Welcome for the first Holy Week ever celebrated by The Franconia-Springfield Mission. It is exciting to be able to have so many opportunities to gather and worship in arguably the most imporant week in the Christian calendar. Here is the schedule. Please check back on this page as we will update it with the RSVP links and other important information as the dates get closer.

We have the right seed, we have prepared the soil, and the next step is to put all the pieces together, to cover the seeds with dirt, water them, and watch something grow. This next step takes a great pastoral team.

The year began with the Reeds expecting a baby, Morgan+ finishing his church planting residency program in Arkansas, and finishing his time as a pastor at Incarnation Anglican Church before planting The Franconia-Springfield Mission. TFS Mission began with a small prayer team, and a few thousand dollars in the bank.

As we move into a new liturgical season together, there are going to be some great ways to help build this community. There is a lot to think about when planting a church. If you’d like to join one of the ministry teams and help think about how to get this community ready for public launch, sign up below.

On November 8 we will sing “Awake, my heart, and render” together which was originally penned in German by Paulus Gerhardt (1607-1676). Gerhardt was a Lutheran minister and prolific hymn writer (read more about him here). In this blog post (and there will be more like this one), we wanted to introduce you to the new hymn by giving you a recording and a coloring sheet (which you can download here) with the lyrics. That way you have the opportunity to worship with this new song up through Sunday Nov 8 and beyond!