Joel 2:1-2, 12-17; Psalm 51:1-17 | Each year, the season of Lent begins with Ash Wednesday: a day that we remember we are dust and to dust we return. This recognition leads us to repentance, to return to the Lord our God with broken and contrite hearts. But that is only the first step of our Lenten journey. For the point of confession, of repentance, and of each and every Lenten discipline is to prepare us to receive the abounding mercy, healing and forgiveness of our God through Christ’s cross. So as you begin another holy season of Lent, join us for worship as together we offer our confession and as we look in hope for God to uphold God’s covenant to us.
Wednesday, February 14, 2024, Ash Wednesday Bulletin
Copyright acknowledgments: Music covered under Augsburg Fortress License #SB135131, CCLI License #1141706, One License #738128-A. Scripture from New Revised Standard Version Bible, © 1989 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. Prelude: Christ, Revive Us Again. Text and Music: Mark Hayes. Text and Music: © 2011 The Lorenz Publishing Corporation. Covered under One License subscription. Opening Litany: O Lord, Hear My Prayer. Text: Psalm 102:1-2; Taizé Community, adapt. Music: Jacques Berthier, 1923-1994. Text and Music: © 1982, 1991 Le Presses de Taizé, admin. GIA Publications, Inc. Covered under One License subscription. Gathering Song: O Lord Throughout These Forty Days. Text: based on Claudie F. Hernaman, 1838-1898; para. Gilbert E. Doan Jr., b. 1930. Music: A. Davisson, Kentucky Harmony, 1816;arr. Theodore A. Beck, 1929-2003. Text: © 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship, admin. Augsburg Fortress. Arr. © 1969 Concordia Publishing House. Covered under One License subscription. Hymn of the Day: Our Father, We Have Wandered. Text: Kevin Nichols, 1929-2006. Music: Hans Leo Hassler, 1564-1612; arr. Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750. Text: © 1981 International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc. Covered under One License subscription. Imposition of Ashes: Just As I Am. Text and music: Mark Hayes. Text and Music: © 2022 The Lorenz Publishing Corporation. Covered under One License subscription. Offering: Be Thou My Vision. Text and music: Carlton R. Young. Text and Music: © 1964 United Methodist Publishing House/Abingdon Press. Covered under One License subscription. Communion Songs: Return to God. Text and Music: Marty Haugen. Text and Music © 1990, 1991 GIA Publications, Inc. Covered under One License subscription. Sending Song: Bless Now, O God, the Journey. Text: Sylvia G. Dunstan, 1955-1993. Music: Welsh tune, 19th cent. Text: © 1991 GIA Publications, Inc. Music: Public Domain. Covered under One License subscription.
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