At our 11:00 service, on Easter morning, April 21, we praise, pray, preach and proclaim the joy of the resurrection in worship. A fellowship lunch and a “mini” egg hunt follow worship.

We will have an Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 20th , at 11:00 a.m. at the church. Children up through 5th grade are invited to hunt for eggs. Families are invited to stay for a light lunch after the egg hunt. We are inviting our daycare children. This year, we will be hiding empty plastic eggs and the children will be able to trade their eggs in for a goodie bag of candy and prizes.

On Good Friday, April 19, the beloved service of Tenebrae is held in the sanctuary at 7:30 p.m. This simple but powerful service of Scripture, music, and the extinguishing of candles, is a church liturgy of long standing, which helps put us in mind of the depth of God’s love for us in Christ.

On Maundy Thursday, betrayal is on the mind of Judas Iscariot, and Peter dissolves into tears when he denies Jesus. On Maundy Thursday, April 18, we gather at 6:30 p.m. for a meal of sacrificial soup. At about 7:30 p.m. following our simple meal, we worship as though in the Upper Room, with choral anthems, congregational hymns, Scripture, sermon, the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper, as well as some of the historic liturgy for Holy Week and concluding with the “stripping of the church,” in which we remove the paraments and other objects normally used in worship, so that Good Friday finds the sacred space bare.

The Palm Sunday “parade,” the Triumphal Entry, finds Jesus entering Jerusalem to the shouts of people who may or may not have known all they were saying in hailing him as Son of David. On Palm Sunday, April 14, we sing “All Glory, Laud and Honor” to the Jesus who comes to save us from sin (though not in the way we might have imagined.) The service on this day concludes with the responsive reading of the Passion Narrative.

Many of us have come to enjoy and benefit spiritually from the palm cross making pot luck on the night before Palm Sunday. It is good to eat together and then to shape the palm fronds into the form of a cross. These are then given to and worn by worshippers on Palm Sunday. We start the meal at 6:00 p.m. in order to have more time for the palm cross making.

The newly formed Get Up and Go Bunch activity for April will be to attend the Lenten series and lunch at Calvary Episcopal Church on Wednesday, April 10th. For those who want to carpool from the church, please meet at 10:00 a.m. The lunch starts at 11:00 and then we will hear a message from the newly elected bishop of the Episcopal diocese. Please let Ruth Ellen know if you plan to carpool so she will know how many cars are needed.

It is appropriate during Lent to take on an added spiritual discipline, and one way to do that this Lent is to join in our Tuesday at the Cross devotional series (Tuesdays at 5:30 p.m., March 12, 19, and 26, and April 2 and 9). This half hour service includes prayer, scripture reading, silent meditation and a brief reflection from Pastor Mike Krech on ways of looking at who Jesus was and is.

We continue our study of God’s Promise: I Am With You and then go out to eat lunch

We continue our study of God’s Promise: I Am With You

It is appropriate during Lent to take on an added spiritual discipline, and one way to do that this Lent is to join in our Tuesday at the Cross devotional series (Tuesdays at 5:30 p.m., March 12, 19, and 26, and April 2 and 9). This half hour service includes prayer, scripture reading, silent meditation and a brief reflection from Pastor Mike Krech on ways of looking at who Jesus was and is.

Bring games and/or snacks to share.

It is appropriate during Lent to take on an added spiritual discipline, and one way to do that this Lent is to join in our Tuesday at the Cross devotional series (Tuesdays at 5:30 p.m., March 12, 19, and 26, and April 2 and 9). This half hour service includes prayer, scripture reading, silent meditation and a brief reflection from Pastor Mike Krech on ways of looking at who Jesus was and is.

It is appropriate during Lent to take on an added spiritual discipline, and one way to do that this Lent is to join in our Tuesday at the Cross devotional series (Tuesdays at 5:30 p.m., March 12, 19, and 26, and April 2 and 9). This half hour service includes prayer, scripture reading, silent meditation and a brief reflection from Pastor Mike Krech on ways of looking at who Jesus was and is.

It is appropriate during Lent to take on an added spiritual discipline, and one way to do that this Lent is to join in our Tuesday at the Cross devotional series (Tuesdays at 5:30 p.m., March 12, 19, and 26, and April 2 and 9). This half hour service includes prayer, scripture reading, silent meditation and a brief reflection from Pastor Mike Krech on ways of looking at who Jesus was and is.

We continue our study of God’s Promise: I Am With You and then go out to eat lunch

We continue our study of God’s Promise: I Am With You

The season of Lent begins with Ash Wednesday, this year on March 6. These forty days invite us to introspection, confession, repentance, and amendment of life. It all begins with that solemn word, “Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return.” Many of us have no shortage of reminders that life is uncertain and brief. What do we make of this fact? Getting right with God and with neighbor would be a good response. The Scriptures and prayers and the imposition of ashes and Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper help mark a fitting and meaningful start to our Lenten journey.

The season of Lent begins with Ash Wednesday, this year on March 6. These forty days invite us to introspection, confession, repentance, and amendment of life. It all begins with that solemn word, “Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return.” Many of us have no shortage of reminders that life is uncertain and brief. What do we make of this fact? Getting right with God and with neighbor would be a good response. The Scriptures and prayers and the imposition of ashes and Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper help mark a fitting and meaningful start to our Lenten journey.

Bring games and/or snacks to share.

Bring a batch of your best chili to our Chili Cook Off dinner on Sunday, February 17 at 6 pm. Mild, spicy, chicken, beef - whatever kind you like best - we'll eat it! We will provide cornbread, crackers, tortilla chips, and beverages. We could use a few desserts too.  And stay for a movie to follow.

We continue our study of God’s Promise: I Am With You