Open Our Eyes Lord
“Open our eyes, Lord, we want to see Jesus.”
This popular song (which echoes the words of the festival visitors in John 12:21) gives us our theme for Lent 2023, which begins Ash Wednesday, February 22. A traditional soup supper at 5:30pm will be followed by worship with Holy Communion at 6:00pm. It will be the first of six Wednesdays with soup and a search for Jesus.
Our guest preacher on Ash Wednesday was carefully chosen to point us in the right direction. The Rev. Dr. Donald Heinz is the author of the book Matthew 25 Christianity, which traces the present movements and possibilities of a timely faith centered in Jesus’ parable about the king who separates the nations into sheep and goats. Neither group recognized his presence when he was hidden in plain view in the neediest and most vulnerable faces among them. For those who want to see Jesus, this powerful parable shows where to look.
After Pastor Don points us in the right direction, we will gather each Wednesday evening in March for soup supper at 6:00pm and profiles of Jesus from 6:30-7:00pm in Schultz Hall. Representatives from local ministries will help us see Jesus all around us and the partners who respond to him with mercy and love:
March 1: I was hungry…
March 8: I was a stranger…
March 15: I was naked…
March 22: I was sick…
March 29: I was in prison…
Freewill offerings will be collected for related ministries each week.
Please join us as often as you can on our journey closer to Jesus, and bring others with you!