This service will include hand washing (wash those hands!) and REMOTE Holy Communion. Please gather together some crackers, some flatbread, tortilla or bread together with a small amount of wine or grape juice, enough for each person in the household who will be communing to participate.
Here is our Bulletin and weekly news for Easter Sunday, April 12, 2020
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Here is our Good Friday Bulletin for Worship Service online at 7 pm!
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Here is the bulletin for Tonight's live streaming of our Maundy Thursday Worship starting at 7 pm!
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This service will include hand washing (wash those hands!) and REMOTE Holy Communion. Please gather together some crackers, some flatbread, tortilla or bread together with a small amount of wine or grape juice, enough for each person in the household who will be communing to participate.
Going live right here in 10 mins - join us for some conversation about Holy Communion and the last of our Wednesday night chats with Amy-Jill Levine!
St. John Lutheran Church (ELCA) Fort Wayne, Indiana
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We are a faith community in the city for good, seeking to feed folk with God's Word, the Sacraments . . . and a good free meal every Wednesday evening at 5:15!Remaining Holy Week REMOTE worship services schedule:
(Hope you can join us right here!)
Wednesday casual “Fireside Chat” worship/devotion with Pastor Paul—REMOTE live streaming at 6:20 p.m.—Go to www.facebook.com/stjohnluthfw/ to participate—no Facebook account needed.
Maundy Thursday: April 9—REMOTE live streaming at 7:00 p.m.— Go to www.facebook.com/stjohnluthfw/ to participate—no Facebook account needed. This service will include hand washing (wash those hands!) and REMOTE Holy Communion. Please gather together some crackers, some flatbread, tortilla or bread together with a small amount of wine or grape juice, enough for each person in the household who will be communing to participate.
Good Friday: April 10—REMOTE live streaming at 7:00 p.m. – Tenebrae, Service of Shadows – (see BELOW for a more detailed description) Go to www.facebook.com/stjohnluthfw/ to participate—no Facebook account needed. Our evening worship will remember Jesus’ death on the cross, for us and for our salvation, in both word and deed. The removal, and then return, of the Paschal (i.e., Christ) Candle, symbolizing the death of Jesus and his placement in the tomb and the reassurance that death does not have the final word, will conclude the service.
Easter Sunday: April 12—REMOTE Sunday morning live streaming with remote Holy Communion at 10:00 a.m. (blended worship). Go to www.facebook.com/stjohnluthfw/ to participate—no Facebook account needed. We also anticipate holding a SECOND Easter Sunday worship ONE worship in our sanctuary sometime after the COVID-19 “All Clear” has been sounded.
WHAT IS A TENEBRAE SERVICE?
The service of Tenebrae, meaning “darkness” or “shadows,” has been practiced by the church since medieval times. Once a service for the monastic community, Tenebrae later became an important part of the worship of the common folk during Holy Week. We join Christians of many generations throughout the world in using the liturgy of Tenebrae.
Tenebrae is a prolonged meditation on Christ’s suffering. Readings trace the story of Christ’s passion, music portrays his pathos, and the power of silence and darkness suggests the drama of this momentous day. As lights are extinguished, we ponder the depth of Christ’s suffering and death; we remember the cataclysmic nature of his sacrifice as we hear the overwhelming sound of the “strepitus”; and through the return of the small but persistent flame of the Christ candle at the conclusion of the service, we anticipate the joy of ultimate victory.
St. John Lutheran Church (ELCA) Fort Wayne, Indiana
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