Prayer of the Day How you love us, God of rainbow promises! Like a mother who teaches her son the steps for his first dance, like the father who goes out with his daughter after work so she can learn how to drive, you love us that much and … [Continue reading] about Prayer: God of Rainbow Promises
ash wednesday: introduction to the imposition of ashes
At the very beginning, God scooped up the dust of the earth and molded it into human beings, breathing divine breath into those creatures of dust. Over time though, we dust creatures have forgotten who we are and whose we are. We believed a … [Continue reading] about ash wednesday: introduction to the imposition of ashes
ash wednesday call to worship: what seems like an ending
(written for an Ash Wednesday service in a park) One: What seems like an ending All: is really a beginning. One: Secure in our ending All: we begin. One: Knowing that we come from dust, we will return to dust and we are forever in the care of … [Continue reading] about ash wednesday call to worship: what seems like an ending
ash wednesday service: forgive our conditions
This is the service we are using after a Pancake Supper. We are actually using a local cafe (owned and operated by church members) as our dinner space AND our worship space. After the pancake Supper (a mash-up of Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday in … [Continue reading] about ash wednesday service: forgive our conditions
ash wednesday litany
LITANY OF CONFESSION One: We don’t want to be renewed. We like things the way they are. We don’t let our imaginations run free. We don’t seek who God wants us to be. We’re stuck on one way of being – going in one … [Continue reading] about ash wednesday litany
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