This week’s email is a day earlier. Tonight, with the Maundy Thursday Divine Service, we begin the Triddum, the Holy Three Days. From Maundy Thursday through Good Friday and then to the end of the Easter Vigil, it’s kind of like one worship service as we follow Jesus from the Upper Room to Gethsemane, to the house of the high priest, to the Governor’s Praetorium, to Calvary, to the tomb, and then an empty tomb. On Maundy Thursday Jesus gives His disciples a new command, to “love one another.” On Good Friday we see the basis of love, God’s love, in the death of His Son for the sins of the world. On Saturday Jesus rests in death in the tomb while we are reminded of the myriad ways the Lord has loved His people. On Easter we see how that love triumphs over death because Christ is risen from the dead. This is God’s love: Jesus. Jesus who gives His life for you. Jesus who rises for you. Jesus who gives you the Sacrament whereby He confirms and reminds you of His love over and over. As we continue through Holy Week, I pray you will know the love of Christ, the comfort of sins forgiven, and the hope and joy of our victory in Jesus over death itself. See you in the Triduum and Easter Divine Services!
In Christ,
Pastor Buetow
HOLY WEEK AND EASTER SCHEDULE
The remainder of our Holy Week and Easter Worship schedule is as follows:
Maundy Thursday (28th) – 7pm Divine Service concluding with Stripping of the Altar
Good Friday (29th) – Noon – Divine Service with the Seven Words from the Cross
7pm – Divine Service with St. John’s Passion reading and service of Darkness
Holy Saturday (30th) – 6pm – The Awe-Inspiring Vigil of Easter
Easter Sunday (31st) – 7:45am and 10:30am – Festival Divine Service
9:00am – Easter Breakfast
BE IN THE WORD
No Morning Bible Study or Learning the Faith this week due to our Easter worship schedule and Easter Breakfast.
Tuesdays, 10:30am – Reading the Book of Exodus. So many laws! How are they fulfilled in Jesus? TACOS AND TRIVIA
Our school’s “Tacos and Trivia” night is on Saturday, April 13, 6-9pm. Gather a team of your family and friends to purchase a table and be part of the party. Food will be provided (BYOB), there will be basket raffles of items from local businesses, and prizes for best decorated team tables. It’s going to be a fun night to benefit our school as we raise money for additional swings and playground equipment. Registration forms are available on the table in the narthex. Tables of up to 8 are $150 and Individual Registrations are $25 (and we’ll put you at a table with others). We are still taking registrations for whole tables or individuals.
LIVE STREAM INFORMATION
You can watch live and find recorded services at the links below.
