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Sunday Morning Worship
9:00 am
HAPPENING at GETHSEMANE
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ANNUAL MEETING WITH BRUNCH
Sunday, February 5, 10:30 a.m.
In-person & Zoom
Our Annual Meeting will be Sunday, February 5th following worship. This year brunch will be served up with the discussion. Sign up to bring a dish to pass on the sheet in the narthex!
Annual Reports will be emailed around 2/1 and paper copies are available to pick up at church. Members, please look for a copy with your name in the lower right corner.
If you can't attend the meeting in person, a Zoom link will be on the calendar online and you may request a mailed paper copy of the report by sending a note to Lisa at gethluth1@gmail.com. Thanks! Hope you can join!
Amachi
with Church Women United
Tuesday, February 14, 9:30 a.m.
The Greater Lexington Area of Church Women United will meet on Tuesday, February 14, at the AMACHI Center, 422 Codell Drive in Lexington. Amachi is a mentoring program that seeks to pair caring, positive adults with children and youth in Lexington who are affected by incarceration. Fellowship will begin at 9:30 a.m. and at 10:00 Michael Overstreet, Volunteer Coordinator, will explain AMACHI's purposes. All women are welcome; for further information or to arrange transportation, contact Barbara Herbener at 859-277-8054 or blherbener@gmaik,.com.
Ash Wednesday
February 22 at 6:00 p.m.
Mealtime begins at 6:00 — a simple Lenten Dinner & Fellowship
Followed by the service at 6:30 p.m.
Ash Wednesday is the Wednesday of the seventh week before Easter and the first day of Lent. The day is named for the practice of imposing ashes, a practice that many Lutheran congregations have found to be a very meaningful part of the Ash Wednesday liturgy.
Using ashes as a sign of repentance is an ancient practice, often mentioned in the Bible (e.g., Jonah 3:5-9; Job 42:6; Jeremiah 6:26; Matthew 11:21). The early Christians adopted the use of ashes from Jewish practice as an external mark of penitence.