Mary’s Way Of The Cross This Saturday
Saint Peter’s Contemplative Ministries is teaming up with Church Chicks and invites you to experience the Stations of the Cross from the personal perspective of Jesus’ mother, Mary. Join other women from Saint Peter as we walk the final days of Jesus’ life together.
Mary’s Way of the Cross will take place on Saturday, March 27th beginning with a virtual coffee hour for some social time at 9:00 a.m.and the Stations of the Cross will begin at 10:00 a.m. Please feel free to join in any time before 10:00 a.m.
A reader is needed for each of the 14 stations. If you are interested in reading one of the Stations, please sign up here: https://bit.ly/3t6gEQy This is the Zoom link for the gathering: https://bit.ly/3qJJEfj.
2021 Holy Week Schedule at Saint Peter Lutheran Church
Palm Sunday (Mar 28) - Online worship service at 9:30 a.m.
Wednesday Evening Prayer (March 31) - Online prayer service at 7:00 p.m.
Maundy Thursday (April 1) - Online prayer service at 7:00 p.m. In-home foot washing.
Good Friday (April 2) - Online Stations of the Cross at 7:00 p.m. Prayer vigil begins at 9:00 p.m.
Holy Saturday (April 3) - On your own, light candles of remembrance for those who completed their baptismal journey in the last year. Prayer vigil continues through Holy Saturday until Sunday at 9:00 a.m.
Easter Sunday (April 4) - Online worship service at 9:30 a.m.
Annual Easter Vigil Begins Good Friday at 9 p.m.
Saint Peter has a long tradition of continuous prayer from the end of Good Friday worship through Easter morning. It is as important as ever that we come together as a community of faith to pray for one another, our community and our world. Just as Jesus invited his disciples to pray and watch with him the night before he was arrested (Matthew 26), you are invited to join in a vigil of prayer at Saint Peter.
Instead of being in the building, we will conduct this year’s Prayer Vigil virtually through Zoom. Please sign up for your hour-long time-slot here. The Prayer Vigil is an opportunity to spend one hour alone in prayer in a sacred space with God. And, it is a time to participate in something bigger than yourself as you complete the chain of prayer with other Saint Peter friends. You will receive a list of prayer intentions from the Saint Peter community to lift up during your time of prayer. The Contemplative Ministries team is also providing prayers and meditations that you may choose to use during the Prayer Vigil. This is your time and you are welcomed to spend the hour however best suits you.
The prayer resources and Zoom link will be sent to you after you sign up. If you have any prayer requests you would like to be prayed for during the Prayer Vigil that is not currently on Saint Peter’s prayer list, please send them through Saint Peter’s website at https://www.stplc.org/member-resources If you have any questions, please contact Jeanne Maloney.
How To Create A Sacred Space At Home
For over a year, we have been absent from the familiar worship and study spaces at Saint Peter due to the pandemic. As adaptable and resilient people of God, we have settled into couches, carved out desk space and figured out Zoom settings in order to participate in online worship, prayer and meditation. Holy Week 2021 brings us full circle to the start of this forced absence, and so it feels appropriate to re-examine the spaces we have created in our homes. To read the full article written by Bethany Laurie, click here.
Palm Sunday and Easter Family Ministries News
Miss Mary has explored all the items in the Lent-In-A-Bag, but there’s still more fun to be had on Palm Sunday, Easter Sunday and at home these next couple of weeks. Here’s what the kids can look forward to:
Sometime this week, all families with young children will receive a Holy Week Devotional in the mail! If you don’t get one and would like one, let Miss Mary know or stop by the Saint Peter building and look for Miss Mary’s bin outside the fellowship hall entrance. Open the lid and grab one of your own (pictured above).
This coming Sunday (March 28th), we will talk about the Resurrection Eggs that all the kids received with their Lent-In-A-Bag materials. We will open a few during the children’s message and the rest during Sunday School.
Don’t forget to make and bring your Alleluia Sticks to Saint Peter’s Easter celebration online! If you don’t have time to make your own, there are a few in Miss Mary’s bin along with those devotionals.
The Strezo family is taking a short break from Sunday School so Miss Mary will be filling in the next two weeks. Be sure to visit www.stpc.org/sunday-school on Sundays after worship for the latest.
Financial Peace University, 2021: Normal Is Broke, Be Weird.
Kick debt once and for all...or send the kids and let's teach them!
Yes—it’s possible. Join the next virtual Financial Peace University class and learn the proven way to dump debt and build wealth. It’s not a joke or a get-rich-quick scheme. It’s God’s and grandma’s ways of handling money. You can do it!
We would love to see you there, you won’t even have to leave home. And now, you can try Financial Peace free for 14 days! Visit fpu.com/1134690 to sign up and learn more. This class will be for nine weeks, for 90 minutes each Monday, March 29 - May 24, from 6:30-8:00 p.m. MST.
Feel free to reach out to hosts, Jody Hinsey or Jennifer Stenbak with questions.
Now You Can Watch Worship On YouTube Live
The Tech Team has instituted a new streaming software that allows us to broadcast each week’s worship service in real-time on YouTube. Now you can celebrate with Saint Peter from your mobile device or on your smart TV through the YouTube app. Of course, you can still log in to participate via Zoom or Facebook Live like you’ve been doing, too. You have choices!
If YouTube is your preference, visit the StPLC channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFL-JqMk_BHZilXIAFxFRRQ or go to YouTube.com and search for “Saint Peter Lutheran Church Greenwood Village.” While you’re there, be sure to “subscribe.” That’ll make it easier to find our videos in the future.