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Worship During Lent
Lenten worship is a special time in the life the disciples of Christ. The Church sets this time aside in the year as a way of calling us back to our baptismal faith. It is a time in the church year where we look for a “springtime of the soul.” This renewal is not often easily attained. We are bombarded in our lives – even our lives of faith – with all sorts of to-dos and to-get-dones. Because of this, our worship lives slow-down and make room for the voice of God to rejuvenate us. During Lent this year, our Sunday worship will take the form of a Lament Psalm. Worship begins with an invitation to join in lament: a lament over our fallen state, a lament over our placing other things before God. We then move into a time of stating our trust in God through remembering what God has done for us. And, remembering those times in Scripture and in preaching, we then turn to God in cries for help: the meat of a lament psalm. We cry out through the psalms themselves and in prayer. We then move into a time of declaration of hope: we know that Go dis with us in the peace we share and the meal we eat. And, as God is with us, so our faith soars, knowing that God – our God – is ever faithful and good. I invite you into a time of lament this Lenten season. A time of honest conversation with God; always remembering God's faithfulness toward us. Our Lenten journey begins on Ash Wednesday, February 22nd with worship at 7pm. |
