Sermon February
25, 2018
Forgive Me Lord, Remember Me
Raymond A.
Foss
Psalm 22:23-31
Genesis
17:1-7, 15-16
Luke 23:39-43
Let us pray.
Lord
Jesus, may these words I share be your words, not my own; may they be pleasing in
your sight. And it is in your name I pray these things. Amen
===========
Good
Morning. My name is Dismas, but you probably know me as the Good Thief. I was
one of the two thieves that the Romans crucified beside Jesus, the Christ. You
may not recognize me fully, because I am wearing clothes.
Normally
statues and other depictions of me show me with only a loincloth and holding my
cross. It is way too cold up here in Patten for that.
I’d
like to talk with you about those words that _________ just read from the
Gospel of Luke, the exchange I had with Christ as we were dying today.
Gestas,
the other thief, wasn’t in the same mindset as me. His demons were working
overtime; he was angry, fighting against his fate. He was caught up with the
Pharisees and the Sadducees, the Sanhedrin mocking Christ on the cross.
39 One of the criminals who were hanged there kept
deriding him and saying, “Are you not the Messiah? Save yourself and us!”
Gestas did not believe.
He saw only the present. He, like me, had just seen Barabbas freed. Barrabas
was a murderer and he was given life and here we were, common thieves, being
crucified next to Jesus.
Man, fate was having it’s
way with us. We had seen the crowds shouting “Hosanna!” last Sunday and we were
in our jail cells, the cisterns where we were held, as the crowd shouted “Crucify!”
this morning. We heard the shouts of the soldiers mocking him and we heard the
cries of Jesus as he was scourged.
We were here beside
Jesus the whole time, walking the same way with him as he had fallen, as Simon
had been pressed into service to carry Christ’s cross when he could no longer.
We had carried the cross bars, this part of the cross along side him. We too
had been nailed to the tree here on Golgotha, the Place of the Skull.
40 But the other (that’s me) rebuked him, saying, “Do
you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? 41 And we indeed have been condemned justly, for we
are getting what we deserve for our deeds, but this man has done nothing
wrong.”
We were sentenced
according to the law. Maybe it was a harsh law, no matter. We knew the risks we
took when we stole. We got caught. We were not innocent. We were justly
punished under the law. We were guilty, breaking the law of Rome and the Ten
Commandments, the law of our people, the Law of Moses. We had violated a
commandment. “Thou Shall Not Steal”. We had to die.
But this man, Jesus,
was something completely different than we were. He had healed and preached
throughout the countryside. He has healed Lazarus. He had raised him from the
dead.
He had come into
Jerusalem and he had overturned the table of the moneychangers in the Temple.
He had been sentenced by an unjust court unjustly. He had stood before Pilate,
who is no friend to any Jew, and even Pilate found no fault in him. The names
above his head on the cross testified to that.
And then today, I heard
everything he had said here on the cross, as he was praying the Psalms between
his gasps for breath. I heard him pray the Psalm that Ray read earlier, that
part of Psalm 22, verses 23-31. Christ kept talking with God, kept praising
God, kept invoking his relationship with God while he hung here.
He asked God to forgive
even the soldiers who were killing him, the soldiers who were casting lots for
his clothes. I heard him say, “Father, forgive
them, for they know not what they do.”
Such mercy, such
forgiveness, such self-sacrifice overwhelmed me. He wasn’t talking to God like
I ever did, not that my life was defined by prayer. He was praying to God like
a child would speak to a loving parent, praying for others too, in a sense for
all of us.
I had never heard
anything like it in my life. I lived in much more of a dog eat dog kind of
existence, living by my wits, trying to take what I needed, not thinking of
others, certainly not forgiving others, especially not these Romans who just
nailed me to my cross.
I was no believer
before I came to my cell, before we came to this place, to Golgotha. I was
never baptized in the Jordan. I sure hadn’t repented of anything.
But I had seen and
listened to the events as they unfolded last night and this morning and
throughout today. Something was very different about this man. Was he the one,
the Messiah, the one to free our people. I saw his disciples with his mother at
the foot of his cross, hidden too in the shadows, not wanting to be caught.
I believed in these
moments that He was the Messiah, the one foretold in scripture, the one who was
to save our people. Somehow I knew he was going to heaven and this was my one
chance. He could redeem me. That he alone could give me life, even as I was
dying.
42 Then I said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into
your kingdom.”
I believed; I had faith.
I cried out to God on the cross beside me.
43 Christ replied, “Truly I tell you, today you will be
with me in Paradise.”
Do you hear what he
said to me? Do you hear this promise? I
would not see Sheol, the place of the dead. I would not die forever. I would
rise with him to Paradise! Today!
Amen, thank you Lord Jesus to this answer to my
prayer.
Oh no, here come the
soldiers with their spears, their mallets; I guess I will see you on the other
side!
(set down the cross)
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This
passage of scripture, this exchange between the Good Thief and Christ has so
much hope in it for us, for everyone. Dismas hadn’t done anything to earn his
salvation.
He
had not been baptized, except by the blood of our Lord Jesus. He hadn’t
repented really. He had already been judged. And yet, Christ granted it freely.
He
truly was saved by grace, through his sudden belief in Christ. He was like Abram
who because Abraham when he believed, when he too was saved by his belief, his faith
in God.
Dismas,
unlike Abraham, had been judged guilty under the Law of Moses. He was right, he
was sentenced justly. Abraham lived
before the Law but Dismas was under the law.
God
made a way through Jesus beside him on the cross, to redeem this active sinner,
at the last possible minute, as he was dying the horrible death of crucifixion.
He believed and he asked for salvation.
And
God in His mercy granted that request with the most powerful promise of them
all, “Today you will be with me in
Paradise!”
In
these remaining weeks of Lent, may we seek redemption through the risen Christ
as we journey toward the cross.
Amen.
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February 24, 2018
February 24, 2018
the Good Thief walking with Jesus
edited February 24, 2018
was he a witness – v2
February 24, 2018
was he a witness
1 Peter 3:19-20
edited February 24, 2018
Forgive Me, Lord – v2
February 24, 2018
Forgive Me, Lord
February 22, 2018
Christ promised paradise
February 25,
2018
2nd Sunday of
Lent
Seven Last
Words of Christ
Psalm
22:23-31
Genesis
17:1-7, 15-16
Romans
4:13-25
Luke
23:39-43
“Today You
Will be With Me In Paradise”
church
sign: “The Offer of Paradise”
sermon , “Forgive
Me, Lord, Remember Me”
text
video
by Raymond A.
Foss
Children’s
Message
by Chrissy
McCarthy
Pastor Ruth
Foss
sermon blog
meditation
blog
“God’s
Whisper” blog
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
&
February 19, 2018
the palms burning
edited February 19, 2018
spending time with God – v3
edited February 19, 2018
spending time with God – v2
February 19, 2018
spending time with God
February 19, 2018
giving up something
February 19, 2018
deeply personal
February 19, 2018
something to give up
February 19, 2018
A time of preparation - 2
February 19, 2018
staring at our mortality
edited February 19, 2018
only so much time – v2
February 19, 2018
only so much time
February 19, 2018
Days of Rest, of Sabbath
Six (6) Sundays within the time of Lent
Ash Wednesday Service
&
February 19, 2018
Knowingly, recklessly, unwittingly
February 19, 2018
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
February 19, 2018
only through God’s mercy
February 19, 2018
Dead to Rights
February 19, 2018
omission, commission
February 19, 2018
a speaking indictment
February 19, 2018
wittingly unwittingly
February 19, 2018
we are guilty
edited February 19, 2018
an unwitting accomplice – v2
February 19, 2018
an unwitting accomplice
February 18, 2018
at Your mercy
February 18, 2018
pleading guilty
February 18, 2018
Christ died with love on His lips
February 18, 2018
Christ died to forgive our sin
edited February 18, 2018
when we fail to do good – v2
February 18, 2018
when we fail to do good
February 18, 2018
wipe away our sin
February 18, 2018
Lord, in Your Mercy
February 18, 2018
while they ripped off His clothes
February 18, 2018
as little children
February 18,
2018
1st
Sunday of Lent
Seven Last
Words of Christ
Psalm 25:1-10
Luke 23:23, 33-34
sermon, “Father
Forgive Them”
by Sally Drew
Children’s
Message
by Julia Hills
Stites
Pastor Ruth
Foss
sermon blog
meditation blog
“God’s
Whisper” blog
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
&
1st
Sunday in Lent
February 22,
2015
edited
February 18, 2018
metanoia
– 2 – v2
February
18, 2018
metanoia
- 2
(written
2/14/18)
Ash
Wednesday
Isaiah
58:1-12
The Upper Room Disciplines
for 2018
“Lenten Metanoia”
February 12, 2018 to
February 18, 2018
Tommie Watkins, Jr.
devotion for February 14,
2018
read February 12, 2018
&
February 17, 2018
Burning of the Palms
Burning of the Palms
written February 14, 2018
edited February 15, 2018
seeking a change – v2
February 15, 2018
seeking a change
February 14, 2018
Ash Wednesday service
Joel 2:12-17
Matthew 6:1-6;
16-21
Opening Words
Greeting
and Lenten Prayer and prayer for Pastor Ruth
Hymn, “In the Garden”
Prayer of Confession
Words of Assurance
Lenten Poem
Ash Wednesday
Message
video:
by Sally Drew
Distribution
of Ashes and closing hymn,
“It Is Well
with My Soul”, and
Closing Prayer
by Sally Drew
Pastor Ruth
Foss
sermon blog
meditation
blog
“God’s
Whisper” blog
Stetson Memorial
United Methodist Church
Ash Wednesday
February 14,
2018
&
Burning of the
Palm service
opening prayer
Isaiah 58:5-10
burning of the
palms
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
Burning of the Palms Service
February 13, 2018
&
April 22, 2017
are we still in the tomb
April 22, 2017
we are commissioned - 2
April 22, 2017
the door is open
April 22, 2017
rise from your death bed
April 22, 2017
we like Christ are risen
April 22, 2017
we have hope - 2
April 21, 2017
there is life
- 2
April 21, 2017
there is power
April 21, 2017
there is life
in Jesus
April 21, 2017
there is no
forgiveness of sins
April 21, 2017
there is no victory
April 21, 2017
there is no faith
April 21, 2017
Without resurrection morning
April 21, 2017
we stand at the empty tomb
April 21, 2017
How could all of this have happened?
April 20, 2017
called from our tombs
April 20, 2017
will you come out
April 19, 2017
Jesus calls our name
April 19, 2017
the beginning of new life - 2
edited April 19, 2017
That is the Good News
April 19, 2017
That is the Message
April 19, 2017
Lazarus, Come Out – v2
April 19, 2017
Lazarus, Come Out
April 19, 2017
our past left in the tomb
April 19, 2017
remove our death clothes
April 18, 2017
Show them the risen Christ
April 18, 2017
we live
April 18, 2017
when Jesus calls us by name
April 18, 2017
we can see
April 18, 2017
I have seen the Lord
April 18, 2017
why are you crying
April 17, 2017
he saw and believed
April 17, 2017
We’re alive
April 17, 2017
Leave your death clothes behind
April 17, 2017
wrapped in death clothes
April 17, 2017
Mary Trembled
&
April 17, 2017
we may enter in
edited April 17, 2017
the tomb was opened – v2
April 17, 2017
the tomb was opened
based in part by Facebook post
“The stone rolled away, leaving an open grave, was not a
means
for Jesus to get out , but a means for us, like Mary and
Peter, to enter in –
into a long line of witnesses to the resurrection power
of God's amazing grace.”
by Pastor Lori Eldredge
Easter Monday
&
April 16, 2017
Hear the Good News
April 16, 2017
come out
April 16, 2017
called from our graves
April 16, 2017
Stetson Memorial UMC
Resurrection Sunday!
Psalm 113
John 20:1-18 NLT
Acts 10:34-48 MSG
Isaiah 25:6-9 NLT
and Sermon, “Leave Your Death Clothes Behind!!…”
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
Easter/
Resurrection Sunday
April 16, 2017
&
April 22, 2017
the temple lambs were slaughtered
edited April 22, 2017
become my sin – v2
April 22, 2017
become my sin
edited April 22, 2017
why did we have to come here
April 22, 2017
what did Jesus just say
April 22, 2017
with Christ’s blood on the lintels
April 22, 2017
within death
April 22, 2017
what happened here we remember
April 22, 2017
his blood on the lintels
April 22, 2017
preparing them for this night
April 22, 2017
Jesus was still teaching
April 22, 2017
we share a meal with Christ
April 17, 2017
God washed my feet
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
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
Maundy Thursday
April 13, 2017
&
April 17, 2017
based on the
choices of Christ
edited April
17, 2017
I am to love
those who hate me
edited April 17, 2017
we are to love
as Christ loves
April 17, 2017
love as Christ
loves
April 17, 2017
love those who
hate you
April 17, 2017
love that
leaves a mark
April 17, 2017
love that hurts
April 17, 2017
that kind of
love
April
17, 2017
help me
to love
April 13, 2017
costly love
April
13, 2017
the sign
of our discipleship
John
13:1-17, John 13:31b-35
The
Upper Room Disciplines for 2017
“Not
What We Expected”
April
10, 2017 t0 April 16, 2017
Holy
Week
by
Emily Anderson
devotion
for April 13, 2017
Maundy
Thursday
read
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”
&
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
Suncook United
Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
Seventh Sunday
of Epiphany
Transfiguration
Sunday
February 12,
2012
&
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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