Sunday, September 7, is the ELCA Annual God’s Work – Our Hands Sunday. This year we will again be traveling to St Peter for worship at 10 AM and then enjoying a potluck luncheon after the service. We are asked to bring a salad or a dessert. After sharing what is sure to be a yummy lunch (Lutherans have the BEST potlucks), we will join in participating in a variety of projects which include trimming those stamps we’ve been collecting for St. Peter, making “plastic yarn” to be made into mats for the homeless, writing thank you notes and making prayer beads. This is always a fun and rewarding Sunday!!
Holy Week at Trinity
Maundy Thursday
April 6 @ Trinity
6:30 pm Dinner and Eucharist
This is the night we remember Jesus’ last meal with his disciples, his betrayal in the garden, and the beginning of his journey to the cross. Our worship will include a simple meal of soup and bread. Come enter into this our most sacred story.
Good Friday
April 7 @ St. Peter
7 pm
A service of prayer, song, and reflection. The service includes a telling of the Passion Story According to John.
Easter Sunday
April 9 @ Trinity
Worship at 10:30 am
Christ in Risen, Indeed! Come celebrate the resurrection of our Lord.
April Trumpet
The April Trumpet is live and ready for your reading enjoyment
Ash Wednesday Worship
Wednesday, March 2
Service of Imposition of Ashes
12 pm (spoken) and 7 pm (with choir)
7 pm Worship will also be on Facebook Live
Why do we wear ashes on Ash Wednesday?
Since ancient times, the wearing of ashes has been a symbol of repentance and humility. Job, the people of Nineveh, and the prophets all used ashes as a symbol of their brokenness and need for God’s mercy. Ashes are also a symbol of healing. Ashes were used as part of the cleansing ritual to welcome someone back into the community (Numbers 19:17). On Ash Wednesday, we make the sign of the cross on our foreheads as a reminder that we too sin and we too are healed. Ash Wednesday worship offers a time of extended confession; a time for reflecting on, for letting go of, all that keeps us separate from God. We then receive the ashes on our foreheads in the shape of a cross, a visual reminder that nothing can separate us from God’s love.
Celebrating Mission Partner Zion in Woodlake
This Sunday, October 24 we are celebrating our newest mission partner, Zion in Woodlake with a pulpit exchange. Pastor Rebecca Ebb-Speese will be with us in worship while Pastor Kjersten will be at Zion. Come learn about our newest partner in ministry.
