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04/21/2026

What a great weekend at Christ Church! Saturday Fun & Games welcomed new kids and new volunteers for our space fun! Clarinets of San Francisco put on a great concert in the afternoon. Sunday we talked the Emmaus talk and walked the Emmaus walk - how does your life fit into the story of God's work in the world?

04/17/2026

We're looking forward to lots of joy at Saturday Fun & Games this weekend! We still have a few more spots. Kids TK-5th grade can sign up at our website!

04/05/2026

Easter Worship starts at 10am. See you there?

"For Mary, Jesus truly became fully God and fully human. She loved all of him, because through him she had experienced a love that embraced all of her. This is the wholeness that heals the world and brings us into eternal life.

What would it look like for us to see Jesus as he is? Not merely as we want him to be, or even need him to be, but in the fullness of his glory—fully human and fully God? What would it mean for us to love him with our whole hearts, and live for him from that wholeheartedness?"

—Rev. Danielle Shroyer (.shroyer), from her commentary on John 20:1-18

art: "Rabbouni!" by Rev. T. Denise Anderson ()

04/04/2026

Tonight, after the time of waiting, we celebrate the Vigil of Easter - 6:30pm with reception following.

"Mary wept.
Shoulders shaking,
tears running down her face.
She said, They have taken my Lord away,
and I don’t know where they put him.

But here’s what Easter taught me:
if you think you’ve lost God,
if it feels like heaven has slipped through the cracks,
if you feel like the night will never end,
then know, there is no hide-and-seek with the divine
that doesn’t end in you being found.

Stay still.
Keep breathing.
God is closer than you think."

—excerpt from “Lost and Found” by Rev. Sarah Speed |

04/03/2026

Good Friday service is at 6:30pm.

"I was thinking about the text as I was holding my five-month-old little boy. He had a fever and was inconsolable. I felt desperate to offer him comfort and solace; it felt like my heart was breaking open. And then it occurred to me: this perspective I was drawing was not a position of mockery, it was metaphorically the perspective of God the Creator looking at her son who was screaming out in agony...

This image represents the deep lament of God. It holds the desperation of a parent and the betrayal of a loved one. These acts of abuse, cruelty, and indignity were fired at the Creator of the Universe by the very beings into whom God breathed life. Perhaps God is crying out to us, 'Why have you forsaken me?'"

— from the artist statement for "Why Have You Forsaken Me?" by Rev. Lauren Wright Pittman |

04/02/2026

Maundy Thursday service is at 6:30pm.

You could cry with her when her dog gets sick.
You could remember how he likes his cookies—soft or crispy.
You could deliver Thai food and order extra sticky rice,
because sometimes we just need extra sticky rice.
You could drop off flowers.
You could tell the waitress, “It’s their birthday!”
There are a million ways to show someone your love.
Footwashing was his.

—excerpt from “Of All the Ways” by Rev. Sarah Speed |

04/01/2026

In this image, vertical and diagonal lines place Jesus in a grand throne room. Yet the power he offers on this Maundy Thursday is not a power understood by the cold, sharp, human power exhibited in the architecture.

By leaning down and washing the feet of his disciples, Jesus introduces a curve in the layout. Jesus’ figure kneels over a bowl of water at the top of the stairs. This act of sacrificial love ripples like water through the lives of Jesus’ disciples, from that year to this one.

— from the artist statement for "By Our Love" by Hannah Garrity |

03/31/2026

God of the road, you know that our life is a journey—we take one step at a time. As the season of Lent comes to an end, I ask you: where am I headed from here? Is there work you need me to do? Are there relationships you need me to foster? Am I being called? Am I being sent? As Lent winds down, turn my heart to the days that follow so that I may continue journeying with you. Amen.

Prayer by Rev. Sarah Speed |

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1090 Quintara Street
San Francisco, CA
94116

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+14156640915

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http://www.christchurchlutheran.org/

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