Our Maundy Thursday service is at 6:30pm in Holy Trinity, Trefnant.

During it we remember Jesus last meal with his friends. He washed their feet to tell them that as well as being God he was also their servant, and that we as his disciples should also serve each other. At the end of the meal he shared bread and wine with them and told them to remember him each time they had bread and wine. Then they went to the Garden of Gethsemane where Jesus was arrested after being betrayed by one of his disciples.

This service starts around tables at the back of the church. During the service we hear about Jesus meal with his friends. We are given the opportunity to have our feet washed or to have our hands annointed with oil. Then everyone brings a plate of food so that we can share a meal together. At the end of the meal we share bread and wine to remember Jesus. Then we move to the front of the church where we strip away all the ‘extras’ from the chancel e.g. candles and altar linen until we are left with a bare altar table. We sit quietly for half an hour, listening to short Taize chants as we think about Jesus in the Garden. Before leaving in silence.