Holy Trinity Lutheran Church

Spreading the Gospel since 1895

Open house at the parsonage

Deacon Commissioning processional

Rich Peko being commissioned

We have our first deacon

Pastors and deacons celebrate with us

Storm damage

Good bye ol' tree!

Congratulations Miss Westchester!

Men's Prayer Breakfast

Men in the Kitchen!

Look who has the soft chair!

Prayer Time

Paul gives a devotional

Ladies come for devotional and men's leftovers

Apple picking at Wilkens Farm

Apple picking at Wilkens

Yea! That's our pastor.

We support Habitat for Humanity 2011

Available for weddings

Preparing for Lent

There are traditionally forty days in Lent to correspond to Jesus’ Temptation in the Wilderness for 40 days without food and water. It’s a time which is marked by fasting, both from foods and festivities, and by other acts of penance. The three traditional practices to be taken up with renewed vigor during Lent are prayer (justice towards God), fasting (justice towards self), and almsgiving (justice towards neighbor). The Gloria in Excelsis Deo is not sung during the Lenten season, disappearing on Ash Wednesday and not returning until the moment of the Resurrection during the Easter Vigil. Likewise, the Alleluia is not sung during Lent; it is replaced before the Gospel reading by a seasonal acclamation. You are encouraged to practicing dying and self denial by entering into some form of fasting and prayer during this dark season in our liturgical calendar.
 

ASH WEDNESDAY
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Season of Lent. It is a season of penance, reflection, and fasting which prepares us for Christ's Resurrection on Easter Sunday, through which we attain redemption. We receive the ashes on our foreheads to humble our hearts and remind us that life passes away on Earth so we can set our heart on our eternal home.