Continuing a 183-year-old tradition, Holy Cross Lutheran Church of Wartburg will host Good Friday services in the German language on April 18.
The church is located at 5765 Maeystown Road in Waterloo.
The service begins at 10 a.m. The Rev. Dr. Darwin Schreder of Lebanon will be the guest preacher. Rev. Lyle Buettner, pastor at St. Paul, New Athens and Trinity, Darmstadt will serve as the liturgist. The service folder with scripture readings and hymns will be printed in the German language.
For more on the German Good Friday service, please see this week’s print edition.