Holy Week begins today. And one of the things we will notice as we read through the Gospel accounts of this week is the recurring theme of “king” and “kingdom.” In fact, you might say Holy Week paints a portrait of Jesus as King. For example, Jesus is painted as the JUDGING King in Matthew 25.
Pastor Peter Schlicht from Eastside Lutheran in Madison is preaching for our Wednesday Lent services.
Saul was “the man.” He was born in Tarsus of Cilicia to a Gentile mother and a Jewish father. His father was even a member of the respected party of the Pharisees. His father was also from the small, but very proud, tribe of Benjamin. In obedience to the Law of Moses, little Saul was circumcised dutifully and meticulously on the eighth day of his life. Not only was young Saul born a “Jew,” but he was raised as a “Hebrew.” He was taught, and spoke, the Aramaic language fluently.
Pastor Jacob Scott is leading this Wednesday’s Lent Worship. He serves at Zion Ev. Lutheran – Leeds.
They had caught him. They had cornered him. They had found him entangled in what they thought was a scandal. There was Jesus, the famed prophet from Galilee, and He was fraternizing with sinners. He was associating with tax collectors.
This evenings service is led by Pastor Scott Schwertfeger who is from Zion Evangelical Lutheran – Leeds.
Toward the end of last calendar year, the Pew Research Center surveyed nearly 6500 Americans and asked them, “In your own words, why do you think terrible things happen to people through no apparent fault of their own?” Here is a sampling of some of the responses.
This evenings service is led by Pastor James Plocher from St. John’s Lutheran in Pardeeville.
The day is finally here! The wait is finally over! One year and two days ago, our contract was signed with Advanced Building Corporation, and in the time since then a lot has happened: we broke ground right out there. We put our volunteers immediately to work, pulling away the brick from the north wall of the building. We scurried to get our building permit just in time for the excavation.
As you well know by now, in our Lenten services this year we are spending some time with our Savior during “The Crucial Hours.” Crucial…coming from the Latin word “crux,” which means “cross.” These are the “cross” hours of Jesus, leading up to his “crucifixion,” again from “crux.” His “cross”-ifiction. These were intense hours for Jesus as his work of being this world’s Sin-Bearer reached its goal.
