Today is Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent, the 46 days prior to Easter. This year's Lenten theme is "A Journey to Hope" where we will walk with Jesus on his journey to the cross and to Easter morning.. This year's journey will be different than other years as we will take the journey with Jesus, through the joy, the pain, the struggles, through death to get to the hope that resurrection brings. We will also be looking for hope along the journey as we look at our own lives inside and out.
This journey is going to get us dirty. We will be participants rather than watching the journey from afar and I invite you all to join in! Tonight at Hope UMC we have a soup supper at 530p followed by worship at 630p. During worship we will be receiving the traditional ashes reminding us of our mortality and our need to keep on the path. But we will get those ashes on our hands - signifying our commitment to getting down and dirty and taking this journey seriously.
There will also be messages on Facebook (Hope UMC Duluth) and by text each week. Want to be a part of this adventure no matter where you live or where you are in your faith life? Come along!
Today's thought: What emotions do you feeljust before going on a journey? What's the one thing you won't leave home without when taking that journey?
Let's journey to Jerusalem together!
