Pilgrim Worship: Pilgrim Lenten Vespers Wednesday March 30, 2022

Pilgrim Lutheran Church

Wednesday Lenten Vespers

March 30, 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: Zechariah 9:11–12

Second Reading: 2 Corinthians 3:15–18

Gospel Reading: John 18:33–40

THEME FOR HOMILY & VESPERS SERVICE

Barabbas was a heartless, brutal criminal, with anger in his heart and blood on his hands. Custom dictated that Pontius Pilate should release one prisoner at the feast of Passover. Pilate knows Jesus is innocent and tries to get the crowd to ask for Jesus’ release, but the crowd calls for Barabbas. The crowd condemns the innocent Jesus and demands that the guilty Barabbas receive a pardon. We are Barabbas. We are guilty and sinful and deserving of death. But we are also Barabbas in that Jesus takes our place, takes our punishment, and sets us free.

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!