Bethel 02/17/21 Service

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Guidance from UMC Discipleship Ministries

This is the First in a series of Worship Services from the Discipleship Ministries for the season of lent that beginning with Ash Wednesday. The graphics at the top of this page list the topics for each of the services in the Series.
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Worship Series: "Rend Your Hearts: Claiming the Promise"
from umcdiscipleship.org

Lent doesn’t have to be a somber time; but to be effective, it needs to be intense. It needs to be taken seriously and rigorously, and we can bring our full selves to the table. It is worth the strenuous effort, however, as we are enabled to embrace the fullness of the promise of Resurrection and live as disciples of Jesus Christ; disciples who make disciples. So, despite feeling as though we have been in a yearlong season of Lent, we need the season; we need the observance to open us to all God has in store for us.
Rend your hearts, so together we can claim the promise.

This Week's Theme: "Yet Even Now"
Liturgical Resources

There is something powerful about a season that starts in the middle of the week, at night (or in the morning, if that is your tradition). It suggests that the Lenten journey is a high calling, not for the faint of heart, not for the casual observer. It requires a level of commitment from the beginning. Issue the call to worship as a reach, a stretch, not as a barrier to access, but as a reminder of the strenuousness of the journey ahead.