Pilgrim Worship: Pilgrim Lenten Vespers Wednesday April 6, 2022

Pilgrim Lutheran Church

Wednesday Lenten Vespers

April 6, 2022

We're glad & thankful you've come here to watch our service and worship the one true God!

This was another exciting Lenten Wednesday at Pilgrim Lutheran Church! Once again, we had lots of great activities going on, starting with our 11 am Bible class. In this class, we consider various signs of Jesus, which bear witness to Him. The highlight of the day is our Vespers worship services at either 4pm or at 7pm. We enjoyed a delicious soup dinner between these services, sharing good food and fellowship! If you live in the Burton area, please consider joining us for any or all of these great events next week!

Here is information about todays worship service:

SCRIPTURE READINGS

First Reading: Ezekiel 11:17-21
Second Reading: 2 Corinthians 4:1–6
Gospel Reading: John 19:1-16

THEME FOR HOMILY & VESPERS SERVICE

Pontius Pilate, a witness to Christ, consented to order Jesus’ execution. Pilate may wash his hands and proclaim his own innocence in the death of Jesus, but Pilate is guilty. Pilate is caught between a rock and a hard place. Instead of doing what is right, Pilate has Jesus’ flesh ripped, shredded, dressed in purple, and crowned with thorns. His hard heart is complicit in the death of Christ. While it may be an uncomfortable thought, Pilate’s failures make us examine our own complicity in the evil of others. How have we deceived ourselves in proclaiming innocence? How have we been pressured into allowing evil to occur? Thanks be to God that our journey to the cross shows us Jesus’ forgiveness.

To watch the video of this service, please click HERE.

Peace to you on this, and every Lenten day as we journey with Christ to Calvary's cross!