Holy Week follow-up
And looking ahead...
What an incredible Lent/Easter season we had here
at Northaven Church! Using the theme “At One With God,” we took a
moving journey through this traditional season, ending up with a crowd of almost
400 sharing the glory of Easter Sunday.
Palm Sunday featured a procession of palms that included not just children, but every person in worship that day. Thursday night’s “Feast of Grace” was a highly interactive “teaching worship” experience, shared around tables in the sanctuary. Everyone who attended commented on the creative use of our sanctuary space. Friday night’s “Tennebrae” service was again quite inspiring, and allowed worshippers the chance to pray in the garden at its conclusion. The Saturday service of waiting was attended by many new worshippers.
No holy season at Northaven can happen without the work of many, many people.
Special thanks to Valinda and our Music and Arts Ministry; the bells, orchestra, choir, and soloists. On every Sunday, and especially during the Schubert Mass, we were reminded again of how blessed we are in this area.
Thanks for our hard-working Worship Commission, who not only planned out the theme for the season, but also worked on every small detail along the way. Special thanks to our table leaders for Thursday’s worship, our readers for Friday’s service, and Shannon Hamrick and Mary Lowrance for their leadership on Saturday.
Thanks to the Children’s Ministry and volunteers for organizing our processions on Palm Sunday and Easter. And, finally, extra special thanks to Tom Kargas, Donna Wiles, and Michael Ekbladt. They each spent countless hours, working to make our worship space transition from death to life. Tom’s visual eye, and Michael and Donna’s incredibly faithful leadership of that commission have been a true blessing to us all this year. I hope you will each thank them.
Because Easter was so incredibly early this year --the earliest any of us will ever experience-- we are blessed with almost two more months of Spring. Unlike many Springs, when the period after Easter marks a drop-off in activity, you could argue that our Spring is just getting started! The coming weeks will see a celebration of the Feast of Friendship, Earth Day, Reconciling Ministries Sunday, Confirmation Sunday, Youth Day, and many more. Also, our long anticipated General Conference will happen just west of here in Fort Worth.
So, please watch this newsletter carefully for news on all these upcoming events.
Eric
Palm Sunday featured a procession of palms that included not just children, but every person in worship that day. Thursday night’s “Feast of Grace” was a highly interactive “teaching worship” experience, shared around tables in the sanctuary. Everyone who attended commented on the creative use of our sanctuary space. Friday night’s “Tennebrae” service was again quite inspiring, and allowed worshippers the chance to pray in the garden at its conclusion. The Saturday service of waiting was attended by many new worshippers.
No holy season at Northaven can happen without the work of many, many people.
Special thanks to Valinda and our Music and Arts Ministry; the bells, orchestra, choir, and soloists. On every Sunday, and especially during the Schubert Mass, we were reminded again of how blessed we are in this area.
Thanks for our hard-working Worship Commission, who not only planned out the theme for the season, but also worked on every small detail along the way. Special thanks to our table leaders for Thursday’s worship, our readers for Friday’s service, and Shannon Hamrick and Mary Lowrance for their leadership on Saturday.
Thanks to the Children’s Ministry and volunteers for organizing our processions on Palm Sunday and Easter. And, finally, extra special thanks to Tom Kargas, Donna Wiles, and Michael Ekbladt. They each spent countless hours, working to make our worship space transition from death to life. Tom’s visual eye, and Michael and Donna’s incredibly faithful leadership of that commission have been a true blessing to us all this year. I hope you will each thank them.
Because Easter was so incredibly early this year --the earliest any of us will ever experience-- we are blessed with almost two more months of Spring. Unlike many Springs, when the period after Easter marks a drop-off in activity, you could argue that our Spring is just getting started! The coming weeks will see a celebration of the Feast of Friendship, Earth Day, Reconciling Ministries Sunday, Confirmation Sunday, Youth Day, and many more. Also, our long anticipated General Conference will happen just west of here in Fort Worth.
So, please watch this newsletter carefully for news on all these upcoming events.
Eric
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