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You Are Invited

 

Advent is a wonderful time of anticipation of the coming of Christ. We decorate and sing. We gather with family and friends. We plan dinners and share gifts. In the midst of cold dark days, we walk by the joyous light of Jesus. Advent is a wonderful time of celebration.

For that reason, we have added a mid-week evening prayer service on Wednesdays at 6PM. Unlike Lent, where the focus is on repentance, preparation and reflection through preaching and silence. This is a festive gathering, full of joyful music and light. Some of you have experienced this evening prayer service in the past. We are excited to bring it back to Zion.

The service is based on Marty Haugen’s Holden Evening Prayer. It was originally written for Holden Village, a Lutheran retreat center in the Cascade mountains in the state of Washington, which is inaccessible by car. Visitors must take a ferry to reach the village. Marty Haugen wrote the setting, not just for Advent, but as a year-round Evening Prayer. It speaks of the setting sun and the darkness that surrounds us being shattered by God’s light, Jesus, which no darkness can overcome.

It is a beautifully warm and joyous setting and I can still remember the first time I experienced it well over twenty years ago.  You do not want to miss this! There is no sermon. One is not needed and would actually be rather intrusive. There are a couple of readings from God’s Holy Word with a time of silence for reflection. The music and singing carries our prayers up to God and God’s Spirit into our hearts.

Please plan to join us, Wednesdays at 6 o’clock during Advent

(December 4, 11, and 18th). A time of fellowship will follow.

 

Pastor

 

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