April 2 10:30am Palm Sunday Communion Service

April 6 7:00pm Maundy Thursday Communion Service

April 9 10:30am Resurrection of Our Lord Communion Service

Siouxland Progressive Women, in partnership with Annie’s Foundation, Great Plains Action Society, NAACP, National Organization for Women and Siouxland Pride Alliance and STOP Moms for “Liberty” are hosting “Halfway to Banned Book Week: Only a Fool Would Ban a Book” on April 1 at the Sioux City Public Museum from 1-3pm. A fun and informative afternoon is planned with guest speakers, a Banned Book Swap, and free Banned Book Bingo cards for the first 100 people. Doors open at 1:00pm. All are welcome.

Choir will be meeting every Sunday at 9:30am. We plan to sing for Palm Sunday and Easter. Randy Peters will be our choir director!

In case the last few days of nice weather have given anyone the urge to start spring cleaning, we have room to store items you may have for our next rummage sale. Items may be brought church and will be stored in the northernmost room across from the former Perry Creek Pre-School room (now housing Support Siouxland Soldiers) on the second floor.The sale won’t be until fall, but it is never to early to start collecting items for sale.

The Season of Lent continues as Holy Week begins. The Gospel reading for April 2, Palm Sunday/Sunday of the Passion, is Matthew 26:14—27:66, the story of Jesus’ triumphal entrance to Jerusalem through His Crucifixion. We will use a reading of those events entitled “Cry of the Whole Congregation” by Walter Wangerin, Jr. This is a paraphrase of the Gospel story which uses selected readers. The congregation reads the part of the Jewish people. 

We will gather at 7:00 PM on Thursday, April 6 for our Maundy Thursday worship. Elements of that service include a dramatic reading entitled, “Judas” by Rev. Del Olivier. This is a dialogue between Judas and Satan. Holy Communion will be celebrated. The communion table will be stripped as a remembrance that before Jesus was crucified, he was stripped of his clothing. The congregation members may remain for quiet prayer and reflection and then leave in silence.

We gather again at 7:00 PM on Friday, April 7 for our Good Friday worship. The service begins without a prelude as a continuation of the Maundy Thursday service. The Worship Leader and congregation will read the passion and death of Christ in John 18:1—19:42. Following the praying of the Lord’s Prayer, the congregation members may again remain for quiet prayer and reflection and then leave in silence as we await the celebration of the Resurrection of Our Lord on Easter Sunday, April 9, 2023. Join us in person at 4600 Hamilton Blvd or streaming on our Facebook page.

The Saint John’s Bible. On April 28, 1998, Donald Jackson and Brother Dietrich Reinhard, OSB, signed the contract which officially launched The Saint John’s Bible. Donald used a quill pen and brilliant red ink. Together they embarked on a collaboration which would last almost a decade. The Saint John’s Bible is a modern manuscript book which is written with quills on vellum, using hundred-year-old sticks of ink. The illuminations are made with a combination of ancient and modern techniques. Many monks at the Benedictine Abbey of St. John the Baptist in Collegeville, Minnesota were trained to copy the words from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible. Each letter was to be made exactly the same by each monk. The project was completed in 2011. Pastor Del owns a copy of “Illuminating the Word: The Making of The Saint John’s Bible” and “Pentateuch (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy,” “Psalms,” and “Gospels and Acts.” They are on display on the table in the narthex. Please feel free to look at them.

Easter Egg Tree. The donations you have already brought and those of other churches in the area are now in place for the blessing for all the items at the Palm Sunday service on April 9. If you have taken a slip and have not returned your items, please bring them by Sunday at the latest. Thank you!

If you are someone you know would benefit from a pastoral visit, please call the office, and let Michael or me know.

In Christ,

Pastor Del

The March mission of the month will be Siouxland Sleep in Heavenly Peace. They are a local chapter of a national nonprofit dedicated to building beds for kids who don't have their own, with the belief that a bed is a basic need for the proper physical, emotional, and mental support that a child needs. Please check out our Easter egg donation tree for Sleep in Heavenly Peace in the church narthex.

Please check the list of open dates for fellowship hosts to see if there is a Sunday that would work for you.

In supporting the 'gift' of moving on, we fill lives with hope and household essentials for those leaving transitional housing at Safe Place.

Small plastic glasses

Dish rags

Dish soap

All-purpose cleaners

Plastic wrap

Toilet cleaner and brush

Dish set

Children's cups

Plastic totes

The family of John Owings

The family of Marv Iddings

Kelley McCarthy 

A big "thank you" goes out to our volunteers who helped with services this week.

Worship Leader- Greg Gregerson

Live Stream- Pam Ridgway/Jerrod Kiernan

Sound/Lighting- John Kiernan

 Screen- Jerrod Kiernan

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Monday-Thursday 9am-1pm

Monday 8:30am-12pm, 1pm-4:30pm

Tuesday 1pm-4:30pm

Wednesday 1pm-4:30pm

Thursday 8:30am-12pm, 1pm-4:30pm