Welcome! Thank you for joining us for worship today. In our services we gather before our almighty God to receive his gifts and to offer him our worship and praise. Through God’s powerful Word and Sacraments he renews our faith and strengthens us to serve in joy.

As we begin Holy Week, we see Jesus bury humanity’s endless attempts at seizing power. Those who don’t have power want it, often more than anything else. Those who have power are willing to do anything to keep it. In contrast, Jesus—who possesses all power as the Son of God—willingly surrendered his power and placed himself in the hands of his enemies. He would surrender himself to the punishment that our sins deserved, so that we might seize the glory and heaven that only he deserves.