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Holy Week & Easter Schedule

April 15, 2019 by Admin Leave a Comment

Paschal Triduum

Maundy Thursday | 7:00pm – Service of Confession / Divine Service. After celebrating the Lord’s Supper, the altar is stripped of its vestments and appointments, recalling the Lord’s abandonment in the Garden of Gethsemane.

Good Friday | 7:00pm – Tenebrae Vespers. A solemn service of adoration of Jesus the Lamb of God as He offers up his life.

Holy Saturday | 7:00pm – Easter Vigil Service. The Easter Alleluia sounds forth for the first time in the midst of the dark night and we are carried in spirit to Christ’s tomb where the Creator’s Sabbath rest was transformed into a new Day and Age, the Day of the Lord.

Easter Sunday

Easter Breakfast | 8:00am. Join us for a meal served by our confirmation class and their families.

Easter Sunday | 9:00am – Easter Festival Divine Service. With Easter, Christ fulfills the Old Testament Passover, proving God’s anger has passed over us because of His sacrificial death as the Lamb of God. For this reason, it is most fitting to celebrate with the feast that Christ Himself instituted to commemorate His death and resurrection until He comes (1 Cor. 11:26): Holy Communion.

Easter Vigil Service

April 11, 2019 by Admin Leave a Comment

April 20, 7:00pm (ending around 8:30pm)

Joint service at Faith with Resurrection, Verona

Faith Lutheran Church will be premiering a new cymbelstern on April 20 during our first annual Easter Vigil Service. A cymbelstern is a “cymbal star” for the organ. The cymbelstern is an old instrument, and unusual to have today. It was common in Germany throughout the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries.

The service will be an Easter Vigil Service.

This is an ancient (c. 350 A.D.) tradition which connects our Baptism to Jesus’ Resurrection. The service, which is unlike any other in the church, begins outside with a fire. Believers then process into the darkened sanctuary with candles, as the lights are gradually illumined, when finally the feast of the Lamb, the Lord’s Supper, is celebrated and the Alleluias are sung! Join us as we await the dawn of Easter!

When the Alleluias are sung for the first time, the cymbelstern will sound.

The service begins at 7:00pm on Saturday, April 20 (Holy Saturday) outside the church on the Washington St. side of the building.

Spring Cleaning Drive Drop-Off

March 30, 2019 by Admin Leave a Comment

The pick-up from our Spring Cleaning Drive is now complete! We got to (almost) every home we hung a door hanger at. If we missed you, we’re sorry! You can still donate by dropping items off here at Faith anytime through Saturday, April 6. (We will sort items first before taking them to the Food Pantry on April 6)

We’ve been thrilled with the positive responses from our community! A big thank you to all of our volunteers who helped hang flyers and collect items!

Here’s what we’re accepting:
unopened hygiene & cleaning products, including:

Laundry Detergent (preferably non-scented)
Personal Hygiene Products (deodorant, toothpaste, shampoo, etc.)
Feminine Hygiene Products
Multipurpose Cleaners

Getting “Up To Speed” On The Building Committee

February 27, 2019 by Cory Olsen Leave a Comment

It was brought to my attention that some members of the congregation, including myself until I became part of the committee, may not be up to speed on the fact we are even considering a building project.

That being said, the committee would like to furnish a timeline of how we got to this point:

Fall 2017 – During a Voters meeting, the congregation was informed of the need to replace the roof over the kitchen.

Winter 2018 – During a Church Council meeting, the possibility of installing a lift along with the kitchen roof replacement was discussed.

Summer 2018 – After being contacted by NCI Roberts Construction about building needs, a discussion began about adding a lift and an addition over the kitchen, nullifying the need for a new kitchen roof. Later on, meetings were held with NCI Roberts Construction and Catalyst Construction discussing different possibilities. After the meetings, Catalyst Construction was identified as contractor frontrunner.

28 October, 2018 – During a Voters meeting, the Church Council presented a proposal to “Approve funds up to $5,000 to be used for preliminary architectural plans” related to the potential building project; the proposal was approved.

2 February, 2019 – During a Voters meeting, a proposal was introduced to approve a Building Committee to handle the details of the building project. They are: Jeff John (Chairman), Cory Olsen (Secretary & Publicity Chair), Ben Thompson (Construction) and Bill Weisensel (Subcommittee Chair), Rick Waldschmidt (Fundraising), Dennis Behr (At Large Member), Kevin Klahn (Finance), and Pastor Jeff Hendrix (Ex-officio Member).

13 February, 2019 – The Building Committee met with Tim Dittloff (Stewardship Innovations), Mark Arndt (Catalyst Construction) and Tom Schermerhorn (Excel Architects, Engineers and Surveyors). The committee signed a contract with Excel to prepare preliminary architectural plans. Additional details can be found in our post “Building Committee Update”, 13 February, 2019.

Building Committee Update

February 26, 2019 by Cory Olsen Leave a Comment

13 February, 2019

During this visit with our building addition consultants, the committee posed questions concerning average lift types and costs, A.D.A compliance standards for remodel and addition, kitchen roof replacement, restrooms and a touch of financing. In short, we put forward our list of our wants and needs for the congregation to the consultants and discussed some potential options.

At the end of the meeting, Tom Schermerhorn (Excel) presented the committee with a contract to produce preliminary architectural plans as approved during the 28 October, 2018 Voters Meeting; we should receive these plans around 3 to 4 weeks from contract signing. Committee Chairman Jeff John signed and returned the contract following the meeting putting our turn around date to between 6 and 13 March, 2019.

Stay tuned…