Five new members joining our church was the high point in our Palm Sunday service. Brandon Collins, a sixth grader was confirmed and joined with his grandparents Chris and Nancy Collins standing with him. Four adults also took on the covenant of membership; each one sponsored by a member of the church; Ken D’Annolfo, who…
Tag: Lent
Palm Sunday at Copper Hill Church
This coming Sunday, March 29, is Palm Sunday, the time in the church year when we remember the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem at the beginning of his last week. The Sunday gets its name from the historical fact that the disciples and the crowd laid palm branches in the path where the donkey…
Lenten/Easter Series to Explore the Names of Jesus
Many of us have several names that are used for us in different circles. My father had a nickname that was totally unrelated to his real name but only his boyhood acquaintances called him by that appellation. A man in my previous church seemed to have two first names and was known pretty equally…
More messages planned in the Lenten/Easter series
Our Lenten/Easter series of messages, “Footsteps of Jesus” has taken us back to the original life and times of Jesus to help us understand his character, his values, and his concerns. Looking at incidents in the life of Jesus has inspired us to worship him and to follow in his footsteps of love and caring…
During Lenten Messages We Will Follow the Footsteps of Jesus
Lent helps us fix our thoughts on Jesus As the calendar moves toward Easter each year, our minds automatically focus again on Jesus. We cannot help but think more about his life, his last days, his untimely death and his resurrection. This is even truer this year with the popularity of the new film, “Son…
About Ash Wednesday
Some of you have been asking me for more info about Ash Wednesday. As I was researching, I ran across this web articled by former pastor, Mark D. Roberts. It is excellent and worth passing on. http://www.patheos.com/blogs/markdroberts/series/ash-wednesday-practice-and-meaning/ I also found an excellent shorter article with more historical details by a Lutheran writer, Richard P. Bucher http://www.orlutheran.com/html/ash.html…