Worship into the Week- Palm Sunday-Easter 2025

 

Worship into the Week resources 

starting with Palm Sunday.

Deuteronomy 32:36-39

"Now see that I, even I, am He 

and there is no God bedsides ME.

Maundy Thursday- Jeremiah 31:31-34

"I will be their God and they shall be my people."

Good Friday- Isaiah 52:13-53:12

"But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities, upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace and with his wounds we are healed."

Easter Sunday Sunrise- Psalm 118:15-29

"I will not die but live, 

and will proclaim what the Lord has done."

Easter Sunday- Isaiah 65:17-25

"For behold, I create new heavens and earth

 and the former things shall not be remembered."

Finished the readings of this past 

 Holy Week.  So much to think about as another Lent 

ends and another Eastertide begins.

The days march right on...

Supplies:

Visual Church Year Printables

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Distress Ink

Griffin is 11!

 

The oldest grandson turned eleven this month.

I got to spend a morning out with him this year.

We celebrated with the family 

and a meal at the local Tony's in Saginaw.

Some Star Wars for a birthday this year.

Aunt Jess baked a birthday cake and we celebrated

 on Easter on your Baptism Birthday.

Some cousin time on Easter 

as we gathered to celebrate the Risen Savior and 

the gift of another year for Griffin.

The Schumacher family gathered together

and thankful for the gift of this young man.

Worship into the Week- God Makes a Way

 

Worship into the Week-

Isaiah 43: 16-21

At an event this past weekend we spent some time

 preparing for Worship with the Isaiah reading.

We used the new Open Spaces resources

 at Visual Faith® Ministry to pull out phrases and 

words in the reading.

Simply writing them out and putting them back

 together allows for better retention.

This image and the phrase-

"Behold, I am doing a new thing.."

Was with me during worship and into the this week.

God makes a way. 

We may be in the wilderness,

but we know the one who makes the path.

Therefore there is HOPE in this proclamation.

Some time spent in my Bible too.

Also a very special worship service with the 

installation of daughter Sara,

at her growing up church- 

Prince of Peace Lutheran in Springfield, Virginia.

She is the new Grow Group Director.

Supplies:

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Worship into the Week- Sing for Joy

 

Worship into the Week-

Isaiah 12:1-6

The Lord is My Strength and My Song

 This psalm is a song of praise and thanksgiving,

 anticipating a future salvation where God's people

 will recognize Him as their strength and song.

In this chapter Isaiah promises that on that day,

Israel will direct their attention to the Lord

and thank Him for all He has done for them.

We really do have spiritual amnesia 

and forget everyday the story of God's faithfulness to us.

 They will acknowledge that He was rightfully angry with them.

 But they will also thank Him for restraining His anger 

and mercifully giving them comfort (Isaiah 12:1).

Gospel Lesson- The Parable of the Lost Son

The reminder that we are all prodigals.

We have all been lost and found.

Supplies:

Recycled bill envelope

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Distress ink

Calendar Journaling- March 2025

 

Calendar Journaling- March 2025

Thanking God for the journaling

this past month. 

Using the The Way, the Truth, and the Life

 by Henri J.M. Nouwen.

The take away that stands out for me is:

I have thought about this every day since the 14th.

How do we live the way of Jesus?

What has gotten in the way of this ?

Have ideas and power become more important 

than people?

Somehow I feel like we have lost the way of 

following Jesus.

Lord, we need your help to return.

Allow me to make sure I see eyes and

feel hearts and listen well. Amen.

The Megiddo Mosaic

 

We recently were able to visit this exhibit

 at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C.

We have visited Megiddo in Northern Israel eight times 

and so we were very excited to hear about this discovery.

Tel Megiddo is in the western edge of the Jezebel Valley

 about 19 miles southeast of Haifa.

The mosaic is about 16 by 32 feet.

This hall formed a wing of a large residential building 

used by Roman soldiers, namely the Sixth Ironclad Legion

 stationed at the nearby military camp of Legio

 in the Roman province of Galilee.

The Prayer Hall at Megiddo.

The Meggido Mosaic is nearly 1,800 years old - about 230 CE.

and is from the oldest known Christian worship space.

Megiddo's Biblical Significance was that it was at the crossroads 

of trade routes and the spot of many battles. It is associated with the concept of Armageddon, the final battle between good and evil as described in  the book of Revelation.

 

Both King Saul and his sons and King Josiah, died near Megiddo.

Josiah's death happened at Megiddo during a confrontation with Pharaoh Necho II.

The mosaic is on loan to the Museum of the Bible 

for 9 months and then it will be taken back to Israel 

and put in a permanent exhibit in Megiddo.

Worship into the Week- The Watchman

 

Worship into the Week-

Ekeziel 33:7-20

The Watchman's Message

Ekeziel was appointed by God 

as the watchman for Israel.

A watchman sounds the alarm when danger is coming.

When people hear the warning they still must decide

 whether to take action or not.

If they heard the alarm but ignored it, they must take the 

responsibility if their lives are not saved.

But if the watchman sees the enemy coming 

and does not sound the alarm, he will be held responsible.

So- the people are being warned of the coming judgment

 and the importance of repentance.

God's ultimate desire is that the wicked turn

 from their ways and live.

Even now we are reminded that there is hope 

for all of us with repentance

and a change of heart.

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