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March 15, 2026
The Chosen: Season 2– Starts March 23
We will have two viewing groups available to watch and discuss Season 2 of The Chosen starting the week of March 23. The viewing groups will meet on Mondays at 6pm or Thursdays at 1:30pm. The groups will meet for 8 weeks. Study Guides are available at the church office for $10, but are not required for participating with the viewing groups. Contact Pastor Mike (pastormike@splc.church) with any questions or for more information.
Register at: https://cutt.ly/SPLC-Chosen or call the church office.
Palm Sunday Youth Fundraising Breakfast
The blue folders will be going around Sunday for donations for the youth fundraising breakfast held on Sunday March 29th from 8:30am-11am.
Come support them with a free will offering while enjoying some delicious breakfast.
The money raised during this breakfast will be split between the students for Summer fest scholarships.
Summer fest camp is held at Gustavus College and it combines fun games, lots of laughs, meaningful music, relevant speakers, breakout sessions and small group discussion time for a unique experience. Camp helps students draw closer to Jesus, and each other.
Portals of Prayer/Christ in our Homes
The next quarter of the daily devotionals, Portals or Prayer and Christ in Our Home, are available to pick up. They are available outside of the sanctuary or at the bookshelf before entering the Fellowship Hall.
Congregational Sympathy
Sympathy to the family of Allyson Job who passed away on March 7th. Her funeral service will be at St. Paul’s on Monday, March 16th at 11am with a visitation one hour prior Please keep the Job family in your prayers.
Lent/Holy Week Worship Schedule:
March 18th 5:30/6:30pm (Baked Potato Bar)
March 25th 5:30/6:30pm (Jamaican inspired)
March 29th Palm Sunday (Youth fundraising breakfast 8:30-11)
April 2nd Maundy Thursday 7pm
April 3rd Good Friday 7pm
April 5th Easter
6:30am Sunrise Worship
8am Traditional Worship
9:15am Traditional Worship
10:30am Contemporary Worship
Last Week’s Worship Attendance
8am: 98
9:15am: 97
10:30am: 59
Online: 79
Total: 333
Wednesday
5:30pm: 110
7pm: 48
Last Week’s Offering:
Online Giving: $5,110
Offering: $6,084
Haiti: $110
Building: $250
Good Samaritan: $50
Total: $11,604
PASTOR'S MESSAGE
PASTOR'S MESSAGE
March 2026
March 2026
Spring cleaning of the soul
There is that certain kind of energy that arrives when the weather starts to warm up and the days get longer. Even with stubborn remnants of snow and slush hanging around the dark corners of yards and parking lots, we are ready to move on to what comes next. We make plans to tend to the accumulation of stuff in drawers and garages and storage rooms, we throw open windows to clean out the stuffy air and make room for crisp spring breezes, and we can boil that all down to simply getting rid of the stuff we no longer need.
In church, we have a season for that as well. We call it Lent. For many of us, Lent can feel like a “heavy” season. We find it filled with somber music, fasting and sacrifice, and a time to dwell on our guilt and shortcomings. But what if we view Lent through the same lens as spring cleaning? Then the season takes on a different tone. Lent isn’t about being miserable enough to convince God we are taking it seriously; it is about clearing out the spiritual clutter so we can appreciate the grace and mercy and love that have been there all along.
We’ve been talking about the struggles we have in the world, the anger and contempt and disgust that make their homes in our hearts. We are cluttered. Time to clean it out. Time to toss out the grudges we’ve held for too long, time to see the people in our lives as fellow children of God. Time to tune out the noise and make room for the calming whispers of God.
We all share something in common this time of year – a dirty windshield. Think of Lent like a new set of wipers that cleans the grime away. God’s light is always before us, showing us the way and lighting our path, whether our windshield is clean or not. But when our lives get grimy, covered in the dirt of our ego and distractions, we can’t see the road ahead and we lose our way. Lent is the time to pull over, take a breath, and clean the glass. We give up things not to suffer and sacrifice, but to make space and to see what is ahead better.
Make space for God this Lent by practicing a few habits: First, take five minutes each day in silence with God. Second, toss out a grudge by picking someone that you are struggling with and instead pray for them. Third, reach out to someone that might be feeling lonely or shut in this month.
March can be messy, but it is also full of profound hope. Prepare your hearts, Easter is coming!
Pastor Luke
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