HEPHATHA LUTHERAN CHURCH
1720 W Locust St.
This Week at Hephatha
SUN Feb 15 9:00 a.m. WORSHIP, SUNDAY DAY SCHOOL, and LUNCH FOR ALL
MON Feb 16 5:00 p.m. COOKING WITH COLE
+ lead-safe kits + lead testing + lead education + food and groceries
6:30 p.m. Women’s Recovery Meeting (ZOOM link below)
TUE Feb 1712:30 p.m. STRONG BABY SANCTUARY HERE
Please invite families with little ones and families with expectant mothers to join in!
4:30 p.m. Tuesday Praise
5:00 p.m. DINNER FOR ALL and Parenting Café
5:30 p.m. Bible Study (ZOOM)
WED Feb 18 + ASH WEDNESDAY + LENT BEGINS +
NOON WORSHIP followed by lunch
5:15 p.m. Dinner
6:00 p.m. WORSHIP
THU Feb 19 NOON COLE Advocacy Committee Meeting (ZOOM)
1:00 p.m. COLE General Meeting
FRI Feb 20 NOON MacCanon Brown Homeless Sanctuary
NEXT SUNDAY
February 22 - Celebrating Pastor Joe's Birthday
WE PRAY IN THANKS TO GOD FOR PASTOR JOE AND JOYCE!
DAILY DEVOTIONS
Thursday, February 19
Pastor Mary Martha here, wishing you a blessed season of Lent.
Lent is a season that gets its name from the lengthening of the days…the arrival of spring. Lent is often referred to as “the springtime of our souls.” This is the season that prepares us more deeply for the holy mysteries of holy week and Easter. This is the season of baptismal renewal. This is the season of repentance and turning toward God. This is the season that calls us to “return to the Lord your God, who is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love” (Joel 2). God knows even more deeply than we do that we need springtime for our souls…. a thawing from the distance between us and God that we call sin. And a hope for resurrection life that begins even now. God bless you this Lent. And always.
Friday, February 20
Pastor Mary Martha blessing you today with faith, hope and love.
On Ash Wednesday we read from Matthew 6 about prayer, fasting and giving alms. The season of Lent invites us to take on a habit, a pattern, a discipline, a practice of the faith to lead us to be …. more faithful. More faith-full. In Lent, we may pray less for something and pray more for God to fill us. In Lent we may fast from something in order to make more room for God to fill us. In Lent, we give special offerings to the poor in order to be filled with care for the Lord who walks to the cross for the world. In Lent, we empty ourselves of self to prepare more space for God to dwell within us.
It is a beautiful season. God bless you this Lent.
Living Compass Lent Devotions
Hephatha Lenten Devotions
Thursday, February 19
Psalm 51 Pastor Janice Vogt
Guilt is not a bad thing. We should feel remorse when we have done something wrong. Feeling guilty can make us face the consequences of our actions. Best of all, it can lead us to repentance. Lead us to turn to God whose mercy and love are so steadfast that nothing we do will prevent God from forgiving us. When we repent of our sins, we can be assured of God’s forgiveness. This forgiveness leads us to a new path in life. We move from guilt to gratitude. Freed from shame we are then able to tell others of our experience of the mercy of God.
Friday, February 20
Psalm 51 Pastor Gary & Jodee Liedtke
When we received the invitation to share a short devotional based on Psalm 51we opened our Bible to read the words. Psalm 51 is a treasure chest but in verses 1, 2 and 3 the words which jumped out were TRANSGRESSIONS, INIQUITY AND SIN. As hard as we try the reality for each of us is transgressions, iniquity and sin are a reality in our living. It is important we face that truth and keep on trying but more than that, it is important we read verses 16 and 17…
Create in me a clean heart!
Put a right Spirit with in me!
Restore to me the joy of your salvation!
Sustain in me a willing Spirit!
WOW! God does what we cannot do. Each day, every day, we live as forgiven and loved children of God. And that makes all the difference!
Recent Worship Recordings
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Each week Mrs. Esther Brown, Hephatha's Counselor, provides tips on one page about how we can be better, kinder, and healthier.
Here are the last two tips she has provided. Consider checking out the new sheet every week. The sheet is posted by Monday. More TIPS can be found under "Our Ministries" then "Tips from Counselor".
Followed by Lunch
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