04/02/23 Weekly Congregational Update

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Dear Members and Friends of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church,

With Holy Week and Easter just around the corner, there is much going on in the congregation.

• The April Messenger was mailed out earlier this morning. We are hoping for another quick delivery like last month

• With the threat of rain Saturday morning, the Litter Pickup Day will be rescheduled to a later date.

• With Sunday being Palm Sunday, for those able to do steps, the congregation will gather on the sidewalk outside the front of the church to begin our worship service. We will be carrying palm branches and “reliving” the procession of Christ into Jerusalem.

• On Palm Sunday, as part of our worship service to begin Holy Week, we will again be doing a Passion Reading with the congregation participating. This will be in the place of the sermon. Many Lutheran congregation have been doing this reading for quite some time. Last year we did this for the first time and it was well-received.

• We will have two worship services for Maundy Thursday, one at 12:00 Noon and the other at 7:00 p.m. Both services will have Holy Communion and are identical, except the 7:00 p.m. service will have the Stripping of the Altar at the conclusion of the service.

• Then we will offer two worship services for Good Friday, one at 12:00 Noon and the other at 7:00 p.m. Both services will be identical, except that our Anglican brothers and sisters in the Lord from Church of the Ascension will be joining us for the 7:00 p.m. service.

• As you make your Easter planes, we will return to our pre-COVID worship schedule of offering two services for Easter Sunday. We will have an Easter Sunrise Worship Service with Holy Communion at 7:00 a.m. and another Easter Holy Communion service at 11:00 a.m. Both services will be identical. Please keep in mind there will be no Adult Sunday School class this day as we will return to have our much-enjoyed Easter breakfast following the 7:00 a.m. service. A nursery for children 3 and younger will be provided for the 11:00 a.m. worship service.

It is my sincere prayer that you will join us in as many of these special worship services as you able.

Pastor Fischer