Greetings members of Trinity Lutheran Church!
I look forward to serving you in a pastoral (visitation) and worship leadership role beginning on Sunday, February 19th. We get to jump right into the church season of Lent! Ash Wednesday and the following weeks of midweek Lenten services will focus on Baptism and our call as “Beloved, baptized Children of God; being called to discipleship and worship of God.
During the season of Lent we are called to evaluate our lives and how we live them. It is a special time. Lent is often seen as dark and negative. Some see it as a time to "beat" our lives into submission to the Lord. I do not believe that is the purpose Christ intends. I see this as a time for us to deepen and strengthen our relationship with God. It is time to reconnect with our maker and prepare to celebrate His victory over death.
Wednesday Midweek Lenten services will begin the Wednesday after Ash Wednesday, March 1st; continuing through the month of March.
The focus of the brief Lenten messages within the Holden Evening Prayer service will be focused on baptism ("Baptized: Marked for Living") We celebrate our baptism and explore ways in which we follow and live out our Christian calling in our daily life. Each family unit will receive items for a home baptism/discipleship display.
I invite you all to worship and continue to discover and rediscover God's love for us, and His presence with us. Lent is a season that calls us to make sure that we are still connected to our LIFE GIVING LORD AND GOD. It is in Christ, and only in Christ, that we have the promise of God's guidance in this life, and the promise of the forgiveness of sin, victory over death and eternal life.
Pastor Carol
