Lenten Worship Opportunites

Lenten Lunches

The Iowa Falls community is invited to a series of informal lunches served here, at Bethany Lutheran Church, noon, Wednesdays in Lent, beginning February 18th (Ash Wednesday). A light lunch will be served by the church of the minister delivering the message:  

  • Ash Wednesday, February 18th ~ St. Mark’s Catholic Church;

  • February 25th ~ TBD

  • March 4h ~ Pastor Lisa Robison, First Congregational UCC

  • March 11th ~ TBD

  • March 18th ~ Pastor Erling Shultz, 1st United Methodist Church

  • March 25th ~ Pastor Maureen Howard, Bethany Lutheran Church  

Spend your lunch hour in fellowship with your Iowa Falls neighbors and enjoy a presentation by a local church’s pastor.

Ash Wednesday Service

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, the season of penance and reflection that prepares us to celebrate Christ’s Resurrection on Easter Sunday. The ashes we receive on our forehead, in the shape of a cross, are an outward sign of our sinfulness and need for repentance. They also symbolize our mortality, a reminder that one day we will die, and our bodies will return to dust. Pastor Howard quotes Genesis 3:19, “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return”: to each person as they receive the ashes. With ashes upon our forehead, we return to God’s mercy and grace. Bethany Lutheran’s Ash Wednesday service, with the imposition of ashes and Holy Communion, will be at 7:00 p.m. Plan to attend this special worship service as we observe the beginning of the Lenten season.

Holden Evening Prayer

Sermon theme: “At the Name of Jesus”
The following preachers will be at Bethany, 6:30 p.m.

  • February 25th ~ Pastor Jonathan Dolan, Bethesda Lutheran Church, Jewell… “Christ became obedient”

  • March 4th ~ Pastor John Sheahan, Bergen Lutheran Church, Roland… “At the name of Jesus all knees shall bow”

  • March 11th ~ Vicar Caitlin Tauro, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Hampton… “Every tongue confesses Jesus”

  • March 18th ~ Pastor Tim Malek, St. Petri Lutheran Church, Story City… “Let the same mind be in you”

  • March 25th ~ Pastor Maureen Howard, Bethany Lutheran Church... “Christ emptied and humbled himself”

Dr. Mark Hanson will lead Holden Evening Prayer and Joan Hanson will play the piano.
NO MEAL SERVED PRIOR TO WORSHIP