April Activities
CROSSTRAINING OUR CHILDREN IN CHRIST … AT HOME STL, in order to support the continuation of your child’s spiritual growth during this time, has prepared Bible lesson packets to be used in your home. The first ones focus on Palm…
Play Ball!
On this date in 1984 the record of the Detroit Tigers was 8-0. By May 1 it was 19-2. Many of you will remember that they went on to win 104 games in the regular season and ended up as World Series champions. On this date in 2003 the record of the Detroit…
E3 > F3
“E cubed is greater than F cubed” is the equation I am using to navigate through the current COVID-19 crisis. You may not be a person who gets highly excited about mathematical equations, but this is one I believe is worth considering. If fact, I…
Is It Just Me?
I have not had the opportunity to listen to Mitch Album on the radio as much lately as I used to, but one of his segments that I particularly enjoyed had Mitch saying, “Is it just me, or … ?” He would then compete the sentence with an observation. It…
Crossroads: What will you do with Jesus?
Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.” (Matthew 16:24) You are at a crossroads. Journey to the Cross Communion Come to Entrance A for a life journey on Thursday, April…
Burial
Moving past the votives, we come to the cemetery of our Savior, complete with burial clothes, spices and a stone to close the grave. Remember Joseph and Nicodemus laying Jesus’ lifeless body there while the women watched … and returned on…
Death
As we move to our left from the cross, we come to a table of lit candles. With the snuffer, we kill the flame of one – symbolizing how you are one who snuffed out the life of the Lord Christ.
The Crucifixion
We behold the cross on which our Savior died. We linger here in worship of the One who endured its shame for us all. And we recall that is by his stripes that we are healed. We each fill in the blank with our own name as a reminder that he…
The Garden of Gethsemane
From the altar we recess down the center aisle to the narthex where you have the opportunity to pray in “The Garden of Gethsemane”. After you have watched the video, please take time to … a – recall all that our Savior experienced…
The Lord’s Table
When ready to move on, we walk down the side aisle toward the communion rail and are seated in one of the front pews. While seated, we use one of the prayers found on the inside front cover of the LSB to prepare for Holy Communion. Unfortunately, in this…