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Prince of Peace Lutheran Church 
and Preschool
3625 SW Wanamaker Road
Topeka, KS  66614
785-271-0808

Pastor Kevin DeHope

Join us for Worship

Palm Sunday

Sunday of the Passion


Saturday, March 23, 2024 

at 5:00 pm

Sunday, March 24, 2024 

at 10:00 am

Weekly Readings

 

1st Reading   
Zacharia 9:9-12
2nd Reading    

Phillipians 2:5-11

  The Gospel      

Mark 14:1-15;47

 

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our Sunday 
10 am
Worship Service

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You can watch it anytime after the service as well as it will be recorded.

Holy Week begins on Sunday, March 24.

Join us for worship on:

Palm Sunday Service - Saturday, March 23 at 5:00 pm or Sunday, March 24 at 10:00 am
Maundy Thursday Service - Thursday, March 28 at 6:30 pm
Good Friday Service - Friday, March 29 at 6:30 pm
Pastor DeHope's March 14th Message

Dear friends in Christ,

Whether you like corned beef & cabbage or not; whether you celebrate big with Topeka's St. Patick's Day Parade & Irishfest with as much green beer as you can find, or you don't know what I'm talking about, Happy St. Patrick's Day! Whether you're Irish or not, every Christian should know a little bit about St. Patrick who was a brave hero of the Christian faith.

As with many heroes, history and legend have combined when it comes to Patrick. From his writings we know he was born near the end of the 4th century in Britain during a very rough time. Irish raiders kidnapped Patrick and his sisters and took them back to Ireland where they were sold as slaves, and he was forced to live in terrible conditions. Patrick was not particularly religious before his captivity, but during these rough and lonely years he prayed and meditated relying on the Lord. 

One night in a dream he saw a vision from God to go to a specific harbor, and a certain boat to take him back home to Britain. So, he went and found things exactly as he had dreamed them and went home. After some time reunited with family, he had another vivid dream that he was to return to Ireland, to that pagan land of idol worship and to preach Christ to them so that Ireland would be converted. This became his life's work - to study, become a priest, and eventually return to Ireland with a small group.

God was surely with him, and even facing certain death he boldly proclaimed the gospel and Ireland was converted from paganism to Christianity. That one sentence covers an enormous amount of ground and almost sounds like it came from a fairytale. There was no doubt many others there doing God's work at the time, but we should remember Patrick as a champion of the Christian faith. Patrick's love for literature and history also led the Irish Christian monks to seek out, copy and protect many Christian and secular works that may have been destroyed otherwise. Otherwise, we may not have Homer's Iliad or lectures of Cicero among other great works.

There is a hymn "I Bind Unto Myself Today" LSB #604 that is attributed to St. Patrick and deals with the topic of the Trinity - One God in 3 persons. 

I bind unto myself today
The strong name of the Trinity
By invocation of the same,
The Three in One and One in Three.

I bind this day to me forever,
By pow’r of faith, Christ’s incarnation,
His Baptism in the Jordan River,
His cross of death for my salvation,
His bursting from the spiced tomb,
His riding up the heavn’ly way,
His coming at the day of doom,
I bind unto myself today.

I bind unto myself today
The pow’r of God to hold and lead,
His eye to watch, His might to stay,
His ear to hearken to my need,
The wisdom of my God to teach,
His hand to guide, His shield to ward,
The Word of God to give me speech,
His heavn’ly host to be my guard.

Against the demon snares of sin,
The vice that gives temptation force,
The natural lusts that war within,
The hostile foes that mar my course;
Or few or many, far or nigh,
In ev’ry place and in all hours,
Against their fierce hostility,
I bind to me those holy pow’rs.

I bind unto myself the name,
The strong name of the Trinity
By invocation of the same,
The Three in One and One in Three,
Of whom all nature has creation,
Eternal Father, Spirit, Word.
Praise to the Lord of my salvation;
Salvation is of Christ the Lord!

So, this was a long one.... thanks for reading or skimming this far. We remember St. Patrick on his day as a bold confessor of the Christian faith, and we pray that we too boldly confess Christ as Lord and do good, even to our enemies all our days. To God be the glory!

 Yours in Christ,

Pastor DeHope

P.S. Speaking of light…. We’re about to have some more of it!  Don’t forget to set your clocks and “spring forward” so you don’t miss church or something else important!



 





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