As we enter the sacred season of Lent, we invite you to join us at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church for a time of reflection, worship, and celebration. Lent is a season of repentance and renewal, preparing our hearts for the joy of Easter. Each week, we gather to reflect on Christ’s journey to […]
Lent & Holy Week Worship Schedule
February 2, 2024 by
Join us for worship in person or online this Lent & Easter Season. Lenten Midweek 7:00 PM services will be in person and online while the 1:00 PM services will be in person only. Transfiguration, Ash Wednesday & Lenten Services Transfiguration Sunday Sunday, February 11th 9:30 AM Ash Wednesday Wednesday, February 14th […]
Dust and Ashes
February 26, 2023 by
Today, we embark on a humbling journey, a 40-day pilgrimage. A stark etching of ashes darkens the landscape of our skin, severe and cross-shaped. Those ashen smears tell a tale of tragedy. A burnt soot reminds us of life once lived, but now lost, affixed to our flesh in gloomy shades of charcoal black. Oh, […]
Ash Wednesday Services
March 1, 2014 by
The first service of Lent is Ash Wednesday. This year, our Ash Wednesday Services will be on Wednesday, March 5th, at 1:00 and 7:00 PM. Ash Wednesday begins the 40-day season of Lent. It is a season when God’s baptized people cleanse their hearts through the Lenten disciplines of repentance, prayer, fasting, and charitable giving. It’s a time we set aside […]
Hebrews 9:6-14: Not All the Blood of Beasts
February 14, 2013 by
During this Lenten season, our midweek sermons will focus on blood. The sight of blood can unnerve us. We shudder at its sight, and it can make us feel faint or queasy. Today, many of us are deathly afraid of blood, which we know can carry horrifying diseases. But our distaste for blood doesn’t just […]
Ash Wednesday: Joel 2:12-19
February 22, 2012 by
We heard it at the start of today’s liturgy: Dust you are, and to dust you will return. The ashes, which give this day its name, have nothing to do with Lenten fasting. Whether you have ashes on your forehead or not, they tell no one if you have been fasting. But the ashes do […]
The Ashes of Ash Wednesday
January 31, 2012 by
Lent will soon be here, a season of repentance and fasting. So it is proper that we take to heart our Lord’s words. He says, “When you fast, don’t put on a gloomy face like the hypocrites. They disfigure their faces, so their fasting is obvious to others. I assure you: They have their reward!” […]
Lent–What’s with the Season Anyway?
February 21, 2011 by
Lent is almost here. Yes, the days of ashes and sackcloth, fasting, and mourning are almost here. As the ashes of Ash Wednesday remind us: “Remember that you are dust and to dust you will return” (Genesis 3:19). After the Fall into sin, God called Adam to remember the earth from which he came, and […]
