“Tenebrae” is the Latin word for Darkness. This service is a somber remembrance of what Jesus sacrificed by giving His innocent life on the cross for the redemption of sinners. All of the senses are engaged, as we hear the scriptures read that recount the final moments of Christ leading to the cross. Our eyes see the room darkening while our noses smell the puffs of smoke from the candles being snuffed out one by one. We taste the bread and cup of the Lord’s table while feeling the emotional weight that His disciples would have felt as they watched their hope being sealed away in a tomb. The service concludes and dismisses in silence, but then we return on resurrection Sunday in unmitigated jubilation that the tomb is empty, and Jesus has conquered death once and for all! This ym
This years Tenebrae service will also begin a 24 hour period where the church on Coloma will be open for prayer and spending time listening to the Bible, singing, or worshiping quietly in your heart.
Tenebrae service April 7 at 7pm at Roseville Baptist 1301 Coloma Roseville 95661
Easter Day Service at Twin Oaks Avenue Baptist Church 7690 Tin Oaks Ave Citrus Heights 95610
