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Worship for Maundy Thursday: April 9- Commanded to Love
Video Devotions We are providing extra videos this week to offer opportunities to connect through worship, scripture and prayer during Holy Week . In today’s short video you will find the format a bit different: An invitation to washing, the Maundy Thursday Scripture...
Worship for Palm Sunday: April 5
Introduction Today, we encounter the paradox that defines our faith: Jesus Christ is glorified king and humiliated servant. We too are full of paradox: like Peter, we fervently desire to follow Christ, but find ourselves afraid, denying God. We wave palms in...
Inspiration and Resources for Today
Grace-filled people of Grace Lutheran, On this Monday of the 5th week in Lent, this message is sent with prayers and concern for your spiritual, physical, and emotional well-being. It contains: 1) some encouragement from scripture; 2) a theological reflection by...
Worship Video for 5th Sunday in Lent: Breath of Life
Introduction In today’s gospel Jesus reveals his power over death by raising Lazarus from the dead. The prophet Ezekiel prophesies God breathing new life into dry bones. To those in exile or living in the shadows of death, these stories proclaim God’s promise of...
This Week at and away from Grace
What is happening at our church? View this email in your browser This Week at and away from Grace With the new executive orders issued by the Governor, Office Staff in office time has changed. The Church office remains closed except by appointment. Jody...
Annunciation of Our Lord
The Angel Comes to Mary Today, March 25, is the minor festival of the Annunciation of Our Lord, when the angel came to Mary and announced that she was to be the mother of our Savior, Jesus. You may read the story in Luke 1. 26-38. Here is Oremus, an online Bible...
Enlightenment– I was blind, but now I see: A Sunday Message
Baptism is sometimes called enlightenment. The gospel for this Sunday is the story of the man born blind healed by Christ. “I was blind, now I see,” declares the man. In baptism God opens our eyes to see the truth of who we are: God’s beloved children. In baptism God...
Water for a Thirsty Congregation: A Sunday Message
Sunday morning, March 15, 2020, The third Sunday in Lent, several of us met to join in some devotional exercises to celebrate the Third Sunday in Lent. In this video, you will find a Kyrie, a confession, our Sunday Prayer of the Faithful, a dramatic reading of the...
March 15 Worship Canceled
While worship with communion is critical to our life together, the coronavirus emergency has prompted us to cancel worship for the time being in hopes of slowing down the spread of this encroaching pandemic. Few of us have lived through this sort of concern and...
Bishop Eaton Addresses COVID-19
In her message to this church about the COVID-19 pandemic, the Rev. Elizabeth A. Eaton, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, said that even though “this is a time of disruption. It is also a time for us to live and act as faithful people of...