Maundy Thursday
April 13,2017
Exodus 12:1-4, 11-14 The Message Bible
Luke 22:1-20 The Message Bible
John 13:1-9 The Message Bible
Psalm 116:1-6, 12-19 The Message Bible
Passed Over…
The
Lord be with you…and also with you…let
us pray…
We have come almost to the end of our Lenten
journey…only two more stops to make, Good Friday and Easter Sunday. We all
really like the Easter part of the journey. But the Good Friday…well…not so
much. It is hard to think about what Jesus endured for you and me…for all of humanity.
But it is in the remembering that we find strength and hope. It is in the
remembering that we are changed and renewed…we are recreated within our sorrow
and despair…as we rise from the ashes of Wednesday into the glorious Sunday
dawning. Yes, it is good to remember even
through the pain…so let us remember together…It is a dark night but also one
that brought Light into a world full of darkness…yes it truly was a night to
remember…
So here we are in the upper room with Jesus and
His disciples. We can probably still smell the fragrant oil that Mary anointed
Jesus with just six day prior. We are here to share a meal with Him before He
completes His purpose here and returns home to His Father…our Father…in Heaven.
We have come to stop here for a moment and be taught more of His ways and how
we should act. Jesus was still teaching
right up to the moment He breathed His last.
Let’s back track for one moment. Jesus had come
into the city with fine fanfare. Coats were laid on the ground as well as palm
tree branches. He was ushered into the city with loud Hosanna’s and “Blessed is
he who comes in the name of the Lord” … The people had their savior that was
going to save them from Roman oppression. Oh, how joyous it was…and oh, how
things had changed since then…now…the religious leaders were looking for a way
to kill this would be king of the Jews…soon that same crowd that sang His
praises will be shouting “Crucify Him…Crucify Him” … If they only knew that by
crucifying Him they made Him King of kings and Lord of lords. But enough of that story…we will save that
for our next stop on our Lenten journey…
So, as I said, here we are in the upper room. It
is a simple room that has no real specialty to it. An ordinary meeting room…
But what happened here was far from the ordinary. What happened here turned the
world upside right. What happened here we remember…we remember what Jesus said
and did…how He turned the Passover Seder into something that would help all
humanity be “passed over” …if they choose that is.
One thing that happened this night was truly a
teaching moment. As if anything Jesus did
was not teachable…The disciples followed Jesus and for the most part they
were pretty teachable …or were they? They followed Jesus for His whole ministry
and still didn’t get it…that is until the whole scene was played out…including
Friday and Sunday… Let’s think back to the John Scripture I read tonight…
Now there were a couple of disciples that went
and made all the arrangements for them to celebrate the Passover Seder…we will talk more on that later. Now
they get there and they are enjoying the meal. All of the sudden Jesus gets up…sets
aside His robe…gets a basin and washes the disciple’s feet… Now this was not an
ordinary thing. He was their teacher…their Rabbi…how in the world can you allow
someone of that stature wash your feet? But Jesus shows us how to treat
others…not as superior beings but as subservient beings…looking out for others
and caring for them more than we care for ourselves.
Jesus
showed His disciples, then and future, that it is not about being mighty in our
own selves but being humble enough to “lower yourself” so that others can be
uplifted. How fitting that Jesus should wash the feet of His disciples telling
them if they didn’t allow it they would have no part of Him…later they …and all
of humanity, would be washed with His blood to make them worthy ambassadors of
His Kingdom…but that is a choice that they and we would have to make.
Remember…Jesus showed His disciples to be meek and mild…why would He force the
decision upon humanity…?
It is within the simple that greatness is
achieved. It is within weakness that victory is won. It is within death that
true life begins… It is within rising from the bottom that the real journey
begins…
Jesus now puts His robe back on and continues
with the night’s festivities. They gathered to celebrate, to remember, to ponder
upon the day that God’s mighty hand once again worked in the lives of His
people…the night that God set the captives free. We heard the story of the remembrance
of that night that they were passed over by the death plague as God pronounce
judgment upon the Egyptians.
Within the Exodus story, there is still yet
another story being created. God went through the land and struck down the
first born in the land of Egypt…didn’t matter if it were it was man or
beast…the first born was not going to be saved. Or was there a way of being
saved from the angel of death…? Did God provide a way around the death sentence
of the Egyptian’s sin against God…the night God pronounced judgement on the gods
for Egypt?
The answer to that is yes…God did provide a way
for those who believed in Him…and sill
does. He instructed them to put blood from the lamb that was slaughtered on
the door post of their home. When the hand of God came by it would pass by
their home because of the blood on their door posts. How ironic is the fact that the first born of Egypt was put to death
because of the sins of the Egyptians and that Jesus, God’s first born died not
for His sins…He was sinless…but for our sins and transgressions. It is when we
put the blood of Jesus…our only Savior…the blood of the Lamb of God who takes
away the sins of the earth…on the door posts of our hearts that we too are
passed by and do not receive the judgement of God’s mighty hand,” the wages of
sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life” Romans 6:23.
So, they are celebrating the meal and it comes to
one of the parts where Jesus was going to bless the bread and cup… Now as I
have said before…He celebrated this meal many times with His disciples…but tonight
it was different…there was this kind of a nervousness in the air. There was
something big on the horizon and you could cut the tension with a knife...Little did they know how big it really
was…
The scene was set and not one of them knew the
life changing events that were happening right before their eyes. He broke the
bread, raised to heaven , broke the bread and instead of saying the usual
recitation He said “This is my body, given for you. Eat it in my memory.” His
disciples must have thought, “What! What
is Jesus talking about His body broken for us. Why is He saying this? Has He
had too much wine tonight?” And again, with the cup, He raised it to
heaven, Blessed it now this is where it
really get weird for the disciples…He said more off the wall things, “This
is the cup of the new covenant written in my blood, poured out for you.” Again,
His disciples must have been confused. They may have even thought, “What is He talking about a new covenant? We
have the one that was given to us through Father Abraham. Why is Jesus talking
about a new covenant?”
At this moment, Jesus took on the manifestation
of the Spotless Lamb of God. There was no other way and even though He asked if
it was His Fathers will for Him to be able to not have to do what He came to
do… It was God’s will and not His own He was concerned with doing. Since Adam
and Eve people sacrificed lambs to God for the forgiveness of sins. But it
wasn’t a once and for all thing. They had so many kinds of sacrifices it was
probably hard to keep up with them. They used a live goat over whose head
Aaron, the priest, confessed all the sins of the children of Israel on the Day
of Atonement. The goat that symbolically bore their sins, was then sent into the
wilderness. God knew that there was only one way to have His relationship back
with humanity. There needed to be a perfect lamb and only Jesus had the
credentials to do it…
Let
me go one step ahead of this night to the moment Jesus died for you and me…for
all of humanity…it has to do with the lambs. The religious leaders were the
ones who slaughter the lambs and passed them out to people so they could apply
the blood on the door posts and eat the lambs as they had done for centuries.
Well, when Jesus was put on the cross to die, they had not yet slaughtered the
lambs yet for Passover. It was when Jesus, the Lamb of God, breathed His
last…the temple lambs were slaughtered at that very moment…those Passover lambs
and our Lamb that enables us to be passed over, fulfilled their purposes… And
as I said before…it is when we apply the blood of Jesus to the door post of our
hearts that the voyage begins…the voyage of a life time with Jesus at the helm…a
voyage to the heart of God…a voyage of eternal instead of the temporal life we
had before…
We heard the Psalmist of Psalm 116 cry out to God
for mercy and God listened to him…death was on his heals and he cried for God
to save him. God did just that and still does when we cry out for a Savior.
Through this Savior we are made right with God. There is no way to pay for this
gift…Jesus did that for you and me. We, like the Psalmist can bless God’s name
by raising His name up in the assembly of believers and beyond, we are set free
to be a blessing to others…that is our greatest service. A grateful and
thankful heart for what He has done is a sweet aroma to God as our praises waif
up to heaven.
Something began in that upper room. Something
that would shake the world. Justice was being served for the least, last and forgotten.
God was getting ready to turn the world right side up. And it began with a meal
of remembrance and a willing heart. Do you have that willing heart to open
itself to the application of the blood of the Lamb that will take away your
sins…the blood of a new covenant? Let us remember as we share this meal…doing
this in remembrance of Him…the Lamb of God who took away the sins of you and I…
Let us read together from the bulletin the Prayer
of thanksgiving…
Living and loving God, we lift our hearts to you in
gratitude and joy for all your gifts to us.
You made us in own image and set us in this world of contrasting beauty.
In your great love, you delivered your people of old from slavery and you have delivered us from the power of evil and death through the sacrificial love of Jesus Christ.
We praise and honor you; holy God
Heaven and earth are surely full of your glory.
Blessed is He whose supper we share this night,
and blessed are we - renewed by his life.
You made us in own image and set us in this world of contrasting beauty.
In your great love, you delivered your people of old from slavery and you have delivered us from the power of evil and death through the sacrificial love of Jesus Christ.
We praise and honor you; holy God
Heaven and earth are surely full of your glory.
Blessed is He whose supper we share this night,
and blessed are we - renewed by his life.
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April 15, 2017
a night to remember
April 13, 2017
Stetson
Memorial UMC
Maundy Thursday
Exodus 12:1-4,
11-14
Luke 22:1-20
John 13:1-9
Psalm 116:1-6,
12-19
Romans 6:23
intro to Seder
elements
invitation to
the foot washing
sermon, “Passed
Over…”
text:
video:
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
sermon blog
meditation
blog
“God’s
Whisper” blog
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
Maundy
Thursday
April 13, 2017
&
April 9, 2017
our palms laid
before him
April 9, 2017
The message of
the palms
April 9, 2017
in words, in
symbols
April 9, 2017
Stetson
Memorial UMC
Palm Sunday
Sermon Series:
“God Shaped Hole. . . ”
Inspired by
Marcia McPhee’s
Looking For Love. . .
Psalm 8:1-9
Genesis 38:6
John 12:13
sermon, “Palms?”
text:
video:
by
Chrissy McCarthy
Children’s
Message
by Chrissy
McCarthy
Pastor Ruth
Foss
Stetson Memorial
United Methodist Church
Palm Sunday
April 9, 2017
&
April 4, 2017
From Bethany
to Jerusalem
April 4, 2017
Lazarus come
out
April 2, 2017
Rise from your
grave
edited April 2, 2017
wake up church – v2
April 2, 2017
wake up church
edited April 2, 2017
We are raised from the dead – v2
April 2, 2017
we are raised from the dead
April 2, 2017
Christ sets us free
April 2, 2017
Our Liberator
April 1, 2017
freed from the grave
April 1, 2017
Come back to life
April 1, 2017
Freed by Christ
- 2
April 1, 2017
Love in the
form of Christ Jesus
April 1, 2017
may the bones
come together
April 2, 2017
Stetson
Memorial UMC
5th
Sunday of Lent
Sermon Series:
“God Shaped Hole. . . ”
Inspired by
Marcia McPhee’s
Looking For Love. . .
“Liberator”
Psalm 130
Psalm 130:1-8
Ezekiel
37:1-14
John 11:1-45
sermon, “within
these dry bones”
text:
video:
pages 1- 6
pages 6-7
by
Raymond A. Foss
altar call by
Pastor Ruth Foss
Children’s
Message
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
5th Sunday of
Lent
April 2, 2017
&
edited April 2, 2017
may you find
eternal life – v2
April
2, 2017
may
you find eternal life
merged April
1, 2017
we go forth
April 1, 2017
strengthened
by the Holy Spirit
April 1, 2017
redeemed by
Christ’s mercy
April
1, 2017
created
by God’s love
John
11:1-15, 38-45
The
Upper Room Disciplines for 2017
“Seeing
with the Eyes of God”
March
27, 2017 to April 2, 2017
by
Deirdre Good
devotion
for April 2, 2017
read
April 1, 2017
&
edited April 1, 2017
a prisoner of
hope – v2
April 1, 2017
a prisoner of
hope
quote of
Bishop Desmond Tutu
April
1, 2017
there
is no life
April
1, 2017
the
breath of life
Ezekiel
37:1-14
The
Upper Room Disciplines for 2017
“Seeing
with the Eyes of God”
March
27, 2017 to April 2, 2017
by
Deirdre Good
devotion
for April 1, 2017
read
April 1, 2017
&
April
1, 2017
a
living, breathing nation
edited/renamed
March 31, 2017
We are not dead;
We are alive
March 31, 2017
He is not
dead; He is alive
March 31, 2017
prophesy to
the bones
edited March
31, 2017
within these
dry bones – v2
March 31, 2017
within these
dry bones
March
31, 2017
get
up my people
Ezekiel
37:1-14
The
Upper Room Disciplines for 2017
“Seeing
with the Eyes of God”
March
27, 2017 to April 2, 2017
by
Deirdre Good
devotion
for March 31, 2017
read
March 31, 2017
&
John
11:1-45
The
Upper Room Disciplines for 2017
“Seeing
with the Eyes of God”
March
27, 2017 to April 2, 2017
by
Deirdre Good
devotion
for March 30, 2017
read
March 30, 2017
&
April 1, 2017
Jesus gathers us in - 2
April 1, 2017
a different kind of Savior
April 1, 2017
Jesus, our Shepherd
April 1, 2017
the Lord looks on the inside
April 1, 2017
a rain to fall
upon our parched soul
March 31, 2017
The voice of the world
March 30, 2017
we listen to the wrong voices
March 30, 2017
the voice that knows our path
March 30, 2017
Too many voices
March 30, 2017
spend time with the shepherd
March 30, 2017
listen to the voice of God
March 30, 2017
as Your guest
March 26, 2017
Stetson
Memorial UMC
4th
Sunday of Lent
Sermon Series:
“God Shaped Hole. . . ”
Inspired by
Marcia McPhee’s
Looking For Love. . .
Psalm 23
Psalm 23:1-6
John 10:1-21
NIV
1 Samuel
16:1-13
sermon, “Ba Ba
Black Sheep”
text:
video:
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
sermon blog
meditation
blog
“God’s
Whisper” blog
Children’s
Message
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
4th Sunday of
Lent
March 26, 2017
&
March 30, 2017
tearing way
the excess
March 30, 2017
filling that
hole
March 30, 2017
give me this water
March 30, 2017
pour your love
March 30, 2017
His blood cleanseth
March 30, 2017
unquenchable thirst
March 30, 2017
a God-shaped
hole
March 20, 2017
You Will
Thirst No More
March 19, 2017
in the waters of grace
March 19, 2017
we are refreshed now
March 19, 2017
we are released of our sin
March 19, 2017
we are washed clean now
March 19, 2017
Share the Water
March 19, 2017
Christ is that
well
March 19, 2017
Stetson
Memorial UMC
3rd Sunday of
Lent
Sermon Series:
“God Shaped Hole. . . ”
Inspired by
Marcia McPhee’s
Looking For Love. . .
Psalm 95:1-7
John 4:1-15
Romans 5:1-5
Exodus 17:1-6
sermon, “You
Will Thirst No More… ”
(with Sermon
Notes)
text:
video:
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
Children’s
Message
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
3rd
Sunday of Lent
March 19, 2017
&
March 19, 2017
Jesus is that Savior
March 19, 2017
we all need the Savior
March 19, 2017
Until the
Savior set us free
March 18, 2017
my help comes from the Lord
March 18, 2017
without Jesus we are dead
March 18, 2017
we need a Savior
March 18, 2017
sin rules us
March 18, 2017
seek God
March 18, 2017
searching for something
March 16, 2017
the resistance of evil
March 16, 2017
to fill the void
March 16, 2017
a pilgrimage
to the cross
March 15, 2017
we shall not perish
March 15, 2017
God saved the world
March 15, 2017
Faith is Life
March 15, 2017
I need a Mother
March 15, 2017
I need a Father
March 15, 2017
I need a Guide
March 15, 2017
I need a Helper
March 15, 2017
I need a Savior
March 15, 2017
I need
Somebody
March 12, 2017
2nd Sunday of Lent
Sermon Series:
“God Shaped Hole…”
Inspired by Marcia
McPhee’s
Looking For Love…
Psalm 121
John 3:16-17
sermon, “Help,
I Need Somebody… ”
text:
video:
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
Children’s
Message
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
2nd
Sunday of Lent
March 12, 2017
&
March 5, 2017
we shine in
the brilliance of God
March 5, 2017
resist evil
March 5, 2017
a resistor
March 5, 2017
a false hope
March 5, 2017
resist sin
March 5, 2017
a real reward
March 5, 2017
Don’t test me
March 5, 2017
1st Sunday of Lent
Sermon Series:
“God Shaped
Hole…”
“Looking for
the Resistor”
Inspired by
Marcia McPhee’s
Looking For
Love…
Matthew 4:1-11
Psalm 32
sermon, “Resist-or”
text:
video:
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
Children’s
Message
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
1st
Sunday of Lent
March 5, 2017
&
March 5, 2017
Days of Journey
March 5, 2017
the piece we
are missing
March 5, 2017
failing
miserably
March 4, 2017
the God-shaped love
March 4, 2017
a journey to
repentance
edited March 4, 2017
cover me with clay – v2
March 3, 2017
cover me with
clay
edited March 3, 2017
the journey to the cross - 2
March 3, 2017
the journey of the cross
March 3, 2017
cover me with the dust of the earth
March 3, 2017
cloak my life
March 3, 2017
smudged with
ashes - 2
edited March
2, 2017
searching,
seeking
March 2, 2017
searching
March 1, 2017
Ash Wednesday service
Sermon Series:
“God Shaped
Hole…”
“Where Is the
Love”
Inspired by
Marcia McPhee’s
Looking For
Love…
Joel 2:12-17
Matthew 6:1-6;
16-21
Opening Words
Greeting
Lenten Prayer
Hymn, “In the Garden”
Prayer of Confession
Words of Assurance
Lenten Poem
sermon, “Where
Is The Love?”
text:
video:
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
Communion
Distribution
of Ashes
and closing
hymn,
“It Is Well
with My Soul”
Closing Prayer
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
sermon blog
meditation
blog
“God’s
Whisper” blog
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
Ash Wednesday
March 1, 2017
&
February 25,
2017
burning up our
praise
February 25,
2017
igniting our
prayers, our worship
February 28,
2017
Burning of the
Palm service
Isaiah 58:5-10
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
February 28,
2017
&
edited
February 27, 2016
The Smell of
the Burning Palms – v6
(merging edits
to version 3 and version 5)
edited
February 19, 2015
The Smell of
the Burning Palms – v5
(merging edits
to original and version 3)
edited February 12, 2016
we will get up – v2
February 12, 2016
we will get up
February 12, 2016
We will stand up
February 12, 2016
And we will rise up
February 12, 2016
Deliver us
February 12, 2016
Restore us - 2
February 12, 2016
Create in us
February 12, 2016
Purge us
February 12, 2016
Teach us
February 12, 2016
Wash us
February 12, 2016
our sick souls
February 12, 2016
we lay down prostrate before you
February 12, 2016
we kneel before you - 2
February 12, 2016
we bow before you - 2
February 12, 2016
we need your grace
February 12, 2016
our hidden transgression
February 12, 2016
on this Ash Wednesday
February 12, 2016
meditation on God’s Holy Word
February 12, 2016
self-denial
February 12, 2016
prayer and fasting
February 12, 2016
a holy Lent - 3
February 12, 2016
prepared for Holy Baptism
February 12, 2016
During this season - 2
February 12, 2016
We’re guilty
edited February 11, 2016
Rip your heart wide open – v2
February 11, 2016
running back to God – 3
February 11, 2016
running back to God – 2
February 11, 2016
a season of change
February 11, 2016
spiritual preparation
February 11, 2016
Journeying with Him
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/02/journeying-with-him.html
February 11, 2016
Beginning in ashes
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/02/beginning-in-ashes.html
Journeying with Him
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/02/journeying-with-him.html
February 11, 2016
Beginning in ashes
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/02/beginning-in-ashes.html
February 11, 2016
Repent, change direction
February 11, 2016
here on Ash Wednesday
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/02/here-on-ash-wednesday.html
here on Ash Wednesday
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/02/here-on-ash-wednesday.html
February 11, 2016
this whole Lent thing
February 11, 2016
don't add too much
February 11, 2016
pray in secret
February 11, 2016
adding and subtracting
February 11, 2016
a time of self-reflection
February 11, 2016
Is there a mark on the inside
February 11, 2016
do not tear your clothes
February 11, 2016
Rip your heart wide open
February 11, 2016
even now
Ash Wednesday service
Joel 2:12-17a
Matthew 6:1-6,
16-21
centering song, “Surely the Presence”
Opening Words
Greeting
Lenten Prayer
Hymn, “In the Garden”
Prayer of Confession
Words of Assurance
Invitation to Communion
Prayer after Communion
Invitation to receive ashes
Distribution of Ashes
Lenten poem: ”Journeying to Jerusalem”
sermon, “The
Math of Lent 2.0”
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
and closing
hymn,
“It Is Well
with My Soul”
Closing Prayer
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
Ash Wednesday
February 10,
2016
&
February 10, 2016
the palms ablaze
Ash Wednesday
February 10, 2016
into ashes
Ash Wednesday
edited February 10, 2016
Palms for the Ashes – v5
(merging edits to version 3 and version 4)
Ash Wednesday
edited February 10, 2016
I hear the crackle – v2
Ash Wednesday
February 10, 2016
I hear the crackle
Ash Wednesday
February 10, 2016
fuel for the fire
Ash Wednesday
edited February 10, 2016
how quickly they burn – 2 – v3
(editing version 2)
Ash Wednesday
edited
February 10, 2016
How quickly
they burn – v3
(editing
version 2)
Ash Wednesday
February 10,
2016
licking the
flesh
Ash Wednesday
edited
February 9, 2016
Our joy burned
in anger – v2
February 9,
2016
Our joy burned
in anger
Isaiah 58:5-10
Burning of the
Palm service
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
February 9,
2016 and February 10, 2016
&
edited
February 5, 2016
Palms for the
Ashes – v4
(editing
version 3)
February 5, 2016
Palms for the Fire
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
and closing
hymn,
“It Is Well
with My Soul”
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
Ash Wednesday
February 18,
2015
&
edited January
8, 2016
bittersweet –
v3
(merging edits
to version 2 and original)
edited
February 18, 2015
bittersweet –
v2
edited March 5, 2015
how quickly they burn – 2 – v2
February 17,
2015
how quickly
they burn - 2
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
&
edited March
21, 2015
the sweetness
of Sorrow – v3
(editing
version 2)
edited March
9, 2015
the sweetness
of Sorrow – v2
March 6, 2015
the sweetness
of Sorrow
edited May 6,
2015
breathing in
Sorrow – v5
(editing
version 3)
edited March
6, 2015
breathing in
Sorrow – v4
(merging edits
to version 3 and version 2)
edited
February 18, 2015
breathing in
Sorrow – v3
(editing
version 1)
edited March
24, 2014
breathing in
Sorrow – v2
edited, new
poem March 7, 2014
breathing in
Sorrow
edited
February 18, 2015
the ashes
drawn within – v3
(editing
version 2)
edited March
6, 2014
the ashes
drawn within – v2
March 6, 2014
the ashes
drawn within
Ash Wednesday
worship service at
Mountain
Heights Healthcare Facility
Patten, ME
March 6, 2014
&
edited August
5, 2015
The flesh of
that bread – v4
(editing
version 2)
edited April
19, 2014
The flesh of that
bread – v3
(editing
original version again)
edited March
12, 2014
The flesh of
that bread – v2
March 5, 2014
The flesh of
that bread
edited
February 18, 2015
the dust of
the ashes – v3
(editing
version 1 again)
edited March
10, 2014
the dust the
ashes – v2
March 5, 2014
the dust the
ashes
edited
February 18, 2015
the palms
consumed – v2
March 6, 2014
the palms
consumed
edited
February 18, 2015
the sorrow of
the ashes – v3
(editing
version 1)
edited March
15, 2014
the sorrow of
the ashes – v2
March 6, 2014
the sorrow of
the ashes
edited
February 18, 2015
my lungs
filled with the smoke – v2
March 6, 2014
my lungs
filled with the smoke
edited
February 18, 2015
burning our
celebration – v3
(editing
original)
edited March
10, 2014
burning our
celebration – v2
March 6, 2014
burning our
celebration
edited
February 18, 2015
burning our
hope – v3
(editing
version 1)
edited April
12, 2014
burning our
hope – v2
March 5, 2014
burning our hope
edited
February 18, 2015
cloaked in the
smoke – v2
March 5, 2014
cloaked in the
smoke
edited
February 18, 2015
ashes of that
fire – v2
March 5, 2014
ashes of that fire
edited
February 18, 2015
How quickly
they burn – v2
March 5, 2014
How quickly
they burn
edited/new
name February 18, 2015
the mirror of
the ashes
edited
February 18, 2015
the truth of
the ashes – v2
March 5, 2014
the truth of
the ashes
edited February
18, 2015
the anger of
the fire – v5
(editing
original again)
edited March
30, 2014
the anger of the
fire – v4
edited March
24, 2014
the anger of
the fire – v3
edited March
15, 2014
the anger of
the fire – v2
March 5, 2014
the anger of
the fire
March 5, 2014
bittersweet
edited July
15, 2015
within the
sweetness of the smoke – v9
(editing
version 5)
edited July 1,
2015
within the
sweetness of the smoke – v8
(editing
version 5)
edited March
20, 2014
“within the
sweetness of the smoke – v7”
edited March
4, 2014
“within the
sweetness of the smoke – v6”
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
– “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
Lenten poem:”Changer: A Lenten Poem”
by Adrienne Sparrow Trevathan
my earlier
poem, “within the sweetness of the smoke”
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
March 5, 2014
Ash Wednesday
Lent
&
edited March
23, 2015
cover me with
dust – v3
Edited March
22, 2013
“cover me with
dust – v2”
February 15,
2013
“cover me with
dust”
Worship Theme
– “Ash Wednesday”
Prelude
Unison Prayer
Matthew 6:1-6,
16-21 (CEB)
Joel 2:12-17a (CEB)
hymn,
“Sunday’s Palms Are Wednesday’s Ashes” TFWS #2138
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”
on the
bulletin back cover
This Lenten
Season, we are doing something a little different. We are doing Lenten Dramas
from: http://www.sermonsfromseattle.com/home.htm
It is called "The Voice of God". We are hearing conversations between
God and some of the characters that took part in Passion Week. It has been a
"moving experience" for all. . .
February 13
2013 Ash Wednesday – James (portrayed by
Diane Mitchell)
February 17,
2013 – Judas (portrayal by Ray Foss)
February 24,
2013 – Peter (portrayal by Marshall
Burns)
March 3, 2013
– Pilate (portrayed by Richard Fleury)
March 10, 2013
– Barabbas (portrayed by Mark Cioffi)
March 17, 2013
- Dysmas (Thief on the cross) (portrayed
by Ray Foss)
March 24, 2013
Palm Sunday
March 28, 2013
Maunday Thursday – The Centurion
March 29, 2013
Good Friday - Mary Mother of Jesus
March 31, 2013
Easter Sunday! - The Gardner
and Ash
Wednesday Drama:
(a
conversation with James and God
after the
Garden of Gethsemane)
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
Suncook United
Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
February 13,
2013
Ash Wednesday
Lent
&
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
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
&
Edited January
1, 2014
“within the
sweetness of the smoke – v5”
(editing
version 2)
Edited
February 14, 2013
“within the
sweetness of the smoke – v4”
Edited
February 14, 2013
“within the
sweetness of the smoke – v3”
Edited
February 6, 2013
“within the
sweetness of the smoke – v2”
February 19,
2012
“within the
sweetness of the smoke”
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