Mid-Week Lenten Supplement
Opening Words
Leader:  Breath of God,
                   breath of life,
                   breath of deepest yearning.
People: COME, HOLY SPIRIT.
 
Leader: Comforter,
                  Disturber,
                  Inspirer,
People: COME, HOLY SPIRIT.
 
Leader:  Heavenly Friend,
                   Lamplighter,
    Midwife of change,
People:  COME, HOLY SPIRIT.
 
Leader:   The Lord is here;
People:  GOD’S SPIRIT IS WITH US.
 
While we will not gather tonight for mid-week Lenten meals and worship. We will continue our special mid-week Lenten series
"in the wilderness."
Josephs Hammer on "Transformation in the wilderness."
--God's Goodness passing before us.
Music for at home service

As we worship at home for this mid-week Lent service, remember that we are all going through this wilderness together. As you listen to this music, I encourage you to dwell on the words. Listen to the encouragement that God has inspired through this music. 
 
SPEAKER HIGHLIGHTS
Josephs Hammer
Goal : To give women the opportunity to grow in faith, find internal peace and transform their lives.


Mission : To raise the funds and build an 8,250 square foot multi-purpose worship center for the chaplaincy program.  


Reading Exodus 33:12-23

Moses’ Intercession
12  Moses said to the Lord, “See, you have said to me, ‘Bring up this people’; but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. Yet you have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have also found favor in my sight.’ 13  Now if I have found favor in your sight, show me your ways, so that I may know you and find favor in your sight. Consider too that this nation is your people.” 14  He said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” 15  And he said to him, “If your presence will not go, do not carry us up from here. 16  For how shall it be known that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people, unless you go with us? In this way, we shall be distinct, I and your people, from every people on the face of the earth.”
17  The Lord said to Moses, “I will do the very thing that you have asked; for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name.” 18  Moses said, “Show me your glory, I pray.” 19  And he said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you, and will proclaim before you the name, ‘The Lord’; [ a ] and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. 20  But,” he said, “you cannot see my face; for no one shall see me and live.” 21  And the Lord continued, “See, there is a place by me where you shall stand on the rock; 22  and while my glory passes by I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and I will cover you with my hand until I have passed by; 23  then I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back; but my face shall not be seen.”
Concluding Prayer

Leader:               O God our help, you walk with us through the wilderness. Grant us
                              strength, patience, wisdom, and understanding. Show us your salvation                             and lead us in the way of the cross. Watch over all who are sick, grieving,                              lonely and in need this day.
People:               Amen.
 
Lords Prayer
Leader:       Lord, remember us when you come into your kingdom
                             and teach us to pray…
  People:     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 trespasses,
                     as we forgive those who trespass against us;
                     and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
                     For thine is the kingdom,
                     and the power, and the glory,
                     forever and ever. Amen.
 
Blessing
A Home Filled with God
by Ruth Burgess of the Iona Community in Scotland
May God the maker blessing you,
may you delight in the sunlight
and starlight and surprises
of the turning earth.
May Jesus the carpenter bless you,
may you celebrate life together
in all its struggles and joy.
May the Holy Spirit bless you,
may you dance with the saints and the angels
in the wisdom and the wildness of her love.
May your house be a shelter of strength and of welcome;
a laughter of music and stories,
a safe space to ask questions,
an engine whistle of exhilaration,
a smooth stone of stillness,
a warm hug in the darkness,
a home filled with God
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