham, New Jersey. Click Holy Habits Meditations Booklet or click Lenten Meditations by Email.


Worship During Lent and Holy Week

Ash Wednesday
Wednesday, February 18
Holy Eucharist at Noon and 7:30 PM

Sundays in Lent: Holy Communion
Sundays at 8 and 10:15 AM
10:15 AM service is livestreamed on Facebook, Youtube, and the COHS website

Morning Devotions
Tuesdays and Fridays at 9 AM
via Zoom

Easter Flower Memorials

Please consider donating Easter flowers as a memorial or thanksgiving to help beautify the sanctuary during the Easter season. The deadline for ordering your flowers will be Wednesday, March 25. The suggested donation is $40. Order online here.

Holy Week

(read “What is Holy Week” here):

  • Palm Sunday - March 29
    Holy Communion with Palms
    8 and 10:15 AM
    With Palms (outdoor procession of the Palms at both services, weather permitting) with choir and an interpretive reading of the Passion of Jesus Christ at both services.

  • Maundy Thursday - April 2
    7:30 PM
    The Gospel on Maundy Thursday institutes the Sacrament of the Eucharist. Jesus offers bread and wine as his body and blood and tells us to continue that offering in remembrance of him. The Gospel also indicates that Jesus washed the feet of his disciples and calls us to do the same. So, we will celebrate the Eucharist with the option of washing one another's feet and then the altar and tabernacle will be 'stripped,' symbolizing Jesus being stripped of his dignity, as he was arrested and held in prison to await his trial. 

  • Good Friday - April 3
    7:30 PM
    The Solemn Liturgy of Good Friday includes the Passion sung by the choir, the offering of Communion from the Reserved Sacrament and the Veneration of the Cross. Good Friday marks the offering of the body and blood of Jesus on the Cross for us and our salvation. 

    The Church will be open from Noon - 3 PM for prayers and meditation.

  • Great Vigil of Easter
     Saturday, April 4
    7:30 PM
    With the kindling of the fire at dusk, the Exsultet sung by a choir member, lessons from the Scriptures, a baptism, and celebration of festive Easter Holy Communion.

  • Easter Sunday - April 5
    8 and 10:15 AM
    10:15 AM service will be livestreamed on Facebook and COHS website
    Festive celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ and renewal of our baptismal covenant

    An Easter Egg Hunt will follow the 10:15 AM service. (See below!)

Annual Easter Egg Hunt

The COHS Easter Egg Hunt will take place following the 10:15 AM service on Easter Sunday. Please consider contributing to the fun by picking up a bag (or two) of separated eggs to fill with treats—candy and non-candy!!

Things to remember:

  • Egg bags will be available for pick up along the left wall of the main Church entrance.  

  • Please fill your eggs with individually-wrapped candies to reduce germs and bugs.

  • Please make sure the candy items contain NO NUTS.

  • You may also choose to fill eggs with non-candy items, such as erasers, coins, individual stickers, individual temporary tattoos, small rings, rubber bracelets, etc.

Please return filled eggs by Sunday, March 29 so they may be included in the Easter Egg Hunt. There will be a box in the same location in the main entrance of the church. Please reach out to Denise Kolsky, or Wendy Toth with any questions!

Thank you!