Ash Wednesday

Please note – The YouTube recording will be updated approximately an hour following the in-person service.

 Welcome to our Online Worship at the Congregational Church of Amherst, UCC!
No matter WHO you are, or WHERE you are on life’s journey, YOU are welcome here!

March 5, 2025     Ash Wednesday     7:00 p.m.

PARTICIPANTS IN THIS SERVICE:
Rev. Maureen R. Frescott, Senior Pastor
Rev. Charlotte E. Y. Bell, Associate Pastor
Shellie Brook, Student Pastor
Michael Havay, Organist/Accompanist
Roger Hooper, Deacon in Charge
Russ Demarest, Sally Hooper, Doug Topliffe, Deacons

MUSIC:
Prelude:  Come, Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy, Marilyn Thompson, ©2014 Lorenz Publishing Co. from Mar/Apr 2014 issue of The Organ Portfolio
Special Music:  Abide With Me; ’Tis Eventide, Harrison Millard/arr. Rachel P. Mohlman, ©2000 Faithsong Publications LLC, permission granted for noncommercial use
Communion Meditation:  The Lamb of God, James Mansfield, ©2017 Lorenz Publishing Co. from Mar/Apr 2017 issue of The Organ Portfolio
Postlude:  Fuga III from Three Preludes & Fugues, Op. 16, Clara Schumann, public domain

HYMNS:
Just as I Am, Without One Plea #370
Breathe on Me, Breath of God #316

The hymns are from Hymns, Psalms, & Spiritual Songs, ©1990 Westminster/John Knox Press.

Permission to podcast/stream the music in this service obtained from One License with license #A-731944.

Today’s liturgy has been adapted from the following sources: Lisa Frenz, Rev. Mindi Welton-Mitchell, Jessica Gazzola, K. HawkerSelf, and Jan Richardson.

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