Announcements

God has brought us together!

Leader: Rejoice in God's presence and sing songs of praise to God's name.

People: We seek God's will and pray that we may walk safely in his path.

Leader: Let everyone thank the Lord for his many benefits.

People: Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.

*Opening Hymn ‘Great is Thy Faithfulness’ RCH#43

*Opening Prayer (in Unison) Lord God - your ways are holy and good and your love is strong and true. You are quick to answer those who trust in you - those who walk in your ways and who make your living word their daily hope. Touch our hearts and our minds with the fire of your Holy Spirit. Grant that our praise may be more than words - our prayer more than speech -- our songs more than harmony. Teach us, comfort us - strengthen us and lead us - that we might draw closer to you.

We ask it in Jesus' name. Amen!

Old Testament Lesson Genesis 15 1-12, 17-18

Epistle Lesson Philippians 3 17-4 1

Worship Songs in Telugu UECF Choir

Intercessory Prayer & Lord's Prayer Pastor Ravinder

Offertory

*Doxology

Offertory Prayer Pastor Ravinder

Gospel Lesson Luke 13 31-35

Sermon ‘Walking in the Covenant Path’ Pastor Ravinder

Holy Communion

*Closing Hymn ‘O Jesus I have Promised’ RCH#369

*Closing Prayer & Benediction Pastor Ravinder

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Thanks to Rev. Dr. David Ravinder for ministering to us today.
• Next week, Dr. Isaac Simon will bring the Word od God.
• UECF General Body Meeting will follows today’s worship service to elect new leaders(Spiritual Adviser, President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, 5 Board of Trustees,
  4 Pastorate Committee members, Missions, Bible Study, Sunday School, Music, Stewardship, Women’s Fellowship, Married Couples and Youth Coordinators).
• Please contact the Treasurer, Mr. Anand Devi for your contribution statements.
• 3rd Lenten Cottage Prayer Meeting will be held on Friday, March 1^st at 7:00 PM at Mr. Alfred Myla’s home. Address: 596 New Durham Road, Metuchen, NJ. Rev. Dr. David Ravinder will bring the Word of God.
• Last Sunday’s Offering was $1390.00. We thank you for your support.
• Today’s Fellowship Hour is hosted by PITTAs.
• Please sign-up the Fellowship Roster if you would like to volunteer to host the Fellowship Coffee Hour.

• Lenten Cottage Prayer meeting schedule for this year:

Birthdays:

• Ms. Sharon Chilaka Feb 27^th
• Mr. Manohar Pitta Feb 28^th

Lent(Latin: Quadragesima) is a solemn observance in the liturgical year of many Christian denominations, lasting for a period of approximately six weeks leading up to Easter Sunday. In the general Latin-rite and most Western denominations Lent is taken to run from Ash Wednesday to Maundy Thursday (Holy Thursday) morning or to Easter Eve. In the Catholic Church, Lent lasts until Holy Thursday, while other denominations run until Easter Eve.

The traditional purpose of Lent is the preparation of the believer—through prayer, penance, repentance, almsgiving, and self-denial. Its institutional purpose is heightened in the annual commemoration of Holy Week, marking the death and resurrection of Jesus, which recalls the events of the the Bible when Jesus is crucified on Good Friday, which then culminates in the celebration on Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.

During Lent, many of the faithful commit to fasting or giving up certain types of luxuries as a form of penitence. The Stations of the Cross, a devotional commemoration of Christ's carrying the Cross and of his execution, are often observed. Many Roman Catholic and some Protestant churches remove flowers from their altars, while crucifixes, religious statues, and other elaborate religious symbols are often veiled in violet fabrics in solemn observance of the event. In certain pious Catholic countries, some adherents mark the season with the traditional abstention from the consumption of meat. In some countries, grand religious processions and cultural customs are observed, and the faithful attempt to visit seven churches during Holy Week in honor of Jesus Christ heading to Mount Calvary.

Lent is traditionally described as lasting for forty days, in commemoration of the forty days which, according to the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, Jesus spent fasting in the desert before the beginning of his public ministry, where he endured temptation by the Devil. However, different Christian denominations calculate the forty days of Lent differently. In most Western traditions the Sundays are not counted as part of Lent; thus the period from Ash Wednesday until Easter consists of 40 days when the Sundays are excluded. However in the Roman Catholic Church Lent is now taken to end on Holy Thursday rather than Easter Eve, and hence lasts 38 days excluding Sundays, or 44 days in total.

This event, along with its pious customs are observed by Catholics, Lutherans, Methodists, Presbyterians, and Anglicans.

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