Wednesday Evening Lent: Created for Community
Each Wednesday evening during Lent, you are invited to gather for a time of fellowship, shared meals, and prayer. Each Wednesday you can come as early as 5:30 to eat. Food will be served until 6:15 (allowing cooking teams to clean up) before the Holden Evening Prayer Service from 6:30–7:00 PM.
Week 5: In Community with Christ
Lent at Morning Star
Wednesday Evening Holden Prayer Service
Wednesdays through Lent, 6:30 PM ~ Lenten Meals, 5:30-6:15 PM
Palm Sunday ~ March 29, 10 AM
Maundy Thursday ~ April 2, 6:30 PM
Good Friday ~ April 3, 6:30 PM
Easter Sunrise ~ April 5, 6:30 AM
Easter Celebration Services ~ April 5, 8 AM & 10 AM
Easter Brunch Served between services
2026-2027 Winstrom Youth Service Scholarship
2026-2027 Winstrom Youth Service Scholarship applications are now available. Get one from the worship center, contact the Church Office, or click below. Accredited tech schools DO qualify! APPLICATION DEADLINE is May 31!
Strategic Planning & 70th Anniversary Congregational Luncheon
Mission Goal information will be presented immediately following worship on Sunday, April 26. Lunch will be provided. We will also celebrate Morning Star’s 70th Anniversary! This large group Mission Goal Gathering will be a critical time of prayer and discernment as we seek to identify the most urgent and critical mission priorities and goals for the next three years of ministry at Morning Star. Your participation at this gathering is paramount. Please RSVP early with the Church Office!
Lent for Kids!
It’s time for FIRST COMMUNION on Maundy Thursday! You & your parents are invited to join us for class on Sunday, March 22 and Sunday, March 29 from 11:20-Noon. Students will receive First Communion at Maundy Thursday Worship & Communion Service on April 2 at 6:30 PM. Call the Church Office at 402-393-5553 to let us know you are coming!
Children’s and Family Ministry
Children and families are invited to join us each Sunday during Lent (9:00-9:45) for learning, activities and fun! Mark your
calendars!
Easter Egg Hunt and Holy Week Adventure
Mark your calendar for Saturday, April 4 10-12, for our annual Easter Egg Hunt! This year we will also offer a Holy Week
Adventure with fun Easter themed activities following our hunt. Join us!
Easter Joy Concert
Strategic Planning Small Groups
Please sign up for one of the many Strategic Planning small group events! These will be offered through March. Sign up in the Narthex!
March Volunteer Opportunity
Love flowers? Secretly wish to be a florist? Here’s your chance. Your Outreach Committee is working with Hope Foundation to deliver/arrange flowers for the cancer treatment center at Bergen Mercy Hospital. What do you do? Pick up flower bouquets at Trader Joes’s (gift card provided for the purchase) then take the flowers to Bergen Mercy and replenish the four vases that are already there. Contact Donna J. Walter if you’re interested. We will be doing this once a week during March. Commit to a one time delivery or more. Ask a friend to join you! The flowers brighten the day of the cancer patients receiving treatment.
Star of Hope
Join the Star of Hope meetings on the third Wednesday of every month!
March Green Envelope
This month our Green Envelope goes to Habitat for Humanity!
Confirmation
Confirmation classes have resumed! If your 7th or 8th grader isn’t registered yet, please contact the Church Office!
The Church Office is open Monday-Thursdays, 8 AM - 4 PM, Fridays 8 AM - 1 PM.
All are welcome to join Pastor Chris for our
mid-week Bible Study in the conference room. Each week we dig into the lectionary texts and share insights!
The Prayer Shawl Ministry provides
hand-crafted blankets given to those that need comfort. Prayers for peace and healing are prayed over each one as they are made. The shawls are available in the Welcome Center. Feel free to take one.
Recent Happenings
Trunk or Treat
Thanks to everyone who made Trunk or Treat a fun success this year!!!
Cereal Bowl
Congratulations to the PUFFS for bringing home the win this year. The REAL winners are the families serviced by Food Bank for the Heartland who will receive these much coveted pantry items!
Angel Tree Gifts
Thank you to everyone who helped with the Angel Tree project! Here’s a picture of all the gifts collected for Lutheran Family Services & Westside Boys & Girls Club!
Receiving of Confirmands
Congratulations and blessings to our Confirmands Luke, Abigail, Zach & Grace upon affirming their faith in the promise of Baptism on Sunday, June 8.