Tonight’s Ash Wednesday worship service presents an interesting challenge because it’s the introduction to two different Lenten themes for the churches I serve. For midweek ecumenical services, we’re focusing on the theme Enough, but on Sundays at Living Hope and
Thanks to one of my favorite calendar coincidences, Ash Wednesday this year falls on Valentine’s Day! (Although sadly, unlike when we last had Valentine’s Ash Wednesday in 2018, this year is a leap year so we don’t also get the
Due to a snowstorm, we postponed our Ash Wednesday service this year by a week. Also, much of this sermon is a repeat of my 2017 Ash Wednesday sermon, when we did this same theme in Greene for midweek services.
For our ecumenical midweek Lenten series this year in Greene, we are using the series “Shepherd Me, O God” from Luther Seminary’s Rolf Jacobson and Church Anew. For Ash Wednesday, the first week of this series, I’ve chosen the texts Ezekiel
This year for our ecumenical midweek Lenten worship series, we are focusing on the Lord’s Prayer, looking at one or two lines per week, influenced by the devotional book The Lord’s Prayer for Lent, by Vern Gundermann (available for Kindle on