Grace Lutheran Church

May 19, 2021 What is Pentecost and Why do we celebrate it? After the Easter Season ends we celebrate the festival of Pentecost. On Pentecost we commemorate the apostles and other followers of Jesus receiving the Holy Spirit. The traditional Scripture text we read on Pentecost is Act 2:1-21. This text tells the story of…

March 31, 2021 This image is one I took in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the structure in the middle is said to be built over where they believe Jesus’s tomb was. As I’ve been preparing for Holy Week I’ve seen several things on social media and articles that say things like “don’t skip…

March 24, 2021 Palm Sunday or Passion Sunday? Why do we celebrate one or the other? Or Both? Palm Sunday traditionally is celebrated the Sunday before Easter when we remember Jesus’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem when Jesus entered into Jerusalem on a borrowed donkey and the people chanted “Hosanna!” and laid palm branches at his…