Summer Musical
Our musical from the summer of 2022 had to be postponed due to a Covid outbreak. The cast from last summer will perform this summer, but we do have some openings. If you’re interested in performing or helping backstage or with tech for the musical “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” the weekend of June 16-18, please contact Deacon Robyn Poling at robynpoling@abidingchrist.net.
Sunday, Apr. 30 at 12:15 “Kalahari Braai”
Braai– rhymes with “dry.” But what does it mean? It means barbecue! Join us for this education fundraiser meal and VBS kickoff!
Mark your calendars!
VBS: July 17-21
Join us and our meerkat guide as we learn how to strive for the things that bring peace and the things that build each other up! (Romans 14:19)
Lenten Children’s Activities
During Lent, all children (and adults) will have the opportunity to take home coin banks to fill. The collection will be sent to Lutheran World Relief in support of people in crisis, including Ukrainians affected by war and earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria.
The annual Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt will be held at Abiding Christ on Saturday, Apr. 8th, at 11:00 a.m., rain or shine!
Join us on Passion Sunday, Apr. 2, between worship services for a continental breakfast at 9:30 followed at 10:00 by an “All-church readers theater: Moses and the Israelites Escape from Egypt.”
Adult Sunday School:
Upcoming Classes
Feb. 26 - Day of Caring Pancake Brunch
March 5 - CPR Familiarization Class
March 12 - AED & Narcan Familiarization
March 19 -Class led by Deacon Robyn Poling
March 26 - Holy Week Symbols, led by Janet Miller
Sundays at 9:45am in Meister Hall
SUNDAY of the PASSION– Apr. 2
“The Cry of the Whole People” A Narrative Reading of the Passion Accounts 8:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Apr. 6
Teaching Seder in Meister Hall at 6:00 followed by worship in the sanctuary.
Apr. 7
Noon– Walk with the Cross, downtown Fairborn at 5/3 Commons 8:00 p.m. Tenebrae service in the sanctuary.
Saturday, Apr. 8, 7:00 p.m.
St. John’s Lutheran Church 122 W. National Rd., Vandalia
Wednesday Lenten worship
What is meant by “rend your heart: Claiming the promise?”
Is the emphasis for this season of Lent the rending of our hearts? Or is it claiming the promise? The truth is, we need both: the rending and the claiming. We need to tear out the things that are in the way of truly following Christ, which is not an easy or a simple process. Nor is it something that we can do once and then forget it. It is a constant call for us to “lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely” (Heb 12:1). We need to claim the life that Christ describes and lives out before us, to embrace the joy of the life of faith!
March 1- This Is the Sign
March 8- Walk Before Me
March 15- All These Words
March 22- Look Up and Live
March 29- Written on the Heart
Soup Supper: 6:00 p.m. (Please bring soups by 5:45) Worship: 6:45 p.m.
This is a contemplative service filled with Taize music, candle-lighting, scripture, and holy communion.
No worship or meal on Apr. 5
