Good day siblings in Christ,
A big thank you to Croton Caring for hosting coffee hour last week. This week, Pastor Johnson is taking the weekend off to join the East Coast Cherokees gathering. Deacon Lee Ann is leading worship, so there will not be communion this week, nor will it be broadcast.
The following Sunday is Palm Sunday and the start of Holy Week. Just a friendly reminder that from Palm Sunday to April 27, we will need to make, prepare, and print seven different services. If something is needed in the office and it can wait, please hold off until after Holy Week. Thank you for your advanced consideration.
This Maundy Thursday, a good friend and colleague Pastor Lena will lead a dinner church at 6:00 p.m. This is a mix of worship and a meal, hence the earlier start time. We gather for confession, move into the fellowship hall for one aspect of communion, eat a meal, have dessert, sing, and come together to strip our altars. It is a moving service. We will need an accurate count of how many will be there as there is a meal involved and all attending can bring something to add to the meal. The focus is on Mediterranean food and if you have a way of preparing it with a vegan option, that is a bonus as our guest is vegan. Come out and we can experience this service together.
Good Friday service is at 7:00 p.m. and Easter service is at 10:00 a.m.
In July, there is a retreat with Faith Lutheran at Koinonia. I will be leading the weekend and Our Saviour is invited to join. It is $252 per person for two people to share a room for two nights. If you want a single room add $100. That cost includes 4 meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner on Saturday and breakfast on Sunday. If you are paying, it is to Faith, Syosset and not Koinonia. Here is the registration form: https://forms.gle/JpoCK9NPFr9fj7YU9.
Pastor Johnson