Ash Wednesday comes early this year. On Wednesday February 6th we will have two services: one at 12 noon, and a second service at 7:30 PM. 

Lenten Programs

Wednesday, February 13:  A special program led by Rev. Mary Ellen Summerville“Introduction to Focusing:  A Practice for Emotional Healing and Spiritual Growth”

Meal 6:30 – 7:30 PM   Program 7:30 – 9:30 PM

Would you like to make better decisions?  Heal old hurts?  Unleash more creativity?  Feel more spiritually and emotionally alive?  Sense where God is leading you?  Focusing teaches us how to “focus” or direct our awareness to an inner knowing that we can feel in our bodies.  Many of us have already experienced this knowing when we’re aware of a “gut feeling,” or when an insight suddenly flashes into our minds.  Focusing helps us learn how to gain access to this deeper wisdom on a more regular basis.  First developed by psychologist, Dr. Eugene Gendlin, focusing also helps us to be more attuned to the “still, small voice” (I Kings 19:12) of the Spirit that speaks to our souls.
Join us for an evening where you’ll experience some of the basics of Focusing.  A follow-up six week course will be offered at Asbury in April and May for those who want to learn more. 

Wednesday, February 27:   A special program with Rev. Andie Raynor

Meal 6:30 – 7:30 PM     Program 7:30 – 9:00 PM

“I’ll be doing a reading from the manuscript which I hope to get published, followed by a discussion.  The stories include those from my time as a chaplain to the morgue at Ground Zero, my hospice work, and the journey through breast cancer.  I offer these stories with the hope that they will be helpful to others who may be facing their own personal difficulties and traumas.  The discussion may center around how to maintain faith in times of crisis, how to see beauty even in the midst of a storm.”  –– Andie Raynor           

Please call the church office or sign up today at coffee hour for either or both of these programs.