Eco-Palms

This Sunday, Palm Sunday, our congregation is proudly waving Eco-Palms in partnership with Lutheran World Relief, helping palm harvesters and their communities move out of lives of poverty and into futures of promise. 

How are Eco-Palms different?

• The palms are gathered and sold in a socially and environmentally just way.
• Harvesters are paid a fair price per palm based on quality, so they take fewer palms out of the forest, which protects important nature reserves.
• Community members sort, package and sell the palms themselves - no middlemen - so more of the money paid for the palms stays with the people who worked the hardest to provide them.
• Because there is a steady market for the palms, locals are motivated to protect the forests (their source of income), ensuring harvests well into the future.
• Harvesting communities receive 5-6 times the normal   payment per frond. 

Christ in Our Home Devotionals

The Christ in Our Home daily devotional books for April, May and June have arrived. 

They are on the table by the entrance. Don't forget to pick one up!

Co-ed Softball Team

Connect with others, get some exercise outdoors and have FUN this summer! Sign up yourself and invite a friend to participate in the new co-ed softball team at the church, The A.L.C Angels!
 

Games will be held Friday evenings either at 6:30, 7:45 or 9:00pm at George Izay Park, 1111 W Olive Ave, Burbank, CA 91506, competing against other Burbank teams in the church league. 
 

Season begins May 1st and goes to August 7th (with no games over 4th of July and Memorial Day weekends).

Must be 18 years or older to play.

Keep the spirit alive and help American Lutheran Church win back the title it earned 10 years ago.

For more information call Will Campbell at 303-862-0666. 

Potluck Brunch & Easter Egg Hunt

Stay after worship Sunday, April 5th as we continue the Easter celebration with a potluck brunch and Easter egg hunt for the children! 

RSVP today with what you're going to bring and if you are able to help set up beforehand. 

We will start setting up the fellowship hall before worship at 

9:00am on Sunday, April 5th, for those who can help set up.

Baskets of Promise

Thanks for all the donations which will be assembled for 100 kits-double our goal!

For more information, contact Vi Reardon, 818-353-5563.

Monetary donations will also be accepted.

Please make checks payable to ALCW.

Boxed Envelopes

If you would like to continue receiving the boxed envelopes for weekly offerings, please be sure to write your name on the list. The paper sign-up sheet is outside next to the refreshment table. 

To set up an automatic payment using our Simply Giving Program, please complete this Authorization Form and drop it off in the church office. 

Holy Week is the high point of the church year for Christians around the world. Plan now to take time with your community of faith as we ponder the mystery of God's love to us through the salvation story of Jesus Christ our Lord.

Palm/Passion Sunday, March 29th 10:00am

Holy Week begins with the triumphal shouts of "Hosanna to the Son of David" as we remember Jesus' entrance into Jerusalem. Our worship begins on the patio outside as we hear Mark's account of the story and then process inside the church with palm fronds. The mood of the service then changes as we hear the Passion Gospel whereby shouts of "Hosanna" become shouts of "Crucify!"

Maundy Thursday, April 2nd 7:30pm

Lent comes to a close as we begin the "Triduum" or Three Days that are the center of our church year. Taken from the Latin word "command" we hear from John's Gospel the mandate to love one another. Our worship on this night also commemorates the institution of the Lord's Supper. The service ends with the stripping of the altar. There is no benediction as these three days are one service held together by the Passion Narrative.

Good Friday, April 3rd 7:30pm

"O God, O My God" is a service of songs, images, silence and prayer based on Jesus' last words on the cross from Psalm 22:

"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?!" As we reflect on Jesus' suffering we also remember his presence with the suffering of all the world today.

Easter Vigil, April 4th 8:00pm, St. Matthew's N. Hollywood

A collaborative service of the Twin Valleys Conference of the Southwest California Synod with Bishop Guy Erwin presiding, followed by a champagne reception to celebrate the Resurrection.

The Resurrection of our Lord, April 5th 10:00am

On Easter Sunday we proclaim with joy that "Christ is Risen!"

Join us for festive worship with special music, followed by a potluck brunch and Easter egg hunt for the children.

Introducing...

The Burbank Children's Theatre Company 

CareWalk of Burbank, April 11th 8:00am 

You are invited to the Eighth Annual CareWalk of Burbank benefiting the Family Service Agency of Burbank. 

The money raised from this 5K walk goes to the In-School Counseling program provided to the Burbank schools by Family Service Agency of Burbank.  

The walk will take place Saturday, April 11 2015 at Robert Gross Park with a start time of 8:00a.m.  Your registration includes the 5K walk, a t-shirt, goodie bag and a pancake breakfast!!  

You can register online or the day of at 7a.m.  Registration forms are also provided on the table by the church entrance. Hope to see you there!

 

Twin Valley Conference  

Fellowship, Dessert and a Movie!  

Join us at 6:30 P.M. Saturday, April 11th at Saint Andrews Lutheran Church,
15520 Sherman Way at Orion, just East of the 405 in Van Nuys.

 

This free event is a chance for members and friends
of our area ELCA churches to get together and socialize.

 

The movie is "Auschwitz Escape-The Klara Wizel Story." This documentary tells the true story of a survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II.

This movie project was dear to the heart of Danny Naten, the late husband of Emmanuel member Beverly Naten.  Danny died very suddenly shortly after the completion of the movie.  Beverly has carried on the work of ge4tting the movie released.  She also was instrumental in the publication of a book based on Klara's life, also entitled, "Auschwitz Escape-The Kara Wizel Story. 

Auschwitz Escape: The Klara Wizel Story

The book is available in the Emmanuel Lutheran Church Book Nook, or at Amazon.com.

 

If you have any questions please contact Jim Ohrt, Twin Valleys Conference Chairman at 818-982-0668, or Pastor Gretchen Bingea, Twin Valleys Conference Dean at 818-846-0295.