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Because of you, this Church changes lives!
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Worship & more for the week of March 21, 2021
Livestream & In-person worship, Resources for families and children,
Holden Evening Prayer, Holy Week schedule
Worship for Sunday, March 21
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Livestream worship at 9:00am
In-person worship at 10:30am
Please bear in mind:
- All in-person opportunities are dependent on continued positive developments in terms of infection rates, COVID metrics, and relevant guidance, and are subject to last-minute cancellation if necessary.
- If you feel in the least bit unwell, please stay home! Help us keep our beloved community safe.
- Masks are mandated, from the parking lot until we return to our cars.
- Hand sanitizer is available and encouraged throughout the building.
- We will not use bulletins, hymnals, nor pass offering plates.
- We continue to avoid congregational singing and unison, supported speech
- Communion distribution has been adjusted to reduce the risks of contact
- Our HVAC system will run throughout our service with outside air intake maximized to increase ventilation. We have installed UV sterilization filters in the Sanctuary and Church Hall systems to provide additional mitigation.
- Note: All upcoming CLC registrations are always available at https://clcvalpo.churchcenter.com/registrations
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For Children and Families
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Print a worship activity page for your kids!
No Sunday School this week – Spring Break!
- Next week – Palm Sunday – our Sunday School will be an In-Person family activity outdoors after our 10:30 In-Person service. Join us at 11:30 in the back turnaround!
- And, register to join us on Easter Sunday for an Easter Egg Hunt after the late in-person service – 11:30 at the back turnaround. Register for Easter Egg Hunt Here!
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Holden Evening Prayer
Lenten Wednesday Worship, 7:30pm
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Join us Wednesdays in Lent for Holden Evening Prayer, a time of gentle singing, candles, and exploring together what “Holy Communion” means for us. Wednesdays at 7:30pm
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Holy Week at Christ Lutheran
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Holy Week draws us deeply into the story of Jesus' deep love and sacrifice, and into celebrating the truth that God's mercy and life have the last word! With the improvement in Coronavirus infection rates, worship in Holy Week will be hybrid, with some in-person opportunities supplementing live-streamed worship. Please note: registration is required for in-person gatherings, and bulletin links will be
included/posted closer to the date of the service.
Palm Sunday - March 28
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Live-streamed Palm Sunday worship at 9am: https://youtu.be/SuEX3hkgK7M
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In-person Palm Sunday worship will be at 10:30am
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Families are invited to join for a craft activity after in-person worship, gathering outdoors near the back turnaround at 11:15am.
Maundy Thursday - April 1
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Maundy Thursday worship will be live-streamed at 7pm: https://youtu.be/RfrQnW9B1zg
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Note that you are invited to have a small bowl of water available during the service - and that we are gathering the community’s prayers of lament, grief, and worry for inclusion in this special service. Please email pastorerica@clcvalpo.org with your prayers.
Good Friday - April 2
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Good Friday worship will be live-streamed at 7pm: https://youtu.be/VSt1Az9YcjA
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Note that you are invited to have a cross with you for this service, something that you can hold (look on your walls or your jewelry box, perhaps?).
Easter Vigil - April 3
Easter Sunday - April 4
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Live-streamed Easter worship at 9am: https://youtu.be/H98zz27eyt8
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In-person Easter worship will be at both 8am and 10:30am
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Young people are invited to an Easter Egg Hunt at 11:30am
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While we keep ourselves separate to steward each others' health, we are including Holy Communion during our livestream on Sundays. Our goal is to experience Communion
together, even while apart; immediate, not something available as a recording that someone might use later; organic, not something prepackaged or purchased; safe and accessible, so people don't need to travel/have contact with others to pick things up. Please note: extraordinary times like these require us to depart from our usual practices. We all eagerly look forward to the time when we can leave these extraordinary measures behind and return to
safely gathering in person on Sundays, as is our norm.
Here's what you need to prepare in advance: Before Sunday's service, choose a plate and cup that you will use for Communion in your space. Find some bread (whatever kind works for you; even a cracker can do in a pinch) and, if you have it, grape juice or wine. Note that if you don't have grape juice or wine, that's perfectly OK; our theology teaches that receiving Christ in one element (i.e. just bread or just wine) is more than sufficient! You can leave an empty cup ready as a sign of
that overabundance of blessing. We also recommend having a candle handy, which you can light throughout the Sunday service, if that is safe for you, to help create a worshipful space.
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