Posted by Pastor Hinkle on February 28, 2010
In the Lutheran church, Vespers is the traditional service for afternoon and evening prayer. It consists of selected Psalms and hymns, a scripture reading, a brief sermon, the Magnificate, and various prayers. Often, much of the service is sung. It usually lasts between a half hour and 45 minutes depending upon the length of the sermon.
It is customary for Lutheran congregations to meet on Wednesday evenings during the season of Lent to reflect upon Christ’s passion. Generally penitential Psalms are used and the lesson is drawn from a roughly chronological account of Christ’s last supper, arrest, and crucifixion that has been assembled from the four Gospels. This year at St. Paul’s the sermons are focusing on the seven things Christ said from the cross:
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Posted by Pastor Hinkle on February 28, 2010
February 21 we welcomed Allen, Beth, Carter, Ryan, and Grant into our congregation. We were distracted by the treats some of the other members brought to celebrate and forgot to get a picture. I’ll try to get a picture up in the next week or so.
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Posted by Pastor Hinkle on February 17, 2010
During the season of Lent we gather each Wednesday evening at 7:00 pm for worship and meditation on Christ’s passion. The season begins with a communion service with imposition of ashes (a sign of repentance) on the 17th of February. The meditation will be on the Christ’s prayer that God would forgive those who crucified him.
The remaining Wednesday evening services will be shorter services of prayer and preaching that follow the order of Vespers. Each will include a reading from an account of Christ’s passion drawn from the four gospels. The sermons will cover the various things Christ said as he suffered upon the cross.
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Posted by Wapello Warbler on February 7, 2010
Our seventh graders had a great time at the district’s Jr High Retreat and Snowlympics. The pictures have been uploaded to Facebook. You can see them by
clicking here
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Posted by Pastor Hinkle on December 14, 2009
Rhonda has uploaded the pictures she took of everyone decorating the church for Christmas to our Facebook fan page.
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