Here is an all-in-one place where you can find the services, dates, times, and locations of all services for the remainder of Lent and Holy Week.

   Wednesday, 11 March        +Lenten Midweek Service at Trinity Lutheran
    Soup at 5:30 p.m.        2324 Lombard Avenue
    Service at 6:30 p.m.        Holden Evening Prayer    

    Sunday, 15 March        +Lent 4
    Worship at Central, 10 a.m.    Pastor Linda Larson, preaching and presiding

    Wednesday, 18 March        +Lenten Midweek Service at Trinity Lutheran
    Soup at 5:30 p.m.        2324 Lombard Avenue
    Service at 6:30 p.m.        Holden Evening Prayer

    Saturday, 21 March        +Memorial Service for Mary Beck
    Central Lutheran at 10:00 a.m.

    Sunday, 22 March        +Lent 5
    Worship at Central, 10 a.m.    Pastor Hoffman, preaching and presiding

    Wednesday, 25 March        +Lenten Midweek Service at Trinity Lutheran
    Soup at 5:30 p.m.        2324 Lombard Avenue
    Service at 6:30 p.m.        Holden Evening Prayer

    Sunday, 29 March        +Passion/Palm Sunday
    Worship at Central, 10 a.m.    Pastor Hoffman, presiding

    Thursday, 2 April        +Maundy Thursday Service
    Worship at Faith, 6:30 p.m.    Pastor Hoffman preaching    
    No soup supper

    Friday, 3 April            +Good Friday Service
    Pre-Service Activities*        begin at 5:00 p.m.
    Stations of the Cross Worship        at 6:30 p.m.
    Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, 215 Mukilteo Blvd
    (Note the change in location from prior announcements.)
    *see the article elsewhere in the newsletter about this unique Good Friday service.

    Sunday, 5 April            +Easter Sunday
    Worship at Central, 10 a.m.    Pastor Hoffman, preaching and presiding

The Service for Mary Beck will be held at Central on Saturday, 21 March at 11 a.m. with a reception following. Mary’s family members have asked that everyone at Central knows that children are welcome to this service, a sign of life, vitality, and promise at Central that Mary truly cherished. They will play their rhythm instruments during the final hymn.

You can read more about Mary's life here. 

Good Friday Event at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, 5:00 p.m. on Friday, 3 April 2026

All Lutheran congregations in Everett will join together for worship on Good Friday this year at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, 215 Mukilteo Boulevard. The church will be open at 5:00 p.m. Throughout the church, there will be various multi-media experiences for you to enter more deeply into the meaning of this most holy day in our church year calendar. Some of those activities will include:

a labyrinth                   a multi-media presentation of Good Friday art and music
healing stations        prayer stations
candle-lighting          opportunity for personal devotional prayer
and many more

At 6:30 p.m. all who have gathered will worship in the sanctuary with a service of Stations of the Cross. There, together with Jesus, we will take the last journey of his earthly life from arrest to crucifixion to burial. Together, we will give thanks for love as great as this, and leave in silence to anticipate the joy of the resurrection when Sunday dawns.

There are envelopes available on Sundays, next to the bulletins at the sanctuary entrance, for your contribution toward Easter flowers for Sunday, 5 April. Contributions in any amount are welcome, and if you choose, you may specify that your flowers are given in memory or in honor of loved one/s.

Deadline for ordering is Palm Sunday, 29 March

You may also donate toward Easter flowers on line by clicking here  - choose "Easter Flowers" on the drop-down box.  If there is no area to add a note when you donate on line and you would like to specify the flowers are in memory or honor or someone, please send an email to office@centrallutheraneverett.com with your dedication.  

https://www.centrallutheraneverett.com/give

Sometimes really wonderful things are hidden in plain sight. Such is the case with one of our hymnal’s most interesting and valuable features. On page number 1154 and following (the small numbers at the bottom of the page, not the hymn numbers), you will find references to all the Bible passages that make up our Sunday liturgy of Holy Communion. If you’ve never visited these 5 pages or so, make a little pilgrimage there to greatly enrich your Sunday worship experience. If you have a hymnal at home, you could make this outline a road map for a month‘s (or more!) worth of devotional readings. If you’d like to take a hymnal home with you to do that, feel free to borrow one. If you’re early for service one day, or after you’ve received communion, these pages also make great meditation material for you.

At Lutheran World Relief, we envision a future where all people, in every corner of the world can live full, dignified lives.

Founded by Lutherans in the United States at the end of World War II, grounded in Lutheran theology and building on decades of experience, Lutheran World Relief tackles global poverty by helping people adapt to the challenges that threaten their livelihoods and well-being.

We work with people based on need, regardless of race, religion or nationality and we do not evangelize.

We provide aid in emergencies and help families restore their lives. We partner with communities to build and grow rural economies. We break the cycle of poverty, so families and communities can thrive.

Our goal is to help people build self‐sufficiency and create new community‐owned approaches to problem‐solving that will last long after our projects end.

Our Mission: Affirming God’s love for all people, we work with Lutherans and partners around the world to end poverty, injustice and human suffering.

Our Vision: A healthy world forever flourishing in dignity and justice.

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE

We are living in times that would have felt unimaginable just a few years ago. We are surrounded by neighbors who are worried about sending their kids to school, seeking medical help, or gathering for worship – afraid of what might happen. We are also surrounded by neighbors who are anxious about people from other countries or people of different religions – uncertain about a changing world and unsure where they belong. Many people are afraid. And this fear, in all its forms, is shrinking our world.

Fear pulls us inward. It isolates us from one another. It tempts us to retreat into suspicion and guardedness rather than reaching out toward one another. It makes it harder to see one another as fully human. It becomes almost impossible to say that we are all beloved of God and all neighbors with one another. Truly, as followers of Jesus, we are called to a new way: a way of connection, courage, and community.

I often wonder what those outside our faith make of some of the worship practices that we all
take for granted. Especially in these days of Lent, with extra services around the culmination of
Jesus’ life and ministry, there are certainly things to wonder about.

Take, eat, this is my body.
Take, drink, this is my blood.
And they took him out and crucified him.
` He is not here, he is risen, just as he said!
And these are but a few that take more than an elevator speech to explain to someone new to Christian life and practice.

Happy Birthday!

Christopher Semore, March 1
Rosamaria Graziani, March 6
Katie Yates, March 7
Neil Ringen, March 14
Jean Lilley, March 18
Ben Krause, March 20
Greg Lichneckert, March 22
Kris Olsen, March 22
Linda Slater, March 26
Bill Brockway, March 29
Paul Hoffman, March 30
Duane Gleave, March 31

Happy Anniversary!

Joel & Katie Yates, March 18

The quilters here at Central Lutheran Church make quilts for people around the world, through Lutheran World Relief.  Click below for more information on how you can help.  

The homeless, under-resourced, or just plain hungry are all welcome! Anyone in need can get a meal at Central Lutheran Church each Sunday night. Sunday Suppers are at 5:00 pm. These meals are provided by volunteers from  different congregations representing a variety of denominations in Snohomish County.

You are invited to serve in this vital ministry. Volunteers can arrive at 4:30 to help with set up and the meal will be served at 5:00. We stop serving meals at 6:00 and usually can be cleaned up and done by 6:30.   As the saying goes, many hands make light work. 

Thank you as always for your support in time, food, and prayers.

We use YouTube to live stream and record our worship services.  In each weekly Worship Invitation email, we include a link  to that Sunday's worship service.  Past worship services can be viewed by going to our YouTube page by searching for "Central Lutheran Church Everett Washington" or by CLICKING HERE.

Church Office Hours are:   Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. 

Pastor Hoffman's Office Hours are:   Sunday-Wednesday

Pastor Hoffman plans to offer his 3/4 time ministry at Central Sunday-Wednesday.

Sundays will include worship and (for now) visits with congregational members.

Mondays and Tuesday will be standard office work days, meaning that he'll be ministering out of the office at Central, but also making homebound, hospital and membership visits.

Wednesdays will normally include Everett Area Pastors' Text Study group and the writing of a sermon and prayers for Sunday worship. If no other appointments are scheduled in Everett, he may work from home while writing.