From the Pastor

PRIVATE CONFESSION

2

SERVICE NOTES 2

HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE

3

HYMNS AND PERICOPES

3

CONTACT INFO 4

UPCOMING EVENTS 4

WEEKLY OPPORTUNITIES

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Inside this issue:

Holy Week + In the Year of Our Lord + 2011

T H E G O O D S H E P H E R D L U T H E R A N C H U R C H

THE NEWSLETTER

The Christian Church on earth is about to enter Holy Week. Like the celebration of the

birth of Jesus which we call Christmas, the Day of Resurrection, which is called East-

er, has been usurped by the secular world. Jesus Christ, His suffering, death, and

resurrection has been replaced by bunnies, chocolates, colored eggs, and peeps.

On Sunday, April 17th, we will celebrate what is traditionally known as Palm Sunday or

the Sunday of the Passion. This is the day on which Jesus rode into the holy city of

Jerusalem on the back of a donkey to the cheers and praises of His followers. It is

also, by tradition, the day that the Gospel reading tells of the trial, crucifixion, and

burial of our Lord. We must be careful that we do not fall into the same thinking of

those who welcomed Jesus as King. They hailed Him on that Sunday, but as the

week wore on they became disappointed in Jesus because He failed to live up to their self-centered expectations. His glory would not be the triumphal entry, but the hoist-

ing of the cross on Calvary.

On Thursday night we will, with reverence, remember the institution of our Lord’s Sup-

per. This is the same night on which He would be betrayed into the hands of those

who hated Him by one who had professed his love. It is also the night on which He

would be abandoned by His followers and denied by one who had said to Him, ―Lord,

I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death.‖ We give thanks on this sol-

emn night for the Sacrament of the Altar, the very body and blood of our Lord, which

is given to us to eat and to drink for life, salvation, and the forgiveness of our sins.

On Friday we gather, not for a funeral of Jesus, but to remember His death on a day we

call Good. It is indeed ―good‖ because without this death on the cross of the only-

begotten Son of God, the Lamb who takes away the sin of the world, we would all wal-

low in our sinful separation from God, facing eternal condemnation and damnation.

We remember His death and burial in anticipation of His promised resurrection.

Sunday, April 24th, we will gather as the family of God to rejoice. Jesus lives! The vic-

tory has been won! He has conquered sin, death, and the devil. We have been set

free from slavery to sin. The resurrection of Christ is two-fold in purpose: it gives us

the true sign of God the Father’s satisfaction in the blood sacrifice of His Son for the

redemption of the world, and it is the promise to all who believe that they, too, will be

raised on the Last Day. Death has been defeated.

I urge you – all who read these words – to, if it is possible, come, join us on Palm Sun-

day, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Day of Resurrection. Remember, there

could be no celebration of Christ being raised from the dead if there had been no cru-

cifixion.

To God be all glory. He has loved you enough to send His Son to die and rise for YOU!

Pastor von Hindenburg

The Crucifixion,

Antonella da Messina, 1475

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The Newsletter

Holy Week — this year April 17-23 — is

an especially appropriate time to make

a private confession. Remember that

all confessed during this time is kept in

strict confidentiality.

If you would like to make a sacramental

confession during Lent, please contact

P r . v o n H i n d e n b u r g a t

prbjvh@yahoo.com. He may also be

reached through the parish office at

310-671-7645.

Preparing for Easter

A note on our Holy Week Services

On Maundy Thursday, the service will begin as usual with the invocation, but will not close with a

benediction. On Good Friday, there is no invocation. The services from Maundy Thursday through

Holy Saturday form one complete liturgy. Please note that, because of this, the congregation will

enter and exit in silence for these two services.

A special thanks to the Altar Guild for the solemn ritual of the Stripping of the Altar on Maundy

Thursday,

A special thanks to all those who donated lilies for our celebration of The Feast of the Resurrection.

A note on the Newsletter

After a brief absence, the Newsletter is back! We hope you enjoy this abbreviated edition, and

we look forward to bringing you the next full edition in May—and updating the website!

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We have a number of different services scheduled this year for

Holy Week and Easter. Plan to attend as many of these as

possible as we journey through the Passion of Jesus.

Palm Sunday April 17 at 10:00 a.m.

Isaiah 50:4-9A

Philippians 2:5-11

Matthew 27:11-66

All Glory, Laud and Honor—LSB 442

A Lamb Goes Uncomplaining Forth—LSB

438

Ride On, Ride On in Majesty—LSB 441

Maundy Thursday April 21 at 7:00 p.m.

Exodus 12:1-14

1 Corinthians 11:17-32

John 13:1-15

Jesus Comes Today With Healing—LSB 620

Go to Dark Gethsemane—LSB 436

Good Friday April 22 at 7:00 p.m.

Isaiah 52:13-53:4

Hosea 6:1-6

Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9

John 19:1-42

O Sacred Head, Now Wounded—LSB 449

Stricken, Smitten and Afflicted—LSB 451

Were You There? - LSB 456

The Feast of the Resurrection (Easter) April 24 at 10:00 a.m.

Acts 10:34-43

Colossians 3:1-4

Matthew 28:1-10

Now All the Vault of Heaven Resounds—LSB 465

Christ has Arisen, Alleluia—LSB 466

Alleluia, Alleluia! Hearts to Heaven—LSB 477

Remember to visit

the LWML/Altar

Guild boutique

after church on Palm

Sunday!

M A R K Y O U R C A L E N D A R S

902 S Maple St.

Inglewood, CA 90301

310-671-7644

Royce Morton, Administrative

Assistant

thegoodshepherdinglewood.org

+ Join Us for Liturgical Worship +

Reverend Bruce J. von Hindenburg, Pastor

Sunday morning Adult Bible Class—8:30 a.m.

Sunday Divine Service—10:00 a.m.

Tuesday morning Bible class—10:00 a.m.

Wednesday Bible Class/Midweek Service—7:00 p.m.

Private Confession and Absolution—By Appointment

+ + +

Preaching God’s Word to Inglewood and beyond since 1935

T H E G O O D S H E P H E R D L U T H E R A N C H U R C H

There will be a Church

Council Meeting after

the Divine Service on

May 1.

Spring

Boutique