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Home / News & Updates / February 10th Letter from the Pastor

February 10th Letter from the Pastor

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Letter to Congregation 02-10-2021

Dear Brother and Sisters in Christ,

Believe it or not Lent is right around the corner. Lent begins on Ash Wednesday which this year is February 17th. Ash Wednesday is the beginning of the 40 days that are set aside in the year to self-examine and reorient us spiritually. The duration of forty days symbolically aligns Lent with biblical examples of preparation, fasting, and journeying toward liberation. Typically, we have a Lenten Soup and study over the course of Lent. Although we can not gather and share a meal, we can still take time to do a Lenten study that self-examines and reorients us spiritually. Over, the course of Lent there will be weekly Lenten bible studies emailed. * We will plan to meet via zoom on the following Wednesdays March 3, 10, 24, 31 to share with one another our stories and learnings from the self-guided Bible study. The zoom info is listed below. To begin Lent we will be emailing out an Ash Wednesday meditation. *

Because the season of Lent begins this coming week, we will have two opportunities for worship. Both services continue in our hybrid worship. This means we continue with the sanctuary being open but once it reaches capacity overflow rooms are available to view the service. One can also join live remotely by going to our YouTube or Facebook page. The bulletins and hymnals continue to be available on our website. For the Ash Wednesday service we are only doing one service at 6:30pm which will also be available remotely. All the needed information for both worship services and zoom information for the Lenten Bible Study discussion meetings are listed below. I hope to have you join us for worship and begin the self-examining and spiritual reorienting done in Lent.

In His peace,

Pastor Nicki

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