Dear friends in Christ,
Welcome to Holy Week, as this Sunday we welcome Jesus into Jerusalem waving palm fronds and cheering him on with loud cries of "Hosanna!" The sacred week that lies ahead of us is a journey that, in the words of Debie Thomas, "holds within it the fullness of the human story -- the highs, the lows, the hopes, the fears. In the span of seven days, we do it all: we praise, process, break bread, wash feet, make promises, break promises, deny, betray, condemn, abandon, grieve, despair, disbelieve, and celebrate. This week, we see the light at the end of the tunnel, lose our vision of it entirely in the grimness of death, and then find it again, drenched in glory."
I do hope you will join us for worship throughout this week, beginning with our Palm Sunday liturgy at 9:30 a.m. this Sunday, as we sing together the familiar refrains of All Glory, Laud and Honor and welcome our King into Jerusalem with shouts of joy.
Blessings,
Pastor Luther