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Pastoral Message

Dear Flock:

As you well know, Lent is a time set apart for deeper reflection on our human condition and our relationship with the Lord.  This is how we’re planning to observe it this year:

Our Ash Wednesday service will be February 14th at 7:00 pm with a soup supper from 5:30-6:30.  There’s a $5 suggested donation for the soup supper and the proceeds will be given to ELCA World Hunger. 

Then, our midweek Lenten series on Wednesdays at noon (2/21, 2/28, 3/6, 3/13, 3/20) is inspired by the Roman Catholic tradition of ‘the teaching mass,’ in which we take a look at the liturgy and ‘why we do what we do.’  We can’t quite take on all the parts of the liturgy, but we’re going to give it a good try.  Here’s the schedule:

2/21  Why We Sing

2/28:  Exclaiming Our Kyries and Glorias

1/6:  Listening to the Word

1/13:  Making Our Shared Prayers

1/20:  Seeking Blessing

As usual, the weekly Bible Study will move to 11:00 and anyone who wants to can go to lunch after the service.

Then, as a congregational project, we’ll again partner with St. Pius Catholic Church to take on giving what we can to the RIP Medical Debt which eliminates many peoples’ medical debts for pennies on the dollar.  Last year during this Forty Days to Forgive campaign, together we abolished $1,752,832.91 in medical debt for 2256 people by raising $10,458 between the two congregations.  Let’s see if we can do as well this year!

May your Lenten journey, however you participate, be a time of deeper reflection on your life in Christ.   

Yours,

Pastor Dan

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