Sweetness of memory
the bitterness as well
the smell of the smoke remaining
on my coat, on me, my hands
Holy palms of Sunday
when we felt so much joy
becoming ashes of Wednesday
when we remember our Savior’s pain
Edited November 28, 2013
The brittleness of our
hope – v2
(Thanksgiving Day)
February 6, 2013
new poem – “The
brittleness of our hope”
The brittleness of our
hope
Edited February 6, 2013
“The smell of the smoke –
v3”
February 27, 2012
“The smell of the smoke –
v2”
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
sermon blog
meditation blog
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
Ash Wednesday
February 22, 2012
&
thinking on the earlier
poem, “within the sweetness of the smoke”
February 19, 2012
Ash Wednesday and Lent
beginning this week
burning of the palms from
last year
hymn - “Sunday’s palms are
Wednesday’s Ashes”, TFWS #2138
&
Worship Theme – “God’s Healing Mercy”
Mark 2:1-12 (NRSV)
Isaiah 43:18-25 (NRSV)
2 Corinthians 1:18-22
(NRSV)
Call to Worship (Psalm 41:1-4, 13 (NRSV
Bible))
Unison
Prayer
Prayer of Dedication ((GBOD
Mark 9:2-9)
and sermon, “How Good of
God”
by
Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
meditation blog
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
Seventh Sunday of Epiphany
Transfiguration Sunday
February 12, 2012
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