ELC sets Holy Week services

It was my birthday, and friends surprised me with a party. When it came time for the dessert, a rose angel food cake was placed on the table, and I was asked to cut it.

Taking hold of the knife, I started to cut the cake. Immediately it gave forth the fragrance of the rose to the one who cut it.

"What a picture of a true Christian," I cried.

He's like a rose angel food cake. He imparts the fragrance of Jesus, the Rose of Sharon, to the one who cuts him, without doing any harm in return. When you're cut by unkind words or deeds - what comes forth - fire and brimstone or the fragrance of Jesus, the Rose of Sharon?

Evangelical Lutheran Church, 130 N. Washington St., Greencastle, will observe Palm Sunday, March 16 at 10:45 a.m. There will be a full reading of the Passion according to the Gospel of St. Matthew, using a number of readers.

Other services for Holy Week are as follows: Wednesday, March 19 - The service of Corporate Confession and Forgiveness will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Sanctuary; Thursday, March 20 - 7:30 p.m. A Maundy Thursday service of Holy Communion focusing on the Last Supper will end with the stripping of the alter; Friday, March 21 - 7:30 p.m. A Good Friday Tennebrae Service of Diminishing Lights will use the last seven words of Christ.; Saturday, March 22 - 5 p.m. The informal Saturday evening service with Holy Communion will use the Easter Vigil as a basis moving from darkness to light; Easter Sunday, March 22, will celebrate the Resurrection of Our Lord with two services of worship. The Easter Sunrise Service will be at 7 a.m. will feature Holy Communion, the spoken word by Pastor Martin H. Horn and music by the senior choir.

Easter morning breakfast will be served immediately following the Sunrise Service in Memorial Fellowship Hall in the lower level. The Festive Easter Service at 10:45 a.m. will have Holy Communion, the spoken word and choir music. A brass quartet will accompany the choir and the hymns. Gloria J. Dorsett is the organist.

Sunday School for all ages is held at 9:30 a.m. in the Educational Building.

The public is cordially invited to attend all the services. The church is handicapped accessible.

For information, call the church office at 597-3310.