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May 31-July 26 | Worship Sermon Series: Tending What Has Been Entrusted Week Two Theme: Something must die for something new to live

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Tending What Has Been Entrusted May 31-July 26 | A Worship & Sermon Series Week One Theme: Something must die for something new to live

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The Easter season concludes on the fiftieth day of the celebration of the resurrection of Christ. Pentecost comes from the Greek, pentekoste, “fiftieth” and it refers to the festival celebrated on the fiftieth day after Passover, also known as the “Feast of Weeks” and the “Feast of 50 days” in rabbinic tradition. Easter is the …

Welcome to this community of faith and service. May 31 – July 25 First English Lutheran Church will be in a time of Sabbath Ministry Pause. During the eight weeks, the congregation will pause its ministry activities of learning, witness, service, and support.  We will continue in weekly worship and turn our shared focus toward …

As we enter the final week of the fifty days of Easter, we engage a potentially unsettling Bible story: Jesus ascends into heaven forty days after his resurrection from the dead. Yet, his followers are assured that the Spirit will empower them to be witnesses throughout the earth. The disciples were told to not gaze …