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This weekend is
the First Weekend in Lent.
Come and worship:
- Saturday at 5:30 pm
- Sunday at 8:30 am - Wartburg College Castle Singers
- Sunday at 10:00 am - Wartburg College Castle Singers and Grades K-2 Choir
- Wednesday at 6:00 pm
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Wartburg College Castle Singers Concert
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Grace Notes - Thoughts from the Pastors
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PURPLE PEOPLE
In my youth, I cheered for the Minnesota Vikings and the defensive line known as “The Purple People Eaters.” This article is NOT about that. Instead, I’m going to broach the issue of politics in this era of division between red and blue. As we probably all learned with our first box of watercolors, blue and red, when combined, make purple. It seems to me that the church in our age, needs to think about being purple instead of red or blue.
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Wednesday Lenten Worship & Soup Suppers
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This Lent we will again gather for soup suppers and special Lenten worship services on Wednesday evenings.
Dinner will be offered at 4:45 pm, followed by worship at 6:00 pm. Each week we will
offer a worship experience different than the weekend. The Old Testament lessons prescribed for each week will be featured. The Lenten service will conclude with Holy Communion.
Click here for a complete schedule of worship and activities for Lent and Easter.
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Donation Drive for Emergency Youth Shelter
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The 8
th grade Affirmation of Baptism class will be visiting the Emergency Youth Shelter located downtown Des Moines.
They are in desperate need of FULL-SIZED shampoo, conditioner and body wash. If you’d like to donate, please bring the items to the Red Wall and place them in the black receptacle this weekend.
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Lent Noon Gatherings - Register by Sunday
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Lent Noon Gatherings will begin on Wednesday, March 4 from noon-1:30 pm. A light meal will be served with a free-will offering, followed by devotional time and small group discussion of assigned reading from
Between the Dark and the Daylight: Embracing the Contradictions of Life by Joan Chittister. The reading for each week is short meditations which offer ways of understanding ourselves, each other and God. Books and reading schedules are available in the Resource Center for $14.
Please RSVP at the Connections Center or call the church office at 964-4348 to register by Sunday at 11:00 am.
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New Session of Adult Learning Begins March 4
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Adult Learning will meet to discuss
SURPRISED BY HOPE: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church
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N.T. Wright is one of the most well known Bible scholars and leaders of the Church in our age. Based on his book with this title, this series will explore how we have often gotten off track when it comes to most powerful and transformative gospel news about life, life-after-death, and as he writes, “Life after life-after-death.”
If you have wondered about heaven, hell, and the real message of hope found in the resurrection of Jesus, this series will teach and challenge.
We will meet Wednesday evenings during Lent beginning on March 4 at 7:00 pm in Room 200.
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Trivia Night is Coming! March 29
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Trivia Night will be held Sunday, March 29, from 5:00-8:00 pm at Mistress Brewing, 1802 N Ankeny Blvd.
Sign up as an individual (you’ll be placed on a team) or as a team of up to eight to compete for trivia victory!
Register and find more information online.
All proceeds will support the HTLC 2020 high school mission trip to Leech Lake Reservation.
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Our giving focus during Lent is on world hunger. Visit the Red Wall to grab a tube of M&M’s. These tubes will quickly move from feeding our sweet tooth to feeding the hungry; from celebration to Lenten giving. Each tube holds $14 of quarters (cash and checks fit too). Our goal is to raise $7,500 for ELCA World Hunger. Please return M&M tubes on or before Maundy Thursday.
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Habitat for Humanity's Rock the Block
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Do you, or someone you know, have a home in need of repairs? Rock the Block is coming to Ankeny June 11-12, 2020!
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God has given us much; blessed us with abundance. God has also called us to do much with what we have received.
Let's join together for this generous undertaking that will fill our city with grace, mercy, love and hope.
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The Food Pantry is in need of the following items:
- Recently purchased ground beef, chicken or other mainstay meats that are in 1-2 pound packages. Please place in the freezer located in the Food Pantry. Enter the door in the south hallway marked "Food Pantry Donation Drop Off."
- Laundry detergent, feminine hygiene products, and personal care items (toothpaste, shampoo, deodorant, etc)
- Canned meat
- Children's books
- Clean, empty plastic grocery bags
- Credit/debit card donations at the Giving Station located in the Narthex.
You may place items in the grocery carts located by the entrances to the church.
Your monetary, food and personal care gifts are an outreach of God's love to the Ankeny community.
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Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
517 SW Des Moines St
Ankeny, IA 50023
515-964-4348
Worship Schedule
Saturdays: 5:30 pm
Sundays: 8:30 and 10:00 am
Wednesdays: 6:00 pm
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