Lent 2010 – Bread for the Journey
Jesus said, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.” John 6:35 These are words to chew on and digest and hunger for, all the days of our lives. But during Lent this year, we hope you will reflect on how Jesus is our Bread for the Journey. Check out all the amazing ways you can experience Jesus as bread beginning Feb 17, with Ash Wednesday!
Lenten Retreat: February 25-27: Join us at St. Malo’s Retreat Center as we study several texts: Christ in Culture, Richard Niebuhr, The Good Book, Peter Gomes and Have a Little Faith, Mitch Albom. These will help us understand the lenses through which we read scripture and encounter the world.
Wednesday Midweek Worship: At noon we’ll have worship with a brief sermon. Wednesday nights find us in the sanctuary, 6:30 – 7:15 pm, for Taize. This time will be reflective and quiet with songs to center our minds on Jesus, ‘the bread of life.’
Labyrinth: Wednesdays in Lent offers you a chance to walk a labyrinth. The Christian labyrinth became popular during the Middle Ages as a means to go on a ‘pilgrimage.’ Contemplative, intentional, steady steps take one to the center so to pause before the Lord. This is holy ground!
h2o Devos: Each day stop to reflect on Bread for the Journey with Pastor Ron’s daily devotionals. Check them out at www.h2odevos.blogspot.com . With the songs of Peter Mayer and creativity of Pr Ron, you won’t be disappointed.
What kind of bread are you? Father Dominic, in Bake and be Blessed, says that each one of us are a ‘bread type.’ Look for recipe cards and a devotional booklet to help you determine if you are rye or banana nut! Then go, and be bread for the world!
Confirmation students and mentors: will mutually benefit from conversations during the weeks of Lent. Thanks to AAA adults for walking the walk and talking the talk with our youth. If your conversation finishes early, head to the kitchen for some pretzel baking!
Stretch and Pray: Offered each Wednesday night after worship with Michelle Stone Kraus leading us in that vital connection of body and spirit! It’s easy and fun. Try it out!
Worship Services
1030am Worship – December 27 2009
9am Worship – December 20 2009
9am Worship – December 13 2009
1030am Worship – November 29 2009
1030am Worship – November 22 2009
9am Worship – November 15 2009
8am Worship – October 25 2009 Reformation
Service of the Word for Healing
Confirmation Service 2009 – October 11
9am Worship – September 27, 2009
9am Worship – September 20, 2009
9am Worship – September 13, 2009
8am Worship – September 6 2009
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Station 1: Jesus is condemned to death
Matthew 27: 15-26
15 Now at the festival the governor was accustomed to release a prisoner for the crowd, anyone whom they wanted. 16At that time they had a notorious prisoner, called Jesus* Barabbas. 17So after they had gathered, Pilate said to them, ‘Whom do you want me to release for you, Jesus* Barabbas or Jesus who is called the Messiah?’* 18For he realized that it was out of jealousy that they had handed him over. 19While he was sitting on the judgement seat, his wife sent word to him, ‘Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for today I have suffered a great deal because of a dream about him.’ 20Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus killed. 21The governor again said to them, ‘Which of the two do you want me to release for you?’ And they said, ‘Barabbas.’ 22Pilate said to them, ‘Then what should I do with Jesus who is called the Messiah?’* All of them said, ‘Let him be crucified!’ 23Then he asked, ‘Why, what evil has he done?’ But they shouted all the more, ‘Let him be crucified!’
Pilate Hands Jesus over to Be Crucified
24 So when Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took some water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, ‘I am innocent of this man’s blood;* see to it yourselves.’ 25Then the people as a whole answered, ‘His blood be on us and on our children!’ 26So he released Barabbas for them; and after flogging Jesus, he handed him over to be crucified.
Station 14: Jesus is laid in the tomb
Matthew 27: 57-60
57 When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who was also a disciple of Jesus. 58He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus; then Pilate ordered it to be given to him. 59So Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth 60and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn in the rock. He then rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb and went away.
Station 13: Jesus’ body is removed from the cross
I take, O cross, your shadow
for my abiding place;
I ask no other sunshine than
the sunshine of his face;
content to let the world go by,
to know no gain nor loss,
my sinful self my only shame,
my glory all, the cross.
Beneath The Cross of Jesus – ELW 338, Verse 3
Station 12: Jesus dies on the cross
Matthew 27:45-56
45 From noon on, darkness came over the whole land* until three in the afternoon. 46And about three o’clock Jesus cried with a loud voice, ‘Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?’ that is, ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’ 47When some of the bystanders heard it, they said, ‘This man is calling for Elijah.’ 48At once one of them ran and got a sponge, filled it with sour wine, put it on a stick, and gave it to him to drink. 49But the others said, ‘Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to save him.’* 50Then Jesus cried again with a loud voice and breathed his last.* 51At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. The earth shook, and the rocks were split. 52The tombs also were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised. 53After his resurrection they came out of the tombs and entered the holy city and appeared to many. 54Now when the centurion and those with him, who were keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were terrified and said, ‘Truly this man was God’s Son!’*
55 Many women were also there, looking on from a distance; they had followed Jesus from Galilee and had provided for him. 56Among them were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
Were you there when the sun refused to shine?
Were you there when the sun refused to shine?
Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when the sun refused to shine?
Were You There – ELW 353 Verse 4
Station 11: Crucifixion: Jesus is nailed to the cross
Were you there when they nailed him to the tree?
Were you there when they nailed him to the tree?
Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they nailed him to the tree?
Were You There – ELW 353 Verse 2
Station 10: Jesus is stripped of his garments
Matthew 27:35
35And when they had crucified him, they divided his clothes among themselves by casting lots
Station 9: The third fall
On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross,
the emblem of suff’ring and shame;
and I love that old cross where the dearest and best
for a world of lost sinners was slain.
Refrain
So I’ll cherish the old rugged cross,
till my trophies at last I lay down;
I will cling to the old rugged cross,
and exchange it some day for a crown.
The Old Rugged Cross
Station 8: Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem
Luke 23: 26-31
26 As they led him away, they seized a man, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming from the country, and they laid the cross on him, and made him carry it behind Jesus. 27A great number of the people followed him, and among them were women who were beating their breasts and wailing for him. 28But Jesus turned to them and said, ‘Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. 29For the days are surely coming when they will say, “Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.” 30Then they will begin to say to the mountains, “Fall on us”; and to the hills, “Cover us.” 31For if they do this when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?’
Station 7: The second fall
Who was the guilty? Who brought this upon thee?
Alas, my treason, Jesus, hath undone thee.
‘Twas I, Lord Jesus, I it was denied thee;
I crucified thee.
Ah , Holy Jesus – ELW 349, Verse 2
Station 6: Veronica wipes Jesus’ face with her veil
On my heart imprint your image,
blessed Jesus, king of grace,
that life’s troubles nor its pleasures
ever may your work erase.
Let the clear inscription be:
Jesus, crucified for me,
is my life, my hope’s foundation,
all my glory and salvation!
On My Heart Imprint Your Image – ELW 811, Verse 1
Station 5: Simon of Cyrene carries the cross
Matthew 27: 32
32 As they went out, they came upon a man from Cyrene named Simon; they compelled this man to carry his cross.
Station 4: Jesus meets his mother, Mary
We honor faithful Mary,
fair maiden, full of grace.
She bore the Christ, our brother,
who saved our human race.
May we, with her, surrender
ourselves to your command
and lay upon your altar
our gifts of heart and hand.
For All The Faithful Women – ELW 419 Verse 6
Station 3: The first fall
A lamb goes uncomplaining forth
to save a world of sinners.
He bears the burden all alone,
dies shorn of all his honors.
He goes to slaughter, weak and faint,
is led to die without complaint;
his spotless life he offers.
He bears the shame, the stripes, the wrath;
his anguish, mockery, and death
for us he gladly suffers.
A Lamb Goes Uncomplaining Forth – ELW 340 Verse 1
Station 2: Jesus receives the cross
Matthew 27:27-31
27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor’s headquarters,* and they gathered the whole cohort around him. 28They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, 29and after twisting some thorns into a crown, they put it on his head. They put a reed in his right hand and knelt before him and mocked him, saying, ‘Hail, King of the Jews!’ 30They spat on him, and took the reed and struck him on the head. 31After mocking him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.
Make me see your great distress,
anguish, and affliction,
bonds and blows and wretchedness
and your crucifixion;
make me see how scourge and rod,
spear and nails, did wound you,
how you died for those, O God,
who with thorns had crowned you.
Jesus, I Will Ponder Now – ELW 345 Verse 2
