Please join us for worship, fellowship, and Christian Education this Sunday, April 13, as we observe Palm/Passion Sunday. We’ll have a service of Holy Communion at 8am, followed by fellowship at 9, Sunday School at 9:15, and a second Service of Holy Communion at 10:30, in the sanctuary and online. We enter Holy Week with jubilation and journey with Christ to the cross. Much is planned to make that journey as meaningful as possible, and to give God great glory. This is the holiest week of the Christian year. Join us!
On Sunday, we follow Christ from triumphal entry to the cross, each waypoint of the journey marked by Jesus’ compassion for those who would betray, mock, accuse, or do violence to him. Though persecuted and beaten, Jesus the Son of God is not disgraced; instead, he asks forgiveness for those who put him to death. We have walked the Lenten pathway these forty days, each of us invited through baptism to “let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus.” We enter this holy week accompanying Jesus to the cross with both grief and thanksgiving in our hearts, trusting in God’s redeeming love.
Follow this link to the online bulletin for Sunday, April 13.
Thank you! Thanks to everyone who turned out for our Young at Heart Easter Party, with particular thanks to Kathy Sigley for organizing the event. A wonderful afternoon was had by all. Thanks also to Pastor Spencer and Amanda Steele and the Carr Family for preparing over a thousand Easter eggs for the Easter Egg Hunt (details above). This weekend, the Altar Guild will meet on Saturday to prepare the sanctuary for Palm Sunday, our Congregational Council will have a retreat, and the Festival Choir returns to sing on Sunday. Many thanks to all these good folk who have been helping us prepare for Holy Week, Easter, and in the governance of our congregation.
7:30pm – Stations of the Cross
Join us on Wednesday of Holy Week as we enter with Jesus on the journey he makes through Jerusalem, from the Fortress of Pilate, the Temple, to outside the walls, to the hill of Calvary and a tomb nearby. We hope you can join us as we take this meditative walk with Jesus through his trial and passion.
Maundy Thursday, April 17
7:30pm – Service of Holy Communion/Stripping of the Altar
Our Maundy Thursday Service includes a celebration of the Institution of the
Eucharist, the reception of First Holy Communion,
a beautiful anthem by the women of the Festival Choir, and the
dramatic stripping of the altar.
Good Friday, April 18
7:30pm – Good Friday Service
We will utilize Evangelical Lutheran Worship’s form for Good Friday worship.
It includes the reading of the Passion According to St. John, The Procession of the Cross, Veneration of the Cross, The Solemn Reproaches,
and special music by the Handbell and Festival Choirs
Holy Saturday, April 19
10am – Easter Egg Hunt
Join us for a joyful Trinity tradition – our annual Easter Egg Hunt!
The event will be held rain or shine.
Please see the bulletin board or the Weekly email to register,
and please do so by Thursday, April 17.
Easter Sunday, April 20
6:30am – Early Easter Service/Blessing of the New Fire/Holy Communion
7:30 – 9am – Easter Breakfast – The Men of Trinity host our annual Easter Breakfast.
9:30am – Festival Easter Sunday Service
This joyful service will include special music by the Handbell and Festival Choirs and a guest trumpeter.
*Please bring a bell from home to ring during our Easter Sunday Services
You may also follow this link to register.
All of the rest of this week’s announcements can be found in our Weekly Email. Please follow this link for the most recent message and an archive of past installments. The Weekly is published on Thursdays, by noon.
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