The ashes are ready to make the sign of the cross on your forehead so I hope to see you in the sanctuary tonight at 7:30 pm for our Ash Wednesday Service. The choir will sing an anthem and I will share a sermon called A Prayer to Be Unmasked on Ash Wednesday from Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21. Weather permitting we will move into the courtyard for the symbolic burning of our sins (including a real fire!) and the distribution of ashes. The ashes we will use in this ceremony were made by burning the remains of the palms from Palm Sunday of last year. This well attended service is one of only 3 night services offered at St. John's. Let's come together for worship and a ritual of repentance as we begin the season of Lent.
Peace, Pastor Jon Burnham
- - -
"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal;
but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal.
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."
Jesus
Gospel According to Matthew
6:19-21, NRSV
-- but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal.
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."
Jesus
Gospel According to Matthew
6:19-21, NRSV
St. John's Presbyterian Church
5020 West Bellfort / Houston, TX 77035
T. 713.723.6262 / F. 713.723-4015 / Email: office.sjpc@gmail.com
Worship Service: Sunday, 10:30 am / Sunday School: 9:00 am
