the smell of their burning on my skin
palms of the festival, of the glory; Hosannah!
your triumphant entrance
burned for the ashes, the beginning of Lent
The palms they waved, we shared, laid at your feet
A stain now, upon our skin,
remembering your gift, your offering
The palms burnt, the sanctuary still
beginning a journey of remembrance
your choice, your faithfulness, your servanthood
ever present in our hearts, we pray
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edited February 5, 2016
Palms for the Ashes – v4
(editing version 3)
edited April 2, 2015
Palms for the Ashes – v3
(merging edits to version 2 and version 1)
edited February 19, 2015
Palms for the Ashes – v2
Ash Wednesday
service
Joel 2:12-17a
Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21
Prayer of
Confession
Imposition of
Ashes
Communion
Lenten poem:”Changer:
A Lenten Poem”
by Adrienne
Sparrow Trevathan
sermon, “The
Math of Lent”
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
sermon blog
meditation
blog
“God’s
Whisper” blog
and closing
hymn,
“It Is Well
with My Soul”
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
Ash Wednesday
February 18,
2015
&
Isaiah 58:5-10
Burning of the
Palm service
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
Stetson Memorial
United Methodist Church
February 17,
2015 and February 18, 2015
&
February 21, 2009
Palms for the
Ashes
preparing the Ash Wednesday ashes
from Palm Sunday’s palms
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
2/21/2009
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