Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your steadfast love according to Your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. We’ll begin by reading portions of Psalm 51 together then observe silent prayer for personal confession. Today, we quietly come before God to set down what needs to be set down at God’s feet. We believe in personal, private confession. (Monthly) Support Violence Prevention/Treatment.(Weekly) Acknowledge Gun Violence Deaths Ash Wednesday through Good Friday.(Daily) Refrain from Violence/Death-centered Entertainment.In addition to weekly worship, we’ll be observing three spiritual practices: If it is God’s will, our little efforts will bear some needful fruit. We believe that this focus this year will lead to comfort, healing, and wisdom we cannot now imagine.
Mindful of our national culture of violence, especially gun violence, and our desire to grow as a COMMUNITY resource, we’ve decided to both acknowledge the reality of gun violence AND turn to Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace through our national Valley of Death. This Lenten spiritual renewal is a time for repair and reorientation for individuals and communities, for families and nations.
Let us invoke the Prince of Peace…Ĭhant “Come and Fill Our Hearts” (Jacques Berthier and the Taizé Community)Ĭome and fill our hearts with Your peace, You, O Lord, are O so holy.Ĭome and fill our hearts with Your peace, Alleluia. This Lent we are intentionally focusing on “Walking Through the Valley with the Prince of Peace” in response to our national culture of violence. Every year, we spend a little over six weeks offering ourselves to God for a spiritual tune-up.
Today we begin the annual journey to Easter – the 40 days + Sundays between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday.
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