Wednesday, March 2
Service of Imposition of Ashes
12 pm (spoken) and 7 pm (with choir)
7 pm Worship will also be on Facebook Live

Why do we wear ashes on Ash Wednesday?
Since ancient times, the wearing of ashes has been a symbol of repentance and humility.  Job, the people of Nineveh, and the prophets all used ashes as a symbol of their brokenness and need for God’s mercy.  Ashes are also a symbol of healing.  Ashes were used as part of the cleansing ritual to welcome someone back into the community (Numbers 19:17).  On Ash Wednesday, we make the sign of the cross on our foreheads as a reminder that we too sin and we too are healed.  Ash Wednesday worship offers a time of extended confession; a time for reflecting on, for letting go of, all that keeps us separate from God.  We then receive the ashes on our foreheads in the shape of a cross, a visual reminder that nothing can separate us from God’s love.

This Sunday, October 24 we are celebrating our newest mission partner, Zion in Woodlake with a pulpit exchange.  Pastor Rebecca Ebb-Speese will be with us in worship while Pastor Kjersten will be at Zion.  Come learn about our newest partner in ministry.

Participate in the (will be annual) virtual Palm Sunday Parade. Send a photo or video of you and your family processing with palm branches (or a coloring of palm branches, or your houseplant, or really anything) to [email protected] by Monday, March 23 for inclusion in the video.

Here is the audio of All Glory, Laud, and Honor to aid in your processing:

After a very cold and blustery Sunday, Trinity council met on Wednesday and made the decision to return to all Facebook Live worship starting this Sunday (November 22). Since the bulk of our congregation is already worshiping via Facebook Live, council felt it made sense to prioritize that worship experience and really make it a worshipful one, rather that the windswept, phone blowing over, experience you had last Sunday. We will continue virtual until we reach Level C in our return to worship benchmarks or the weather becomes warm enough to return outside.

Worship will livestream on Sunday mornings at 10:30 am from the Facebook page. Unlike the spring where worship was in my living room, we will be broadcasting from inside the sanctuary with a small group of worship leaders. The hope is we can create a good, worshipful experience for everyone. As we move into this new phase, I continue to ask for your support, your prayers, and your feedback on what would help the worship experience feel more worshipful.

We are also looking to introduce more singers into the rotation, to give our vocalists time off to worship as well as sing. If you would like to be part of the singing team, let myself or David know.

Peace,
Pastor Kjersten