Holy Week 2013
Our Holy Week began with our Palm Sunday Service… our services continue as follows:
Holy Thursday: March 28, 2013 @ 7 pm
Good Friday: March 29, 2013 @ 7 pm
Easter Vigil: March 30, 2013 @ 7 pm (Christ Ascension Lutheran Church…8300 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia Pa
Easter Sunday: March 31, 2013
Please join us for a joyous celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Festive breakfast will be followed by worship with Holy Communion, special music and dancing. The service will close with congregational singing of the “Hallelujah Chorus”. After worship, the children will also be invited to participate in an “Easter Egg Hunt”…
Grace, mercy and peace!
Pastor Ingram
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Palm/Passion Sunday 2013
The voice of the suffering savior, Jesus, can be heard in the prophet Isaiah’s words and the pleading of the psalm (Psalm 50:4-9a). We are invited into the agony of our Lord in the extended reading of the story of Jesus’ passion. In the second reading, we who have put on Christ in holy baptism are urged to let the mind of Christ be our own. Lent leads us to this holy moment. Embrace it.
Our service begins with a palm procession around the block of our sanctuary singing hymns and waving our palms. We will enter our beautiful sanctuary and service will begin.
We will be participating in an Interactive Reading of Christ’s passion (Luke 22). There is a part for everyone to engage…or simply meditate on the story as it is spoken through the assembly!
We look forward to you worshiping with us!
Grace, mercy and peace!
Pastor Ingram
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Ash Wednesday 2013
Ash Wednesday is the Wednesday of the seventh week before Easter and the first day of Lent. The day is named for the practice of imposing ashes, a practice which many Lutheran congregations have found to be a very meaningful part of the Ash Wednesday liturgy.
- Ashes remind us of God’s condemnation of sin, as God said to Adam, “Dust you are and to dust you shall return” (Genesis 3:19).
- Ashes suggest cleansing and renewal. They were used anciently in the absence of soap. On Ash Wednesday ashes are a penitential substitute for water as a reminder of our baptism.
- Ashes are a symbol of our need to repent, confess our sins, and return to God. (taken from ELCA website: “Why and How do we use ashes on Ash Wednesday“)
St. Michael’s will have our Ash Wednesday service at 7 pm on Feb 13, 2013. Please join us!
I will also be imposing ashes in front of the church on the street from 3 pm – 4 pm, for those not able to attend worship in the evening.
Grace, mercy and peace!
Pastor Ingram
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