THE HOUSE OF HOPE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH - Ash Wednesday | February 17, 2021 8:00 p.m.
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THE HOUSE OF HOPE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Ash Wednesday | February 17, 2021 8:00 p.m.
THE APPROACH TO GOD
Prelude
Silciliano Georg Schumann
Aaron David Miller, Organist
Invitation to Lent Lynn Barger Elliott
Leader: The theologian Thomas Merton once said, “We are not converted only once in our
lives but many times, and this endless series of large and small conversions leads to
our transformation in Christ.”
People: Tonight, we begin where we all began, in the dust.
Leader: And we gather at the table, where we are all invited and reminded of a heavenly
banquet that is yet to come.
People: So as we enter into this season tonight, let us open our lives to conversion,
making space for God to create transformation within us.
Opening Prayer Mark Barger Elliott
Leader: Gracious and Loving God, you called us forth from the dust of the earth.
People: Look upon us as we enter these forty days and bless our journey as we walk
towards rebirth and resurrection.
Leader: As you breathed your spirit into our lives at our creation, let us open our lives to
you once again, that your Spirit might bring us renewal and new life.
People: Lift from our hearts all that obscures your presence.
Guide us from fear to trust, anger to love, and doubt to faith.
Leader: Rekindle hope in our hearts and draw us near to your presence as we draw near to you.
People: We pray this in your son’s name, Amen.
Hymn
My Song is Love Unknown Love Unknown
Tim Bruett, Soloist
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THE WORD OF GOD
Responsive Reading
Psalm 51:1-4, 10-12
Leader: Have mercy on me O God in your great kindness:
in the fullness of your mercy blot out my offenses.
Wash away all my guilt:
and cleanse me from my sin.
People: Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Leader: Create in me a clean heart O God:
and renew a right spirit within me.
Do not cast me away from your presence:
do not take your holy spirit from me.
People: Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Leader: Give me the joy of your help again:
and strengthen me with a willing spirit.
O Lord open my lips:
and my mouth shall proclaim your praise.
People: Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Leader: The Word of the Lord,
People: Thanks be to God.
Meditation
21 Stations Mark Barger Elliott
4THE RESPONSE TO GOD
Blessing of the Ashes — from A Liturgy for Ash Wednesday, by Rex A.E. Hunt
Leader: Ash Wednesday invites us to come back to earth.
To wonder at the gift of life, my life,
our life with the earth, our shared existence.
People: These ashes were once trees and shrubs,
and places where life was lived to its fullest.
Once they were full of life.
Now they are black and grey.
Dry. Lifeless.
Leader: These are ashes worth wearing.
May we accept this gift. And be blessed.
And be assured we will be different at the end of this season.
We will be transformed,
for from the burnt ashes will spring the green shoot of life.
Virtual Imposition of Ashes
Remember you are dust, and to dust you shall return.
Believe the Good News: God longs to breath the Spirit into your life.
Solo
Ave Verum Louis Vierne
Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum; Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee;
benedicta tu in mulieribus, blessed art thou among women,
et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Jesus [Christus]. and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus [Christ].
Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, Holy Mary, Mother of God,
ora pro nobis peccatoribus, pray for us sinners,
nunc et in hora mortis nostrae. Amen. now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
5Invitation to the Lord’s Table
The Great Thanksgiving
Leader: The Lord is with you.
People: And also with you.
Leader: Lift up your hearts.
People: We lift them to the Lord.
Leader: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
People: It is right to give our thanks and praise.
Leader: It is truly right and our greatest joy. . .who forever sing to the glory of your name:
People: Holy, holy, holy, God of power and might,
heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosannna in the hightest.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest.
Leader: You are holy, O God of majesty, and blessed is Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord. . . Continue to
hear us as we pray together the prayer Christ taught us, saying together:
Our Father who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread;
and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors;
and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.
Words of Instituition
To participate, prepare your own table with bread, crackers, or goldfish crackers and juice, wine, or even
grapes. Use what you have at hand; Jesus used ordinary things—the basic elements of water, bread, and
wine—to proclaim the extraordinary love of God.
6Prayer after Communion
Leader: Bless the Lord, O my soul;
People: and all that is within me, bless God’s holy name!
Leader: Bless the Lord, O my soul;
People: and forget not all God’s benefits.
Leader and People:
Eternal God, we give thanks for this holy mystery
in which you have given your self to us.
Grant that we may go into this world in the strength of your Spirit,
to give ourselves for others in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Hymn
What Wondrous Love is This Wondrous Love
Benediction
Postlude
Wondrous Love Southern Harmony
7Lenten Wednesday Evening Services February 24–March 31 | 8 p.m.
Lent is a season where we are invited to reflect on our spiritual life in preparation
for the wonder of Easter morning. Join us as we reflect on the “Stations of the
Cross,” drawing from Mark Barger Elliott’s book, Easter: 21 Stations (poems and
photographs). Join here: bit.ly/2021HOHLentenWorship | Downloaded book here:
markbarger elliott.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/easter-21-stations-.pdf
Mondays@1: An Olio of Life Topics via Zoom. How is it with your spirit? Join us Mondays at 1
p.m. for virtual conversations as we support and encourage each other during these turbulent times.
Beginning February 22: Resilience with Julia Carlson Join here: bit.ly/HOHMondaysAtOne
The House of Hope Presbyterian Church
797 Summit Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55105
(651) 227-6311 | hohchurch.org
Clergy
Rev. Lynn Barger Elliott, Co-Pastor Head of Staff
LynnBE@hohchurch.org
Rev. Dr. Mark Barger Elliott, Co-Pastor Head of Staff
MarkBE@hohchurch.org The House of Hope
Rev. Julia A. Carlson, Associate Pastor Presbyterian Church is a
JuliaC@hohchurch.org Stephen Ministry Church.
Program Staff
Sofia Ardalan, Choir School Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SofiaA@hohchurch.org
Matthew Culloton, Choirmaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .MatthewC@hohchurch.org
Dan Miglets-Nelson, Director of Youth and Family Ministry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DanMN@hohchurch.org
Aaron David Miller, Director of Music/Organist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AaronM@hohchurch.org
Kiera Stegall, Director of Children and Family Ministry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KieraS@hohchurch.orgYou can also read
