Concordia Evangelical Lutheran Church

Mary Anne Kingsborough is inviting you to :
Activities for
Families of all ages!

www.buildfaith.org/Holy-week-in-a-box/

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Worship Info

All other Services and Activities are cancelled until further notice.
Saturday Evening*-6pm service
Sunday Morning* - 9:30AM
Sunday School - 10:45am
(No SS during June, July and August)
Pastor:
Rev. Mary Anne Kingsborough
*Holy Communion
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Here is a link to Bishop Dunlop's Message on covid-19:
https://www.lss-elca.org/bishop-dunlops-pastoral-message-on-covid-19-3-13-20/
March 19, 2020

†James S. Dunlop, bishop
Lower Susquehanna Synod, ELCA
www.lss-elca.org
717-652-1852
900 S. Arlington Ave. Suite 220B
Harrisburg, PA 17109

Parish Office

Hours: 9AM - 1:00PM (M-F)
Phone: (717) 285-4626
Fax: (717) 285-0668

Upcoming Events

Welcome to Concordia

Welcome to Concordia Lutheran Church! If you are looking for a church in Lancaster County, we
invite you to visit us and we look forward to meeting you personally!   We are a community of faith,
committed to celebrating the Gospel of Jesus Christ by living and sharing His word and caring for
God’s creation. We are a friendly Lutheran Church that serves, worships, prays, learns and grows
together in faith.
Come join us Saturday nights for worship at 6:00 pm or Sunday mornings at 9:30 am.   Stay around
for our popular coffee hour after worship on Sundays, and experience what it is like to be a part of the
Holy Spirit working in people’s lives at Concordia. As you visit these pages, we hope that you will want
to know more about who we are as a congregation that seeks to serve Jesus Christ in this time and place.
Feel free to contact us with any questions or for further information.
In Christ,
Pastor Mary Anne
(717) 285-4626 (Office)             email: pastormaryanne95@gmail.com

ALL SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES ARE CANCELLED at the church building UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
Maundy Thursday ZOOM Bible Study meeting : Apr 9 at 7PM
April 5th-See below for our Palm Sunday service.
Palms will be available at the side door by the large parking lot if you're nearby; however we strongly suggest you use a branch, leaf, or flowers from your own yard, to be blessed during this Palm Sunday service.

Please listen to our HYMN-of-the-DAY: Amazing Grace

March 22-Bulletin
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Reflections from Pastor Mary Anne:

As I write this the noon chimes are playing the chords of a beloved hymn:

Dear Lord and Father of mankind, Forgive our foolish ways; Reclothe us in our rightful mind, In purer lives Thy service find,
In deeper rev’rence, praise.
O Sabbath rest by Galilee, O calm of hills above, Where Jesus knelt to share with Thee The silence of eternity,
Interpreted by love!
Drop Thy still dews of quietness, Till all our strivings cease;
Take from our souls the strain and stress, And let our ordered lives confess The beauty of Thy peace.
Breathe through the heats of our desire Thy coolness and Thy balm;
Let sense be dumb, let flesh retire; Speak through the earthquake, wind, and fire, O still, small Voice of calm.
In simple trust like theirs who heard; Beside the Syrian sea. The gracious calling of the Lord; Let us, like them, without a word,

Rise up and follow Thee. -- John G. Whittier

We are living in unprecedented times. I know that I feel like I am in the middle of a movie or a vivid dream and keep waiting for the next scene to play out. It is helpful at times like these to recognize that we are not alone. Even in the midst of closures and cancellations we are united in our humanity, in our baptisms, in our hope and fears. Pray for each other, our country and Christ’s Church, that we live through this and emerge changed, but stronger than ever.

Psalm 46
1God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
2Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change, though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea;
3though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble with its tumult.
4There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the Most High.
5God is in the midst of the city; it shall not be moved; God will help it when the morning dawns.
6The nations are in an uproar, the kingdoms totter; he utters his voice, the earth melts.
7The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.
8Come, behold the works of the LORD; see what desolations he has brought on the earth.
9He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; he breaks the bow, and shatters the spear; he burns the shields with fire.
10"Be still, and know that I am God! I am exalted among the nations, I am exalted in the earth."
11The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.

In Peace, Pastor Mary Anne

Upcoming Events
   FREE Community Pancake and Sausage Breakfast
Delayed until the pandemic is over.


   SPECIAL LINK TO ELCA WORSHIP RESOURCES FOR
      PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS
   Worship in Times of Public Health Concerns

Sun., Apr 5 Palm Sunday/Sunday of the Passion; Annual Breakfast
Tues., Apr 7 Seder Meal 6:15 pm
Thur., Apr 9    Maundy Thursday Service - 7pm
   Fri., Apr 10    Tenebrae, Good Friday Service - 7pm
   Sat., Apr 11    Easter Vigil held at Holy Spirit Lutheran. rte 462 - 7pm
      Combined service with St Paul, Concordia and Holy Spirit
      No service at Concordia
Sun., Apr 12 Easter Sunday, Resurrection of Our Lord - 9:30am
   Egg Hunt follows service

Please see our Facebook Page for more Photos and News!
More Christmas pics - on Facebook page

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Christmas Eve 2019    - Candlelight Service

Christmas 2018

Easter 2018

2018 Blessing of the Animals
Blessed are you, O Lord. You have given us pets of all sorts
so we may enjoy their companionship and unconditional love.