STANDING STONE BIBLE

WEEKLY

March 23, 2026

Upcoming Resurrection Week (and related) Schedule
- Palm Sunday, March 29th. Sunday school kids will present their "Palm Monday" program at the beginning of the worship service (10am).
- Wednesday, April 1st at 7pm will be a special Passion Week service - a time of prayer, praise, and proclamation.
- Friday, April 3rd at 7pm will be a Good Friday service: "What if There Was No Resurrection?" 1st of two parts as we finish on Sunday.
- Sunday, April 5th is Resurrection Sunday!
  - Sunrise Service at the Gerdes' property (breakfast served). (16305 S. Highway 31)
  - Sunday school (8:45am) at church
  - Resurrection Worship Service (10am) at church: "But There Was a Resurrection!"
  - Sunday Evening Service (6pm) at church
  - Communion and Pot Trust will be on April 12th (one week later than normal).

Note: Communion and Pot Trust meal will be on April 12th (one week later than normal).

Worship - the word means the state of recognizing worth. Worth-ship. As you consider the next few weeks what does your "journey to the cross" look like?

Jesus set His eyes toward the cross, entering Jerusalem on that "Palm Sunday" to shouts of celebration... "Hosanna" and "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord." Those words must have sounded like bitter expressions knowing how they would change in only a few days to shouts of "crucify." He continued to remain in and near that "city of peace" knowing he was heading for the cross. He was going to buy our peace through His own pain.

This coming Sunday, we will be reminded again of that triumphal entry. We will hear the shouts of "Hosanna" - we will praise Jesus as our coming King. We will continue through the next week considering the passion of Christ: the arrest, trials, and crucifixion of Jesus. We will take time on Friday to marvel at the horror and beauty of the cross.

We will return on Sunday, April 5th to celebrate the resurrection of Christ. He died on a cross. He was laid in a tomb. And He rose from the grave. We live today in celebration of Christ as the firstfruit of the resurrection. Because He lives, we will live. How are you worshipping these days? What worth are you giving to Jesus Christ as you journey to this celebration? May these words from Hebrews 12 be instructive: Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

Lay aside weights these next weeks. Run hard. Look to Jesus. He is the founder and perfecter of your faith. He endured that cross for the joy that was set before Him. Look to Jesus. May His joy be yours as you celebrate what He did and what He is yet doing in your faith today. Worship the one Who is worthy! Amen!

LIGHTHOUSE NEWS

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THIS WEEK

Here are the highlights of classes and events THIS week

Kid Practice - Parents, please drop your kids off at the program practice this Saturday at 10am. This is our big practice before the program on Sunday. We need them from 10 to 11:45 that morning. If your child is in Sunday school and in the pre-K through Middle School classes, please drop them off. I also appreciate our Sunday school teachers as they help lead this practice time (thank them as well).
For the Master - Ministering this week at Echo Hills in Millard and at Immanuel Village in Omaha. Join them tomorrow (Tuesday) at 2:30pm over at Echo Hills. Join them Friday (3pm) at Immanuel Village. Next Tuesday (31st), they'll be at Valley Lakes in Valley (2:30pm).

Garna - The funeral for Garna Klaussen is this Saturday at 10am. This will be held at Forest Lawn in Omaha.

Palm Sunday - This Sunday is the annual "Palm Monday" program during our Worship Service at 10am. The Sunday school children will present a program titled If We Had Been There at the beginning of the service.

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Make note of the classes and events available in the near future

Passion Week -

Wednesday, April 1st at 7pm - Passion Week Service
Friday, April 3rd at 7pm - Good Friday service: "What if There Was No Resurrection?" 1st of two parts as we finish on Sunday.
Sunday, April 5th at 7:30am - Sunrise Service at the Gerdes' property (breakfast served). (16305 S. Highway 31)
- Sunday school (8:45am) at church
- Resurrection Worship Service (10am): "But There Was a Resurrection!"
- Sunday Evening Service (6pm) at church

Note: Communion and Pot Trust meal will be on April 12th

Men's Shed Event - Friday evening, April 10th, 6:30 to 9:30pm at the McFarling shed in Gretna. Chili cookoff, prizes, worship and special guest speaker. Men - invite your sons, fathers, friends, etc.

Did You Know?

Rod Jensen is entering into full-time Biblical Counseling beginning in April.

This will impact Standing Stone Bible as church will be a primary counseling spot for those he is helping.

SSB believes in "Biblical Counsel." God has breathed out His Word and it is sufficient. It is "profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work" (2 Tim 3:16&17). "Christian counseling" is often secular with a few Bible verses added in.

Be in prayer for Rod during this time. If you know someone in need of counsel, they may contact SSB for assistance. We have several that have been trained to offer counsel. God's Word can be a lamp for their feet and a light to their path. His Word is truth.

Prayer Prods

Joe & Elaine at Mayo
Deta has another couple of weeks in the brace and boot - she's really been in minimal pain (praise God).
Gerald's family / Garna's family as they grieve
Rod Jensen preparing for full-time counseling ministry
Our youth that went to Ignite. The ladies that went to the retreat. Those that heard the gospel message at the derby. May God use those to continue growing folks in the knowledge of Jesus!
HS seniors as graduation nears
Mike Nylin - wisdom for doctors to help him with his back
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