Easter Worship Services at 9:00 & 11:00 a.m. (In-Person & Online)
Petting Zoo on the Lawn from 10:00-12:00 noon
Coffee, Donuts and Family Pictures from 10:00-11:00 a.m.

Easter Sunday at Abiding Presence will feature two identical worship services. Music will be led by a large music ensemble that includes choir, brass, strings, woodwinds, percussion, organ and piano. Our festival services will include a children’s moment with puppets, scripture, a sermon, prayers and Holy Communion.

The services are family friendly. Children will receive an activity bag to help them learn the Easter story. Between services, we have Easter festivities for all ages.

Sunday, May 21
Worship Service at 9:00 a.m.
Celebration at 10:15 a.m.

From its earliest days, Abiding Presence has been a community of faith that is about the work of feeding people. Rather than throwing a party for ourselves for our 45th anniversary celebration, we’re partnering with Rise Against Hunger to pack 11,445 meals that will go to feed global partners, many of which are school feeding programs. The cost of the meals will be $4,500. When we think about who we’ve been and who we want to be as a church, this seemed like a fitting way to celebrate. Now, we need you to join us! Mark your calendar for a festive worship service (one service only) at 9:00 a.m. followed by a breakfast reception that goes right into our meal packing event.

Sign up to participate in the meal packing event or help offset the cost of the meals at: events.riseagainsthunger.org/AbidingPresenceLutheran2023

February 22

Ash Wednesday Worship at 12:00 noon & 7:30 p.m.
OWLs Luncheon at 1:00 p.m.
7th-12th Grade Ash Wednesday Workshop with Pizza Dinner from 5:30-8:30 p.m.
Family Pizza Dinner from 5:45-6:25 p.m.
Ash Wednesday Children’s Service from 6:30-7:00 p.m.

8:00 a.m. Contemporary Service (in-person)
9:30 a.m. Traditional Service (in-person and online)
11:05 a.m. Traditional Service (in-person)
9:00-11:00 a.m. Petting Zoo on the Lawn

Join us for Easter Worship! Click here to learn more about our Easter worship services, petting zoo on the lawn and overflow parking with a “party bus.”

Sunday, April 4
6:45 a.m. Outdoor Sunrise Service
10:00 a.m. Festival Livestream Service

Good Friday Requiem Tenebrae Service at 12:00 noon & 7:00 p.m.
Good Friday & Holy Saturday Outdoor Stations of the Cross

Palm Sunday, March 28
Livestream Worship Service at 10:00 a.m.
AND/OR
Interactive Palm Sunday Worship Stations with Holy Communion (Parking Lot) from 8:45-10:00 a.m. and 11:00-12:30 p.m.

Join us for our first-ever interactive, outdoor Palm Sunday worship experience! This 15-20 minute worship experience will take worshipers through four worship stations - the reading of the gospel and blessing of palms, procession and hymn singing, prayers and Holy Communion. This will be a time to gather with your household and others in the church community to experience in-person worship stations as we enter into Holy Week in a way that is safe, socially distanced and meaningful.

Mask will be worn at all times, and we ask that you maintain six feet of physical distance from those not your household. We ask those who are not feeling well or have been potentially exposed to Covid 19 to stay home and worship online. We will have our usual Sunday livestream worship at 10:00 a.m. at AbidingPresence.net/live.

Please help us plan by signing up for a 15-minute slot ahead of time for your household here.

All Saints Sunday is Sunday, November 1

In the midst of a year of so much grief in so many different ways, we are grateful for the tradition of All Saints Sunday. All Saints Sunday offers us the opportunity to make space for the grief of those who we have lost this past year. While our traditions will look a bit different, our remembering will be the same.

On All Saints Sunday, November 1 we will remember and give thanks for the saints who have gone before us in the following ways:

• Between 8:00 a.m. - 9:50 a.m. you can come to the parking lot to help us create an outdoor memorial area. You will have the opportunity to light a candle in memory of your loved one(s) who have died, chalk their names on the pavement and/or put a picture of them on display. This is an opportunity for us to remember all the saints who surround us in the great cloud of witnesses. Pastor Keseley and Pastor Vought will be available during this time to pray with people one-on-one from a safe distance.

• At 9:15 a.m. we will have a brief 20 minute outdoor worship service in our memorial area. At this time, we will share scripture, prayer and read the names of the saints who have died this past year as the bell tolls in each of their honor. You can attend the service in-person practicing safe social distancing, in your car from the church parking lot listening to it on an FM radio or on our usual livestream platforms. If you would like the name read of a loved one who has died since last All Saints Sunday, please email Pastor Keseley.

• On the livestream service at 10:00 a.m. we will share videos of our memorial area and offer a prayer in memory of the saints in the great cloud of witnesses.

• Those wishing to prayerfully walk through the memorial area will be able to do so following livestream worship from 11:00 - 11:30 a.m.

As with all of our in-person activities, masks that cover the nose and mouth are required at all times while on the church property. We will have markers set up to help us all observe safe social distancing. If you are not feeling well or have possible exposure to COVID, we ask that you please participate only from home. If you would like a phone call from one of the pastors to pray with you, please just let us know and we are happy to make that happen.

Click Here for our Holy Week Worship Schedule

Click Here for our Holy Week at Home Resources