Christ is Risen! He is Risen indeed!

Easter Sunday Worship

Direct Link: https://youtu.be/bFCvOGhLwTo

Our worship videos can be access from one of these locations:

Easter Sunday - Virtual Coffee Hour - 9:30AM

Enjoy Easter Worship and then connect with your church family at a virtual coffee hour using Zoom, hosted by Brian and Deb Lund. All members are welcome to join, say hello, and share:

Join Zoom Meeting or call 301-715- 8592 and enter Meeting ID: 820 839 441

It's easy to participate, just click on the link above.

If it is your first time using Zoom -

Hope to see many of you there!

Church Office Closed, Monday, April 13

The church office is closed Easter Monday.

Good Friday Potato Planting

The Lord of Love garden work has begun with as much social distancing as we could manage. 15 rows of potatoes and a couple rows of onion sets were planted on Good Friday. An extra layer of fence has also been added to better keep the rabbits out. Thanks to our gardening crew: Doug Roberts, Doug Aden, Jeri Morgan, Dale Finck, Gary and John Ramsay, Dawn Burton, and Brian and Deb Lund. All members are welcome to come and help out any time they can. Look for more details about the gardening schedule as weather improves.

Adult Study Opportunity

It is Holy Week…so instead of continuing with the current adult study on Animate: Practices, I’ve decided to lift up to you this Animate: Faith video of Nadia Bolz-Weber reflecting on different perspectives of what the Cross means and how God's actions are revealed to us through the cross. BUT, before you watch this clip, I would encourage you to spend some time writing or thinking about what the cross means to you in a journal, or even praying in color by drawing a picture of the cross with the symbolism and words around it that describes what it means to you. Then, you can contemplate what Nadia has to say.

https://vimeo.com/373310569

Texts for Contemplation: The Easter Vigil Texts:

This year, I would like to lift up to you the texts of a Saturday Night Easter Vigil for contemplation. Having participated in an Easter Vigil or 5, I can tell you they take a LONG time, but they tell a story of HOPE and LOVE, where death does have the final word!

Readings

Genesis 1:1-2:4a

Genesis 7:1-5, 11-18; 8:6-18; 9:8-13

Genesis 22:1-18

Exodus 14:10-21; 15:20-21

Isaiah 55:1-11

Proverbs 8:1-8, 19-21; 9:4b-6

Ezekiel 36:24-28

Ezekiel 37:1-14

Zephaniah 3:14-20

Jonah 3:1-10

Deuteronomy 31:19-30

Daniel 3:1-29

Romans 6:3-11

Matthew 28:1-10

Responses

Psalm 136: 1-9, 23-26

Psalm 46

Psalm 16 9

Exodus 15:1b-13, 17-18

Isaiah 12:2-6

Psalm 19

Psalm 42 and Psalm 43

Psalm 143

Psalm 98

Jonah 2:1-3[4-6]7-9

Deuteronomy 32:1-4, 7,35a,43a

Song of the Three Young Men 3:35-65

Psalm 114

Alleluia!

Congratulations to Janet and Ed Guthrie! Their 72nd Wedding Anniversary was Thursday, April 9th.

Thanks to all who participated in the 2020 Prayer Vigil!

Week of Sunday, April 7

Weekly Offering: $7,419 - this is an update since Thursday's issue

Lent: $265

Easter: $115

This amount is a combination of Electronic Simply Giving, GivePlus+, and mail-in donations. The amount reflects donations received Friday thru Thursday.

Weekly offering needed to meet budget: $6,927

GivePlus+

The following accounts have been added to GivePlus+:

You may give to these two additional offering options during this Lenten and Easter Season by using the GivePlus+ Mobile app on your smartphone.

Or visit our website at https://lord-of-love.org/giving

Find out more of the ways you can continue to give while we are not able to gather together in worship by visiting our website.

Prayers are needed for behind the scenes health care workers as well as front line health care workers and other first responders.

How are you and your family doing?

This is a stressful time for everyone. Even as we are kept apart by social distancing, it is important that we keep connecting with and praying for each other. We lift up all of our members and neighbors in prayer for safety and health. May God's peace be with us all.

In Our Prayers

Lisa Moffatt (neighbor of the Messerschmidt’s); Phil Nickisch (friend of Dave Lueders); Patty Adams (mother-in-law of Charise Adams); Stephanie Flansburg (friend of Judy Egr); Donald Egr (uncle of David Egr); Katie (niece of Mary Lou Gustafson); Ron Salak; Betty Thompson (mother of Beth Olson); Janet Jensen (mother of Dawn Burton); Cindy Moos (friend of Tom and Beth Olson); Vern Nemitz (uncle of Paula Foster); Mardi Fiske; Lucy Klos (sister-in-law of Mike & Christie Klos); Bill Todd (husband of Pam Todd); Kate Boarts (mother of David & grandmother of Chris Boarts); Ron & Brenda Thom; Kathy Campina (cousin of Rose Roberts); Stephanie Ulrich (relative of Paula Foster); Janet Baker; Bill Pickens; Roslynn Thom (sister of Ron Thom); Sarge Schuchard; Ken Lineweaver (step-dad of Gwen Edwards); Jason Combes; Ed & Janet Guthrie; Babette Garder (mother of Kenn Garder); Eileen Nagle (mother-in-law of Tara Novak); Pr. Joe Hernandez – Missionary in the Middle East (cousin of David & Chris Boarts); Nancy Shinrock; Olivia Griffin (daughter of Scott and Dana Griffin); Steve Wiitala, (friend of Karen Mullen); Connie Bennett (cousin of Karen Armitage); Don Lueders, Lisa Lueders ((brother of Dave Lueders & sister-in-law of Dave Lueders); Caregivers and those who suffer with addictions and depression, those seeking employment, those dealing with infertility or seeking to adopt.

Those Who Mourn

The family and friends of John Douglas (uncle of Rich Sheridan)

Those Who Are Deployed

Abel Avalos, son of Miguel & Rosie Avalos

Tanner Torosian, grandson of Lorraine Mohrlock

Adding Names to the Bulletin Prayer List

Please contact Mary Lou in the church office (493 2946) or marylou@lord-of-love.org

We need your help to keep our prayer list current.

To update or delete names from the prayer list, please notify the Church office.

Feedback & Submissions

Submit notices for thes announcements by Wednesday of each week to the office at: marylou@lord-of-love.org

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