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Welcome to our Good Friday Tenebrae Service Tenebrae, Latin for darkness or shadows, is a service commemorating the death of Jesus with readings and the extinguishing of candles. It is a solemn service intended to evoke the emotions of the passion story. For the full effect, watch it in a quiet, darkened room, perhaps lit […]

Hi, Everybody, and a solemn Good Friday to you all!  (Happy Good Friday just doesn’t sound right, somehow.) Today is Good Friday, a day to remember Jesus’ crucifixion and death.  We’ll be having an Online Worship Service available later today.  I’ll let you know when it’s ready to view.  It’s a Tenebrae service (service of darkness and shadows) with the

Devotion for April 1, 2021 from Pastor Barbara Caine of Holy Redeemer: The angel told the women, “But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going ahead of you to Galilee; there you will see him, just as he told you.” 8So they went out and fled from the tomb, for terror and

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

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