Lent and Holy Week at St. Michael's
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Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday worship will be held on April 10th at 8:45 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.
Worship will begin with a Palm Sunday processional starting in the Fellowship Hall and leading into the Sanctuary. Meet in the Fellowship Hall at the start of worship to participate, or you may wait in the Sanctuary for the processional to arrive. |
Maundy Thursday Maundy Thursday worship will be held on Thursday, April 14th at 12:00 p.m. in the Courtyard Room, and 7:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary.
The Sacrament of Holy Communion will be served at both worship services, as well as the opportunity to have your feet or hands washed. |
Good Friday
Good Friday worship will be held at 7:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary
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Easter Sunday
Join us for Easter Sunday with worship at 8:45 a.m. or 11:00 a.m. in the Sanctuary.
Nursery care will be provided during both worship services. Don't miss the Easter Breakfast, available in the Fellowship Hall before worship at 7:45 a.m. or 9:45 a.m. An egg hunt will take place at 10:00 a.m. Free will donations will be received to support the High School Summer Service Trip |
Sundays in Lent
8:45 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. in the Sanctuary and online
This Lenten season St. Michael's will worship using a new ELCA liturgy entitled “Sighs Too Deep for Words” that has been written and developed over the course of the last three years. It is our hope and prayer that you will find this to be a rich experience of worship--within the traditional Lutheran framework, but with texts, stories, and words that give life to faith and experiences today.
In response to the ELCA's social statement “Faith, Sexism, and Justice” and the real challenges that come with holding together gender justice with Christian traditions, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in south Minneapolis, St. Michael's, University Lutheran Church of Hope, Grace University Lutheran Church, and Edina Community Lutheran Church united to commission Emily Casey and Tamika Jancewicz to write and for Anne Krentz Organ to compose music for an expansive language liturgy entitled “Sighs Too Deep for Words.” This resource honors the 50th Anniversary of Women in the ELCA's predecessor bodies, the 40th Anniversary of Women of Color, and the 10th Anniversary of partnered LGBTQIA clergy; it draws on womanist, feminist, and queer theologians’ reflections on the body, and it gives special attention to women’s experiences in scripture and in everyday life. The liturgy was also given shape after the murder of George Floyd, and the need to lament and to breath new life into community. More broadly, this liturgy reflects the radical hospitality of Christ. This liturgy honors that we pray and sing without knowing exactly what to say, for it is when “we do not know how to pray as we ought” that the “Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words.”
Join in singing parts of this new liturgy this season, and also in providing feedback that will allow us to refine this work.
8:45 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. in the Sanctuary and online
This Lenten season St. Michael's will worship using a new ELCA liturgy entitled “Sighs Too Deep for Words” that has been written and developed over the course of the last three years. It is our hope and prayer that you will find this to be a rich experience of worship--within the traditional Lutheran framework, but with texts, stories, and words that give life to faith and experiences today.
In response to the ELCA's social statement “Faith, Sexism, and Justice” and the real challenges that come with holding together gender justice with Christian traditions, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in south Minneapolis, St. Michael's, University Lutheran Church of Hope, Grace University Lutheran Church, and Edina Community Lutheran Church united to commission Emily Casey and Tamika Jancewicz to write and for Anne Krentz Organ to compose music for an expansive language liturgy entitled “Sighs Too Deep for Words.” This resource honors the 50th Anniversary of Women in the ELCA's predecessor bodies, the 40th Anniversary of Women of Color, and the 10th Anniversary of partnered LGBTQIA clergy; it draws on womanist, feminist, and queer theologians’ reflections on the body, and it gives special attention to women’s experiences in scripture and in everyday life. The liturgy was also given shape after the murder of George Floyd, and the need to lament and to breath new life into community. More broadly, this liturgy reflects the radical hospitality of Christ. This liturgy honors that we pray and sing without knowing exactly what to say, for it is when “we do not know how to pray as we ought” that the “Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words.”
Join in singing parts of this new liturgy this season, and also in providing feedback that will allow us to refine this work.

Wednesdays in Lent
6:30 p.m. in the Sanctuary
Join us for midweek services as we worship using Holden Evening prayer. Each week we welcome guest speakers to enrich our worship service. The theme this Lent is "Made Whole" as we draw focus to the story of Jesus and the Canaanite Woman in the Gospel of Matthew. Confirmation students will be providing leadership in worship by serving as ushers, lectors, and acolytes.
Weekly Themes & Guest Preachers
March 9 | Crying out to God - Rev. Julie Wright, LSS
March 16 | Advocating for Another - Nathan Roberts
March 23 | The Work of Community - Rev. Kelly Chatman
March 30 | Getting it Wrong - Rev. John Schwehn
April 6 | Made Whole - Rev. Jenny Sung
6:30 p.m. in the Sanctuary
Join us for midweek services as we worship using Holden Evening prayer. Each week we welcome guest speakers to enrich our worship service. The theme this Lent is "Made Whole" as we draw focus to the story of Jesus and the Canaanite Woman in the Gospel of Matthew. Confirmation students will be providing leadership in worship by serving as ushers, lectors, and acolytes.
Weekly Themes & Guest Preachers
March 9 | Crying out to God - Rev. Julie Wright, LSS
March 16 | Advocating for Another - Nathan Roberts
March 23 | The Work of Community - Rev. Kelly Chatman
March 30 | Getting it Wrong - Rev. John Schwehn
April 6 | Made Whole - Rev. Jenny Sung