Holy Week and Easter 2022 Worship Service Schedule

April 8, 2022

Last updated on April 23rd, 2022

2022 Palmsunday -Harfentoene Mens Choir at MLC — The **Harfentöne Men’s Choir** was initially founded in 1929 by Father Paul Stroh of the German-speaking congregation at St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church on McCaul Street in downtown Toronto as a German male voice choir under the name “St. Patrickchor”. On hiatus during the difficult war-time years, the choir was revived in 1947 –and renamed “Harfentöne” by musically-gifted Father Daniel Ehmann. However, it wasn’t until Mother’s Day 1950 that the reinvigorated choir had its first public concert. In 1959, they joined the Deutsch-Kanadischer Sängerbund (German-Canadian Choir Association) and participated in many of their events. Since Sept. 2017, our very own organist, Linda Marcinkus, has been their choir conductor. In October 2019, the Harfentöne choir celebrated its 90th Anniversary. The choir hopes to be able to continue to delight faithful audiences with its rich repertoire of songs for many years to come.

PALM SUNDAY April 10, 2022 11:00 am BILINGUAL Worship Service with the Harfentöne Men’s Choir and a Sock Drive in which the Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada inspired us to help our neighbours. Read about their Palm Sunday Challenge on social media #espalmsunday2022. Instead of palm branches we encourage you to wave socks! We are collecting good-as-new socks for men, women and children to share at our “Bowls and Blessings” outreach program. Please bring them to church in the weeks leading up to Palm Sunday.

The Harfentöne Men’s Choir | Männerchor sings at Martin Luther Church Toronto on Palmsunday April 10, 2022 led by choir director Linda Marcinkus.

GERMAN LENT DEVOTION TUESDAY April 12, 2022 at 7:30 pm on ZOOM in the German language. Join us for 30 minutes of prayer together with DELKINA = Deutsche Evangelisch-Lutherische Konferenz in Nordamerika. Contact Marlena the church office for the Zoom link churchoffice@martinluther.ca Tel: (416) 251-8293. Participating are: Martin Luther Church of Ottawa with Pastor Judith Kierschke, St. George’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Toronto with Pastor Katharina Möller, Martin Luther Evangelical Lutheran Church, Toronto with Pastor Annika Klappert, Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church, Philadelphia, PA, USA with Pastor Norbert Hahn, German Lutheran Church Washington, D.C., Bethesda, MD, USA with Pastor Martin Eberle, Zion Church of the City of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, USA with Pastor Anke Deibler, and The United Church + Vereinigte Kirche Washington, DC, USA with Pastor Katja Albrecht. This year’s topic suggested by the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) is “7 weeks without”: Practice! 7 weeks without stopping.

MAUNDY THURSDAY April 14, 2022 at 7:00 pm Dinner Church by the Lake in the English language led by Pastor Annika Klappert. Come in for a simple meal and service based on the community meals of the early Christians.

GOOD FRIDAY April 15, 2022 at 11:00 am GERMAN Worship Service with Holy Communion.

The Church Choir sings at Martin Luther Church on Good Friday April 15, 2022 led by choir director Linda Marcinkus

EASTER SUNDAY April 17, 2022 at 6:15 am Sunrise Service congregating at the lake by Etobicoke Point in Humber Bay Park West + 10:00 am Bilingual Worship Service with Holy Communion and with our church choir under the direction of Linda Marcinkus.

map to Easter Sunrise Humber Bay Park West — Map to Easter Sunrise Service at Humber Bay Park West

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