The Ash Wednesday Service was lovely, so we are sharing some of the mediations with you here. Below is the first one. We hope you enjoy these and feel their blessings.
We pause to observe Ash Wednesday together as a faith community.
We remember that God made us from fragile, blessed dust and breathes through us the breath of life and love.
From dust, we are created in God’s image and to God’s good dust we shall return.
With dust and oil, we claim the mark of God’s beloved creature.
Today we begin our 40-day Lenten journey to discover who we are created to be as God’s beloved.
In daily practices of prayer and service, we will embark upon this Lenten journey.
We follow Jesus, God’s Beloved Child, bone of our bone and flesh of our flesh in whom we see God’s image most clearly.
So come, let us pray for strength and imagination to follow Jesus wherever he will lead us this Lent.