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First Sunday in Lent – March 9, 2025
Daylight Savings begins: Spring forward!
We gather on the First Sunday in Lent at 10am for worship
These forty days called Lent are like no other. It is our opportune time to return to the God who rescues, to receive the gifts of God’s grace, to believe with the heart and confess with the mouth the wonder of God’s love in Jesus, and to resist temptation at every turn. This is no small pilgrimage on which we have just embarked. It is a struggle Jesus knew. It is a struggle Jesus shares. The nearness of the Lord, in bread and wine, water and word, will uphold and sustain us.
You can also participate in worship through the livestream and recording at www.ststephenslutheran.org.
There is usually a Children’s Church / Sunday School program planned during worship. Please contact Leslie Lapp 476-4700 for more info. The Family Room is always available adjacent to the sanctuary for little one’s activities if you need it. We love having children in church and all that brings as part of worship!
Coffee Fellowship: Please contact our Church Administrator Leslie if you are willing to host. We need you!
Upcoming Events:
- Wed. March 12 – Lenten Worship 7:00 pm & 6:00 pm Soupers (sign up, or no Soup!)
- Sun. March 23 & 30 – 11:30 am House Meetings
“Forming a Vision for Our Future” Fireside Room - Thurs. March 27 & April 3 – 7:00 pm House Meetings
“Forming a Vision for Our Future” Fireside Room - March 31 – April 11 – Kitchen closed for renovation!
- Tues. April 1 – Trinity Tuesday 6:30 pm local pub (Discretion Brewing Co. 41st Ave. )
1 hour, 1 faith question, 1 drink Info. Kathy Allen 430-6359 - April 7 – 11 Preschool Closed
- April 17 MMRR Circle “TBA”
- April 17 Maundy Thursday “The Last Supper”
- April 18 Good Friday “The Seven Last Words”
- Sat. April 19 – 10:00 am Breakfast Set up – helpers needed
- Easter Sun. April 20 –
- 9:00 Breakfast, helpers needed – who will apply for a Thrivent Action Grant???
- 10:00 Worship & Children’s time
- 11:00 Children’s Egg Hunt
- Thursdays – Men’s A.A. 7:00 pm
- Fridays – A.A. 7:00 pm
Ash Wednesday – March 5, 2025
We gather on ASH WEDNESDAY at 11 am & 7 pm for worship
On Ash Wednesday we begin our forty-day journey toward Easter with a day of fasting and repentance. Marking our foreheads with dust, we acknowledge that we die and return to the earth. At the same time, the dust traces the life-giving cross indelibly marked on our foreheads at baptism While we journey through Lent to return to God, we have already been reconciled to God through Christ. We humbly pray for God to make our hearts clean while we rejoice that “now is the day of salvation.” Returning to our baptismal call, we more intentionally bear the fruits of mercy and justice in the world.
You can also participate in worship through the livestream and recording at www.ststephenslutheran.org.
Grace and Peace,
Pastor Jim
Transfiguration of Our Lord – March 2, 2025
We gather on the Transfiguration of Our Lord at 10am for worship
Witnesses to the glory of God in the face of Jesus reflect that glory in the world. It was true for Moses. It was doubtless true for Peter, James, and John. We pray that it will be true of all of us who see god’s glory in the word and in the supper and who are being “transformed into the same image” by God’s Spirit.
You can also participate in worship through the livestream and recording at www.ststephenslutheran.org.
There is usually a Children’s Church / Sunday School program planned during worship. Please contact Leslie Lapp 476-4700 for more info. The Family Room is always available adjacent to the sanctuary for little one’s activities if you need it. We love having children in church and all that brings as part of worship!
Coffee Fellowship: Please contact our Church Administrator Leslie if you are willing to host. We need you!
Upcoming Events:
- Sun. March 2 – MMRR kitchen sale 11:00 after church! As we prepare for the Kitchen Upgrade, it’s a time to evaluate items in the kitchen cupboards that are not needed and others that would love to move into your kitchen😁!! Plan to go directly to the Fellowship Hall after church to see items that you can’t live without. Such deals on all items.
- Tues. March 4 – Trinity Tuesday 6:30 pm local pub (Discretion Brewing Co. 41st Ave. ) 1 hour, 1 faith question, 1 drink Info. Kathy Allen 430-6359
- Wed. March 5 – Ash Wednesday worship 7:00 pm
- Wed. March 12 – Lenten Worship 7:00 pm & 6:00 pm Soupers (sign up, or no Soup!)
- Sat. April 19 – 10:00 am Breakfast Set up
- Easter Sun. April 20 – 9:00 Breakfast, helpers needed – who will apply for a Thrivent Action Grant???
- Thursdays – Men’s A.A. 7:00 pm
- Fridays – A.A. 7:00 pm
Seventh Sunday after Epiphany – February 23, 2025
We gather on the Seventh Sunday after Epiphany at 10am for worship
Mercy. Mercy. Mercy. Joseph lives it in Egypt. Jesus preaches it in the gospel. The Spirit guides us into merciful lives with the power of forgiveness to reconcile what is fractured and divided. Such merciful living is the baptismal blessing of having put on Christ. It is the gift of the life giving Sprit. It is a reflection of God’s glory revealed in Christ.
You can also participate in worship through the livestream and recording at www.ststephenslutheran.org.
There is usually a Children’s Church / Sunday School program planned during worship. Please contact Leslie Lapp 476-4700 for more info. The Family Room is always available adjacent to the sanctuary for little one’s activities if you need it. We love having children in church and all that brings as part of worship!
Coffee Fellowship: Please contact our Church Administrator Leslie if you are willing to host. We need you!
Upcoming Events:
- Mon. Feb 24 – CDC board 11:15 am
- Wed. Feb. 26 – Bible Study 11 am & 7:30 pm
- Thurs. Feb. 27 – NL collating 2:00 pm
- Sat. March 1 -10:30 am Kitchen cupboard clean out with MMRR
- Sun. March 2 – MMRR kitchen sale 11:00 after church!
As we prepare for the Kitchen Upgrade, it’s a time to evaluate items in the kitchen cupboards that are not needed and others that would love to move into your kitchen😁!! Plan to go directly to the Fellowship Hall after church to see items that you can’t live without. Such deals on all items. - Tues. March 4 – Trinity Tuesday 6:30 pm local pub (Discretion Brewing Co. 41st Ave. )
1 hour, 1 faith question, 1 drink Info. Kathy Allen 430-6359 - Wed. March 5 – Ash Wednesday worship 7:00 pm
- Wed. March 12 – Lenten Worship 7:00 pm & 6:00 pm Soupers (sign up, or no Soup!)
- Sat. April 19 – 10:00 am Breakfast Set up
- Easter Sun. April 20 – 9:00 Breakfast, helpers needed
- Thursdays – Men’s A.A. 7:00 pm
- Fridays – A.A. 7:00 pm
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