The service on Thursday (typically at night) is the first part of the Easter Triduum. It remembers the Jewish Passover and Jesus insitituion of the Eucharist, and sets the scene for Jesus death and resurrection.
This form can be used to keep track of decisions about specific parts of the service, and to help with communication between the many people who are involved.
Downloadable file
This planning form is is over several landscape (ie sideways) A4 sheets of paper: it is not possible to make a one-page-at-a-glance version, because of the extra things that happen in this liturgy.
Only a Microsoft Word version is provided, because you will almost certainly need to add / remove categories based on local needs.
What the Holy Thursday planning form looks like
This is a picture of the overall format of the template. It is described further in the following sections.
Why four columns
- Service element name
- Details (eg which reading or hymn, by who, leads from where)
- Preparation needed
- Preparation who / status
These give space for identifying preparations during the service planning. And they link details of the preparations and people involved directly to the liturgical actions that need them.
This approach was adopted after using the template to plan several Easter ceremonies, and several other large one-off services.
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