March 29th, 2026
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Maundy Thursday Worship, April 2nd, 6:30 pm
Good Friday Worship, April 3rd, Noon & 6:30 pm
Easter Sunday Worship, April 5th, 6:30 am and 9:00 am
Easter Breakfast, April 5th, 7:30 am Biscuits and Gravy, Scrambled Eggs, Fruit, Beverage. Served by Confirmation Youth. Free-will offering taken to benefit youth going to Luther Park this summer.
No Wednesday worship this week.
Cleaning the Brass, Wednesday, April 1st, 9 am
The Crew is Wednesday, April 8th, th 3:30 pm till 5 pm for all 3rd-6th graders.
Raise the Roof Fundraiser Saturday, April 11th, 11 am till 4pm, Boyceville Fire Hall. This fundraiser for our new parsonage will feature a silent auction, raffles, games, “flip-flop” chicken, and more. If you would like to donate items, you can drop them off at the church. Contact the church office for more information.
Youth Service Sunday, April 12th, 9 am
Lagers with the Lord, Monday, April 13th , 6 pm at Buckshot’s
Have you made your Foundation gift yet? Help start our Parsonage project with a strong foundation with an initial gift. Letters have been mailed out and you should receive one in the mail. You can give through check, online, or using Venmo. Put “Foundation” or “Parsonage” on your gift and help us to start to build our parsonage project to a great start.
You can use Venmo to make your gift to Trinity! You can find us using: @TrinityLutheranBoyceville. If it asks you for a phone number, use 1349
MUSINGS FROM PASTOR BRAD
Have you ever been watching a movie at home and fallen asleep? I’m sure we have all done it and I bet a few of you have done it in the movie theater itself. You wake up and realize that you have missed some important plot detail and have no idea what is going on or why someone is doing something in the movie. You might catch up and figure it out or have to ask a loved one what is going on, you might never figure out what is going on. But you are missing a good part of the story. You get the end but not the whole story, thus cheapening the end of the movie.
I mention this because we often jump from this Sunday, Palm Sunday, right to Easter, skipping over Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. It is why on this Sunday we will hear a bit of Jesus’ death on the cross because if we don’t get all of the story, it cheapens the story of the resurrection. But to truly appreciate the resurrection, we have to have the whole story. We have to hear the whole story of Holy Week, of Jesus gathering with this disciples for the institution of the Lord’s Supper, to his betrayal, arrest, trial, death, and then his resurrection. Only having part of the story diminishes it, lessens its powers and significance. That is why I hope you will join us for worship on Thursday night at 6:30 pm (online or in person) or Friday at Noon or 6:30 pm (both online or in person). If not, my Facebook devotions from Thursday through Sunday bring about as much of the story as I can so that you can get a full picture of the story. Or, if you want, start reading from Matthew 26:1 on, with Matthew 28:1-11 being the story of Jesus resurrection on Easter Sunday. For having the full story is important and helps us to appreciate all that Jesus Christ has done for us.
As many of you know, over Spring Break Amy and I headed to Disney World and it was a great time as always. I got to golf (and even played by myself, which was wonderful). We got to experience the joys of the Flower and Garden Festival at EPCOT (my favorite foods were the Miso Glazed Ribs, the Onion Tart with Bacon, Shrimp & Grits, and the Nigerian Beef Pie), enjoyed seeing the Dapper Dan’s singing on Main Street, USA; got to talk with Mandalorian (we are friends now), and had the coldest roller coaster ride of my life on Expedition Everest (which made sense for a ride set in the Himalayan Mountains). But of course, you know I was going to have at least one pet peeve, and this time it happened because of a massive rainstorm. It rains in Florida on the regular, and many people, including us, use poncho’s to combat said rain. I always carry at least two with me at all times. But here is the thing: when you get on a bus from the rain TAKE YOUR PONCHO OFF. Sitting on the bus in your wet poncho is rude and discourteous. It means the person getting on the bus after you gets to sit in your leftover wetness. Take your wet poncho off, hold it in your hand or put it in a bag (Amy and I carry plastic bags with us for the purpose of putting our wet poncho’s in). Also, if you are standing and wearing your wet poncho, when the bus jostles, I now get to get wet from your wet poncho on to my dry clothes because I have taken off my poncho. Ugh. Seriously.
Lastly, as Lent has concluded here at Trinity, I want to thank all of our organizations that hosted Lent meals and all the people that put in the time to cook them, serve them, and clean up after them. Big thanks to our Lent worship leaders (Ginny, Lee, Bob, Scott, Beth, Teana, Marik, Karen, Isabelle, Brooke) for putting on wonderful services. Thank you for making it a wonderful season of Lent here at Trinity!
May God bless you this week and always!