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Worship Series: "Depths of
Love"
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UMC DM Worship Planning
The Season of Lent is a time of self-reflection, of
spiritual examination. While that is a healthy and
necessary exercise, we don't examine ourselves in
isolation. Instead, we are invited to lay our lives
alongside the life of Jesus. It is a sobering exercise to
say the least. And yet, what we discover in this
examination of his life and ours, is not condemnation or
recrimination. Instead, we are overwhelmed, the farther we
go on this journey with him, by the depths of love he has
for all of us. Lent is a time for getting our spiritual
house in order, that is true. But above all, it is an
invitation to once again commit to love like Christ loves.
This is the Fourth service of a 9 service Worship Series from the Discipleship Ministries.
(The first was for Ash Wednesday)
The graphics at the top of this page list the topics for the services of the Series.
(Click on another graphic to see that session's resource page)
This Service's Theme: "I Will Raise it Up"
This Third Sunday in Lent is an opportunity to lead the congregation to reflect on the individual and communal work we do in worship.
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