The Season of the Church Year called Lent will begin on Ash Wednesday, February 17. Lent is a time that we focus of the bitter suffering and death of God's only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, to deliver mankind, including us, from sin and death. As we focus our minds and hearts on this fact, Lent becomes a time of repentance for we learn the horrible consequences of our sin. It also becomes a time of renewal for as we learn of God's fantastic, unconditional love for us, by the power of the Holy Spirit, we mature as God's people. This year the theme for this year's Midweek Lent Devotional Services is "Renewal". The theme verse is Romans 12:1-2; "Therefore, I urge you, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God - this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is - His good, pleasing and perfect will."

The schedule is as follows:

1. Wednesday, February 17, at 7:00 p.m. Ash Wednesday Service with Distribution of Ashes and Celebration of Holy Communion. Topic is "Renewal of the knowledge of Forgiveness".

2. Wednesday, February 24 at 6:15 p.m. Topic is "Renewal in Forgiving Others." Soup & Sandwich Supper at 5:30 p.m.

3. Wednesday, March 3 at 6:15 p.m. Topic is "Renewal in Discipleship." Soup and Sandwich Supper at 5:30 p. m.

4. Wednesday, March 10 at 6:15 p.m. Topic is "Renewal in Building God's Kingdom." Soup and Sandwich Supper at 5:30 p.m.

5. Wednesday, March 17 at 6:15 p.m. Topic is "Renewal of Hope." Soup and Sandwich Supper at 5:30 p.m.

6. Wednesday, March 24 at 6:15 p.m. Topic is "Renewal in Faith." Soup and Sandwich Supper at 5:30 p.m.