Ash Wednesday

PRELUDE “Sonata No. 3- Adagio” (G. F. Handel)Rachel Calvert, Tim Graf WELCOME  CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESSBlessed be the holy Trinity, ☩ one God,who creates us,redeems us,and calls us by name.Amen. Let us confess our sin in the presence of God and of one another. Silence is kept for reflection. Gracious God,have mercy on us. We confess that we have turned from you and given ourselves into the power of sin. We are truly sorry and humbly repent. In your compassion forgive us our…

PRELUDERachel Calvert, Tim Graf CALL TO WORSHIP“Awesome God” (Rich Mullins)             Starlight Singers & Sonshine SingersHannah Fleming, Jill Boyd (Directors) WELCOME OPENING SONG“Create in Me” READINGActs 1:6-11 So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, is this the time when you will restore the kingdom to Israel?” He replied, “It is not for you to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority. But you will receive power when the…

PRELUDE “Wondrous Love” (arr. by David N. Johnson)Barb Carroll WELCOME  Behold, now is the acceptable time;Now is the day of salvation.Turn us again, O God of our salvation,That the light of your face may shine on us.May your justice shine like the sun;And may the poor be lifted up. HYMN“Restore in Us, O God” ELW # 328 PRAYER OF THE DAYEternal God, your love stretches to the ends of the earth, over barbed wire fences and through contested airspace. Your…