2014 Lent Materials

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For those of you desiring to commit yourselves to extended times of prayer and deepening your walk with Christ, the church has provided two materials to aid you.  The materials are available at the Ministry Center Counter in the foyer of the main building.  You can download the brochure from our blog, however, the printed devotional booklet entitled "The Lord's Prayer for Lent" may only be picked up at the counter.  Digital copies of the devotional booklet are available for immediate download at a cost of only .99 cents.

The observance of Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the church's journey to Easter through prayer and fasting.  On this day, we remember our mortality; that we are created beings drawing our life and existence from an eternal holy God.  We remember that it was out of the dust of the earth that we were created and to that dust we will return.  Thanks be to God that through the life-giving sacrifice of God's son, Jesus Christ, the same power that brought him back from the grave is available to us.  God's call for us to be holy is now possible through the power of his Holy Spirit whom Christ sent when he ascended to sit at the right hand of the Father.  As we mark ourselves with the sign of the cross in ashes, we are reminded that that underneath this temporal sign is eternal mark of God claiming and naming us as his children.

Wednesday, March 5, we will gather for a brief service will consisting of songs, scripture readings, prayer, imposition of ashes, corporate confession, and Eucharist (that is, communion).  Elders will be present for personal prayer, laying on of hands, and anointing with oil.