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Join us in the sanctuary for a special Ash Wednesday Service as we begin the season of Lent.
The word Lent comes from an Anglo-Saxon word referring to the lengthening of days in the move from winter to spring. The season begins with Ash Wednesday and lasts for forty days (excluding Sundays). This is a reflective and penitential season, when Christians examine themselves and they remember the suffering and sacrifice of Jesus on their behalf. Significant days observed during the Lenten season include Ash Wednesday, the Sundays in Lent, and the days of Holy Week (including Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday).
Ash Wednesday calls Christians to remember their mortality and their need for a Savior. It is a time of new beginning… putting aside the sins and failures of the past in light of who we are yet to become by the grace of God. The ashes are a sign of both mortality (“ashes to ashes and dust to dust”) and purification and cleansing. The tone and atmosphere of the worship service is solemn and meditative.
Redeemer’s Ash Wednesday Service will be at 7:00 P.M. in the sanctuary.
CREW youth group will attend the service and meet immediately following it.
The Wednesday Prayer Group will meet at 7:40 p.m.
Happy Mother’s Day!
We honor the women in our lives today for their contribution to our well-being and character, as well as for their service to the life of the church. Today as we remember our mothers, we pray for all the women who mean so much to us and for the women in society who are so vital to our daily lives.
“Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne?” (Isaiah 49:15a)
Prayers of Thanks
- For our mother’s willingness to provide us with life
- For our mother’s patience and hard work in raising us
- For all the women who nurture us, guide us, and play important roles in our lives and the lives of our children
Prayers of Blessing for All the Women in Our Lives
- May God reveal Himself to them
- May they draw nearer and nearer to God
- May God guide them and give wisdom for each day
- May God heal all their hurts and comfort all their sorrows
- May God grant them strength and good health
- May God provide for all their needs
- May we be a blessing to them
“As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you.” (Isaiah 66:13)