Elgin's Holy Trinity Lutheran Church to lead Lenten midweek prayer

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Elgin will offer "Turning Toward God's Abundance: A Lenten Service of Word and Prayer" during the Lenten midweek prayer at 10 a.m. Wednesdays.

Lent is a season of repentance, turning to God and asking for God's goodness to wipe away your sins and show you how to live anew.

Lent also turns you toward Easter and the abundant life God will offer through the Three Days.

This Lenten midweek service turns us toward God's abundance by focusing on five divine attributes: faithfulness, mercy, compassion, forgiveness, and love. Each service is designed for sustained reflection on the text in the context of contemplative prayer, readings, silence, and song.

The Service of Word and Prayer from "All Creation Sings," the new hymnal supplement for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, is the format for this service.

You will be invited over the five services to experience prayer through all the senses.

Following the invitation to prayer, each service describes five different ways to pray: Visio Divina (faith) on March 9, sung prayer (mercy) on March 16, bidding prayer (compassion) on March 23, prayer with movement (forgiveness) on March 30, and prayer with anointing (love) on April 6.

You are welcome to attend in church, 357 Division St. in Elgin. Please wear a mask.

For information, visit holytrinityelgin.com or www.facebook.com/HolyTrinityElgin.