Lent at PLC

Give It Up for Lent
We will have the “Give It Up” slips of paper by the cross again this year. Individuals are encouraged to write a message of a burden you have and “NAIL” it to the cross, giving that burden up to God.

 

Lent Round Robin Services
Peace Lutheran will be participating with First Lutheran of Bismarck, Wing and Almont in Round Robin Preaching during the Lent Season, which means we will have a guest minister every Wednesday evening. Service will be at 7 p.m.

• 4 March – Mr. David Clinton

• 11 March – Kathy Mauch

• 18 March – Pastor Trish DeBoer

• 25 March – Pastor Allen Wagner

• 1 April – Pastor Kevin Nelson

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Soup & Sandwiches
We will gather every Wednesday evening during Lent to share a Soup and Sandwich fellowship meal prior to our Wednesday evening Lent Service. We will gather at 5:45 p.m. and start serving at 6 p.m. with the goal of being done serving at 6:45 p.m. The confirmation students will be serving and cleaning up. The Lent service will begin at 7 p.m. (students will be expected to attend). Please SIGN UP to bring a soup and sandwich or whatever you want to bring to share. This year’s dates are: Wednesday evenings, Feb. 25, March 4, 11, 18, 25, and April 1. FREE WILL OFFERING will be taken.

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Holy Week

Sunday 29 March – Passion/Palm Sunday at 9:30 a.m.
The children’s procession with palm branches is a common observation on Palm Sunday.  They entered the church carrying and waving Palm Branches to commemorate Jesus' entry in Jerusalem, where he would be crucified five days later. According to the Gospels, Jesus rode into town on a donkey as exuberant crowds hailed him as the Messiah and spread-out palm branches and cloaks in his path.
Thursday 2 April – Maundy Thursday Service at 7:00 p.m.

This service will be a somber service with readings from key people close to Jesus Christ.   We will have a light meal, replicating the Last Supper of Jesus and his disciples.  We will celebrate Holy Communion during this service, and attendees will have the opportunity to partake in a foot washing ceremony if they desire.  The service will end with the Altar being stripped.  We will leave the church deep in thought and silence.
Friday 3 April – Good Friday Tenebrae Service at 7:00 p.m.
Good Friday Service is also a somber service of the light.  The purpose of the Tenebrae service is to recreate the emotional aspects of the passion story, so this is not supposed to be a happy service, because the occasion is not happy.  The flames of these candles are extinguished one by one as Scripture readings are shared to tell the story of the last seven words of Jesus Christ. After the last verse is read, the last candle is put out, and the room is plunged into darkness. A loud noise will be sounded in the blackness, to represent the closing of Christ’s tomb.
Sunday 5 April - Sunrise Service at 7:00 a.m.
For Christians, the reason for timing a service to coincide with the rising of the sun is simple: It was dawn when the first believers — went to the tomb of Jesus, found the rock rolled away from the entrance and the body of Jesus gone. Then realize the Christianity belief that the Lord has risen, defeating death and bringing salvation and eternal life to everyone who puts their faith in him.
Sunday 5 April – Easter Morning Service at 9:30 a.m.

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