starting in dust
in sackcloth, in ashes
remembering the pit
the mud we live in
holding onto will
our own values
not following the cross
not serving our Master
from the dust we rise
watering the ashes
the soil within us
right for the seed
the story of Lent
of Christ’s journey
feeding us, growing
from darkness to light
the pit of the despair
the heights of Golgotha
the fresh-hewn tomb
the hope for the ages
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March
5, 2014
burning last year’s palms
hymn, “Sunday’s Palms Are
Wednesday’s Ashes” TFWS #2138
&
Worship Theme – “Ash Wednesday”
Prelude
Unison Prayer
Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 (CEB)
Joel 2:12-17a (CEB)
Prayer of
Confession
Words of
Assurance
Imposition of
Ashes
Communion
liturgy – “The Great Thanksgiving for Early Lent”
Lenten
poem:”Changer: A Lenten Poem”
by Adrienne
Sparrow Trevathan
my
earlier poem, “within the sweetness of the smoke”
by
Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
meditation blog
“God’s Whisper” blog
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
March
5, 2014
Ash
Wednesday
Lent
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