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Lent, Holy Week and Easter 2026

Ash Wednesday, February 18

Holy Communion and Imposition of Ashes

1:00 pm Spoken Worship

7:00 pm Worship with music and choir

First Sunday in Lent, February 22

10:00 am Worship

Bach Cantata Vespers, February 22

Grace Lutheran River Forest, 7300 Division Street

3:45 pm Prelude, 4:00 pm Service

 Second Sunday in Lent, March 1

10:00 am Worship

 Third Sunday in Lent, March 8

10:00 am Worship with congregational

reading of the Gospel

 Fourth Sunday in Lent, March 15

10:00 am Worship with congregational

reading of the Gospel

 Midweek Lenten Worship, March 18

7:00 pm Holden Evening Prayer

 Fifth Sunday in Lent, March 22

10:00 am Worship with congregational reading of the Gospel

 Palm Sunday, March 29

10:00 am Worship with palm procession and choir

 

Maundy Thursday, April 2

7:00 pm Worship with hand washing, choir

and stripping of the altar

 

Good Friday, April 3

7:00 pm Worship with reading of the Passion of our Lord

 

Easter Sunday, Resurrection of our Lord, April 5

8:30 am Easter Breakfast

10:00 am Worship with choir

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Pastor’s Letters

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Where are you from?
Where are you from?

Where are you from? What did you bring with you when the Holy Spirit invited you to Grace Lutheran Church? What do you bring now? What if we each thought of several “I am froms” and shared them with each other? (I am from lakes and books, music, games and sunshine.)

Light of the World
Light of the World

The Epiphany of our Lord: the revelation of Christ to the world! Can we understand the full import and impact of this cosmic, magnificent gift of God? The prophet surely paints us a rich picture.