Bethlehem Connect March/April 2019 | Page 5

Lent/easter Holy Week & Easter April 14 — Palm Sunday Worship 8, 9:15, 10:30 am & 7 pm (MPLS) 9:30 am (MTKA) Wednesday Evening Worship During Lent 7:00 pm at both campuses Dinner 6:00 pm (MTKA) Dinner 5:30 pm (MPLS) Following Jesus leads us into places where life is complicated, messy and broken. How does our faith inform the way we show up? How can we serve as a balm for our hurting world? These are the questions we’ll explore during our Wednesday evening worship services. April 18 — Maundy Thursday Service of Holy Communion Noon & 7 pm (MPLS) 7 pm (MTKA) April 19 — Good Friday Worship Noon & 7 pm (MPLS) 7 pm (MTKA) April 21 — EASTER Festival Worship with Holy Communion, Choirs and Brass 6, 8, 9:30, 11 am (MPLS) 9:00 & 10:30 am (MTKA) 7pm Easter Evening Service of Holy Communion (MPLS) Easter Plants Colorful spring flowers and plants have become an important symbol of rebirth at Easter time. Bethlehem has embraced this tradition and encourages the congregation to participate through the purchase of a variety of Easter flowers and plants that will become part of our worship space on Easter Sunday at both campuses. You are invited to help celebrate by dedicating a plant in honor or memory of someone special. MTKA: Orders should be dropped off in the church office by April 1. Pick up your flowers after worship on Easter Sunday. Contact Sue Lungstrom with any questions—952.935.3419. MPLS: Order forms will be available in the Gallery on Sunday mornings (or you can place your order online). Plants cost $20 each and can be picked up the Tuesday after Easter. Contact Chris Haugen with any questions—612.312.3418. Book Group: Seeing Gray in a World that is Black and White by Adam Hamilton. Mid-week worship sermons will have a different format this year. Think "discussion" not sermon. Pastors will lead the congregation in conversation using Pastor Adam Hamilton’s book Seeing Gray in a World of Black and White as a framework. Reading the book is encouraged but not necessary to participate. March 13: Where Faith and Politics Meet March 20: Christ, Christians, and the Culture Wars March 27: How should We Live? The Ethics of Jesus April 3: Spiritual Maturity and Seeing Gray April 10: What Would Jesus Say to America? Guest Ensembles and Musicians Wednesdays, 7:00 pm MPLS MTKA March 6th Senior Choir Chancel Choir March 13 Partners in Praise Cherub, Chorister, and Youth Choirs March 20 Cherub, Chorister, Washburn Singers and Youth Choirs March 27 Mirandola Ensemble Tami Briggs, Harpist April 3 Lauren Seidel, Oboe Magnum Chorum April 10 Minnesota Boychoir From Age to Age 5