From the Desk of Pastor David, May 2026

What an amazing Lenten Season we have just gone through.  We started out with a blessed Ash Wednesday morning of service at the Elburn Train Station with the help of Nancy Burtnette and Steve Butcher.  We had more people requesting ashes than we’ve had in years, including two Elburn detectives who came by specifically to receive a blessing!  We then had an average weekly attendance of twenty at our Lenten Bible study on Judaism, during which we all learned a great deal about our common heritage.

On Maundy Thursday, we held our Seder Dinner celebration of Passover/
The Last Supper with 29 in attendance.  A big shoutout to all the volunteers who put it together, especially Marty Bradley, for organizing the entire event. We then enjoyed a community Good Friday Service with Burlington Methodist Church and Country Covenant Church with 49 in attendance. It all came to a glorious conclusion with our Easter Service with 108 in attendance!

Now we enter what is known in the Church Calendar as “Ordinary Time.”  This doesn’t mean it is unimportant or uneventful.  The word “ordinary” refers to an order of things.  It is a time to focus our attention on one of the four Gospels, and it carries us to Advent before Christmas.  The Book of Ecclesiastes tells us:
“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.”
And the same is true with life in the Church. The Christian life is a marathon, not a sprint.  So, as we go into “ordinary time,” don’t think of it as routine, rather see it as a time we can continue to meet and greet, to worship the Lord, and to serve each other and our neighbors. God has great things in store for Grace Lutheran Church!


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