Lent
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Lent 101
Lent is the 40 days before Easter (Sundays are excluded). On Ash Wednesday we gather to mark the beginning of Lent with a service that includes the imposition of ashes. The last week of Lent we follow the path that Christ took beginning with Palm Sunday and Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem, followed by the…
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Pancake Supper and Ash Wednesday
The Pancake Supper St. George’s is hosting a Pancake Supper on March 4 from 5:00 to 7:00. It is traditional to prepare for the season of Lent (a time of fasting and self-examination) by having a party to use up all the sugar and fatty good stuff in the pantry. What better way than by cooking up…
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Family Ministry – March 2014
Hello St. George’s Families, Winter is on its last legs and I am longing for spring. The red wing black birds are usually the first birds back and I find myself listening for their distinctive call already. I am starting the planning for our summer Kid’s Camp and so thoughts of summer are in my…
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Family Ministry – February 2014
Hi St. George’s Families, I hope you have some plans to get away for a bit this winter. Some place warm would be lovely, but if not, even getting away for the week-end to spend some quality time together is something to break up the long winter. Take heart, spring is coming. Messy Church this…
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A Closer Walk with Thee
An important part of Lent for me is taking seriously the time for self examination. It is not an easy thing to do, self examination. We need help to look at ourselves, because we don’t often see ourselves honestly. I know I don’t. Most of the time my view of my self is tinted with prejudice…
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