April 2, Palm Sunday Holy Week begins with shouts and waving palm branches as we join the crowd to cheer Jesus’ arrival in Jerusalem. We will gather outside of the church to bless palm branches and process around the neighborhood together, following the cross. Then we’ll transition from the triumphant entry to Jerusalem to the…
Save the date for First Lutheran Church in Malden’s Fat Tuesday Pancake Dinner! Fat Tuesday, or Shrove Tuesday, or Mardi Gras (depending on where you’re from) falls on the day before Ash Wednesday. Christians often hold a big party to use up the sugar and fat in the house before the more strict and penitential…