Reading from the Scriptures: Psalm 150 150 Shout praises to the Lord! Praise God in his temple. Praise him in heaven, his mighty fortress.2 Praise our God! His deeds are wonderful, too marvelous to describe. 3 Praise God with trumpets and all kinds of harps.4 Praise him with tambourines and dancing, with stringed instruments and woodwinds.5 Praise God with cymbals, with clashing cymbals.6 Let every living creaturepraise the Lord. Shout praises to the Lord!
Readings from Scripture (NRSV) Mark 16:1-8 When the sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. 2 And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb. 3 They had been saying to…
There is no sermon for this service. Instead, there are mini reflections throughout, so we have provided the full text of the service. Opening This Lent, our Faith Study has looked at the last words of Jesus, with commentary from the American preacher, Adam Hamilton. Today’s service is a combination of Scripture, Hamilton’s reflections, poetry,…
Readings from Scripture (NRSV) Mark 14:1-11 It was two days before the Passover and the festival of Unleavened Bread. The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him; for they said, “Not during the festival, or there may be a riot among the people.” While…
Readings from Scripture (NRSV) John 12:20-33 Now among those who went up to worship at the festival were some Greeks. They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and said to him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” Philip went and told Andrew; then Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. Jesus answered them, “The hour…
Readings from Scripture (NRSV) John 3:14-21 14 And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. 16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not…
Readings from Scripture (CEB) John 2:13-22 13 The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables. 15 Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, both the sheep and the…
Readings from Scripture (CEB) Mark 8:31–38 31 Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. 32 He said all this quite openly. And Peter took him aside and began to…
Readings from Scripture (CEB) Mark 1:9-15 9 About that time, Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and John baptized him in the Jordan River. 10 While he was coming up out of the water, Jesus saw heaven splitting open and the Spirit, like a dove, coming down on him. 11 And there was a voice…
Welcome to Ash Wednesday service as together we gather in this very holy time to mark our journey into Lent. As we begin, you may want to have a few things: paper, a candle, some oil, (water), ashes if you have them, but I want you to participate in whatever ways that are holy to you. If all you can find is a washable marker, that’s perfect. You can make a cross on your hand or forehand and it washes off when you need it to (with soap!) If you have some palm branches you can have them ready and burn them in advance…