Birthdays This Week:​ Tiffany Young, Mike Goebel, Amy Ge, Marlene Palmer, Linda Zhu

Anniversaries This Week: Zoey Zhou & Na Li, Justin Ng & Sherry Ye

Lenten Worship

• Midweek Services ~ 6 PM potluck, 7 PM Worship (more details below)
• Palm Sunday: March 29 ~ 9:30, 11:15, 3:00 Worship
• Maundy Thursday: Apr. 2 ~ 7 PM Worship
• Good Friday: Apr. 3 ~ 7 PM Worship
• Easter Sunday: Apr. 5 ~ 10 AM Worship

Crossing The Waters, Featuring Leslie Leyland Fields

Leslie Leyland Fields is a multi-award winning writer, editor, and international speaker who lives on Kodiak Island, Alaska in the winter and Harvester Island in the summer, where she joins her family in a commercial salmon fishing operation. She has written/edited 10 nonfiction books including Crossing the Waters (Winner of 2017 Christianity Today Book Award for Christian Living/Discipleship)

Preview: Get ready for the wettest, stormiest, wildest trip through the Gospels you’ve ever taken! The Gospels are dramatic and incredibly wet, set in a rich maritime culture on the shores of the Sea of Galilee. Yet we’ve missed much of this perspective—until now.

03/18    SESSION 4: STORMING THE PEACE—Humble Supper Host: Middle School

How does the reality of heaven and hell sit with you? Why might someone not want to believe in heaven or hell? How does knowing that evil has an end date give you hope?

03/25  SESSION 5: OVER THE WATERS—Humble Supper Host: Church

Knowing the context of John the Baptist’s death, how does this miracle show Jesus’s deep love for the people He served? How has God provided for you? Why do you think it’s sometimes easy to miss God’s provision in our lives?

2026 Flower & Eternal Candle Calendar

Flowers: To donate and/or dedicate flowers for a birthday, anniversary, special even or person, choose a date, print your name clearly on that line, and then under “Dedication: list what or to whom you are dedicating the flower bouquet(s). There are 2 spots available for each week. It will be noted in the News & Notes for that week. You do NOT have to donate in order to dedicate, but it does help the church if you do. Donation for each bouquet is $20. Checks should be made out to Loving Savior and placed in the flower envelopes provided and placed in the offering plate.

Eternal Candle: To donate and-or dedicate the eternal candle in remember of a person(s), special occasion or event, choose a month, print your name clearly on the line, and then your “Dedication” for the month. It will be noted in the News & Notes for the entire month. You do NOT have to donate in order to dedicate, but it does help the church if you do. Donation for a full month is $20. Check should be made out to Loving Savior, placed in the eternal candle envelopes provided, and place in the offering plate.

LCMS Stewardship Ministry Newsletter Article – March 2026

As a kid, I remember my Grandma and Grandpa Diepholz’ home with extraordinary joy. Family fun. Great food. A legacy of faith. One of my lasting memories of that house was the table that sat between their twin beds. It contained a lamp, a Bible, a catechism and a hymnal. These were well-worn, as Grandpa read to Grandma every night before they went to sleep! What a treasure these tools of faith are! Let us spend some time this month in the hymnal to help us better understand our life as Christian stewards! To do this, we will use LSB 785 “We Praise You, O God.”

We Praise You, O God, our Redeemer, Creator;

In grateful devotion our tributes we bring.

We lay it before You, and kneel and adore You;

We bless Your holy name, glad praises we sing.

Stewardship is an act of worship. It flows from the grace and mercy we have received in Jesus! Faithful stewardship can never start with us. Our sinful nature will make us and our desires the center of our worship. Our tributes, our giving and our serving only flow from how the Lord Jesus has given of Himself for our sake! When we have this in clear view, our knees bow and our praises flow freely! All this flows from the Name that has been placed on us in Holy Baptism!We worship You, God of our Fathers, we bless You;

Through trial and tempest our guide You have been.

When perils o’ertake us, You will not forsake us,

And with Your help, O Lord, our struggles we win.

Our stewardship that flows from what God has done for us in Jesus Christ is rooted in history. Passed from one generation to the next, stewards of the Gospel connect God’s provision in the past to His continued care in the present.

So often, the struggles we face are self-inflicted. While there are indeed perils that can shake us from outside of ourselves, we are more likely enduring the suffering that comes because of our own choices that are outside the Word and will of God! But even in these situations, the Lord who loves us will never forsake us. When we become selfish, self-serving and self-destructive, the Lord NEVER abandons! The Lord helps us to overcome the struggles in faith and win the victory the steward rejoices in!

With voices united our praises we offer

And gladly our songs of thanksgiving we raise.

With You, Lord, beside us, Your strong arm will guide us.

To You, our great redeemer, forever be praise!

Stewardship is more than just an individual thing. There is a corporate nature to our steward life. We see this in the Divine Service. There, stewards of all ages, all economic strata and all languages are joined in the singular task of praise. This stewardship of praise flows from the altar to us, out into the world and then back to the altar! God’s strong arm leads us in this stewardship 24/7. This makes stewardship, in all times and places, a matter of worship. We praise our Redeemer who has entrusted us with this great stewardship of the Gospel which forgives our sins, grants us new life and salvation. And this treasure we freely share for God’s glory and the benefit of our neighbor!

LCMS Health Ministry Newsletter Article – March 2026

Visit lcms.org/family to find free family devotional and prayer resources to help make devotions and prayer a family habit.

“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you” 1 Thessalonians 5:16–18.

Many Christians give something up during Lent as a reminder that Jesus gave up everything when He came down to earth to die and rise for us. Lent is a time where we remember our sin, repent and focus on Christ’s suffering for us. In this time of reflection and repentance, instead of (or in addition to) giving something up, it can also be helpful to add something into our lives. These verses from 1 Thessalonians tell us to “pray without ceasing” and to “give thanks in all circumstances.” One habit that could be helpful to focus on is prayer. As a family, you can start developing this habit by finding times to pray together such as before meals, before bed or whenever works best in your family’s routine.