Sunday Worship Holy Eucharist is central to our Sunday worship and is regularly celebrated in the morning in three distinctive services according to the form and worship of The Book of Common Prayer. 8:00 a.m., The Early Holy Eucharist is a quiet, simple, contemplative service without music. 9:00 a.m., The Family Holy Eucharist is a more lively service which celebrates with contemporary music and attracts many of our young families and children.  It is followed by Sunday School for all ages. 11:00 a.m., The Traditional Choral Eucharist follows the 10:00 teaching hour.  Our choir leads worship from the 1982 Hymnal and other traditional sources, together with plainsong and anthems. Wednesday Worship 9:00 a.m., Morning Prayer, is a brief morning service, without sermon, from the Book of Common Prayer. 6:30 p.m., Midweek Holy Eucharist, is similar in tone to the 8:00 Early Holy Eucharist: a quiet, contemplative service, without music and with a brief homily. Worship throughout the Year:  the Liturgical Calendar As is the custom in Episcopal Churches, St. Clement’s also celebrates particular feasts, fasts, and special liturgies according to the two traditional cycles of the church year. The Advent-Christmas-Epiphany cycle which is centered on the fixed feast of Christmas on December 25th.  It is the custom at St. Clement’s to celebrate the birth of our Lord on Christmas Eve according to the following schedule:     5:00 p.m., The Children’s Pageant and Holy Eucharist 10:00 p.m., Christmas carols led by the choir 10:30 p.m., the Christ Mass, a festive choral celebration The Lent-Holy Week-Easter cycle which ends on the day of Pentecost (50 days after Easter).  This is centered on the movable feast of the Sunday of the Resurrection (called Easter) which is identified, according to ancient tradition, as the Sunday after the full moon that occurs on or after the spring equinox fixed as March 21st. Lent begins with Ash Wednesday and the solemn distribution of the ashes.  Holy Week begins with Palm/Passion Sunday, the Sunday just prior to Easter Sunday.  During Holy Week, particular focus is centered on the triduum, or three days prior to Easter Sunday:  Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday (each with their own special services.  The ancient Easter Vigil is held, according to local custom, the night before Easter.  Easter Day is always a highly festive celebration of the Resurrection of our Lord.        Following Easter is the “Great Fifty Days” (40 days to Ascension Day, 10 more to Pentecost).  After Pentecost is the long, green season of “ordinary time” and the weeks ending in the fall at the Feast of Christ the King and the beginning of a new Advent cycle.