Join us via Zoom on Wednesdays at 10:00 a.m. beginning April 21. Click here for more information. … [Read more...]

Holy Week and Easter in 2021 will be like no other. Our worship schedule is as follows: Palm Sunday Sunday, March 28 Pick up your palm on Saturday, March 27, 10 - 11:30 a.m. - Church Parking Lot Palm Sunday Worship Maundy Thursday Thursday, April 1 In lieu of a service, you are invited to make use of Maundy Thursday @ Home.  This is an at-home, self-guided worship experience.  No church service will be held. Good Friday Friday, April 2 - 12 noon Good Friday service will be available by clicking: Good Friday Worship Easter Sunday, April 4 - 10;00 a.m. Our Easter service will be available by clicking: Easter Worship … [Read more...]

You are invited to make use of Maundy Thursday @ Home. Maundy Thursday marks the beginning of what often is called “The Easter Tridiuum”—the three days of remembering the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus. On this day, we hear Jesus give us a new commandment: to “love one another as I have loved you” (John 13:34). Maundy Thursday centers around the institution of the Lord’s Supper, invites the community into the ritual of washing feet and concludes with the stripping of the altar. Even though our community is not gathering together for Maundy Thursday worship this year, this guide is intended to honor the day in your own home through prayer, scripture reading and sensory experiences. … [Read more...]

Click Maundy Thursday @ Home to download your guide. Maundy Thursday is our remembrance of the Last Supper Jesus shared with his disciples. The Word maundy comes from the Latin, Maundatum, from which our word "mandate" is derived. Jesus gives a repeated mandate throughout John 13-17, commanding us to love one another. Within these five chapters, we find so much beauty: the last supper and the celebration of communion, Jesus’ washing of His disciples' feet, prophetic words of His impending death, His loving prayer, and His command to love one another.   … [Read more...]

Click on Lenten Worship to join Living Water Lutheran, Scottsdale, on Wednesdays. The liturgical season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, February 17.  It continues for 40 days (not counting the Sundays in Lent) and comes to an end on Easter Sunday, April 4. During the 40 days of Lent, New Journey invites you to join us in a time set apart to reflect on the workings of our hearts—examining what we cling to, what we need to let go of, what we need to grab hold of. As we move through Lent toward Easter, let us discover together what it means to God’s beloved in this time and place. May we be blessed by that discovery not only for our own good, but for the good of the … [Read more...]