Pine Street VOLUME 32 | ISSUE 2
Pine Street Presbyterian Church
THE LORD’S PRAYER TO GUIDE OUR LENTEN JOURNEY by Russell C. Sullivan, Jr.
Frederick Buechner notes that page which explains the small group in the Episcopal order of worship, experience for adults. Each Sunday in the priest sometimes introduces the Lent our children in Church School will Lord’s Prayer with the words, “Now, also discover the riches of the Lord’s as our Savior Christ hath taught us, Prayer. In worship beginning with Ash we are bold to say .…” He suggests Wednesday and concluding with the that the word “bold” is Fifth Sunday in Lent, the worth noting. We should pastors will preach on pray it boldly because Ash Wednesday the various petitions of it takes guts to pray it the prayer. Preaching on February 22 at all. We often pray it this great prayer would in a perfunctory or rote be incomplete without Services at way, disregarding the wonderful music to seal 12:10 p.m. importance of what we in our hearts and minds 7:30 p.m. are praying. the greatness of God’s word, and so our choir This Lent will give us will present in worship an opportunity to plumb the depths various choral renditions of the Lord’s of this prayer and become bold prayPrayer. This will be a comprehensive ers of it in our spiritual life. Your experience for the whole church pastors and staff, the Adult Education family. and Spiritual Formation Committee, and the Children, Family, and Youth The Lord’s Prayer, as a great Committee have teamed together to theologian said, “spans the world.” It bring us an all-church focus on this embraces the whole context of human significant prayer in our Christian life, from heaven to earth, from the life. Note the article on the next See LENT on page 2
Music At Pine Street Offers Valentines Concert by Tom Clark-Jones
There is an old saying amongst church professionals that one best be really sold on any program that is introduced into your ministry because it well might become a tradition. I’m not sure the Music at Pine Street committee thought the Broadway revue through that clearly when we first put this program on the agenda, but it has become a Pine Street tradition, and one that everyone seems to enjoy. See VALENTINES on page 3
FEBRUARY 1, 2012
INSIDE THIS ISSUE Session Notes. . . . . . . . . . . 2 DDB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 February Calendar. . . . . . . . 7 February Scripture . . . . . . . 8
February At A Glance Bagels & Belief . . . . . . . Feb 5 Pine Street Connect Seminar . . . . . . . . . . . . . Feb 5 MAPS Concert. . . . . . . . Feb 10 Mens Breakfast. . . . . . . Feb 11 Ash Wednesday. . . . . . . Feb 22 Lenten Breakfast. . . . . . Feb 26
PSL Deadline Articles, photos and items of interest for the March issue of Pine Street Life are due by February 15, 2012. Please e-mail to Sue Black at BL3COL@aol.com