During the Lenten season, which runs through April 6, St. Michael Evangelical Lutheran Church in Wellington is holding inside services Wednesday evenings at 7 p.m. The season of Lent is a time of reflection and growth. Each week, Pastor Sid Nelson will lead attendees in learning to make peace with various parts of their lives through Bible verse, sermons, discussion and song. All are welcome to attend services. The topics for the remaining Wednesday services are as follows:
March 30 — Making peace with my disappointed hopes and finding hope in my dark moments.
April 6 – Making peace with my feelings of being less important than others and learning to accept myself as a valuable child of God.
Holy Week, which runs from Palm Sunday on April 10 through Easter on April 17, is a busy week in the life of the church.
April 10, Palm Sunday, is the beginning of the Passion story that will be led by church youth in a joyous celebration of Christ’s triumphant entrance into Jerusalem, including a procession of the palms. This will be an inside service at 9:30 a.m.
April 14, Maundy Thursday, is a celebration of the first communion with Jesus and his apostles and ends with Christ’s betrayal by Judas and the stripping of the altar. There will be two inside services at noon and 7 p.m.
April 15, Good Friday, will be a traditional Tenebrae service remembering Christ’s torture by Pontius Pilate and Jesus’ crucifixion on the cross. Again, there will be two inside services at noon and 7 p.m.
April 17, Easter Sunday, will be the glorious celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. There will be three services offered that day. The first is an outside sunrise service at 6:30 a.m. A more traditional outside service will be held at 8:30 a.m., and then an indoor service at 10:45 a.m.
All members of the community are welcome at the services. For more information, contact the church office Monday through Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. or e-mail stmelc@bellsouth.net. Questions can also be directed to Pastor Sid Nelson at (561) 463-8900 or PastorSidNelson@gmail.com.
St. Michael Evangelical Lutheran Church is located at 1925 Birkdale Drive in Wellington. For more info., call (561) 793-4999 or visit www.stmichaelelc.com.
