Ash Wednesday and Lent

O Lord, maker of everything and judge of all that you have made, from the dust of the earth you have formed us and from the dust of death you would raise us up. By the redemptive power of the Cross, create in us clean hearts and put within us a new spirit, so that we may repent of our sins and lead lives worthy of your calling: through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

I took my grand children to the Children's Parade on Monday evening. While it was lots of fun, there was something very spiritual about the time. People spend a lot of time and energy seeking and searching for trinkets in life. Not that catching the beads wasn't fun, but half were broken by the end of the night. And then, when we were able to leave the parking lot, there was trash galore in the street, on the sidewalk, everywhere. So Preacher, what's so spiritual about that? We leave behind a path of discarded, piles of junk that seemed to mean so much to us, but won't really do much for us in the eternal perspective of life. Ash Wednesday is a call for us to look around at the trash in our life, and then ask the only one who can "clean" us up: our Lord Jesus Christ to cleanse us and set our feet on the path that leads to Holiness. That is what Lent is all about!

We begin tonight, following a delicious meal, shrimp fettuccine as the main course, served at 5:30pm. Our Ash Wednesday Service will begin at 6:30pm, where we commit to allowing the Lord to work in us to clean us up. Holy Communion will be served.

Sunday, we will begin looking at the Questions of Faith found in John's Gospel, and we start with Jesus asking us: "What are you looking for?"

Next Wednesday night after our dinner, We will begin a four week study on Resurrection and our Easter Faith.

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Sincerely,