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2010 Lenten Services

To enhance your worship experience, learn more about the season of Lent here.

ASH WEDNESDAY SERVICE
Wednesday,  February 17th,  7:00 pm
Holy Communion distributed at this service

Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent. On this day, Christians focus on their complete sinfulness and the necessity of Christ's suffering and death to insure their salvation.

Like many fellow Christians throughout the world, Emmanuel has had a long tradition of the imposition of ashes at this service. Ashes are referred to many times in the Old Testament as signs of sorrow, mourning, humility, and repentance, and on Ash Wednesday they are used to remind people of their mortality -- that “you are dust, and to dust you shall return” (Genesis 3:19). In this custom, ashes are mixed with a small amount of oil and applied to the forehead of each worshipper.

LENTEN SERVICES
WEDNESDAY EVENINGS, 7:00 pm
No communion; No child care

Being on The Way: A Midweek Journey through Lent

February 24, 2010 -- Luke 4: 14-30:
"Getting Down and Dirty: Re-imaging and Reconnecting with God’s Mission"

March 3, 2010 -- Luke 4: 1-13:
"Stop at Nothing: A Call To Action in God’s Mission"

March 10, 2010 -- Luke 9: 49-50:
"What’s Going on Out There: God’s Action in Our Communities"

March 17, 2010 -- Luke 10:25-37:
"Get Out of Here: God’s Moving in The Community"

March 24, 2010 -- Luke 5: 1-11:
"Giving it to Jesus: God’s Life In and Through Us"

You are invited to join the journey and go on the road with Emmanuel during Lent. The midweek services will be lead by members of the Transformational Ministry Team as we explore and discover God's call to us for today and into the future. Those attending will experience a rich spiritual journey that allows for creativity, serious reflection and playful participation as we look to the ways God longs to use us in sharing God’s mission with the world.

Church groups and organizations offer an opportunity for fellowship by sponsoring dinners before each service (with the exception of Ash Wednesday). Dinners are served between 5:30 and 6:30; there is a nominal charge to defray costs and/or fund raise for the sponsoring /preparing group.

“Yet even now, says the LORD,
return to me with all your heart,
with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;
rend your hearts and not your clothing.
Return to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love;
and he relents from punishing.
Joel 2:12-13 NRSV