Lent is a 40-day period from Ash Wednesday to Good Friday that provides an opportunity to especially focus on the sufferings and death of our Lord Jesus. There are three disciplines of Lent that are emphasized: self-denial, meditation upon God’s Word, and prayer. Mid-week Lenten services on Wednesday focus upon the Seven Last Words (phrases) that Jesus spoke from the Cross before He died. Mid-week services begin at 7 PM with a light dinner before the Service beginning at 6 PM. Everyone is welcome to attend both the dinner and the worship service.
Our worship focus intensifies as we walk with Jesus through His Palm Sunday entrance into Jerusalem with Worship at 9 AM on Sunday, March 24. This service includes a Palm Processional.
On Maundy Thursday (Worship at 7 PM with Holy Communion)we will experience the events of Jesus’ Last Supper, His prayers, His anguish and struggle in the Garden of Gethsemane, His betrayal and arrest. This service includes a dramatic event called the “Stripping of the Altar” to signify that Jesus is stripped of His power, His dignity, His life willingly laid down for all sinners.
On Good Friday we have two worship services that focus upon the suffering and death of our Lord Jesus. There is a brief noon worship that will focus on our Lord’s final words from the Cross. The evening service (Friday at 7 PM) will be the traditional Service of Darkness- a moving service to experience what the death of Jesus means for us.
The Festival of the Resurrection of our Lord (Sunday, March 31) will be celebrated with a Sunrise Service at 7 AM and a festival service with Holy Communion at 10 AM. An Easter Breakfast will be served after the Sunrise Service. Please join us during these very special times as we thank our Gracious Father for sending His Son to be our Lord and Savior.