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Sunday Worship

7:30, 8:30,
& 11:00 a.m.

Education Hour:
9:45-10:45 a.m.

Office phone:
414-774-0441

 

 

Lenten Resources

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Lenten resources for home and family

Explore how God's Word creates, calls, commands, saves, sustains, shapes, and sends you and the church. Your 40-day Lenten journey into Seven Wonders of the Word will challenge you to experience the power of God's Word in all aspects of your life and in our world. It will also encourage you to deepen your prayer life as you relate the power of God's Word to you personal experience. Although designed to be used during the 40 days of Lent, you can take this journey any time of the year. More information and additional Augsburg Fortress resources are [here].

 

During the 2010 Lenten Season LSTC is publishing a collection of Lenten Devotions offered by the Covenant Cluster of ELCA Seminaries. Seminaries of the Covenant Cluster of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America: Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago Chicago, Illinois, Trinity Lutheran Seminary Columbus, Ohio, Wartburg Theological Seminary Dubuque, Iowa. Devotions are available [here]. The page is updated daily with a new devotion and previous devotions are available with a link on that page. The entire series may be downloaded also.

 

You are invited to a 40-day journey exploring Romans 12. In this chapter, the apostle Paul calls us to new life in Christ and identifies marks of the Christian life. The deep reflections and insightful questions in this book will help you explore how your life is "marked" by Christ and consider how you live the marked life for the sake of the world.

You can take this journey on your own or with others. Consider getting together with a family member, friend, or small group to discuss the questions. More information at AugsburgFortress [here].

 

Augsburg Fortress is pleased to announce the publication of the new Lutheran Study Bible. This exciting new Bible features the NRSV translation as well as introductions, notes, and articles written by over sixty Lutheran pastors and teaching theologians. This resource is designed to invite readers to experience the Bible and its message through solid background material, unique Lutheran insights, and opportunities for faith reflection. Reader-friendly, inviting, and engaging, this is the perfect study Bible for both youth and adults who want to encounter Scripture in a fresh and new way! Biblical text is 10 point font; study notes are 7 point font.

Study notes are grouped into four categories:

Other editions are available. More information at AugsburgFortress [here].

 

Recent decades have witnessed the revival of the ancient liturgies of the Three Days — Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Easter Vigil. In this book Ramshaw gives a little history and a lot of suggestions about how these services can enrich the worship life of your entire assembly. More information at AugsburgFortress [here].

 

 

The Questions of Jesus reflects on some of the more than 300 questions Jesus asked during his ministry. Questions can transform us as they help us reexamine our faith, our lives, our biases, and even our relationships with God and one another. Let your lives be transformed as you listen, seek answers, and walk with God through this season of Lent. One meditation, a brief scripture reading, and prayer are provided for each of the 47 days.

More information at AugsburgFortress [here].

 

In the current postmodern context, where many despair of faith and seem to circle back to the 1960's conclusion that "God is dead," this book will hold forth a reason to believe and a pathway to probe more deeply in contemporary images and language the age-old truth and traditions of faith. More information at AugsburgFortress [here]

 

Additional Lenten devotionals are available at AugsburgFortress [here].

Information about Lenten Wednesdays [here]

More Lent information [here]

Holy Week information [here]

Lent

Lord God, by your Word
Fill me with a shrine of
Repentence and Forgiveness,
A spirit of Hope and Trust,
A spirit of Gratitude and thankfulness,
A spirit of Love and Servanthood,
A spirit of Discipleship and Commitment,
A spirit of Obedience and Humility

Lenten Wednesdays
March 16 - April 13: "What Is Faith?"
10:30 a.m. Lenten Worship
11:00 a.m. SAINTS gathering in the Commons
(light refreshments and conversation)
5:30-6:30 p.m. Dinner continuously served
(come when you can)
6:00-6:35 p.m. New Generation Choir
6:00-7:05 p.m. New Creation Choir
6:15-7:00 p.m. Adult Education:
"Walking By Faith"
6:15-7:00 p.m. Lenten time for families
with children up through third grade with their parent(s)
7:15 p.m. Lenten Worship