FOR DUST YOU ARE AND TO DUST YOU SHALL RETURN. G E N E S I S 3 :1 9
THEN I TURNED TO THE LORD GOD, T O S E E K A N A N S W E R B Y P R AY E R A N D S U P P L I C AT I O N W I T H F A S T I N G AND SACKCLOTH AND A SHE S . DANIEL 9: 3
Why do we use ashes on Ash Wednesday? In the Bible, to clothe yourself with sackcloth and ashes was a visible way to show your lowliness before God. The ashes were a symbol of devastation, sorrow and mourning. In the above passage, Daniel sought the presence and help of God at a difficult moment, and he humbled himself by fasting and putting on rough sackcloth and ashes. Today, as we begin the 40 days of Lent, as we travel with Jesus toward the Crucifixion (and beyond), we symbolically show our lowliness, our consciousness of our own sin and loss, by wearing the cross of ashes on our foreheads. And when we wear the ashes out into the world, we show that our only hope is in the Cross of our Savior.
ORDER OF SERVICE
Build My Life Call to Worship | Psalm 27 Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing Prayer of Confession | Psalm 51:1-10 Silent Confession Assurance of Pardon | Psalm 22:3-5 Great Is Thy Faithfulness
Out of Ashes
2 CO R IN T HI A N S 5
The Imposition of Ashes | Psalm 23 Prayer of Thanksgiving The Power of the Cross Benediction Postlude
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CH R I S T D I E D FO R A LL : A S PI R IT UA L LE NTE N E V E NT Thursday, March 10 | 7:00pm
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M AU N DY TH U R S DAY S E RV I CE April 14 | 7:00pm
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O R G A N D E D I C ATI O N CO N CE R T Wednesday, May 18 | 7:00pm
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