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SUMMARY:2025 Colorado March for Life in Denver
DESCRIPTION:Join us in Denver for the 2025 Colorado March for Life on Friday\, April 11\, at the State Capitol. The rally begins at 11:00am and the march at 12:00pm. More details to come. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now
URL:https://calendar.lcms.org/event/2025-colorado-march-for-life-in-denver/
LOCATION:Colorado State Capitol\, 200 E. Colfax Ave.\, Denver\, CO\, 80203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Pro-life events
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SUMMARY:2025 March on the Arch in St. Louis
DESCRIPTION:The annual March on the Arch is Saturday\, April 12 in St. Louis. \nThere will be sponsor tables\, including LCMS Life Ministry\, with information and resources. The rally begins at 11:00am at Aloe Plaza (across from Union Station\, 20th and Market Street). \nThe march begins at 12:00pm and ends at the Gateway Arch (the distance is just over a mile). Light refreshments will be provided for participants at the Arch grounds. \nJoin other Lutherans for this event and witness to the sanctity of life. Information on parking garages and metro stations can be found here\, but there is ample street parking as well. We look forward to seeing you there! \nRegister Now
URL:https://calendar.lcms.org/event/2025-march-on-the-arch-in-st-louis/
LOCATION:Aloe Plaza\, St. Louis\, MO\, 20\, S 20th St\,\, St. Louis\, MO\, 63103
CATEGORIES:Pro-life events
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SUMMARY:Palm Sunday
DESCRIPTION:Palm Sunday\, also known as the Sunday of the Passion\, will be commemorated on Sunday\, April 13\, 2025. \nTo attend a Palm Sunday service\, visit locator.lcms.org/church to find a local Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod congregation. Enter your zip code and click “Search” to see a list of area churches\, service times\, and contact information. \nIf you are homebound\, traveling\, or otherwise unable to attend a service in person\, KFUO Radio airs worship services throughout the church year. Visit KFUO.org to view the schedule and listen to services. \nFind church near me \n\nLiturgical color for Palm Sunday\nScarlet will adorn the altar on Palm Sunday through Maundy Thursday. It is a color worth investing in because it stands in contrast to the traditional red that is used on Festival Sundays. Scarlet’s use during the somber days of Holy Week help to offer a different message. As the Manual on the Liturgy points out\, “scarlet is a color anciently associated with the passion … the color of blood” (p. 25). Violet may also be used where Scarlet vestments are not present. \n\nScripture readings for Palm Sunday\nThree-Year Series C Lectionary\n\nJohn 12:12–19 (Procession)\n\n\nDeut. 32:36–39\n\n\nPsalm 118:19–29 or Psalm 31:9–16\n\n\nPhil. 2:5–11\n\n\nLuke 22:1–23:56 or Luke 23:1–56 or John 12:20–43\n\nLectionary summary\nThe Cross and Passion of Our Lord Are the Hour of His Glor\nThe King of Israel comes into His royal glory by the path of humble obedience “to the point of death\, even death on a cross” (Phil. 2:8). He “goes as it has been determined” (Luke 22:22)\, according to the Scriptures\, willingly submitting to His Father’s plan for the salvation of sinners. “Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name” (Phil. 2:9). His suffering and death open the way of repentance for the forgiveness of sins because He goes to the cross bearing the sins of the world. In His resurrection\, God the Father vindicates His people and has compassion on His servants (Deut. 32:36). He kills to make alive; He wounds in order to heal. In remembrance of Him\, we praise God\, confessing “that Jesus Christ is Lord\, to the glory of God the Father” (Phil. 2:11) \n\nOne-Year Series Lectionary\n\nMatthew 21:1–9 (Procession) or John 12:12–19 (Procession)\n\n\nZechariah 9:9–12\n\n\nPsalm 118:19–29 or Psalm 31:9–16\n\n\nPhilippians 2:5–11\n\n\nMatthew 26:1—27:66 or Matthew 27:11–54\n\nLectionary summary\nThe Cross and Passion of Our Lord Are the Hour of His Glory\n“Behold\, your King is coming to you . . . humble and mounted on a donkey” (Zech. 9:9–12; Mt. 21:1–9). Our Lord rides in this humble fashion because He is entering Jerusalem to humble Himself even to the point of death on a cross (Phil. 2:5–11). His kingly crown will not be made of gold but of thorns\, the sign of sin’s curse. For His royal reign is displayed in bearing this curse for His people\, saving us from our enemies by sacrificing His own life. The sinless One takes the place of the sinner so that the sinner can be freed and bear the name “Barabbas\,” “son of the Father” (Matthew 26 and 27). It is at the name of this exalted Savior\, Jesus\, that we bow in humble faith. With the centurion who declared\, “Truly this was the Son of God!” (Mt. 27:54)\, we are also given to confess that Jesus Christ is Lord\, to the glory of God the Father (Phil. 2:11). \n\nLCMS Worship\n\nlcms.org/worship\n\n\nWorship planning resources\n\n\nSubscribe to monthly resources email\n\nFind church near me
URL:https://calendar.lcms.org/event/palm-sunday-series-c-and-one-year-series/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:Church Year
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SUMMARY:Holy (Maundy) Thursday
DESCRIPTION:Maundy Thursday\, also known as Holy Thursday\, will be commemorated on Thursday\, April 17\, 2025.\n\nTo attend a Maundy Thursday service\, visit locator.lcms.org/church to find a local Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod congregation. Enter your zip code and click “Search” to see a list of area churches\, service times\, and contact information.\n\nIf you are homebound\, traveling\, or otherwise unable to attend a service in person\, KFUO Radio airs worship services throughout the church year. Visit KFUO.org to view the schedule and listen to services.\n\nFind church near me\n\n\n\nLiturgical colors for Holy (Maundy) Thursday\nScarlet will adorn the altar on Palm Sunday through Maundy Thursday. It is a color worth investing in because it stands in contrast to the traditional red that is used on Festival Sundays. Scarlet’s use during the somber days of Holy Week help to offer a different message. As the Manual on the Liturgy points out\, “scarlet is a color anciently associated with the passion … the color of blood” (p. 25).\n\nViolet may also be used where Scarlet vestments are not present. In some places\, White may also be used indicating that this is a high feast of Christ who instituted the Blessed Sacrament on this night.\n\n\n\nThree-Year Series C\nScripture readings\n\n 	Psalm 116:12–19\n\n\n 	Jer. 31:31–34 or Ex. 12:1–14\n\n\n 	Heb. 10:15–25 or 1 Cor. 11:23–32\n\n\n 	Luke 22:7–20 or John 13:1–17\, 31b–35\n\nLectionary summary\nLet Us Love One Another\, as Christ Jesus Has Loved Us\nBy Holy Baptism\, “with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water” (Heb. 10:22)\, we enter the holy place with Jesus. For Jesus is our Passover Lamb who has been sacrificed for us. He reclines at table with us and feeds us with His own flesh and blood: “the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain” (Heb. 10:20). In Christ\, the Lord remembers us in mercy and remembers our sin no more; He forgives us all our iniquity (Jer. 31:34; Heb. 10:17). With such love\, He “loved his own who were in the world\,” and He even loves us “to the end” (John 13:1). As He washes us and feeds us in love\, let us love one another\, just as He has loved us (John 13:34).\n\n\n\nOne-Year Series\nScripture readings\n\n 	Psalm 116:12–19\n\n\n 	Exodus 12:1–14 or Exodus 24:3–11\n\n\n 	1 Corinthians 11:23–32\n\n\n 	John 13:1–15 (34–35)\n\nLectionary summary\nLet Us Love One Another\, as Christ Jesus Has Loved Us\n“For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup\, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes” (1 Cor. 11:26). By eating His body and drinking His blood\, we proclaim to all the world that Jesus is\, indeed\, our Passover Lamb (Ex. 12:1–14)\, who was sacrificed for us on Calvary. In Christ\, the Lord remembers us in mercy and remembers our sin no more; He forgives us all our iniquity. With such love\, he “loved His own who were in the world\,” and even loves us “to the end” (John 13:1). As He washes us and feeds us in love\, let us love one another\, just as He has loved us (John 13:34).\n\n\n\nLCMS Worship\n\n 	lcms.org/worship\n\n\n 	Worship planning resources\n\n\n 	Subscribe to monthly resources email\n\nFind church near me
URL:https://calendar.lcms.org/event/holy-maundy-thursday-series-c-and-one-year-series/
LOCATION:MN
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