Every year we approach 12 people in our parish to participate in the Holy Thursday Foot Washing Ceremony. This year we would like to put together a diverse group and open this up to our parish.
If you are interested, please fill in the form below and someone will be in touch with you. We will look at all the volunteers and decide on the final 12 based on the below criteria.
*Please remember that we can only accept 12 participants, however, we may need someone to fill in for an absence. This will also serve as a list for next years' ceremony. Thank you for your cooperation and know that it's our intent to be fair in our decisions.
The disciples gathered around the dinner table at that last supper with Jesus could hardly have missed the reality that it was an unusual night, a night filled with meaning. What was Jesus doing, stripping down and hanging a towel around his waist just as a common servant would have? Peter, standing in for the disciples, standing in for us, speaks up and asks… and in Jesus’ response we can begin to understand the true meaning of what we do this night. Whether or not the other disciples thought that they deserved to have Jesus wash their feet, we know Peter didn’t.
Jesus insists. And while he is most insistent, that insistence is really an invitation to share in God’s work, to become an intimate partner in God’s ministry of love.
This Act of Servanthood is an important expression of love That is what we do every Maundy Thursday when we wash each other’s feet. We say “yes” to the God who wants us to have a share in the Kingdom of heaven and in God’s overflowing and boundless love. Come, wash each other’s feet.
If you are interested, please fill in the form below and someone will be in touch with you. We will look at all the volunteers and decide on the final 12 based on the below criteria.
*Please remember that we can only accept 12 participants, however, we may need someone to fill in for an absence. This will also serve as a list for next years' ceremony. Thank you for your cooperation and know that it's our intent to be fair in our decisions.
The disciples gathered around the dinner table at that last supper with Jesus could hardly have missed the reality that it was an unusual night, a night filled with meaning. What was Jesus doing, stripping down and hanging a towel around his waist just as a common servant would have? Peter, standing in for the disciples, standing in for us, speaks up and asks… and in Jesus’ response we can begin to understand the true meaning of what we do this night. Whether or not the other disciples thought that they deserved to have Jesus wash their feet, we know Peter didn’t.
Jesus insists. And while he is most insistent, that insistence is really an invitation to share in God’s work, to become an intimate partner in God’s ministry of love.
This Act of Servanthood is an important expression of love That is what we do every Maundy Thursday when we wash each other’s feet. We say “yes” to the God who wants us to have a share in the Kingdom of heaven and in God’s overflowing and boundless love. Come, wash each other’s feet.
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