Welcome to our Maundy Thursday Service. Holy Week continues on Maundy Thursday, which commemorates the Last Supper and Jesus washing his disciples’ feet. Our pre-recorded Online Worship Service includes a drama of the inner thoughts of those present at the Last Supper called “Is it I?”. At the end of the service, the altar is stripped in preparation …
Devotion for March 30, 2021 from Vicar Anand Darla of Good Shepherd South Asian Ministries: He, offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, sat down at the right hand of God Hebrews 10:12 Vicar Anand Darla GSSAM Fremont CA Hebrews makes much of him finishing his work sitting down. Hebrews 10:12, “He, offered one sacrifice for …
Hi, Everybody: This Sunday, March 28, Holy Week kicks off with Palm/Passion Sunday – when Jesus enters Jerusalem riding a borrowed colt over palm leaves strewn by his adoring fans (must have been fan palms!). things turn ugly pretty quickly, though, and by the end of the Gospel reading he ends up in a borrowed tomb (and you think you’ve had …
Devotion for March 26, 2021 from Pastor Tim Huff of Holy Trinity: “In Like A Lion, Out Like A Lamb” Then a shoot will sprout from the stump of Jesse; from Jesse’s roots, a branch will blossom: The spirit of YHWH will rest on you — a spirit of wisdom and understanding, a spirit of counsel …
Devotions from Tri-City ELCA Churches – Pastor Tim Huff of Holy Trinity, March 26, 2021 Read More »
Devotion for March 23, 2021 from Tori Valcarcel, Ministry in Context Student for CTK and HTLC: Wrestling With Faith I recently had a conversation with a good friend of mine. It was a conversation that lasted many hours, and had many pauses, because it happened while we were hiking. Among the many topics that came …
Devotion for March 18, 2021 from Pastor Barbara Caine of Holy Redeemer: Pastor Barbara Foltin, a colleague of mine at Faith Lutheran Church in Castro Valley, wrote a great devotion this week, so I’m sending it along to you all. Enjoy! “For God alone my soul waits in silence,for my hope is from the Lord.” (Psalm 62:5) This …
Devotion for March 16 from Vicar Anand Darla, Good Shepherd South Asian Ministries: Triune God is in full Control of Everything, but Evil feels Dominated the World By Vicar Anand Darla GSSAM, Fremont The most common question of any individual either women or men is that If God is good and the all-powerful Creator of the …
Hi, Everybody: This Sunday, March 14, is the 4th Sunday in Lent and Scrip Sunday. The usual COVID schedule applies, but remember to set your clocks ahead 1 hour Saturday night/Sunday morning for Daylight Savings Time. By the way, March 15, 2020 was the day we stopped having in-person worship services, so happy coronaversary, I guess. Let’s hope there …
Devotion for March 11, 2021 from Pastor Tia Pelz of Christ the King: Monday night, I got an email from the Berkeley school district. Like I have been getting them for months, mostly telling me, that they see us parents and that we will stay in distance learning. I opened it, and couldn’t believe it. …
Devotion for March 9, 2021 from Tori Valcarcel, Ministry in Context Student at CTK and HTLC: “Then Jesus said, whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.” Mark 4:9 NIV Listen Up! Pay Attention! Hear what I have to say! I heard Matthew 11:15 quoted recently, and it got me to thinking about the powerful …
