{"id":50530,"date":"2026-03-10T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T22:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=50530"},"modified":"2026-03-09T11:01:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T15:01:45","slug":"journey-to-the-cross-community-lenten-services-planned-in-oakwood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/journey-to-the-cross-community-lenten-services-planned-in-oakwood\/","title":{"rendered":"Journey to the Cross Community Lenten Services Planned in Oakwood"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"318\" height=\"392\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/robert-frake.png?fit=318%2C392&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50531\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Robert Frake<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">OAKWOOD \u2013 Area residents are invited to take part in a series of Community Lenten Services titled \u201cJourney to the Cross,\u201d to be held at Auglaize Chapel Church in Oakwood throughout the Lenten season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"318\" height=\"364\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Tyson-Nofzinger.jpg?fit=318%2C364&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50532\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Tyson Nofzinger<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The services will take place on three Thursday evenings\u2014March 12, March 19, and March 26\u2014beginning at 7:00 p.m. each night at Auglaize Chapel Church, located at 22652 Road 60 in Oakwood. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Each week will feature a different guest speaker. Rev. Robert Frake of Defiance will open the series on March 12. On March 19, Pastor Tyson Nofzinger, also of Defiance, will deliver the message. The final service on March 26 will feature Rev. Sandy Hauenstein of Fort Wayne, Indiana. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The theme for this year\u2019s services is \u201cJesus is the Subject,\u201d encouraging attendees to reflect on the meaning of Christ\u2019s journey to the cross during the Lenten season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Organizers note that the services are designed as a community gathering for worship and reflection leading up to Easter. Everyone is welcome to attend. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">For more information, interested individuals may contact Auglaize Chapel Church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"318\" height=\"392\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Sndy-Hauenstein.png?fit=318%2C392&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50533\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Sandy Hauenstein<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OAKWOOD \u2013 Area residents are invited to take part in a series of Community Lenten Services titled \u201cJourney to the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":50531,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,6],"tags":[28343,28339,9509,17303,28338,9516,28342,28340,28341],"class_list":["post-50530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-churches","category-community","tag-auglaize-chapel-church","tag-community-lenten-services","tag-defiance-ohio","tag-fort-wayne-indiana","tag-journey-to-the-cross","tag-oakwood-ohio","tag-robert-frake","tag-sandy-hauenstein","tag-tyson-nofzinger"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/robert-frake.png?fit=318%2C392&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2YQd9-d90","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-03 19:47:40","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50530"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50534,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50530\/revisions\/50534"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}