Worship Schedule for Holy Week, Easter & Beyond
(From Pastor Matt Yoder, March 4, 2021)
Greetings Church! Today I want to take the opportunity to update you on a lot of exciting developments with regards to our worshipping life together.
With spring and warmer weather almost upon us, LCUMC is looking forward to offering a more diverse, expansive array of worshipping options so that we can serve our congregation and community in the best way possible. Our new worship schedule will maximize our outreach to individuals who desire to worship in the environment that best suits them and their families from both a spirituality and public health standpoint. We are also excited to announce our Holy Week worship schedule that seeks to fulfill the same objectives.
New Worship Schedule Beginning Palm Sunday March 28th
8:30 AM - Online Worship
9:30 AM - Indoor Worship
11:00 AM - Outside Live Worship
Beginning on Palm Sunday, LCUMC is excited to bring back our Outside Live worship service. We had the blessing of worshipping outside for many months last year and it brought us a sense of connection through some challenging months. While we will still have our online and sanctuary options for worship that remain available, outdoor worship provides an opportunity for those who desire in-person worship but may not be ready to enter into the sanctuary just yet. Our online service will premiere live at 8:30 AM on the LCUMC Facebook page and it is available on demand any time on Facebook or our Vimeo page and website. Our indoor sanctuary service will shift back in time slightly to 9:30 AM to accommodate a second in-person worship service.
With our beautiful green space, the ability to listen in your car on 90.1 FM, and a wonderful team of volunteers that makes it all possible, we are looking forward to adding this outdoor Sunday morning worship experience once again and welcoming more individuals back to our campus on Sunday mornings. If there happens to be inclement weather or we are met with an unseasonably cool Spring morning, our outdoor worship will be drive-in style under the portico where you can listen from the safety of your vehicle on the radio.
In keeping with this same spirit, our Holy Week worship schedule will offer a mix of indoor, outdoor, and online opportunities.
Holy Week Worship Schedule
Maundy Thursday April 1st
7:00 PM - Indoor In-Person Worship
Good Friday April 2nd
7:00 PM - Online Worship
Easter Sunday April 4th
8:30 AM - Online Worship
9:30 AM - Outside Live Worship
11:00 AM - Outside Live Worship
On Easter Sunday we will offer both of our in-person services outside where we can allow for more guests and visitors to join us for worship. Please feel free to invite your friends and neighbors to this special Sunday where we will gather in person once again to celebrate one of the holiest days of the year. After Easter Sunday, our 9:30 AM worship service will move back indoors for the foreseeable future and the Palm Sunday schedule will remain in place.
We understand that these are a lot of details to keep track of with regards to our worship options so we are thankful for your grace and patience as we try to navigate these uncharted waters to the best of our abilities. We join in the rising tide of hope and optimism for what 2021 has in store for our world and we hope that by offering all of these opportunities for worship, we are able to best serve our church and community.
As Paul says in 1 Corinthians 14 when talking about the different gifts of the church, “everything must be done so that the church may be built up.” However you choose to worship, know that you are a valued member of this faith community and all of us are working together to build the church up to be the light of the world.
Grace and Peace,
Pastor Matt