ASH WEDNESDAY SERVICE
February 14, 2018 6:30 PM
PRELUDE by Bonnie Foster
WELCOME
*CALL TO WORSHIP based on Psalm 51:15-17
Pastor: O Lord, open my lips and my mouth will declare your praise.
All: You do not delight in sacrifice or I would bring it.
Pastor: You do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.
All: The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
*HYMN #102 “Were You There” verses 1-3
OLD TESTAMENT READING Psalm 51:1-7 Dolores Canaday
SPECIAL MUSIC Don and Kay Norton
“God So Loved the World” John Stainer
REFLECTIONS Rev. Nina L. Westfall
SPECIAL MUSIC Donna Flint
“Oh, the Deep, Deep Love” Bob Kauflin
NEW TESTAMENT READING II Corinthians 5:6-10 Dolores Canaday
SPECIAL MUSIC Jan Jones
“Oh, Lamb of God” Twila Paris
*LITANY OF CONFESSION
Pastor: I will give you a new heart and place a new spirit within you, taking from your bodies your stoney hearts and giving you natural hearts (Ezekiel 36:26)
All: A clean heart create for me, O God, and a steadfast spirit renew within me.
Pastor: Yet even now, says the Lord, return to me with your whole heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning. (Joel 2:12)
All: A clean heart create for me, O God, and a steadfast spirit renew within me.
Pastor: I will give you a heart with which to understand that I am the Lord. You shall be my people and I will be your God, for you shall return to me with all your whole heart. (Jeremiah 24:7)
All: A clean heart create for me, O God, and a steadfast spirit renew within me.
*THE LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
IMPOSITION OF ASHES Genesis 3:17-19
Remember that you are dust, and to dust you will return.
SPECIAL MUSIC Flute solo by Anna Pickford
“ Lento” Joachim Andersen
*BENEDICTION
(You may remain in the Sanctuary to pray and meditate or depart quietly.)
February 14, 2018 6:30 PM
PRELUDE by Bonnie Foster
WELCOME
*CALL TO WORSHIP based on Psalm 51:15-17
Pastor: O Lord, open my lips and my mouth will declare your praise.
All: You do not delight in sacrifice or I would bring it.
Pastor: You do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.
All: The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
*HYMN #102 “Were You There” verses 1-3
OLD TESTAMENT READING Psalm 51:1-7 Dolores Canaday
SPECIAL MUSIC Don and Kay Norton
“God So Loved the World” John Stainer
REFLECTIONS Rev. Nina L. Westfall
SPECIAL MUSIC Donna Flint
“Oh, the Deep, Deep Love” Bob Kauflin
NEW TESTAMENT READING II Corinthians 5:6-10 Dolores Canaday
SPECIAL MUSIC Jan Jones
“Oh, Lamb of God” Twila Paris
*LITANY OF CONFESSION
Pastor: I will give you a new heart and place a new spirit within you, taking from your bodies your stoney hearts and giving you natural hearts (Ezekiel 36:26)
All: A clean heart create for me, O God, and a steadfast spirit renew within me.
Pastor: Yet even now, says the Lord, return to me with your whole heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning. (Joel 2:12)
All: A clean heart create for me, O God, and a steadfast spirit renew within me.
Pastor: I will give you a heart with which to understand that I am the Lord. You shall be my people and I will be your God, for you shall return to me with all your whole heart. (Jeremiah 24:7)
All: A clean heart create for me, O God, and a steadfast spirit renew within me.
*THE LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
IMPOSITION OF ASHES Genesis 3:17-19
Remember that you are dust, and to dust you will return.
SPECIAL MUSIC Flute solo by Anna Pickford
“ Lento” Joachim Andersen
*BENEDICTION
(You may remain in the Sanctuary to pray and meditate or depart quietly.)