We begin Holy Week together with Palm/Passion Sunday. Palm branches are ready for the parade and our children will sing a special prelude song. The adult choir will also sing an anthem. Our gospel lesson and sermon will be a congregational reading of the Passion narrative from the gospel of Mark with special voices taking certain roles.
Category: Worship
Seven Last Words Of Christ Video
Please join us for Midsummer’s Music Concert when they present Franz Joseph Haydn’s Seven Last Words of Christ, featuring the legendary Pro Arte Quartet, along with respected local clergy and community leaders.
Haydn’s masterpiece was commissioned in 1786 by Father Don José Sáenz de Santa María for the Good Friday service at Oratorio de las Santa Cueva in Cádiz, Spain. Originally an orchestral work, Haydn adapted it in 1787 for string quartet. It focuses on the biblical account of Christ’s crucifixion and explores each of Christ’s seven last words through seven sonatas. While the first sonata begins slowly, the final sonata is a vivid musical depiction of the earthquake described in the Gospel of Matthew.
Worship Service March 17, 2024
On this Fifth Sunday in the season of Lent, we are thrilled to be celebrating the sacrament of baptism for Lydia Morien and to have Joe Bruette and Bruce Deadman providing special brass music. Our journey with the disciple Peter takes us to Matthew 18: 21-35 https://bit.ly/3Pl6Q2q and Pastor Katie’s reflection is “Peter: Doing the Math”.
Worship Service March 10, 2024
On this Fourth Sunday in Lent, our journey with Peter takes us to Matthew 16: 21-26 https://bit.ly/4c5q7Pq and Pastor Katie’s reflection, “Peter: Wanting to Win”. We’re thrilled to have the choir singing an arrangement of “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing” and Teresa Schoffelman providing a flute solo of “Were You There?”
Worship Service March 3, 2024
On this Third Sunday in Lent, we will share the sacrament of communion and continue our journey with the disciple Peter. Our gospel lesson is Matthew 16: 13-20 https://bit.ly/3uSOoHK and Pastor Katie’s reflection is “Peter: A Chip Off the Old Block”.
2024 Maundy Thursday Soup Supper & Worship Service
The last time Jesus had dinner with his disciples before his arrest, trial, and crucifixion was on Maundy Thursday. The term “Maundy” comes from the Latin word maundatum, meaning commandment, which refers to Jesus’ statement that night, “I give you a new commandment; that you love one another…”
A very special worship service is planned to remember this supper on Thursday March 28th at 6:00pm in the Fellowship Room. Participants will share a simple soup & bread supper at round tables as we move through a worship service reenactment of foot-washing, Jesus’ teachings, and his last supper that we now know as communion.
This is an interactive service and appropriate for all ages. We ask that you sign up on the bulletin board or call the church office at (920) 437-8121 or email office@firstpresgreenbay,org to indicate your attendance so we can plan for our set up and food.
Please join us!
Worship Service February 25, 2024
On this Second Sunday in Lent, we continue our journey with the disciple Peter in Matthew 14: 22-33 https://bit.ly/49HMRmr and Pastor Katie’s reflection “Peter: Daring the Deep”. We will have special music from Elliott Stenson on the cello and Kris Melton on piano.
Worship Service February 18, 2024
On this First Sunday in Lent, we begin our emphasis on the discipleship of Peter with the story from Luke 5: 1-11 https://bit.ly/4bFo8Ro and Pastor Katie’s reflection “Peter: Resisting Abundance.”
Worship Service February 11, 2024
This Sunday February 11th we celebrate the Transfiguration of Jesus. Our text is Mark 9: 2-9 https://bit.ly/483rJGd and Pastor Katie will reflect on “Contagious Glory.” Georjeanna Wilson-Doenges will share the solo “Here I Am.”
Worship Service February 4, 2024
On this first Sunday in February, we are pleased to celebrate Scout Sunday and offer a blessing to the troop who meet in our church. Our scripture focus will be Isaiah 40: 21-31 https://bit.ly/3UsJP1f, and Pastor Katie’s message is “Compared to a Grasshopper”. We will share in the sacrament of holy communion, and we welcome Jeff Verkuilen as guest organist.
