Friday, February 08, 2013

How fitting we begin in ashes – v2



How quickly did you wash
the gray-black stain from your head
or did you ignore the call
to go to church at all;
did you go out to the store
did you enter into a quiet time
or did you turn the TV on

what is your response to Christ’s great love
to God’s awesome sacrifice
giving his own life, climbing our cross;
how fitting we begin in ashes
the burnt hopes, hosannas
before we tortured and killed our king
before he became our sacrifice


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Edited February 8, 2013
“How fitting we begin in ashes – v2”
February 27, 2012
Worship Theme – “Ash Wednesday
Prelude
Unison Prayer
Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 (CEB)
Joel 2:12-17a (CEB)
Prayer of Confession (Psalm 51:3)
Pastoral Prayer
Word of Assurance (GBOD 2012)
Thanksgiving over the ashes
Distribution of the Ashes
hymn, “Sunday’s Palms Are Wednesday’s Ashes” TFWS #2138
and Ash Wednesday Meditation,
“The Math of Lent”
by Pastor Ruth Foss
A Handmaiden of the Lord
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
Ash Wednesday
February 22, 2012

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