Fifth Sunday in Lent

Our God makes all things new. In the first reading God promises it. In the gospel Mary anticipates it, anointing Jesus’ feet with costly perfume in preparation for the day of his burial. In the second reading Paul recalls his transformation from the persecutor Saul into an apostle. In baptism, God’s new person (you!) rises daily from the deadly mire of trespasses and sins.



Christus Victor -- Josephina de Vasconcellos. Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh, Scotland

Do not remember the former things, or consider the things of old. I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? Isaiah 43:18-19a

Dear Friends! 

Easter is in 2 weeks! Our Easter Sunday schedule is as follows:

-7:00 a.m. Easter Sunrise Worship at South Park (bring your own chairs)

-9:30 a.m. Worship

-10:30 a.m. Easter Egg Hunt (on the east lawn)

-10:30—11:00 a.m. “Muncher’s Brunch” in the Fellowship Hall with Alchemy Coffee

-11:00 a.m. Worship

-Leading up to Easter, Maundy Thursday and Good Friday services will be at

12:15 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.

The Property Committee is completing an overall assessment of our beautiful

building and grounds entrusted to us by previous generations. A joint Council,

Property and Finance meeting is scheduled next month with the Regional

Representative of the Mission Investment Fund of our ELCA to help us assess our

potential for fulfilling our needs.

Within those overall needs the estimate for replacing the carpet, removing or replacing

the tiles, painting and lighting is $50,000. If we were to receive that amount through

special gifts such as Required Minimum Distributions (RMD’s), we can proceed.

If refurbishing the Fellowship Hall is a part of an overall plan, it may not occur

until 2023 or later.

Faithfully, hopefully, and lovingly,

Pastor Jeff

Trinity receives the nicest notes. . .

Russian ELCROS Update

CSS Companion Synod Team Conference Call with Pastor Bradn Buerkle, March 21^st, 2022 - If interested in reading there will be copies at the information table in the Narthex.

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Jan Christian Smuts (1870-1950), statesman, soldier and life-long scholar, coined the term 'Holism' to designate his idea of ultimate reality.

He was born near the cape of Good Hope, South Africa, to a Boer farming family. For Smuts Holism was the real, active cause of all processes in the universe and is inherent in it, not external to it. In his article on 'Holism' he says, 'Eternity is contained in time, matter is the vesture and vehicle of the spirit, reality is not a transcendent or other worldly order, but is imminent in the phenomenal' (Smuts, 1929, p. 642b).

In the “Old Testament the person was viewed as a whole. The Hebrews interpreted “Brokenness as spiritual, emotional and physical brokenness all at once. In the Old Testament this was attributed to a “broken relationship with god. When healed, they were made whole.” (Christian Caregiving a Way of Life, Haugk, 1984, p.62 & 63) 

Jesus teaches a holistic approach to our relationships with God and others. “Love the Lord our God or with all your Heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind”(Matt. 22:27).  

Please address questions about Trinity’s Stephen Ministry or Lay Care at Trinity feel free contact a Stephen Leader.

Ruth Sarna, rsarna@sunflower.com; 

Debra Black, debrablack594@gmail.com;

Charles Baars, chasbaars@gmail.com;

Pastor Alvestad, jwalvestad@yahoo.com

SUNDAY'S HYMNS:

GATHERING HYMN

In the Cross of Christ I Glory

ELW 324

HYMN OF THE DAY

When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

ELW 803

SENDING HYMN

Beneath the Cross of Jesus

ELW 338