Easter at PLC

Ash Wednesday
Ash Wednesday will be celebrated on Wednesday, March 5, at Peace Lutheran at 7 p.m. with Pastor Kevin Nelson

leading the service and with the traditional placement of the symbol of the cross on participants forehead.

The ashes used come from the ashes of a palm tree burned on Palm Sunday of the year before.
 
Each year, Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent and is always 46 days before Easter Sunday. Lent is

a 40-day season (not counting Sundays) marked by repentance, fasting, reflection, and ultimately celebration.

The 40-day period represents Christ’s time of temptation in the wilderness, where he fasted and where Satan

tempted him. Lent asks believers to set aside a time each year for similar fasting, marking an intentional

season of focus on Christ’s life, ministry, sacrifice, and resurrection.
 

Lent Service and Fellowship 
We will again 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 evening March 12, 19, 26 and April 2 and 9. Free will offering will be taken.

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• March 5 – Pastor Kevin Nelson from Peace in Lincoln

• March 12 – Mrs. Kathy Mauch from Peace in Lincoln 

• March 19 – Pastor Allen Wagner from 1st Lutheran in Bismarck

• March 26 – Pastor Trisha DeBoer from Bethlehem Lutheran in Wing

• April 2 – Pastor Bill Dodd from United Lutheran in Almont/Sims

• April 9 – Mr. David Clinton from Lord of Life in Bismarck

Give It Up for Lent
Lent is a time to “give something up” as a penance to participate in a small way with Jesus’ suffering on the cross for us. We want to encourage you to give up something that is weighing heavy on your heart or mind.

In the pew card holder, you will find a paper with a cross on it which states to “Offer your prayers to the Lord.”  We want you to write down things that are heavy on your heart or mind and then after church “nail” it on the cross…turn it over to Jesus…give it up…let God take your worries.


Sponsor an Easter Lily's
On Easter morning it is our hope to have the church full of Easter Lily's. If you would like to help fund this project by providing a donation in honor of a loved one, complete this form and fold it with your donation and place in offering plate.
 

Holy Week

Sunday, April 13 - Passion Sunday

• Men's Passion Breakfast at 8 a.m. - The Men of Peace will prepare and serving Passion Breakfast on Palm Sunday morning from 8 to 9 a.m. So roll out of bed and come to church for breakfast and then attend church and round out the morning with the Annual Easter Egg Hunt following church.  Lewis Schock is the Chair of that event. Let him know if you are able to help.

• Passion/Palm Sunday Service at 9:30 a.m. - The children’s procession with palm branches is a common observation on Palm Sunday. They enter 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, April 17 – Maundy Thursday
Join us for Maundy Thursday service at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 17. 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, April 18  – Good Friday
Good Friday Tenebrae service will take place at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 18. 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, April 20 - Easter Sunday

• Sunrise Service at 7 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.

• Easter Morning service at 9:30 a.m.